Everyone who has come into contact with China must probably be musing about the Spring Festival now, because it is that time of the year when more than 1 billion trips are made across the country for family reunions. Many foreigners living and working in China celebrate two "New Years" - one on Jan 1 and the other either later that month or in February.
A photograph of two elderly street cleaners holding a heart-shaped card with a message that appeals to young people to set off fewer firecrackers so that they could return home earlier to celebrate the Spring Festival has gone viral on Chinese social media. Like some other online hot topics, the cleaner-couple's plea has drawn netizens into a debate on social issues.
The United States will host a meeting with all its allies on Feb 18 to discuss ways to fight "violent extremism around the world".
How the world sees or understands China depends partly on the quality, rather accuracy, of the translation of complicated Chinese terms and sentences into foreign languages.
The crackdown on corruption and the abuse of power by lower level and junior officials who grab the interests of rural villagers or urban residents will be intensified, as part of the deepening of the anti-graft fight in 2015.
As the rotating presidency country of the United Nations Security Council, China will continue to make unswerving efforts to promote world peace, says an article in People's Daily.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED SOME INSTANCES of officials fabricating GDP statistics in a bid to get a promotion. For example, the GDP of Hengshan county, Hunan province, was reported to be 4.4 billion yuan ($718 million) in 2013; the true figure was 580 million yuan. Comments:
THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY RECENTLY ISSUED GUIDELINES for physical training in the military over the next five years. Among others, a most notable measure is the plan to gradually set bodyweight standards for soldiers and officers. Those failing to meet these standards might lose the chance of promotion. Comments:
AFTER A WHOLE YEAR of fierce competition, Beijing-based Didi Dache and Hangzhou-based Kuaidi Dache, China's two major taxi-hailing apps, announced a merger on Saturday. The new company now has a 90 percent of market share, and analysts say it could be valued at $6 billion. Comments:
Officials should resolutely strive to reduce corruption and effectively curb any new corruption, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee said on Thursday.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China vowed to intensify its fight against corruption in State-owned enterprises, and a series of specific regulations are being drafted for the purpose. Predictably, SOEs will be the next big "battlefield" between corrupt forces and anti-corruption agencies.
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