Amid widespread reporting in the West, KFC launched lawsuits on Monday against three Chinese companies whose social media accounts allegedly made comments about the origins of the chicken used by KFC; including the claim that KFC chicken originates from chickens with eight legs.
Trains, planes, automobiles and ships, all great for getting from A to B when things go well, but potentially lethal when they don't, as was the case on Monday evening when a cruise ship, Eastern Star, sailing from Nanjing to Chongqing capsized on the Yangtze River.
US politicians who express serious concerns over China's construction work in the South China Sea and order their military planes to fly and their vessels to sail close to China's islets and reefs might be overwhelmed by the thought that Beijing is out to challenge Washington's dominant position in the world.
The fate of those missing after a cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized on Monday night in the central section of the Yangtze River has gripped the hearts of all Chinese.
According to an article published in The Washington Post on Sunday, the number of people shot dead by police in the United States in the first five months of this year was 385; more than two such deaths per day.
The Shanghai municipal government, local taxi companies and Didi, an online cab-calling app company, recently founded a joint information service platform, which marks the first instance of an online cab-calling company working with the government and cab companies. Comments:
In July 2002, Zhang Erjiang, former Party chief of Tianmen, Hubei province, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. However, media outlets found that he had already been set free in 2010, having served less than half his sentence. The prison responded that Zhang was released early because of his good behavior. Comments:
A recent photo shoot of a nude female model inside the Palace Museum in Beijing was officially denounced for breaching moral boundaries by the museum, as well as showing disrespect to the nation's cultural heritage. Comments:
The Communist Party of China ("CPC") just did what it has never done before, and it is important to appreciate what happened and why.
Rivalry between great powers doesn't always have to generate super friction. Competition can produce excellence, even a good new idea. A prime example is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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