For decades, illegal immigration has been testing the emotion of Britons, whether it was through the flood of Vietnamese boat people heading for the then UK-controlled territory of Hong Kong, the plight of illegal Chinese immigrants picking cockles in northwest England, or the thousands of people risking all in Calais to get to Britain.
Two micro blogs posted by popular writer Han Han questioning the country's tight regulation on egg-freezing services for unmarried women have sparked an online uproar.
Just a few hours after US President Barack Obama announced his ambitious new plan on Monday to limit carbon emissions from power plants to combat global warming, the Busboys & Poets restaurant-cum-bookstore in Washington drew a larger crowd than the White House East Room. There, Naomi Klein, a Canadian journalist and social activist, praised Obama's action, but she said it was one step in the right direction along with five in the wrong.
China and the United States held their second consultation on anti-terrorism issues on Tuesday in Beijing. The vice-ministerial-level meeting, which is a follow-up step to carry out the agreements both sides reached during this year's strategic and economic dialogues in June, signals enhanced cooperation between the two countries in the war against terror.
The technical concern that a recent report by the International Monetary Fund expressed over possible financial market disruption resulting from the inclusion of the yuan in its Special Drawing Rights basket is understandable.
AT THE ONGOING 48TH Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said his country would promote a proposal which the United States made earlier for all claimants to halt reclamation, construction and any aggressive actions that could heighten tensions in the South China Sea. Comments:
A POLICY ENTITLING EACH CUSTOMER to a small-amount deposit account exempt from a bank's annual operating fees was introduced on Aug 1 last year.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT in Tongjiang county, Sichuan province in Southwest China, has issued a circular informing local residents that only wedding and funeral banquets, and birthday banquets for seniors at the age of 70 or above, are permitted. Comments:
China's foreign policy has been undergoing some positive changes in order to allow it to play a bigger role in Asia and the West Pacific region.
The fresh emphasis by education authorities on a curriculum aimed at improving students' practical skills is expected to shift the authorities' approach to China's controversial education model and promote all-round development of teenage students.
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