Many of the principals in the schools in China's poorest and mountainous regions have never taken a flight; never even traveled out of their provinces in some cases.
Academia should not seek out power and power should keep away from academia.
The approval of new security bills by Japan's lower house of parliament may herald the end of a decades-long ban on overseas military activities by Japan's Self-Defense Forces, which will pose a dangerous threat to peace and stability in Asia and the world as a whole.
China's box office brought in more than 5 billion yuan ($806 million) between July 1 and 28, an all-time monthly high. At least 144 million tickets were sold in 5,400 cinemas nationwide, and more than 95 percent of the movies were domestically made, with Monster Hunt, Jian Bing Man and Monkey King: Hero Is Back, leading the charge. Comments:
The Unite States and 11 other economies participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations will continue to engage to try and resolve outstanding issues, as they have failed to clinch a final deal after wrapping up their four-day meeting on Friday in Maui, Hawaii. Comments:
The United States has been intercepting phone calls between Japanese officials on sensitive issues including trade, climate change and bilateral relations, the whistle-blowing Wikileaks website revealed on Friday.
After the 12-year-long talks, a landmark agreement was reached between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom - plus Germany), in Vienna on July 14. Six days later, the 15-member Security Council unanimously endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and said it will lift its sanctions on Iran after receiving a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency verifying Teheran will indeed implement the commitments it has made in the JCPOA.
The word phubbing means ignoring the person you are with in favor of your phone. Many believe that our smartphones have become so deeply a part of our lives that they have started threatening our social lives.
Pearson PLC, the London-based multinational publishing and education company, announced on July 23 that it was selling the Financial Times Group to Japanese media company Nikkei for about $1.3 billion. It is the biggest overseas purchase by a Japanese media company, giving Nikkei the largest global readership of financial news.
In the midst of a huge public outcry in Japan, the two security bills that will enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces to participate in collective self-defense have now moved to the Upper House, having been approved by the Lower House on July 15.
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