The controversial ruling of the arbitral tribunal, initiated by the Philippines in the South China Sea dispute case, is in trouble again. And this time, it is not because of China's protest but because Filipinos are questioning why such a huge amount was spent on the arbitration.
Lucid waters and lush mountains are the nation's goals, President Xi Jinping has said. Since he became the top leader, China has taken every possible measure to make environmental protection one of the government's principal guidelines as it deals with eco-problems and economic restructuring.
While overestimating Beijing's influence on Pyongyang, Seoul has to a greater extent undervalued Beijing's commitment and endeavors to broker peace between the two Koreas.
Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of state, formally accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party as its candidate for the US presidential election on Friday.
THE GOVERNMENT OF SHANGQIU in Central China's Henan province issued an order to close most of the small- and medium-sized restaurants in its urban areas "to curb air pollution". That's an absurd move that has brought inconvenience to people's lives, says Southern Metropolis Daily:
A REGULATION, jointly issued by several ministries on Thursday, legalized car-hailing service providers and put forward some fundamental principles for their management. Local governments should now issue detailed regulations for the industry, said Beijing News:
THE EDUCATION authorities forbid teachers in public schools to run private classes during the summer holidays. To try and escape detection, a teacher in Guantao county in North China's Hebei province held such class in a local Karaoke bar. The teacher received a disciplinary penalty. Southern Metropolis Daily commented:
Despite the strong opposition of China, the United States and the Republic of Korea have agreed to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in the ROK. Although the US claims THAAD is aimed at countering the "nuclear threat" posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", it is actually targeted at China.
Ever since the American computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term "Artificial Intelligence" in 1955, the public has imagined a future of sentient computers and robots that think and act like humans. But while such a future may indeed arrive, it remains, for the moment, a distant prospect.
Anxiously, the world held its collective breath when China announced its 2016 second quarter GDP growth rate, and then collectively exhaled with great relief, for it was 6.7 percent, the same as in the first quarter. The steady growth, slightly beating forecasts, signaled that China's economy is well and on course. Stock markets worldwide need not panic.
Together with the United States and Australia, Japan has again tried to drive a wedge between Southeast Asian countries and China. Although the three countries have no territorial claims in the South China Sea, they are intervening in the region in the name of "freedom of navigation" and "the rule of law".
The banking regulator is set to tighten its control on wealth management products, in order to rein in risks to the banking sector.
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