Spring Festival holiday is just not long enough

Feeling sleepy at work just a few days after the weeklong Spring Festival holiday? If yes, take consolation in knowing that you are not the only one that feels this way. You are just one of the millions of employees who say that the Spring Festival holiday wears them out and they need more time to recuperate.

Tusk should focus on the real threats that the EU faces

Following the lead of new US president, Donald Trump, who has used aggressive rhetoric against China since the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, has begun to play this dangerously misleading game too.

To be hoped more positive message from Mattis persists

In Seoul, he defended the United States' commitment to deploying the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in the Republic of Korea.

Spring Festival's global appeal grows

The celebration of Spring Festival worldwide in recent years shows that the traditional Chinese festival has increasingly become a global celebration.

Service sector must be supported so it can create more high-quality jobs

AT A RECENT EXECUTIVE MEETING OF THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, Premier Li Keqiang said that employment will be further promoted during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), with the emphasis on a sufficient supply of high-quality jobs. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Put social security cards to easy use

ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DATA, 972 million domestic residents now have social security cards, and the number is expected to grow to cover most residents. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that they will work with other governmental departments to make the cards multifunctional. An editorial in Beijing News comments:

Important that public interest cases are free

A TOTAL OF 493 middle school pupils in Changzhou Foreign Languages School were found to have health problems last March, and experts said that it might have much to do with pollution from chemical plants. China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Fund, a national NGO, filed a public interest lawsuit against three enterprises that were suspected of being the source of the pollution. However, it lost the case, and was ordered to pay 1.89 million yuan ($275,350) in legal costs. Beijing News comments:

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Trump's policies divide US, allies

Car-hailing key part of public transport

This year's travel rush during Spring Festival, or chunyun, reached its peak days before the Chinese New Year, with passengers finding it particularly hard to hail a taxi or ride-sharing car. In most cases one had to pay drivers extra money to be picked up by ride-sharing cars; and even these offers were at times unanswered, fueling concerns that drivers were "spoiled" by Didi Chuxing, the most popular mobile transportation services platform, and its rivals and now they only take passengers offering generous bonuses.

Toilets tell a tale of changing times

Childless elderly require more than financial support

Spring Festival means happy family reunions for most Chinese people. But for parents that have lost their only child, the festival is a time of sadness as it only reminds them their loss.