A DRIVER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE for a fatal accident in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, in June has been diagnosed with mental health issues - a guarantee of limited criminal liability - the Nanjing traffic management bureau announced on Sunday.
TWO AMONG the about 500 first-year undergraduates from poor families that Peking University admitted this year received an annual allowance of 20,000 yuan ($3,140) on the day of their registration. The university has also started providing mental support to poor students this year. Comments:
In his opening remarks at the parade, held in Beijing on Sept 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), President Xi Jinping announced that China would reduce the its military personnel by 300,000 troops, which, along with the parade, made headlines worldwide.
The photograph of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi who drowned along with his 5-year-old brother and their mother during his family's failed bid to flee civil war-torn Syria to Europe has pricked the world's conscience. Partly in response to the global outcry over the refugee issue, Germany and Austria have opened their borders to accept more refugees from the Middle East.
Although it refused to send a representative to Beijing to attend the events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Japan has been issuing some weird statements.
Nine months ago, I made a New Year's resolution to go on 20-kilometer walks at least 20 times this year after I managed to cover that distance in suburban Brussels on Jan 1.
The now-50-year-old Tibet autonomous region has every reason to rejoice: The national regional autonomy mechanism is working well and benefiting ordinary Tibetans.
Perhaps because of some embarrassing previous incidents overseas, there was much online criticism directed at the Chinese tourists supposedly making trouble at Bangkok Airport recently.
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA have opened their borders to accommodate more refugees fleeing from war-torn countries in the Middle East after the image of drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach went viral on the Internet. Also, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday promised to increase the intake of Syrian refugees in the wake of the humanitarian crisis. Comments:
AN EXPLOSION IN SHANDONG Binyuan Chemical Co Ltd in Lijin county, East China's Shandong province, killed 13 people, some of whom were blown to bits. However, in a media release the local government said that "the relatives of the victims are in a good, stable mood", which is a common practice in official comments after a disaster. The sentence provoked nationwide criticism. Comments:
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