French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published its new issue, again with the image of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, on Tuesday, a week after a murderous attack by militants on its Paris office.
Promoting global governance requires more deeds rather than words from big countries to ensure emerging market economies and developing countries have their say, and the interests of all are guaranteed. China's development experience and political wisdom can inject vitality into global governance and bring hope for improvement.
Air quality has improved dramatically in rich countries over the past century. Yet air pollution is still a huge problem, especially in the developing world. It kills about 7 million people each year, accounting for one out of every eight deaths globally. But the most deadly air pollution comes from inside people's houses, because 2.8 billion people still use firewood, dung and coal for cooking and keeping warm, breathing polluted air inside their homes every day.
The Chinese staple consisting principally of rice, wheat and corn will soon include potatoes (tudou or malingshu in Chinese), the Ministry of Agriculture said recently. This is a welcome move to diversify Chinese people's staple to a more balanced diet, which should also include high-nutrient food such as fruits and vegetables.
It was a spectacular scene, although it looked alien to modern Chinese society: a large number of students in a Shanghai school kneeling down in front of their parents in a traditional "ritual of worship".
Once upon a time there was an 11-year-old boy in a city who was good at computers, but not in the way you might think. He could use parts of discarded computers to make useful things like a dynamo to light a bulb or conduct other experiments.
Delivering a keynote speech at the 25th China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade session last month in Chicago, the United States, Vice-Premier Wang Yang said China was willing to join the US-led economic system, stressing that the US would continue to be the most powerful nation and that a rising China "has neither the intention nor the capability to challenge America's leading status".
"You name a price and let's bargain; let's do it, like buying vegetables." These are reportedly the words of senior police officer Yang Lin in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, North China, during his "negotiations" with the family of a female worker who died after allegedly being assaulted by police officers. Comments:
At the time of the deadly stampede on the Bund in Shanghai which killed 36 and injured another 49, on New Year's Eve, several bureaucrats in charge of the zone were reportedly dining in a luxurious restaurant where they could pay the bills with public money. Comments:
Strikes by taxi drivers in a number of provincial capitals are not just a protest against the so-called Uberification that is impacting on their livelihoods. It is also a demonstration of discontent at the government-approved monopoly of the taxi business.
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