At a time when globalization needs to be safeguarded and promoted, some countries are doing exactly the opposite by violating even the normative axioms of international relations.
US officials and politicians who have for years excelled in calling other countries "rogue nations" should know the term is being increasingly applied to their own country now.
A year after Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Hong Kong's fourth chief executive, took office, policies introduced to bolster the tech sector are playing a major role in the promotion of innovation and technology in the city.
Youth development has been one of the strongest elements of the first year of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's administration.
Actions might speak louder than words, but a clear message certainly helps. In her first year in office, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has focused on actions and words, communicating through social media, the mainstream media, and by directly addressing the public.
Although the country's merchant fleet needs more sailors, low wages and social status, poor conditions and long absences from friends and family are deterring recruits, as Jiang Chenglong reports.
Li Heng, 31, is third officer on the MV Tianbaohe.
On the night Liu Jinsong approached Yueyang in Hunan province, he admits he was a bit scared.
Fisherman Shu Yin'an remembers coming across plenty of finless porpoises when he was young, but the animals - found only in the Yangtze River - are rarely seen these days.
Japanese scientist Tatsuo Arai is a man of few words, but when it comes to robots, the 66-year-old is willing to talk.
Charities and hospitals are working hard to reverse an imbalance in the supply of services between cities and less-developed areas, as Li Lei, Li Xueqing and Huo Yan report from Fuping county, Shaanxi.
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