It is not the right time to be talking about "post-arbitration" just yet.
The recent ruling made by an arbitral tribunal on a case initiated by the Philippines, which rejects China's Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea as illegal and takes Taiping Island inhabited by Taiwan fishermen as a "rock" rather than an "island", offers an opportunity for both sides of the Taiwan Straits to build up basic mutual trust again.
TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP ERDOGAN REMAINS in power after the failure of an attempted coup on Saturday. Thepaper.cn analyzes the possible effects on Turkish politics and diplomacy:
IN SHUANGLIU DISTRICT OF CHENGDU, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, the local government recently introduced a list of 11 "symptoms" of mental health problems, and promised to give a reward to anyone who reported a person based on these symptoms once a mental health problem was confirmed. However, the symptoms given by the government are debatable, says Southern Metropolis Daily:
AFTER WAITING MORE than an hour for the lunch he had ordered via the app ele.me to be delivered, a customer in Ji'nan, East China's Shandong province, rated the restaurant negatively. Two days later, the restaurant owner found him and attacked him with a knife. Hsw.cn says the app providers need to better regulate the restaurants that register with them:
We live in extremely perilous times.
The recent plunge in China's real estate giant Vanke should come as no surprise. The inherent instability of Vanke became clear late last year when its major competitor, privately-owned Baoneng Group, acquired enough shares to become its largest shareholder.
When the European Union foreign ministers hold their regular monthly meeting in Brussels on Monday, they will have many pressing issues to discuss.
At least eighty-four people were killed and more than 200 injured in the French city of Nice late on Thursday when a man plowed a truck through a crowd that had gathered on a promenade to watch the fireworks' display on Bastille Day, France's national holiday. More than 50 of the injured are in a critical condition and many of the victims were children, according to media reports.
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission on Friday announced the merger of China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp with Chinatex Corp, in the process creating a bigger rival to compete with the so-called ABCD companies.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it is in talks to buy a stake in Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer BYD Co Ltd, but has not finalized how much it would spend.
Passengers heading to San Francisco from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in eastern China can now fly nonstop from the city since United Airlines Inc launched its direct flight service on Friday - a first between the two cities.
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