A 2-year-old toddler was made to drink alcohol by some fun-seeking friends of his father at a banquet in Panzihua city, Sichuan province, on April 10. The child slipped into coma and died two days later. Three perpetrators were arrested, Chinese media reported on May 16.
This year's Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore over the weekend, was overshadowed by disputes in and differences over the South China Sea. Such a deviation from major security issues cannot possibly make the region's countries work together to tackle security threats and risks.
Although the strictest smoking ban in the history of Beijing, which took effect on Monday, cannot be expected to establish a non-smoking public environment soon, it is feasible for the awareness of smokers to be considerably raised about the harm their habit can cause to others, non-smokers in particular.
The Shanghai government recently published a series of concrete measures to accelerate its building into a globally influential center for technological innovation.
As of June 1, the import tariffs on 14 kinds of consumption goods, including clothing, shoes and skin care products were reduced by as much as 50 percent. Will that stop people buying these products overseas? Comments:
The deputy mayor of Beijing, Zhang Yankun, recently said the city authorities are considering a new regulation that will mean residents will be able to buy a car only if they have a parking space. Comments:
Internet police in 50 Chinese localities, including Beijing and Shanghai, launched a campaign to clean up popular social networking platforms such as Sina Weibo and WeChat starting Monday, in a bid to further curb cyber crimes. Their job includes detecting and removing illegal and harmful contents on the Internet, especially those harmful to children and women. Comments:
For a quarter of a century, China's economic crash theory has been a lucrative cottage industry in the West. But there is a reason why certain times favor the doomsayers.
For some political scientists, "democracy" means the right to vote in elections held every four, five years or six years. Perhaps countries such as Sweden and Switzerland practice a good form of democracy. But in the world's two largest democracies, the United States and India, contesting an election is a highly expensive affair. In a majority of cases, a candidate has to spend millions of dollars to have any chance of success.
The recent joint report by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers says China has about 200 billionaires, almost one-third the number in the United States, while a report by China Merchants Bank and Bain shows the number of people with assets of more than 10 million yuan ($1.61 million) crossed 1 million at the end of 2014. And according to a National Health and Family Planning Commission survey, the income of China's top 20 percent high-income families is 19 times that of the lowest 20 percent low-income families.
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