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Freedom of navigation: a tale of two interpretations

[2016-02-17 08:22]

Freedom of navigation is a buzzword of the day. Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr, Commander of the US Pacific Command, said on January 27, 2016, that the US navy will "continue down the path of freedom of navigation operations" and "you will see more of them, and you will see them increasing in complexity and scope".

Time to stop people monkeying with the law

[2016-02-17 08:22]

The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection and the Year of the Monkey is no exception.

Human Rights Watch once again shows its bias

[2016-02-17 08:22]

In its report on world human rights 2016, New York-based Human Rights Watch once again criticized the freedom of religious belief in China.

Spring Festival is still a time to celebrate

[2016-02-17 08:22]

Is the traditional Spring Festival disappearing? This question was a hot topic on domestic social networks during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, with many saying the Spring Festival is no longer what it used to be.

A more rational mode of overseas investment

[2016-02-16 08:03]

It's only one and half months into 2016. Yet by all estimates, Chinese companies' activity in overseas mergers and acquisitions will break a historic record this year, following a recent series of deals of quite substantial commitments.

Balanced way to reduce poverty

[2016-02-16 08:03]

Underdeveloped, lacking a civilized style of life and still poverty-stricken were the impressions of remote rural areas posted online during the Spring Festival.

Festival price hikes are expected but that is no excuse for cheating

[2016-02-16 08:03]

A TOURIST COMPLAINED online that a restaurant to Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, padded the bill and the staff became aggressive when they argued.

More funding for basic science required

[2016-02-16 08:03]

THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, ripples in space and time hypothesized by physicist Albert Einstein a century ago, were detected for the first time last week by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in the United States.

Crowded scenic sites unsafe and unattractive

[2016-02-16 08:03]

TOURISTS TO Huangshan, a scenic range of mountains in Anhui province in Eastern China, complained about how crowded the tourist site was during the holidays.

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[2016-02-16 08:03]

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[2016-02-16 08:04]

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Dangerous games on peninsula will have no winner

[2016-02-16 08:03]

The Korean Peninsula is on the brink of an abyss after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea successfully launched a satellite into orbit. The rocket launch came just one month after the country tested what it claimed to be its first hydrogen bomb.

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