Shanghai 2010 World Expo was a huge success. Now, Milan hosts a World Expo which is dazzling, not least because of its theme of how to feed 9 billion people of our planet by 2050.
The remarks by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter about South China Sea, made at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, were counterproductive to managing the disputes and maintaining stability in the waters.
Speaking at a four-hour meeting with more than 50 Hong Kong lawmakers on Sunday, Wang Guangya, director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, urged them to exercise their rights prudently and act responsibly, and not to make a "regretful decision" that will go down in history when voting on the constitutional reform package that will shape the city's future.
"Under no ceiling may one smoke." The Beijing municipal tobacco control regulation, which has been described as the country's "strictest in history", entered into effect on Monday, prohibiting smoking in indoor public venues and offices, as well as outdoors places where minors gather, such as kindergartens or primary schools. But the question remains, will the regulation be truly effective? Comments:
On the 110th anniversary of its founding, Shanghai-based Fudan University released their new official publicity video To My Light, yet it was widely seen as being derivative of Explorer, a publicity video released by the University of Tokyo in 2014. Teng Yudong, the producer, said they used Explorer as "a main reference", while Fudan University later responded it suspects plagiarism and they are investigating. Comments:
Even though Tsinghua University has denied that she is one of its professors, Wang Jing, who claims to be a faculty member, has still aroused hot discussions among domestic media with her recent comment that only those with a high IQ can enter this top university. Comments:
Since the end of last year, the increasing involvement of more outside players has made the game of chess being played over the South China Sea issue more complicated before the upcoming China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
The People's Bank of China has cut interest rates three times in six months in order to lighten the debt burdens of companies and local governments.
Beijing is determined to make public places no-smoking zones after its new tobacco control regulations come into force on June 1.
Relations between China and Japan seem to have hit a more optimistic note recently, after a sustained period of discord.
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