When Kensuke Miyazaki, a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house, applied for a one-month childcare leave in December, party heavyweights criticized him for "maligning the reputation of all Diet members".
The Economist Intelligence Unit claimed China was set for a hard landing in its latest global risk analysis report. Closer inspection of the Chinese economy shows that to be a false alarm.
Admiral Scott Swift, Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, told a conference on Indo-Pacific maritime security in Australia on Wednesday that an attitude of "might makes right" was returning to the South China Sea and sailing US warships through contested areas in the region was "not a naval issue" but a move aimed at ensuring freedom of navigation.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, the government in East China's Jiangxi province requires its city authorities to encourage local rural villagers to purchase houses in cities.
A COLLEGE STUDENT IN ZHENGZHOU, Central China's Henan province, killed himself because he was unable to pay back the hundreds of thousands of yuan he had borrowed from an on-campus loan provider. Thepaper.cn calls for more strictly regulating loans to students:
A RESIDENT IN WUHAN, Central China's Hubei province, filed a lawsuit against the local government claiming 30 million yuan ($4.64 million) in compensation for his house, which was to be demolished to make way for subway station.
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The Chinese securities watchdog said on Friday that it will step up its crackdown on illegal activities by the country's credit-rating agencies amid a surge in corporate bond sales.
Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co Ltd, one of China's largest wineries, has started selling its signature Noble Dragon brand in Spain, the first Chinese wine to hit the market.
Leung Chun-ying, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, recently reiterated that it is common sense that Hong Kong is part of China and will remain so in the future.
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