A DRAFT OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S STATEMENT to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II includes the words "apology" and "aggression", Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday.
LONG-AWAITED AMID HOUSING MARKET UNCERTAINTIES, a property tax law is included in the legislation plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, signaling lawmakers' determination to carry forward the reform. Comments:
NEARLY 116 MOTHERS in an impoverished township in Shaoyang county, Central China's Hunan province, many of whom were trafficked and sold to local men, chose to leave their children behind when they fled their families to escape domestic violence or poverty. Comments:
For the last seven decades, Japan has been a rather inward looking nation, not much engaged either with its neighbors or the world beyond in other than purely economic concerns: trade and outward foreign direct investment.
The International Olympic Committee recently awarded the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to Beijing, which will host the sports gala with Zhangjiakou, a city in the neighboring Hebei province.
Recent weeks have seen many people accuse Shi Yongxin, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, of many wrongdoings, from corruption to adultery. His case shows religion-related reports are becoming increasingly eye-catching.
After the European Union and its fifth-largest trading partner Vietnam announced last week that they had agreed in principle to lift most tariffs on goods in the coming years, China and the EU should seriously think about removing their customs barriers to boost the combined economies of roughly 2 billion consumers.
Shaolin Temple and its presiding monk Yongxin have never been in such a severe credibility crisis. Yongxin has been accused of abusing his position by keeping a mistress and having fathered a child, as well as misappropriating money accumulated through the temple's various business activities.
A recent statistical bulletin published by the Ministry of Education shows there were 209,900 kindergartens nationwide in 2014, an increase of 11,300 on the previous year, and the gross rate of enrollment among preschool children reached 70.5 percent, an increase of three percentage points.
According to some media reports, the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice to its provincial and city bureaus on July 28 - not confirmed or published by the administration on its website till Sunday - saying WeChat, Alipay or Weibo "red envelopes", digital "gift" money, will be taxed if they are transferred by enterprises to individual employees. Digital "red envelopes" transferred between individuals, however, will not be taxed. Comments:
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