Many more babies will be born before the Year of the Horse ends, because couples in China try to avoid having babies in the Year of the Sheep, which starts on Feb 19, 2015. The reason: traditionally it is believed that "sheep babies" lead lives difficult.
The Chinese stock market experienced a "black Tuesday" this week, as its key index fluctuated by 9 percent in one day.
There should be a line demarcating where parents' expression of love ends and child molestation begins. Besides, acts of affection should be within the confines of social norms, says an article in Southern Metropolis Daily. Excerpts:
The 20-centimeter bicycle lane in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is a violation of cyclists' right to use the road, says an article on gmw.cn. Excerpts:
China has begun the next phase in its development as a leading global country. Structural reforms and partial liberalization are easing its reliance on growth through investments and net exports mainly driven by manufacturing. Instead, a model based more on domestic consumption and services and strongly driven by innovation is emerging.
Editor's Note: From 1937 to 1945, China fought a war to resist Japanese aggression, led by the Communist Party of China mostly in the north and the then ruling Kuomintang party largely in the south. Professor Tonglin Lu talks with Ed Zhang of China Daily about the roles of the two forces as reflected in some previously little-known documents in the US wartime intelligence archives.
LIU TIENAN, FORMER VICE-MINISTER OF THE National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner, and also former head of the National Energy Administration, received a life sentence on Wednesday for taking bribes.
Liu Tienan is the first senior official to have fallen because his corruption clues were reported through a micro blog; during investigations about his corruption, the authorities also actively interacted with ordinary citizens online. Several cases have since followed the same mode and they have sent a positive signal that the top leadership welcomes public participation in fighting graft.
China's effort to rebalance its economy - transitioning from investment-to consumption-based growth, reducing air pollution and improving social services - has inevitably led to a "new normal" of slowing growth.
A Foreign Ministry document on the Philippines' move to take the South China Sea dispute to an international tribunal for arbitration reiterates that China will not accept, let alone participate, in such kind of adjudication. The document, issued on Sunday, explains why the tribunal has no jurisdiction over the dispute.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has denied that it is responsible for the crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment which made available unreleased Sony movies on illegal file-sharing websites and resulted in the leak of sensitive personal information on about 47,000 individuals.
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