Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
It may help rally mankind, says a US senior China watcher
Births fell by some 3.5 percent last year on the Chinese mainland, from 17.86 million in 2016 to 17.23 million last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
China will halt and prohibit all business-oriented land reclamation activities and abolish local governments' authority over the matter in the strictest-ever control over reclamation, according to the State Oceanic Administration.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said "it is time to test the sincerity" of parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue because every time the tension there eases, disturbing and harmful actions arise.
The #MeToo movement in the United States, which has exposed alleged widespread sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood, reached a crescendo on Jan 7 when TV host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey gave a rousing speech at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles.
For years, debt has been jointly paid off by divorcing couples regardless of who accrued it. Now, the top court has said husbands and wives should not have to pay for their partner's excesses.
China will roll out more measures to support rural startups to further promote rural vitalization, under a decision at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
It was near midnight. I was walking back home after my seasonal fill of Sichuan hotpot at a neighboring restaurant when I heard a clanging sound in the air.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
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