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Supervisory step forward

[2017-07-03 07:05]

In a recent unannounced inspection of medical apparatus suppliers nationwide, several were ordered to close or conduct rectification measures as their products failed to meet the required quality standards.

Welcome ban on brouhaha over exam scores, but more needed

[2017-07-03 07:05]

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CHINA'S HEBEI PROVINCE sent a notice to its subsidiary branches and all the high schools in the province, asking them not to publicize the gaokao (national college entrance exams) scores of their students, and not to post online the percentage of their students enrolled into colleges. That's a good move, comments Beijing News:

TV stations liable for fraudulent ads

[2017-07-03 07:05]

THE POLICE IN HUAIAN, a city in East China's Jiangsu province, recently arrested Hu Zunqin, who falsely claimed to be a medical expert in TV advertisements promoting stomach medicine. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Exhibition shows people's desire for cultural enjoyment

[2017-07-03 07:05]

ON THURSDAY, there were so many visitors to the Shanghai Museum for the opening day of the exhibition "A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum", that they had to queue in line for at least five hours in order to see it. Thepaper.cn comments:

Party's governance advances with the times

[2017-07-03 07:05]

The Communist Party of China has always sought to reinvent itself. Its leaders have contributed to the evolution of the Party, making it more adaptive to the changing times. Every time the Party leadership perceives a chasm between the leadership and the people, it makes successful interventions, strengthening its credentials as the benevolent Party working to improve the lives of the people.

Young entrepreneurs can help end poverty

[2017-07-02 13:26]

When Deng Xiaoping introduced agricultural reform in 1978, more than three-quarters of all Chinese rural people lived in poverty.

London fires have brought big changes

[2017-07-02 13:26]

When he lit his oven in London's Pudding Lane in September 1666, baker Thomas Farriner could have had no idea of the massive social change he was about to inadvertently trigger.

The outdoors can protect kids from myopia

[2017-07-02 13:26]

Shortsightedness, or myopia, a condition in which distant objects appear blurry while close objects appear normal, is a visual defect that is becoming increasingly serious among Chinese children.

MSCI inclusion a boon for A shares

[2017-07-02 13:26]

US financial index provider MSCI's decision on June 20 to include the Chinese mainland's stocks in its widely tracked MSCI Emerging Markets Index and All Country World Index in June 2018 could create a wind fall of tens of billions of US dollars from asset managers, pension funds and insurers for the mainland's equity markets over the next decade, according to analysts.

Earth's overwhelmed oceans are crying out for help

[2017-07-02 13:26]

Scientists watching a major rift in the Antarctic that has grown in the past few years say it will soon cause a section of the ice shelf to break off and "collapse" into the ocean.

Xi's pledge of full support will help build better Hong Kong

[2017-06-30 10:26]

President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday for a three-day visit to the special administrative region, during which he will take part in celebratory activities to mark the 20th anniversary of its return to the motherland and swear in the SAR's new leadership team.

Google's fine a reminder

[2017-06-30 10:26]

The European Commission fined Google a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.7 billion) on Tuesday for breaching the European Union's antitrust rules on the grounds that the world's largest internet search engine has abused its market dominance by favoring its own shopping service in its search results.

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