With a military parade in Red Square and other activities over the weekend, Moscow, indeed the whole of Russia, has been remembering the sacrifice the country made in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany (1941-45).
President Xi Jinping will attend Russia's Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. And for the first time a unit of the People's Liberation Army will take part in a parade in Russia.
A strawberry growers' association in Changfeng county, Anhui province, along with similar associations, is reportedly planning to file a lawsuit against China Central Television, because its report has caused huge losses to the strawberry industry. In Changfeng alone, farmers have suffered a loss of more than 150 million yuan ($24.17 million).
Children in China are prodded to wean much earlier than children in the West. They are weaned off nappies around 18 months of age (a year earlier than the West) and sent to kindergartens at the age of 2 (also a year earlier). This pattern is repeated throughout the school years; parents make huge efforts to educate their children and put commensurate pressure on them to achieve good scores so that they can get admitted to a good university.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made history as the first Japanese head of government to address the special joint session of the US Congress. He expressed remorse for World War II and touched on issues sensitive to Americans, including Pearl Harbor, while emphasizing his commitment to strengthen their alliance. His emphasis on the common values shared by the two countries - "the rule of law, democracy, and freedom" - went down well with most Americans.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday convened a solemn meeting to commemorate all the victims in World War II. What happened 70 years ago marks some darkest pages in the history of humanity, and all members of the international community should take to heart the lessons from the past and guard against any ill tendency that tries to resurrect the ghost of war again.
President Xi Jinping's trip to Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that began on Thursday marks a milestone in China's efforts to advance its Belt and Road cooperation proposals.
THE TWO-MONTH BULL RUN of China's A-share market has finally come to an end. On Tuesday the indexes of both Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange fell by more than 4 percent, the biggest single-day drop since late January. Comments:
A RECENTLY RELEASED GREEN PAPER on social security has revealed the official pension fund is expected to support retirees older than 60 for 11.6 years, while the remaining life expectancy of the retirees is 19 years, which means deficiencies in the fund because it pays out more than its income. Comments:
POLICE SHOT a 46-year-old man at a railway station in Qing'an county, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Saturday after he attacked a policeman on duty and tried to snatch his weapon. The incident reportedly began when the man stopped other passengers from entering the station, which led to the policeman's intervention. The relatives of the dead man have been paid compensation after police reached a compromise. Comments:
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