YU JIANCHUN, a 33-year-old with no college degree, who worked for a parcel delivery company in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, hit the headlines recently when he found new formulas and algorithms to some complex math problems. Guangming Daily commented on Wednesday:
The arbitral tribunal's ruling that Taiping Island, 0.51 square kilometer in area and the largest island in the South China Sea, is a "rock" rather than an "island" sparked public outcries in Taiwan. Sixty-two percent of the people wished Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen could visit the island to demonstrate Taiwan's defiance to the ruling.
In recent weeks the global media have been invaded by news or just rumors about Chinese billionaires buying controlling stakes in European soccer clubs and acquiring top European players to play in the Chinese Super League.
Big events, no matter where they are held, always draw attention, and criticism. The upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, is no exception. Speculations have been rife over the mega-diplomatic event - from the cost of hosting the summit to the strengthening of security measures.
People entering the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia these past days for the 2016 Democratic National Convention have been first greeted by goods on display in an official merchandise store. The most eye-catching is a poster of the party's nominee Hillary Clinton, looking 20 years younger and with red and gold rays radiating from her.
The State Council's latest guideline on reform of the colossal central State-owned enterprises marks a concrete step toward acceleration of the broader reform of State enterprises.
There is no better place to find nationalism rearing its ugly head than in cyberspace, where reasoned debate often gives way to an outpouring of slurs and invective.
THE HOSTAGE INCIDENT that happened in Saint-etienne-du-Rouvray, northern France, on Tuesday, in which two men armed with knives took five people hostage, resulted in three dead, including the two assailants, and another seriously injured. Ifeng.cn commented:
DOUBTLESSLY, facing the flooding across vast swathes of the country, local governments and residents have devoted themselves to flood relief efforts. Yet there are problems and chaotic situations that should arouse our concern, Ifeng.com comments on Wednesday.
GLOBAL DATA ANALYSIS shows that in developed countries the child obesity rates are higher in rural areas, while in developing countries child obesity is more often seen in cities. In China, both urban and rural areas are witnessing a growing number of obese children. Southern Metro-polis Daily commented on Wednesday:
While seemingly elegant in theory, globalization suffers in practice. That is the lesson of Brexit and of the rise of Donald Trump in the United States.
The British Department of Education announced recently that half of the primary schools in England will teach mathematic in the "Asian way", for which the government will provide huge funds to pay for teaching materials and teachers' training.
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