A new wave of anger has swept across the United States following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland. The 25-year-old African American was detained for illegally possessing a knife. While being transported in a police van, his head collided with the back of the vehicle, leading to serious injury to his neck and eventual death.
US-based taxi app provider Uber has been frequently hitting the headlines in recent months for being the target of regulatory crackdowns or lawsuits with regulators and taxi companies in a number of cities outside the US. In China, its offices in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan province, and Guangzhou, capital city of South China's Guangdong province, have been raided recently by police, and transport, industry and commerce authorities, casting a shadow on its operation in the world's largest consumer market.
The first working day after the country's court system officially inaugurated a new case registration mechanism saw a 20-percent rise in the number of cases filed.
President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus is part of a series of moves by China to promote peace and common regional development.
SHANGHAI OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED A NEW REGULATION on Monday that prohibits family members of leading local officials from running related businesses in the zones where they hold leading positions. For those whose spouses or children are already running businesses, either the official or the family member must quit. Comments:
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC, the three oil and gas industry giants, announced the names of their new board chairpersons. The CNPC and Sinopec chiefs have retired, while CNOOC chairman Wang Yilin will now take over the reins of CNPC. Comments:
A WOMAN DRIVER on an expressway made rapid lane changes that almost caused an accident on Sunday. A male driver, whose car she almost hit, chased her to a stop, dragged her out of the car and beat her. Comments:
The refusal of Western leaders, and those of Germany and Japan, to attend the parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow on May 9 is a willful distortion of modern history. It makes a mockery of the endless self-congratulatory Western celebrations of World War II that have been held over the past year.
Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has reportedly canceled his planned visit to Moscow to attend Saturday's ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45).
World Health Organization estimates that more than 200,000 people die on the roads in China every year. And tragically, many involve children. These deaths are entirely preventable
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