When the Ministry of Public Security, with the help of the "mainstream" media, tried to put an end to the public discourse about how innocent citizens should respond to police requests for personal identification information, they were not being unreasonable. Or wrong.
Shortly after a gunman shot dead 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a French police officer and his partner were stabbed to death on the outskirts of Paris on Monday by a person who reportedly claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.
JACK MA, founder of domestic e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, provoked discussion online when he said in a recent speech that the e-business model enables original equipment manufacturers to sell goods of similar quality to those of international brands but at much cheaper prices. But Southern Metropolis Daily says the idea is more important than the manufacturing process and it involves intellectual property rights:
SHANGHAI DISNEY RESORT, which officially opens on Thursday, reportedly received more than 600,000 visitors during a month's trial period ahead of its opening. Beijing News commented on Thursday:
A MINING COMPANY in Langao county, Shaanxi province, Northwest China, which hadn't paid the wages of its 180 workers for months, took several representatives of the workers to court when the workers demanded the pay they were owed. The local court found them guilty of disturbing public order. Beijing Times commented on Thursday:
President Xi Jinping's visit to Serbia, Poland and Uzbekistan has attracted special attention because China's top leader has not been a frequent visitor to these countries. This is also Xi's first visit to the Western Balkans, his second to Central Europe within three months and his fourth to Central Asia.
President Xi Jinping's visit to Belgrade is a big event. Unlike some other Central and Eastern European countries, Serbia is not a European Union member. Because of a dispute with Brussels on the issue of Kosovo's status, maybe it never will be. Although Serbia has signed trade agreements with the EU, political tensions between Belgrade and Brussels persist.
Despite numerous achievements over the past two decades - including the establishment of the 16+1 dialogue (16 Central and Eastern European countries plus China), increasing mutual trade and investment flows, direct train connection between Chengdu and the Polish city of - there still exist bottlenecks in the shape of increasing trade deficits for Poland, asymmetry in bilateral flow of investment and Polish entrepreneurs' struggle to enter China's huge market.
China's Belt and Road Initiative has prompted broad interest not only at the official level but also among analysts and experts. The central question that many are discussing about this initiative is: "What does it mean in economic, cultural and especially geopolitical terms?" Indeed, is it just a declaration of intent or an actual, concrete and practical project?
Reactions have varied to the news that MSCI, a US-based provider of capital market indexes, decided to delay inclusion of the Chinese domestic A-share market in its emerging market index.
In a recent statement on the dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated China's adherence to the settlement of the disputes through bilateral talks.
JAPAN LODGED A serious protest over Chinese warships sailing close to the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea last week, with the Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki reportedly summoning Cheng Yonghua, the Chinese ambassador to Tokyo, at midnight to "express serious concern". Beijing News commented on Wednesday:
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