The attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Jan 7 that claimed 12 lives, including those of the magazine's editor and three of the finest cartoonists in France, was the deadliest in four decades and should be condemned by one and all.
The terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo deserve universal condemnation. But the tragedy has also brought into focus the debate between our cherished Western value of freedom of expression and the fuzzy border where free speech ends.
By restricting cartoonists, you may risk defeating the whole purpose of a newspaper: to fervently engage readers in the news, issues and controversies of the day, whether through the relatively civilized rationalities of expression with the relatively barbaric "emotional drone attacks" of the editorial cartoon.
On June 4, 2004, Gerhard Schroder became the first German chancellor to stand alongside the leaders of Germany's wartime enemies in France, marking the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, which were a prelude to the end for the Third Reich.
China's tax revenue slowed to a single-digit growth for the first time last year, as the economy eased.
Information technology and big data analysis are becoming increasingly effective tools for the nation's securities regulator to identify and crack down on insider trading.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index will continue to rise in 2015 as the central bank will keep reducing financial risks that were overestimated by the market, an investment strategist said on Friday.
Passenger-vehicle sales rose at a slower pace in China last year as economic growth moderated and more cities imposed purchase restrictions in the world's largest auto market.
With global crude prices having plunged below $50 per barrel as the year began, domestic retail fuel prices are scheduled to be cut again on Monday, energy consultancies have forecast.
The growing appetite for high-quality products and the convenience of purchasing goods online are expected to generate a huge demand for imported food products, as Chinese shoppers start stocking up ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year.
Billionaire Jack Ma apologized for calling Chinese e-commerce rival JD.com Inc a "tragedy", saying he was sorry for causing the company trouble by "putting it all out there".
Increasing demand in China for Apple Inc's latest flagship devices, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, has spurred consumers there to buy more of the devices than their American counterparts for the first time, data from Switzerland-based financial services company UBS AG showed.
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