The change in the attitude of most Western powers toward the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank can only be termed dramatic. From being indifferent to the idea, they have not only become supportive but also joined it as founding members.
Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, officially announced on Wednesday she would run in the "presidential" election next year. While the island could be on track for its first ever female leader, Tsai herself will have a major challenge to overcome, namely her "pro-independence" party's notorious image as a spoiler of cross-Straits relations.
Used as an idiom, to "beat a tin drum" means creating disturbance to draw attention to a cause. The Tin Drum by Guenter Grass introduced us to the irritable and unreliable Oskar Matzerath and his sane (or insane, depending on how one perceives him) narration of the troubled times that culminated in World War II. Grass beat the "tin drum" to such a pitch 14 years after the end of WWII that the world was forced to pay attention to his cause.
Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter's recent remark on the South China Sea issue has again prompted many to wonder whether the self-proclaimed "Anchor of Peace" of the world is really keen on seeing calm waters.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party of China's top discipline watchdog, has started posting the confessions of corrupt officials on its website. The confessions of former officials under arrest or serving sentences, which have become popular among netizens, offer some vivid details of their misdeeds and subtle variations in their thoughts.
On March 28, 1959, the Chinese central government announced the dissolution of Tibet's local government after the latter staged an armed rebellion in order to retain the politico-religious serfdom in the region, and established the Tibet autonomous region organizing committee.
Will the United States revert to protectionist policies to perpetuate its hegemony or stick to the principle of free trade at the risk of suffering relative decline?
Longjing, or Dragon Well, tea, is grown in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province, and is believed to have been introduced to the country by the Buddhist monks of Fajing Temple. The monks follow a long and rigorous process to make the tea, beginning with the blessing, cleansing, picking and drying of the leaves.
World leaders on Friday welcomed a framework nuclear agreement clinched between major powers and Iran, saying it paves the way for a final comprehensive pact by the end of June.
Kenya's interior minister vowed on Friday that the country would not bow to terrorist threats, a day after the massacre of 147 students by al-Qaida-linked Shebab fighters from Somalia.
German prosecutors said on Thursday they believed the co-pilot who crashed a Germanwings plane in the French Alps last week had searched on a computer for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash which killed 150 people.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
