A TRUCK DRIVER, who was responsible for a collision with another truck in Beijing, is suing the towing company for charging him nearly 130,000 yuan ($19,000) for moving the damaged trucks, which he claims is exorbitant. Beijing Youth Daily urges better supervision over towing companies and breaking the existing monopoly in the market:
THE LAST DAY of 2015 saw three local officials in the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, Southwest China, win 19 major awards in a local photography contest. Other winners remain unidentified. The cost of the contest was 700,000 yuan ($11,000), of which the local government provided 500,000 yuan. The Beijing Times says:
The end of a year is usually a time to ensure migrant workers are paid their due wages. Given that many enterprises, especially small and medium-sized ones, are suffering because of the economic slowdown, it is likely migrant workers will face difficulties getting their wages before they return home for the annual Spring Festival holiday, which starts early next month.
Donald Trump has been hitting the headlines almost every day for his absurd and inflammatory comments. To the surprise or chagrin of many people, the billionaire running for the Republican presidential nomination has dominated the Republican race since July.
Japan has agreed to pay 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) to help the Republic of Korea set up a fund to support Korean women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army before and during World War II, in order to settle the "comfort women" issue.
In spite of the darkening global growth prospects and the unexpected plunge in the domestic stock market on the first trading day of this year, Chinese consumers will no doubt demonstrate their growing importance to the global movie industry when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in this country on Jan 9.
Seemingly better air quality statistics are cold comfort for Chinese people who have a huge stake in terms of their health in the country's ongoing campaign against air pollution, which could last for years. So instead of breathing a sigh of relief, policymakers should focus on taking more concrete measures to reduce hazardous smog.
One water faucet and one toilet shared by 830 households in an urban shantytown: this is how poor living conditions can be for some urban residents who cannot afford their own apartments and need the government to provide them with better living conditions.
IN FEBRUARY 2015, the top leadership approved a reform plan for soccer in China. This was supposed to start reform of the whole sports industry. However, it has met resistance from interest groups. People's Daily calls for firmer measures to push forward the reform:
A VIDEO SHOWING a woman eating a popular Chinese snack with a strong smell on the Shanghai subway and arguing with other passengers who tried to stop her from dropping the remains on the floor, recently went viral. Her personal information, including her profession, was later posted online. As much as she deserves to be blamed for her behavior on public transport, Beijing Youth Daily says revealing her identity in this way invades her privacy:
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