Since the election of Tsai Ing-wen, from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, in January 2016 as Taiwan leader, speculation over her position on cross-Straits economic exchanges has been rampant.
The curtain has come down on the 2015-16 season of the Chinese Basketball Association. But the drama it generated through its finals series still lingers.
The disclosure of a vaccine scandal has provoked a public health crisis in China.
US President Barack Obama began a historic visit to Cuba on Sunday, the first by a US president in 88 years.
Nothing has caught a nerve in China quite like the latest vaccine scandal.
Considering his "civil rights" experience in East Germany before its unification with West Germany, the ongoing state visit to China by German President Joachim Gauck has been viewed by some Western human rights organizations as an opportunity to exert pressure on China on the human rights issue.
One after another there have been postings on social media about the "dangers of vaccines" after a network illegally storing and selling vaccines was busted by the police. One of the most popular posts was one titled "Tragedies Caused by Vaccines", which blamed vaccine injections for the deaths and disabilities of 19 children, it was reposted many times accompanied by calls to "boycott vaccines".
The latest vaccine scandal, exposed in East China's Shandong province in early March, has generated excessive unprofessional interpretations of possible side effects, as it involves 570 million yuan ($87 million) worth of vaccines that were suspected of being sold to 24 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions without being kept and transported in the required refrigerated conditions.
London, Madrid, Paris - and now Brussels, Europe's fight against terrorism is set to continue for some time, probably a long time. As world leaders express their condolences and outrage, they also know that there is no quick or easy solution to defeat today's terrorists, especially the fanatics who belong to the Islamic State group, the organization that claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks.
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