In a congratulatory message to the chairman-elect of the Kuomintang in Taiwan, Communist Party of China General Secretary Xi Jinping expressed the hope that both parties will continue to adhere to the 1992 Consensus and resolutely fight against "Taiwan independence" .
The Communist Party of China Central Committee, with General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core, is making every effort possible to tighten Party discipline. It is because something has gone wrong with the Party's political culture and that the political ecology of the Party needs to be improved to promote clean politics, a clean government and honest officials.
ON THURSDAY, THE MINISTRY OF LAND AND RESOURCES announced that China had become the first country to viably extract gas from methane hydrates. Xinhua News Agency commented on Friday:
MORE THAN 500 ON-CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS at Peking University, one of the most prestigious universities in China, have reportedly managed to gain access to a degree course at the university over the past two decades by taking self-study courses and continuing education examinations for adults. People.com.cn commented on Thursday:
ON FRIDAY, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development solicited public opinions on a draft regulation that imposes harsher restrictions on landlords to prevent them from arbitrarily increasing rents without good reason. Beijing News commented on Sunday:
The outlook for Asia and the Pacific is the strongest in the world, but it is shrouded by challenges at home and abroad, according to the latest International Monetary Fund report for the region.
We can save so many lives around the world if we just slow down. Each year, more than 1.25 million people - many of them young people - die in automobile crashes. And a large proportion of these deaths are preventable: about one-third is due to vehicles traveling at excessive speeds. In low- and middle-income countries, that figure is closer to half.
After the Central Economic Work Conference in December said "houses are for living in, not speculation", the Government Work Report in March reiterated the fact and vowed to accelerate the establishment of a long-term mechanism to promote the steady and healthy development of the real estate sector.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been sending mixed messages these days. He told an audience in Tokyo on Wednesday that he was following a "Japan First" policy, a term that smacks of US President Donald Trump's "America First" anti-globalization slogan.
May 10 marked the very first Chinese Brands Day, an exciting government initiative that aims to publicize and promote Chinese brands that are independently owned.
There's a quiet revolution taking place on London's busy streets - and China is at the heart of it.