Editor's note: China has made unswerving efforts to improve its human rights record. The following are some experts' opinions on the progress China has made in human rights on the social security, environmental protection and judicial reform fronts.
Echoing the US-led chorus criticizing China's reclamation and construction work in the South China Sea, Australian Defense Minister Kevin Andrews has made quite a few hard-line remarks. Canberra may be eager to prove its allegiance to Washington, but if it believes that it can help contain China by jumping on to the US bandwagon, it is wrong.
Substitute exam takers were caught sitting this year's college entrance exams in East China's Jiangxi province. A reporter, who pretended to be interested in doing such a job penetrated an organized ring, and found that they had help from collaborators within the educational department in charge of the local exams.
In a move to further lower the access threshold and simplify their approval procedures, the State Council, China's Cabinet, has stated that there will be unified registration codes and certificates for all legal persons and organizations.
At a recent meeting of the State Council, Premier Li Keqiang advocated further propelling reform to remove policy barriers to talent flow, including the hukou system, and encourage creative business startups. Comments:
Since the caps on the prices of retail medicines were lifted, the cost of buying many medicines has risen. A resident in Xi'an, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, for example, found that the price of the digoxin tablets he takes has risen from 6.7 to 68 yuan ($11) per box. Comments:
Two self-checkoutconvenience stores opened in Beijing and Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on Saturday.
Our deepest sympathy goes to the relatives of the more than 400 passengers who lost their lives in the Yangtze River tragedy on Monday evening.
A recent report published by Shanghai Normal University, based on 9,569 valid samples from young people aged 14 to 35 in 10 Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, reveals that the higher the education people receive, the less honest they are.
At a recent conference on deepening reform, the central leadership initiated a new comprehensive system for supervision of State-owned companies. The move is widely considered a precursor to comprehensive reform of SOEs. Comments:
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