THE TOTAL VALUE OF CHINESE ENTERPRISES' overseas mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of this year exceeded $100 billion, almost equal to that of the total last year. Thepaper.cn comments:
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CHINESE HEPATITIS C PATIENTS reportedly travel to India to buy cheap generic drugs for their treatment, instead of buying such medicines manufactured at home. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Tuesday:
MONDAY marked the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76). The Communist Party of China's official newspaper, the People's Daily, said on Tuesday that it was "a mistake... that cannot and will not be allowed to repeat itself". The paper further commented:
The idea for a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor would not have seen the light of the day if the two countries did not share the trust needed for such a long-term, multi-dimensional mega-project.
One after another, cities in southern China have found themselves inundated with the recent heavy rainfall. Residents are busy posting photos online, showing them in boats in the streets or catching fish in the water. Yet such a response should not obscure the fact that floods threaten people's lives and bring huge economic losses.
Bilateral ties between China and the Republic of Korea are in good shape, yet they both need to attach strategic significance to their cooperation.
Education has traditionally been seen as a way out of poverty, and nowhere is this truer than in China. In Shanghai, particularly, a modern education system has been evolving since the mid-19th century, and education reforms have been carried out in step with the city's growth into a global commercial and trading hub.
We have no idea what the wording is like in the classified version. But the text of the Pentagon's unclassified 2016 report on China's military and security developments has already provoked "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" from Beijing.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule on the unilateral arbitration case submitted by the Philippines on its territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea in a few weeks.
THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COALITION, the global organization on fighting counterfeit goods, recently announced that it had suspended the membership of Alibaba Group after complaints by some US and European brands. Beijing Youth Daily comments:
TWO PORCELAIN BOWLS, which the owner claims were worth about 260 million yuan ($39 million), were broken when he was transporting them on a flight from Shanghai to Tianjin in March. The airline says it will compensate him at its fixed rate of 100 yuan per kilogram because they were in the baggage and not declared as valuables or fragile articles. Beijing News commented on Monday:
A FEMALE student at Beijing Institute of Technology received a text message requesting she donate an egg to help infertile women, for which she would be paid 8,000 ($1,226) to 40,000 yuan within 15 days according to height, appearance and education level. Beijing News commented on Monday:
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