About 2.1 billion people, or almost 30 percent of the world's population, are regarded as overweight (defined as a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 or higher) - double the number in 1980, and more than 2.5 times the number of people who are chronically hungry.
The vaccination of babies against hepatitis B over the last quarter of a century has been one of China's greatest public health success stories.
A long-awaited apology came from Japan, but not from the government.
Seventy years ago, when the United States, Great Britain and China released the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945 ordering the unconditional surrender of Japan, the content of the document was not taken seriously enough in Japan.
Fifteen years ago, the United Nations published its historical Millennium Declaration, which mapped out the Millennium Development Goals.
During his latest visit to Japan, former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui in his 90s again denied the One-China policy, claiming that the Diaoyu Islands belong to Japan and the country's new security bills are conducive to Asian stability.
More than 300 officials in Meishan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, have made an open pledge that they will not seek "nominal kinship", the making of acquaintances and connections with non-relatives.
An old man in Pengzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan province, who fell at a crossroads accused a high school graduate who tried to help him of being the cause.
Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the Potsdam Declaration, which was issued by the United States, the United Kingdom and China in 1945 demanding Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II. As a cornerstone of the post-war international order and Japan's pacifist Constitution, the document makes it clear that the war Japan waged more than 70 years ago was an act of aggression.
1 We-the President of the United States, the President of the National Government of the Republic of China, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, representing the hundreds of millions of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be given an opportunity to end this war.
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