The grand gathering in Tian’anmen Square in Beijing on Thursday morning to celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China naturally drew the world’s attention. Those hoping the event would
Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not to have children. But just how
A child’s death is devastating to all parents. But for Chinese parents, losing an only child can add financial ruin to emotional devastation. That’s one conclusion of a research project on
On behalf of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping conferred the July 1 Medal on 29 outstanding Party members in Beijing on Tuesday. The new
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and July 16 is the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-neighborliness and
The Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, announced on Thursday that at least 751 unmarked graves had been discovered on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School. Chief Cadmus
The white paper, China’s Political Party System: Cooperation and Consultation, the State Council Information Office published on Friday demonstrates, at least in political terms, the way in which China has
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi presided over the High-level Video Conference on Belt and Road International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific on Wednesday. Focusing on COVID-19 prevention and control cooperation
Speaking at the European Parliament following the EU’s decision to put the brakes on ratifying its investment deal with China, Mick Wallace, a member of the European Parliament from Ireland,
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees at a Houston hospital who did not want to be vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe. In
Iran’s conservative rulers’ effort to orchestrate the outcome of the June 18 presidential election triggered a voter boycott – but the result may still bode well for ongoing negotiations over
The law on countering foreign sanctions, which the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, passed on June 10, has drawn both global and national attention. But
As an increasingly vaccinated world emerges from lockdowns, lots of people are talking about whether the fight against the pandemic was too strong or too weak. Some people argue restrictions
The leaders of the G7 wealthy nations pledged during their weekend summit in the United Kingdom to share more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines with the world’s low-income countries over
After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended the long era of Benjamin Netanyahu’s prime ministership. Yet he leaves a
The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The presidents of the European Commission
US President Joe Biden recently ordered intelligence officials to conduct an intensive 90-day probe to reinvestigate the possibility of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic being a leak from a
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan proposes to spend US$16 billion plugging old oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines. But there’s no authoritative measure of how many of
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantial reductions in student learning in metro-Atlanta public elementary and middle schools. What’s more, these impacts have grown over time, according to our new
Starting from Monday, more than 10 million people will sit the annual national college entrance examinations across China. Given the significance of the exams to those taking them, as well
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