Increasing numbers of supposedly health-conscious consumers are choosing products with "free from" labels, from "BPA-free" plastics to "non-GMO" foods. But such labels do not increase public safety.
With most of the Western European countries following the United Kingdom's lead and ignoring Washington's heavy handed attempts to dissuade them from signing up for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, it is clear they are willing to accept proposals from China aimed at realizing Chinese President Xi Jinping's calls for the world to form a community of shared destiny.
Considering that Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay a state visit to the United States in September and a rift over the South China Sea between Beijing and Washington has heightened tensions in the region, the significance of Vice-Chairman of Central Military Commission Fan Changlong's visit to the US last week goes far beyond bilateral military ties.
A deputy secretary-general of a Communist Party of China provincial committee recently paid a visit to a local bureau of letters and calls to coordinate the handling of a case and was shocked by the arrogance displayed by the head of bureau toward his subordinates and the people who visited the bureau to seek redress for wrongs.
Four children, the oldest 14, committed suicide in Bijie, Guizhou province, and two young girls in Hengyang, Hunan province, were reportedly killed by a 12-year-old, who is accused of poisoning them. In both incidents, the victims were children whose parents work far away from home. Comments:
Three Chinese students studying in the United States and seven other students are to stand trial accused of kidnapping and torturing two women for over five hours. They even took videos of the process. One of their parents is under arrest, too, for trying to bribe witnesses. Comments:
The Philippines broadcast a documentary on Friday on its territorial disputes in the South China Sea that tried to rally public sentiment against China. On the same day, the Philippines representative at the Conference on State Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, without naming China directly, blamed it for the disputes. Comments:
Economists are divided over China's economic future. Optimists emphasize its capacity for learning and rapid accumulation of human capital. Pessimists focus on the rapid decline of its demographic dividend, its high debt-to-GDP ratio, the contraction of its export markets, and its industrial overcapacity. But both groups neglect a more fundamental determinant of China's economic prospects: the world order.
The recent interference of the United States and Japan in the South China Sea disputes has heightened tensions in the region.
Of late, woman drivers have been drawing increasing public attention, and given their gender bias, some people even consider woman drivers "killers behind wheels".
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