Sunday's "No" result in the Greek referendum on the terms of an international bailout brings a Greek exit from the euro a step closer, whether Alexis Tsipras, the youngest prime minister in Greek history since 1865, wants it or not.
The central government has made a series of new decisions to help arrest the recent speculative sell-off in domestic stock exchanges.
Chinese officials will be held responsible over their lifetime for the damage caused to environment during their terms in office, a central leading group in charge of the country's overall reforms said at a recent meeting.
A grand nine-story office building under construction in Jianshi county in East China's Hubei province, has provoked an online uproar, because it was reportedly designed to accommodate about 40 local officials at the cost of over 23 million yuan ($3.7 million). Many more over-sized office buildings have also been found in the nationally designated poor county. Comments:
In an official statement on Tuesday, Nanchang University in East China's Jiangxi province declared "Nanda" to be its Chinese abbreviated name, which has been used by Nanjing University in East China's Jiangsu province. The Ministry of Education official said the universities should solve the disputes on their own. Comments:
Japan's recent bid to have 23 coal mines, shipyards and other industrial zones of the Meiji Reform period in the 1860s recognized as world heritage sites, was postponed in the ongoing meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Germany, due to the Republic of Korea and China opposing the bid because Japan insisted on excluding acknowledgment of the labor from China, the Korean Peninsula and other Asian countries that were forced to work at some of the sites. Comments:
This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which is significant for Chinese people across the world. That explains why Taiwan and the Chinese mainland have separately organized or will organize activities to celebrate the occasion.
At a time of slowing economic growth and massive corporate debts, a deflationary spiral would be China's worst nightmare. And the risk is mounting.
The United States Supreme Court's recent ruling legitimizing same-sex marriage has sparked debates across the world.
The food court at a popular market in Naha, Okinawa was full of people speaking Chinese, and some of the waitresses and waiters were speaking Chinese, too, and for a moment, I had the distinct impression I was back in China.
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