Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took reluctant steps toward saying the right things in his speech on Aug 14 commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The defeat of Chinese students at the hands of their US counterparts at this year's International Mathematical Olympiad has sparked a public discussion. But this is not the first time that China has lost in the IMO - this is China's sixth loss in the 25 years it has been participating in the contest.
Last month, the US nudged China to win this year's International Mathematical Olympiad, its first in 21 years, prompting Chinese netizens to express shock. Although some netizens have reacted very strongly to the loss, the standard of mathematics in China has indeed been on a gradual decline, with some people even demonizing it as a subject.
China and the United States held their 19th Human Rights Dialogue in Washington last week during which officials from the two sides discussed the human rights situations in both countries and exchanged views in a candid and professional manner.
The seventh news conference for the massive explosions in Tianjin, which was held on Monday, has drawn special attention amid rising media and public questioning of the timeliness, sufficiency and effectiveness of previous information disclosures.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambiguous remarks on Friday in his speech to commemorate Japan's defeat in World War II reflect an elusive attitude toward core issues and his lack of sincere repentance for wartime crimes.
INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for not reflecting on his country's bloody World War II history in his Aug 14 statement, Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario hailed the "strong friendship" between Manila and Tokyo.
A WORKER WAS KILLED last week at a subway construction site in Dongguan, Guangdong province, when 300 square meters of land in the downtown area subsided, creating a hollow pit dozens of meters deep in a few seconds. Land subsidence has hit the construction site six times in the past three years. Comments:
THE NEWS THAT A DEAN at Chaohu University in East China's Anhui province allegedly molested a female college graduate and threatened her not to report him to the authorities has shocked netizens. The university authorities have launched a special investigation into the allegation and temporarily suspended the dean pending the probe's result. Comments:
The Republic of Korea is likely to announce in a few days whether ROK President Park Geun-hye will attend a grand military parade in Beijing on Sept 3 to observe the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
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