Wearing a safety helmet and dressed as a coal miner, Premier Li Keqiang spent two hours in a coal mine 7, 000 meters below the ground with workers during his first inspection tour of 2016 in North China's Shanxi province, which boasts of a large coal reserve but faces economic problems because of overcapacity.
The heated discussion both online and in the print media about the trial of four former executives of Shenzhen QVOD Technology Co, an online video service company, which was broadcast live on Thursday and Friday, has exerted pressure on the judges.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Saturday that her party has decided to take tougher action against refugees who commit crimes.
AN UNFINISHED EXPO PARK IN SHANGCHENG COUNTY,a national-level poverty-stricken county in Central China's Henan province, was investigated by a provincial inspection team last month.
TWO RARE EBONY ARTIFACTS, which were found on a riverbank in Suining in Southwest China's Sichuan province about half a month ago, remain unattended to and lie unprotected in the open because none of the relevant local government departments are willing to take responsibility for them.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT in Taizhou, East China's Jiangsu province, has reportedly introduced a "snail" award for those officials who fail to press ahead with major projects or respond to the residents' concerns in time. This is not enough to punish incompetent officials, says Eastday.com:
The three-year nationwide anti-graft campaign reflects the strong determination of the Communist Party of China led by Xi Jinping to eradicate corruption from the roots. In fact, ending corruption in officialdom is a distinctive feature of Xi's governance.
After the Democratic People's Republic of Korea claimed on Wednesday it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, Beijing immediately expressed its concern and called on all parties to "get back on the track of resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue through the Six-Party Talks".
Nearly 30 years have passed since the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, and the scientific community is still arguing about the impact radiation is having on the ecosystem surrounding the reactor. Recently, together with other scientists, I studied the animals in the human exclusion zone around the plant.
In his New Year's speech, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asserted that Japan will play the role of a global actor in 2016.
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