Japanese savor golden oldies they remember from youth

Tossed aside as outdated junk by some, old video games such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man are now getting a new lease on life in Tokyo's vibrant Akihabara district, as growing numbers of die-hard fans seek out vintage classics to relive their youth.

Russian forces begin airstrikes in Syria

Russia on Wednesday carried out its first airstrike in Syria, near the city of Homs, a US defense official said, marking the formal start of Moscow's military intervention in the 4.5-year-old conflict.

Obama, Castro meet at UN

US President Barack Obama met his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Tuesday at the United Nations - all smiles after both renewed their calls for an end to the US trade embargo against Havana.

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Inactive officials a drain on the national economy

Disciplinary punishments have been meted out to about 300 government officials for being lazy and inactive. Officials' idleness and inaction have stagnated investment, delayed development projects, slowed land development and prevented the revamping of shantytowns.

An example of market's role

Days after Premier Li Keqiang questioned the reasonability of the government-led qualification authentication for manicurists, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently brought to a halt the official certification for the trivial profession.

Officials trading power for sex land in blackmail trap, face punishment

A case in Hengyang, Central China's Hunan province, has attracted public attention because the suspects used women to seduce officials and then took sex videos to blackmail them. Fifty-five local officials from four provinces are involved in the scandal, and most of them belong to the section level, the lowest in the bureaucratic order. Comments:

Punishing people who run private coffers

An official of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, reportedly burned the evidence proving the existence of a private fund owned by an affiliated company after he was informed beforehand about audit. He and some of his colleagues involved in the act have been expelled from the Party, the local discipline inspection authorities said. Comments:

Celebrities must check verity of goods they hype

The State Administration of Industry and Commerce has said 10 classic cases of suspected violation of the "strictest ever" Advertisement Law, that took effect from September, have come to light and some of them involve celebrities promoting dubious products. Comments:

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Strategic vows for stable bilateral ties

President Xi Jinping has just completed a state visit to the United States, accomplishing much of his mission: Sino-US mutual reassurance on maintaining the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region and mutual recommitment to "a new model of major-country relationship".