Veteran diplomat Fu Ying struck a chord among Chinese when she pointed out the double standards adopted by the United States on the South China Sea issue. Fu told a gathering at the University of Chicago last week that China sees inconsistencies at play. "When China's neighbors act provocatively on territorial issues, the US turns its head away. Yet when China defends its interests, it is described either as assertive or as a bully," said Fu, now chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
The Philippines is again enlisting support from outside forces, the United States in particular, in its dispute with China over territory in the South China Sea.
To further release market vitality and encourage innovation, the State Council, China's Cabinet, has ordered further delegation of central government's powers to lower levels of government, simplification of administrative registration and approval procedures and cancellation of some fees.
China's first white paper on military strategy, which was released by the State Council Information Office on Tuesday, has highlighted several notable adjustments regarding strategic defense and operational and tactical offense.
Students seeking transfer to another university face stricter regulations, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday.
Posters that appeared in a high school in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region emphasizing the importance of passing the national college entrance exam, with statements such as "enter a good university even if the effort fills your whole body with wounds", have aroused much discussion. Comments:
On May 29, Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), will begin a 12-day trip to the United States. The DPP candidate for Taiwan's 2016 leadership elections will meet with US government officials, lawmakers, scholars and others with an interest in East Asian affairs.
A video recently released by an extremist group allied to the Taliban shows a Chinese national resembling Hong Xudong, who was adducted by militants from the northwestern region of Pakistan in May 2014, seeking the Chinese government's help to get him released. The militants, however, have not cited an exact amount as ransom.
A fire that engulfed a privately run nursing home for the elderly in Central China's Henan province on Monday night, killing 38 people and injuring six others, two of whom are in a critical condition, has once again revealed the poor care-providing system for senior people in many parts of the country, especially in its impoverished rural areas.
Concerns over China-US relations' future heightened last week after a US spy plane flew over some of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea. While the international community is anxious to know China's response to the apparent US provocation, the fact is, Washington's move has made Beijing's case for reclamation and construction work in the South China Sea much stronger.
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