The Sino-UK relationship has been on the rise over the past few years. On financial issues, infrastructure and nuclear energy, in particular, they have many interests in common. And with President Xi Jinping visiting the United Kingdom this week, their mutual economic cooperation will definitely be strengthened.
To get a better understanding of the grand project to integrate development of Beijing and neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei province, one has to start with the country's ongoing transformation of the regional development pattern in which "competition" used to play a dominant role.
This is an age of anxiety about the job-killing effects of automation, with dire headlines warning that the rise of robots will render entire occupational categories obsolete. But this fatalism assumes that we are powerless to harness what we create to improve our lives - and, indeed, our jobs.
One of the things that will be discussed during President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United Kingdom will be the Belt and Road Initiative, which Xi proposed two years ago as public goods to boost common development and prosperity.
A carriage ride to Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty British Queen Elizabeth II.
Addressing the sixth Xiangshan Forum on Friday, the Vice-Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong stressed construction on the Nansha Islands serves mostly civilian purposes, as it not only improves navigation but provides more public services.
ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL POVERTY REDUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM held in Beijing on Friday to mark the 23rd International Day for the Eradication of Poverty the following day, President Xi Jinping drew on his own experiences, saying poverty alleviation has always been an important part of his work in different posts over the past 40 years. Comments:
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE'S DAILY, over the past nine months, 149 disputes have occurred in which elderly people who received assistance from passers-by have accused their helpers of being the cause of their falls. In 84 cases, video footage from surveillance cameras proved the helpers were innocent. However, none of those making false accusations received any legal punishment. Comments:
AFTER BOARDING A TRAIN RECENTLY, Chen Huiyi, a female student in Zhejiang province, lost her ticket, which was bought under her name. She showed proof of purchase and her identity card but was required to pay for another ticket. Chen is now suing the railway authorities. Comments:
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