ON MONDAY, a court in Beijing issued its final verdict in a lawsuit brought by the Beijing-based company World Luxury Association against several media organizations and journalists. The company claimed biased reports had damaged its reputation, but the court ruled in favor of the media, saying the reporting was in the public's interest. Comments:
THE MAYOR OF LIJIANG Zhang Zejun conducted an undercover investigation in the city, a tourist attraction in Southwest China's Yunnan province, with the local public security chief recently. Afterwards, he said the probe showed that tourists were no longer being enticed to establishments charging exorbitant prices for alcohol. Lijiang Old Town, a local 5A-rated scenic spot, was given a warning last month by the National Tourism Administration and told to rectify problems such as overpricing and poor management of its tourism industry. Comments:
SHENYANG, the capital of Liaoning province, Northeast China, has been suffering shockingly severe smog since Saturday. The average concentration of PM2.5, the fine particulates that are harmful to health, reached 1,155 micrograms per cubic meter in the urban area of the city, and in some parts the concentration was 1,400 micrograms per cubic meter. Comments:
The communiqué issued after the recently concluded Fifth Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee said all couples will be allowed to have two children, ending the one-child policy for the overwhelming majority of the population.
China's stock market has been in the news since the summer, when a rapid rise gave way to a major plunge, triggering a global equities sell-off. The question now is what can be done to prevent further volatility.
During the past four years, Myanmar has opened up, revealing the country's mammoth problems and challenges, especially those related to race and religion.
The United States is sending confusing signals over the South China Sea issue and has heightened tensions in the region by sending its warships and planes close to China's islands.
The latest trade data may have caused some raised eyebrows about the health of China's economy, which is a key growth engine for the global economy, but it is simply counterintuitive to believe that, while Chinese consumers are buying out formula milk powder in other countries' supermarkets, its domestic demand is as battered as the double-digit plunge in its imports suggest.
Is China well prepared for the rapid expansion of an increasing number of big cities such as national and provincial capitals? The severe smog shrouding most major cities in Northeast China is an indicator that more needs to be done to improve the air quality if China is to provide its urban residents with a comfortable and healthy living environment.
THE BODY OF XIAO WENSUN, the mayor of Liuzhou in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was recovered from the local river earlier this month. The cause of his drowning is still unknown and is under investigation. However, the local government's tardiness in revealing information has given rise to a wave of online speculation. Comments:
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