HONG SHENG, deputy chief of a township in Huangshan city, East China's Anhui province, became somewhat of a cyber celebrity after he was seen using a car-hailing app to pick up commuters to work on June 15. After the county discipline department warned him that he would be punished for his action, he promised to give up the "part-time" job. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Monday:
We believe it is fair to say some of the Chinese government's more stringent standards issued at the national level and tightened in key provinces have indeed started to have some impact. Now, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (or Jing-Jin-Ji, as it is referred to in China) has high targets for air, water and soil quality.
The "Brexiteers" - those who want Britain to leave the European Union - argue that their goal would be virtually cost-free and have no effect on the United Kingdom's global trade. They are wrong.
Despite animal rights organizations' strong opposition, the annual dog meat festival will be held by restaurants in Yulin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on June 21 this year. Thus we can expect the annual war of words between dog lovers and dog-meat lovers to intensify. Dog lovers say dog-meat lovers are very cruel and uncivilized while the latter say the former are uncivilized, for they lack respect for others' food habits.
On Saturday, I heard the sad news of the death of Wu Jianmin, a veteran Chinese diplomat who served long stints in Belgium, the Netherland, Switzerland and France.
Prominent former diplomat Wu Jianmin's abrupt departure is a tremendous loss not only to his beloved ones, but also Chinese diplomacy.
President Xi Jinping arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, on Friday to kick off his three-nation tour of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP RECENTLY ISSUED A DOCUMENT that requires ministries, as well as local Party and governmental agencies, to hire legal consultants and lawyers. This is a good move for better governance, says Southern Metropolis Daily:
"I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE," said Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting of the State Council, China's Cabinet, when hearing about the various kinds of funds local governments collect from construction companies as gaurantees. The State Council decided to keep only four of them and cancel all the others. Beijing News comments:
AT A RECENT NEWS conference, the spokesperson for Beidou Navigation Satellite System said that it has been rendering a service to the Asia-Pacific region since 2012, and it has been performing better for the past three years. However, Beidou needs deeper international cooperation in order to prosper, says Beijing Youth Daily:
President Xi Jinping is on an eight-day visit to Serbia, Poland and Uzbekistan from Friday, during which he will also attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent on June 23 and 24.
Recently, some experts have warned that China faces a financial/debt crisis worse than the 2008 US subprime crisis. But a closer look at the China's debt dynamics shows some fundamental differences between China's debt situation now and that of the US in the days leading to the 2008 global financial crisis.
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