I am from a county in Panzhihua, Sichuan province. When I was 6 years old, I accidentally touched a high-voltage cable and blacked out. When I regained consciousness, I found that my arms had been amputated. It was a huge blow. I was plunged into darkness.
I teach math at a high school in Beijing. I started teaching three years ago, and this week the first of my students will take the gaokao. They are nervous, and so am I.
I am not going to take the gaokao, because I have received an offer from the University of Waterloo in Canada to study for a bachelor's degree in mathematics.
Measures rolled out by the authorities to improve the care of children left behind by parents who move away from home and that of other juveniles facing difficulties have provided a timely lift for the millions of children in China and NGO leaders like Liu Xinyu.
Several ministry-level departments, including those for transport, education and health, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
Dawa cast a stern look at some young monks at Tashihunpo Monastery in the Tibet autonomous region, who were sitting on the stairs playing with their mobile phones.
In addition to being one of Tibetan Buddhism's top academies, Tashihunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region, is a repository of precious cultural relics, including the world's tallest statue of the Qiangba Buddha, also known the Maitreya Buddha or the Buddha of the Future.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton's meeting with Taiwan "security apparatus chief" David Tawei Lee a few days ago is a serious breach of the Sino-US consensus on the one-China principle, which the two sides reached in 1979 when Beijing and Washington established diplomatic relations.
Editor's note: A number of bullying cases have been reported from schools in China. On Children's Day, two experts share their views on how to curb bullying in schools with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:
China's decision to release a list of "unreliable" foreign companies, organizations and individuals that fail to abide by market rules, and violate contracts by blocking Chinese companies for non-business reasons and infringe upon their legal rights is in response to the recent developments that have seriously harmed China's interests.
A show of strength between US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe. That is what many assume the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore will be. But it wouldn't have been that way if the United States had played by the rules and honored its word.
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