The first law to regulate overseas NGOs' activities in China, which the 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved last week, will take effect on Jan 1, 2017. The NPC Standing Committee reviewed the draft twice, in December 2014 and April 2015. After the second review, the draft was released to solicit public opinions, and national legislators held several meetings with overseas non-governmental organizations working in China to seek their suggestions.
A recent piece of news has taken us by surprise. The French National Gendarmerie has warned that parents could face jail or hefty fines if they post their children's photographs on Facebook.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced last week that the ruling Workers' Party of Korea will hold its 7th Congress in Pyongyang on May 6. It will be the first major conference of the party in 36 years and the first under current DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.
The first Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders 'Meeting held in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on March 23 has got a popular Chinese nickname, "blueberry" mechanism, because its abbreviation sounds exactly like the nutritious fruit in Chinese. This reflects the close relationship between China and the countries that it shares the river with.
The wrath directed at China's online search giant Baidu is understandable.
Courts across Beijing have handled 16,281 cases involving "individuals suing the government" since the country's new Administrative Procedure Law came into force on May 1, 2015, an increase of 99 percent year-on-year. Local governments have lost 29 percent of them.
AFTER A VIDEO was posted online showing people in uniforms beating women and children in Haikou, southern China's Hainan province, as they were evicted from their homes, the local government has apologized and detained some suspects. But there are more questions to be answered, says Bi Yantao, a professor at Hainan Tropical Ocean University:
CHINESE POLICE OFFICERS began a two-week joint patrol program in Italy with Italian police on Monday. The four Chinese officers will cooperate with their Italian partners to deal with problems related to Chinese tourists' security, protect Chinese tourists' legal interests, and facilitate Chinese travelers' communication with the Italian police, Li Yang, a writer with China Daily, comments:
BEIJING HOMELINK Real Estate Brokerage Co announced on Saturday that as of May 25, its 6,000 branches across the country will become emergency alert stations for children who are separated from their parents. This has aroused criticism from the police. Beijing Times commented on Tuesday:
Thanks to fear mongering on the US presidential campaign trail, the trade debate and its impact on American workers is being distorted at both ends of the political spectrum. From China-bashing on the right to the backlash against the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the left, Republicans and Democrats both have mischaracterized foreign trade as the United States' greatest economic threat.
Following Ma Ying-jeou's election in 2008, Taiwan endorsed the 1992 Consensus. Under this arrangement, both Taiwan and the Chinese mainland accept the principle of "one China", but each side holds its own interpretation of what that means.
In recent weeks, China's Belt and Road Initiative, the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, has got several bottom-up but energetic responses from Europe. Among them was the formation of the Europe and China tourism and cultural development committee a few days ago in Brussels. The committee is the brainchild of Benard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and other key European brains.
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