The first-ever joint drill on computer-aided missile defense between China and Russia are scheduled to be held this month. The exercises will simulate missile attacks on the two countries and joint counterattacks.
CHEN ZHONGWEI, a dentist in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, died on Saturday after being stabbed 38 times by a former patient. The case aroused nationwide attention and put violent conflicts between doctors and patients in the spotlight. Trust between the two has already been ruined and it will take a long process to rebuild it, said Beijing Youth Daily on Monday:
JIANGSU UNIVERSITY in Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu province, recently disqualified 21 students from receiving subsides intended for impoverished students based on their monthly mobile phone payments. Beijing News commented on Monday:
FAN DONGMEI, 48, has been rejected twice for doctorate enrollment in Renmin University of China after an interview. Fan said because of her age, no professors were interested in supervising her postgraduate studies. Beijing News commented on Monday:
China's top leader Xi Jinping recently reiterated the importance of media. Talking about how to promote the "Convergence of Traditional Media and New Media", Xi said media should pay attention to both convergence and management, and ensure media convergence advances in the right direction. Besides, Xi recently visited the offices of three mainstream media outlets, stressing the urgency and significance of embracing new media.
Asian economies are sailing in choppy waters, facing severe headwinds from an uncertain and challenging global environment, but the region also has strong points in favor.
The Chinese society is aging at an unprecedented rate. The number of people aged 60 or above reached more than 220 million at the end of 2015, accounting for close to 16 percent of the country's population. The figure is expected to increase to 25 percent by 2030. The elderly population is expected to grow to 500 million, larger than the entire population of the United States, by 2050.
Yet another example of political hallucination masquerading as intellectual expression has emerged in Hong Kong recently in the form of a suggestion that the special administrative region should become an overseas territory of the United States.
The killing of a dentist by his patient on Friday in Guangzhou, South China, is intolerable, and many local residents gathered in the city's Hero Square to mourn him on Saturday and express their anger at such violence.
ZHANGBEI, a small county in North China's Hebei province, recently began charging 50 yuan ($7.7) per person for using a provincial road that connects several local attractions. The cost of using the road may well be more than the toll to use an expressway, as everyone in a car will have to pay. Beijing News commented on Sunday:
LAND OWNED BY THE STATE-OWNED Guangzhou iron and Steel Enterprises Group in South China's Guangdong province, which has been sold to local property developers for more than 27.7 billion yuan ($4.2 billion), reportedly still contains heavy metal pollutants in the soil. Beijing News commented on Saturday:
A COLLEGE GIRL in Southwest China's Sichuan province was criticized for not offering her seat on a train to an 80-year-old woman who had a standing only ticket. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Saturday:
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