A WEBSITE promoting pedophilia and inviting paid "members" has been shut down and its operators detained in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province. Police in some cities have launched a crackdown on such websites after a video of a man groping under a teenage girl's dress at a railway station in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, went viral online. Beijing News commented on Thursday:
Although the theme of the 9th BRICS Summit is "A Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future", there is likely to be some underlying tension among the five member states when they meet in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, from Sept 3 to 5.
Editor's note: Many cosplay and ACG events are being organized in China, making the subculture popular among some youths. ACG means anime, comics and games subculture, and cosplay means costume play, in which participants wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character, real or fictitious. Two experts from the animation industry share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wu Zheyu. Excerpts follow:
The Nanjing Railway Procuratorate on Monday ordered the arrest of a young man surnamed Duan for suspected child abuse. He was photographed early this month touching an 8-year-old girl's breast in the waiting hall of Nanjing high-speed railway station.
The US administration says it welcomes foreign investment, but it is politicizing Chinese foreign direct investment yet again. Perhaps the US is paranoid about Chinese FDI. An example of its paranoia about Chinese FDI was the Securities and Exchange Commission's order on Aug 9 to put an indefinite hold on a $20 million acquisition of the Chicago Stock Exchange by a group of buyers led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group.
Reactions to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's latest provocation have followed the age-old script:
With the onshore yuan-dollar exchange rate breaking through the 6.6 mark on Monday, the first time since June last year, and the offshore rate also approaching 6.6, the Chinese currency has been steadily appreciating against the greenback - up nearly 5 percent since January.
A RESEARCH TEAM led by Justin Yifu Lin, an economist at Peking University and former senior vice-president of the World Bank, has suggested Northeast China's Jilin province, a heavy industry base since the 1930s, shift focus to developing light industry. Beijing News comments:
THE BOOMING SHARING ECONOMY has extended to liquefied natural gas tanks, which can be "shared" by residents in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, by scanning the quick response code on the tank. The tanks are delivered by appointment online. China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:
ON TUESDAY, internet giant Tencent Inc organized a charity activity that allowed people to buy a piece of drawing online for any price higher than 1 yuan ($ 0.15). All the drawings were made by people with autism, cerebral palsy or dysgnosia and the money raised would be used to help them. The activity attracted millions of people, yet some doubt whether the collected money would be spent effectively. Thepaper.cn comments:
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