ON JUNE 1, 2008, a national regulation was introduced forbidding stores from providing plastic grocery bags to customers for free. The regulation requires supermarkets or shops to charge customers for such bags in order to reduce their use. However, People's Daily recently reported that large quantities of such carrier bags are still being used in supermarkets and shops every day. Beijing News comments:
TO AVOID HITTING AN OLD WOMAN who was jaywalking, a bus driver in Tianjin was forced to swerve, injuring a pedestrian on the sidewalk and a few passengers on the bus. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Monday:
A BRIDESMAID IN XI'AN, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, decided not to call the police or press charges against two male guests who sexually harassed her at a wedding. Beijing News commented on Monday:
The deep rift between Qatar and major Arab powers has triggered a crisis, arguably the biggest, for the 36-year-old Gulf Cooperation Council. Accusing Doha of supporting "terrorism" and financing "groups" linked to Iran, eight countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic relations and transport links with Qatar despite the latter's vehement denial that it had such links.
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from the 2015 Paris climate change agreement, the landmark United Nations treaty that many of us worked so hard to achieve. Trump is making a mistake that will have grave repercussions for his country as well as the rest of the world.
China has a lot of amazing tourist attractions, but both domestic and foreign tourists usually have unpleasant experience or impressions with its public toilets - "inadequate, dirty and chaotic".
The European Union is at a crossroad, with member states pondering the twists and turns of the transatlantic relationship, the United Kingdom's departure from the bloc, and a worsening geopolitical environment. Since the astonishing outcome of last year's Brexit vote, the 27 remaining EU member states are debating the bloc's future while sticking together.
Three former executives of Pangu Investment Co Ltd stood trial in Xigang District People's Court in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, on Friday for fraudulently obtaining loans and foreign exchange using fabricated documents. All of the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges.
After an election debacle on Friday, British Prime Minister Theresa May saw her Conservative Party lose its parliamentary majority just days before Britain is due to start talks on its departure from the European Union.
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ABOVE THE COUNTY LEVEL should each have one official website that is open, informative, convenient to use and free from commercial advertisements, according to the guidelines on government websites released by the State Council, China's Cabinet, on Thursday. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Saturday:
A PROTECTED BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN SHANGHAI has been demolished, after it was sold for about 80 million yuan ($12 million), according to reports. Thepaper.cn commented on Saturday:
EARLIER THIS MONTH a truck driver in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, was reportedly forced to pay 3,200 yuan ($482) as a parking fee to a property management company after he parked his truck outside one of the buildings managed by the company for just five minutes. Procuratorate Daily commented on Saturday:
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