Recently, the Yongping refinery of Yanchang Petroleum Group in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, made headlines by producing aviation fuel. As a result, Yanchang has become the first local enterprise to be granted an official certificate to produce the high-grade fuel commercially.
Luo Xiangjun, who comes from an impoverished family in Xieyuhe, a village in Ankang city in the south of Shaanxi, was surprised by how quickly and smoothly he received unpaid wages of 13,000 yuan ($1,844) that had been delayed for more than a year.
Movies and personnel from the Chinese mainland will not be taking part in the 56th Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei in November. The announcement by the China Film Administration via the official social media account of its publication China Film News is the latest sign of the tense atmosphere that has developed in cross-Straits relations.
ON TUESDAY, domestic e-commerce giant Alipay announced it had introduced a new service allowing married couples to get electronic versions of their marriage certificates. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
Editor's note: A lie is still a lie even if told a thousand times, but this principle is always "selectively" ignored by the United States administration in its dealings with China. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party stripped the disputed Kashmir region of its seven-decade autonomy and special status on Monday.
THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, recently announced the general plan for the Lingang New Area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Xinhuanet comments:
The central government issued a stern warning on Wednesday to the radical demonstrators in Hong Kong that it will not stand by and allow the situation in the special administrative region to further deteriorate.
By formally quitting the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on Friday the United States has cleared the way for it and Russia to reinforce their nuclear arsenals, raising the specter of a new arms race and increasing global security risks.
Editor's Note: Wang Liping, a law professor, has sparked an online debate by proposing in an article that China lower the legal marriage age. Two experts share their views on whether the legal marriage age should be lowered with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:
The labeling of China as a currency manipulator on Monday by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is another sign of the impulsive nature of the US administration's decision-making that is often based on its twisting of facts.
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