On May 9, when Russia celebrates the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany, Moscow's Red Square will for the first time see a unit of China's People's Liberation Army marching past the reviewing stand. Among the foreign dignitaries reviewing the military parade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be the most prominent.
Given the little change in the birth rate after the easing of the family planning policy in 2013 to allow couples one (or both) of whom is the only child of his/her parents to have a second child, the call for allowing all couples to have two children has grown.
The dramatic fight between two drivers in Chengdu, Sichuan province, early this week has sparked a heated debate on how to deal with rash driving. The incident started with a woman driving a red car abruptly changed three lanes to exit an expressway. Caught unawares by the sudden change, a man driving a black car in the middle lane instinctively slammed the brakes to avoid a crash. Angry with the red car's driver, he accelerated and chased it out of the expressway.
The Shanghai government issued rules on Monday banning spouses and the children of city leaders and senior officials from running businesses. The move is aimed to help uproot official corruption, and it has been described by some as the "toughest ever rules" in this regard.
The invisible hand of the market will play a major role in deciding the prices of medicines starting from June 1, which means the government will have to change its role from decision-maker to supervisor.
Although China's economy is believed to have entered a new normal of slower but sustainable growth, decision-makers have demonstrated enough confidence they will be able to keep growth within a reasonable range.
THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP of the Communist Party of China and the State Council authorized accelerating the construction of an ecological civilization. A document issued on Tuesday said the declining ecology is already limiting the nation's further development and emphasized that China's ecological civilization is an integral part of national rejuvenation. Comments:
"IF THE LEADING OFFICIALS OF COURTS are on the lists of judges or prosecutors, they must do their duty by judging cases or making public prosecutions," said Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, at a recent conference. He was blaming the leading officials of certain local courts, who, in the ongoing judicial reform that sets a percentage limit on judges among the court staff, list themselves as judges. Comments:
A PRIMARY SCHOOL teacher in Shanghai has been widely criticized after a photo was posted online on April 30 showing a much shorter student of hers holding a parasol for her during a class outing. The school on Tuesday explained that it was the student who volunteered to do so for the teacher because they are very close. Comments:
On 6 May 1975, forty years ago, China and the European Economic Community (EEC) officially established diplomatic relations. It was a decision taken with exceptional foresight on both sides. The world was beginning to move towards a more multipolar order: China and Europe wanted to lead that transformation.
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