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Beware of suicidal minds online

[2014-12-06 08:07]

What many initially assumed was a stunt to attract people's attention online turned out to be a real suicide by a frustrated 19-year-old in Luzhou of Southwest China's Sichuan province.

Institutionalized austerity takes root in officialdom

[2014-12-06 08:07]

Austerity rules are creating a "new normal" in China's officialdom, turning some political attention from ceremony and bureaucracy to solid work. Two years on, it has been proved the austerity drive is not just "a gust of wind", as some believed. Instead, as a long-term task, it has begun to be institutionalized by being written into Communist Party of China's rules.

Policy of shared destiny enlivens world outlook

[2014-12-06 08:07]

How can China, the world's second-largest economy, ensure it will not follow in the footsteps of big powers to seek hegemony? One can find the answer in a new foreign policy address by President Xi Jinping in which he vowed to develop a distinctive diplomatic approach, complete with salient Chinese features, befitting China's role as a major country.

Oh, when will they ever learn?

[2014-12-06 08:07]

The annual ritual of UN climate change conference is on in the Peruvian capital of Lima in a year which is almost certainly going to be the hottest on record. Twenty-two years have passed since the first international climate conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and the world has undergone drastic climate changes in these years.

Law focus of Constitution Day

[2014-12-05 08:20]

All courts and judges must respect the Constitution and uphold its importance and the rule of law, China's top judge said on Thursday.

Nation on track for world's largest subway

[2014-12-05 08:20]

China will soon surpass other countries in the combined length of its subway systems, which is expected to reach 8,500 kilometers by 2020, Minister of Transport Yang Chuantang said on Thursday in Beijing.

Tribunals reaching public with online communication

[2014-12-05 08:20]

Chinese courts will continue to push to make court information more accessible to people, the spokesman for China's top court said on Thursday as contact information for the country's court system was rolled out online.

Several girls raped, school confirms

[2014-12-05 08:20]

Authorities in Yunxian county, Yunnan province, confirmed that they are investigating sexual assaults against at least three high school girls. The confirmation comes days after allegations surfaced in the media that a dozen or more girls had been forced into prostitution.

Troops refuse to gamble with Macao's security

[2014-12-05 08:20]

Standing in the shadow of two giant casinos, the People's Liberation Army barracks in the Macao Special Administrative Region is a reminder that an oasis of discipline and duty is no place for those prone to taking risks.

Summer camps build bridges

[2014-12-05 08:20]

A sophomore student at the University of Macao learned a valuable lesson in the bonds that unite the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army and the people they serve, thanks to time spent with the troops stationed in Macao.

Timeline

[2014-12-05 08:20]

Macao Garrison

Regiments and rules

[2014-12-05 08:20]

It's a sign of success when the legal affairs office is one of the busiest departments of the Macao PLA garrison. During a brief break for lunch, Colonel Wen Yufa, director of the office, was frequently interrupted by phone calls from soldiers asking for advice.

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