Monday's suicide bombing in the British city of Manchester, which killed 22 people, including children, was the most serious terrorist attack in the country since 2005.
Traditional festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on May 30 this year, are a continuation of the country's cultural bloodline, and more and more Chinese have come to realize their value.
IN SHANGHAI, just 30 percent of those applying to the Housing Provident Fund for low-interest loans are low-income employees, while the percentage of middle-income applicants is much higher. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:
A RECENT SURVEY shows that about 50 percent of users replace their old cellphone with a new one every 18 months. As a result, there are about 1 billion used cellphones nationwide with only 2 percent of them being recycled. Beijing Youth Daily comments:
A CLASS taught by Zhang Zhujun, a professor of chemistry at Shaanxi Normal University, who is now in his 80s, has gone viral online, because of his humorous teaching style and the encyclopedic knowledge that he has acquired over nearly 60 years of teaching. Shaanxi Daily comments:
Things became so ugly between Beijing and Seoul during the last days of the Park Geun-hye presidency that every sign of warmth evaporated. All because of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system the United States and Republic of Korea militaries rushed into the country amid the political vacuum prior to the general election following Park's impeachment.
Despite considerable improvements in the safety and quality of domestic dairy products following the melamine scandal of 2008, China's dairy farmers still face challenges.
ON MAY 10, Yishui county in East China's Shandong province introduced a new policy according to which there will be no funeral charges for people who die in their hometowns. Xinhua Daily Telegraph comments:
A CHINESE ACTRESS attending the 70th Cannes Film Festival, which started on May 17, has received some fierce criticism at home for wearing a gown containing elements of China's national flag. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:
A NEW BOOK by Zhou Guoping, a research fellow with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has put Chinese language exams under the spotlight. People's Daily comments:
The success of the Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping, depends on efficient and timely completion of projects, which in turn hinges on the honesty of the people entrusted with executing the major tasks in the projects.
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