Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambiguous remarks on Friday in his speech to commemorate Japan's defeat in World War II reflect an elusive attitude toward core issues and his lack of sincere repentance for wartime crimes.
INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for not reflecting on his country's bloody World War II history in his Aug 14 statement, Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario hailed the "strong friendship" between Manila and Tokyo.
A WORKER WAS KILLED last week at a subway construction site in Dongguan, Guangdong province, when 300 square meters of land in the downtown area subsided, creating a hollow pit dozens of meters deep in a few seconds. Land subsidence has hit the construction site six times in the past three years. Comments:
THE NEWS THAT A DEAN at Chaohu University in East China's Anhui province allegedly molested a female college graduate and threatened her not to report him to the authorities has shocked netizens. The university authorities have launched a special investigation into the allegation and temporarily suspended the dean pending the probe's result. Comments:
The Republic of Korea is likely to announce in a few days whether ROK President Park Geun-hye will attend a grand military parade in Beijing on Sept 3 to observe the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
A recent State Council document says employers can "arrange working hours for employees according to their actual conditions so that some of them (employees) could rest on Friday afternoons and make short trips during longer ... weekends".
A large number of Chinese couples are choosing to have only one child even when they can have two. What does this say about further reform of the family planning policy?
For Greece, the turbulence of the last six months has offered proof that this debt-ridden country really only has one choice: It must tighten its belt to trigger growth.
The Tianjin explosions are the talk of the town, and they will be for many days to come, because of the many questions that remain to be answered.
History is a mirror that can enlighten later generations.
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