The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, has decided to set some convicts free as part of the activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).
Liu Cixin has won this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel for his The Three-Body Problem. In doing so, Liu has become the first Chinese science-fiction writer to win such a prestigious international award.
Thanks to foreigners' poor knowledge of what Yasukuni Shrine actually represents, the Japanese government has become used to defending the practice of paying homage to the war dead at the site, which among others honors 14 Class-A war criminals of World War II.
If the ongoing turbulence in the global stock markets, the Chinese stock market in particular, is a cause for alarm, increasing uncertainties about the prospects for global growth justify urgent measures to shore up economic growth.
It is a great relief that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea reached a deal on Tuesday to ease the tensions that had built up on the Korean Peninsula since last week.
The death penalty with two year's reprieve usually represents a guarantee that the convict will never be executed and will probably have a chance of being released on bail for medical treatment or have his or her term of imprisonment reduced.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER Shinzo Abe will not attend China's commemorative events in early September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japan's government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed on Monday. Instead, Tokyo will "further develop the relationship between the two nations by creating opportunities for the leaders to have talks at international conferences and other events". Comments:
THE STANDING COMMITTEE of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, is deliberating on closing a loophole in the law to protect young girls from sexual predators after an increasing number of Chinese law experts called for the charge of "prostitution with underage girls" to be eliminated. If the measure is approved, any sex with girls under 14, regardless of their consent, would be considered rape, for which the penalties are harsher. Comments:
A FEMALE PATIENT who was injured when the hospital bed she was being examined on collapsed has taken the hospital to court, claiming compensation of 140,000 yuan ($21,800). The hospital says the bed collapsed because "she was overweight". Comments:
China will mark the 70th anniversary of the victories in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and the world anti-fascist war with a parade in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on Sept 3. It remains to be seen how this parade will be viewed by the international community, whether they will see it differently to a similar parade in Moscow's Red Square, which was attended by President Xi Jinping.
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