A recent State Council document says employers can "arrange working hours for employees according to their actual conditions so that some of them (employees) could rest on Friday afternoons and make short trips during longer ... weekends".
A large number of Chinese couples are choosing to have only one child even when they can have two. What does this say about further reform of the family planning policy?
For Greece, the turbulence of the last six months has offered proof that this debt-ridden country really only has one choice: It must tighten its belt to trigger growth.
The Tianjin explosions are the talk of the town, and they will be for many days to come, because of the many questions that remain to be answered.
History is a mirror that can enlighten later generations.
The local traffic police bureau in the city of Ankang, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, has reportedly ordered its police officers to issue fines of at least 5,500 yuan ($861) a month. Failure to do so means they will not receive their full pay. The bureau later denied the report. Comments:
The local government of Suining county in Central China's Hubei province announced recently that certain areas will have restricted access, due to the filming of Dad, Where Will We Go?, a popular TV reality show. Residents have been informed they will have to furnish their ID cards and household registration booklets to get in and out of those areas. This has drawn widespread public criticism. Comments:
Twenty-three sanitation workers aged 65 years or above in Xi'an, North China's Shaanxi province, were fired recently because of the contracting company's concerns about their "health and work safety", sparking a heated online debate. Comments:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday, the day marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class-A convicted criminals of WWII. This was just a day after his long-awaited statement to mark the anniversary.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not offer fresh apology for Japan's war crimes in his statement marking the 70th anniversary of World War II on Friday.
On Aug 11, 2015, the People's Bank of China lowered the yuan's exchange rate by almost 2 percent. The central bank's move pushed the yuan's "daily fix" to 6.2298 against the US dollar. This move was its biggest one-day change for the yuan since China had loosened (somewhat) its dollar peg in June 2010.
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