US President Donald Trump began his first overseas trip in Saudi Arabia, where he got a royal welcome on Saturday in stark contrast to the low-key reception offered to his predecessor Barack Obama last year, perhaps owing to the latter's nuclear agreement with Iran in 2015.
Today, more than 95 percent of Asians live in middle-income economies, compared to less than 10 percent in the early 1990s. This remarkable shift was driven by rapid economic growth, especially in China, India, and Indonesia.
If Yang Shuping is asked a second time to give a commencement speech at the University of Maryland, she would probably not use the same tricks to win applause from her audience. The graduating senior with a double-major in theater and psychology displayed all her theatrical skills in her commencement speech on Sunday when she said the air in the US is "so sweet and fresh, and utterly luxurious". She continued: "I grew up in a city in China where I had to wear a face mask every time I went outside, otherwise, I might get sick."
China's stock market continued to tumble on Tuesday but, unlike other major indexes across the world, the fall was not triggered by the terrorist attack during an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom on Monday. Instead, the weakening of the Chinese stock market in recent weeks is a reflection of the domestic market's inherent problems and the unstable global macroeconomic and financial situation.
Things became so ugly between Beijing and Seoul during the last days of the Park Geun-hye presidency that every sign of warmth evaporated. All because of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system the United States and Republic of Korea militaries rushed into the country amid the political vacuum prior to the general election following Park's impeachment.
Despite considerable improvements in the safety and quality of domestic dairy products following the melamine scandal of 2008, China's dairy farmers still face challenges.
ON MAY 10, Yishui county in East China's Shandong province introduced a new policy according to which there will be no funeral charges for people who die in their hometowns. Xinhua Daily Telegraph comments:
A CHINESE ACTRESS attending the 70th Cannes Film Festival, which started on May 17, has received some fierce criticism at home for wearing a gown containing elements of China's national flag. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:
A NEW BOOK by Zhou Guoping, a research fellow with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has put Chinese language exams under the spotlight. People's Daily comments:
The success of the Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping, depends on efficient and timely completion of projects, which in turn hinges on the honesty of the people entrusted with executing the major tasks in the projects.
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