Macroeconomic statistics released over the weekend have sent a mixed message, that while growth remains weak, there are signs of stabilization. But as the recent boom in the real estate sector shows, policies targeted at stabilizing the economy could be misused, leading to risk accumulation and making it harder for policymakers to handle the situation in the future.
Impatience to hear and eagerness to pass judgment are two things that ruin a dialogue. A case in point, unfortunately, is the disappointing image painted of China's human rights situation by 12 Western countries in Geneva last week.
The violent clashes in Chicago on Friday, between supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and protestors opposed to his positions on various issues, have reinforced the "smell of gunpowder" his divisive comments have produced in the presidential election campaign in the United States.
IN THE ANNUAL WORK REPORT OF the Supreme People's Court to the National People's Congress on Sunday, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said national courts corrected 1,357 wrongful convictions in criminal cases last year.
THE ANNUAL WORK REPORT OF the Supreme People's Court said that 54,249 officials at all levels were investigated for duty-related offenses last year, including 8,217 who were accused of taking bribes, of whom 2,495 were punished. Beijing Times commented on Monday:
LI ZHENGQIN, after serving six months in prison for abusing her adoptive son, was welcomed by the boy and his biological mother at the gates of the prison in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, when she was released on Sunday. Rednet.cn said on Monday:
At the 31st convention of the United Nations Human Rights Council, 12 Western countries led by the United States recently claimed there have been human rights violations in China and expressed concern over the country's "worsening" human rights record.
China has worked out a greener economic development blueprint for the years up to 2020.
Targeted poverty relief is very important for China to meet the poverty alleviation target set out in the Rural Poverty Relief and Development Outline (2011-20). To achieve that goal, we have to change our concepts of poverty relief and development, reform management system and poverty alleviation.
A number of court cases were cited in the work report of the Supreme People's Court, which the chief justice delivered to lawmakers in the National's People Congress on Sunday. They were cases that set precedents for the country's still developing legal system.
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