THERE ARE OFTEN PROTESTS BY RESIDENTS when a local government announces it is planning to build a waste incinerator or sewage or dangerous waste treatment plants. This not-in-my-backyard mentality, if unchecked, will lead to a zero-sum game between governments, enterprises and the public, Beijing Times commented on Wednesday:
THE BEIJING-SHANGHAI HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY made nearly 6.6 billion yuan ($1 billion) in net profit last year. This should refute doubts about its profitability and sustainability, says an article posted on the National Radio of China website on Wednesday:
THE HEALTH authorities in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, have moved the city's mobile blood donating clinics from the downtown shopping streets to the railway stations. This is because the popularity of online shopping means fewer people are going to these streets to shop. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:
Does it have to take 26 lives to force Taiwan authorities to view people from the Chinese mainland from the perspective of humanity? For more than two decades, the public narrative in Taiwan has been one of reluctance to treat compatriots from across the Taiwan Straits as real subjects of the "Rights of Man".
The South China Sea arbitration case initiated by the Philippines is based on its illegal actions and illegal appeal. The arbitral tribunal does not have the jurisdiction over the South China Sea dispute between Beijing and Manila and therefore its ruling is null and void.
No one knows when commencement speeches delivered by university presidents became a highlight of the graduation season in China, but they have been drawing wide public attention nowadays.
There are lots of astonishing numbers about the Chinese economy. For example, China used more concrete in 2010 to 2013 than the United States used in the entire 20th century. Its continuously high GDP growth rates for more than 35 years are unmatched in history. But the most impressive number is the growth rate of wages.
Over the past few days, some activists in North China's Hebei and East China's Anhui provinces have protested in front of KFC fast food outlets calling for US businesses to be boycotted.
According to media reports, the Chinese way of "math teaching" is set to be introduced in the United Kingdom's primary schools.
AFTER PUBLIC COLLEGES in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces adjusted their fees, Hainan province and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region also held hearings on doing the same. Yet a media survey shows that 76 percent of respondents believe the current fees are already too high. China Youth Daily comments:
FIVE PEOPLE drowned attempting to rescue one of their companions, who died after trying to commit suicide by jumping into a river twice in Dunhuang city, Northwest China's Gansu province. The woman who wanted to commit suicide, jumped into the water again after being saved by her companions the first time. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:
The Philippines, the United States, Japan and Vietnam have demanded that China abide by the arbitral tribunal's ruling on a case initiated by the Philippines against China over the South China Sea dispute to avoid violating international law.
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