Sino-US.com’s pick of top 10 Chinese news items of 2017
The 2016 B20 Summit was kicked off Saturday afternoon in Hangzhou with the keynote speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to Xi, the world economy is recovering as deep-seated adjustments are being made.
The formal inauguration of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Saturday heralds what Chinese President Xi Jinping called a "historic moment" to create an additional driving force for the Asian economy.
The different ways of handling such a case in the US and China reflect the differences between the legal systems of the two countries, Zou said.
Three weeks after the Ezubo case, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, together with some other government agencies, announced a series of draft provisional rules to regulate the country's online lending sector. The rules authorize the local financial regulators to take the lead in the overhaul aimed at promoting a healthy development of the problematic industry and meeting the demand of small and medium-sized enterprises eager for safe financing channels. The draft is circulated for publi…
In 2001 when the US took revenge on al-Qaeda right after the terrorist group carried out suicide attacks that disaggregated the World Trade Center and killed thousands of innocent people, China was still not vulnerable to terrorism, which mainly afflicted the US-led Western world.
China dropped the ban on finding a surrogate mother from its revised law on Sunday, following the debate by lawmakers of a draft which originally included the ban. But it doesn’t mean surrogacy is legalized in China.
Instead of developing a major-power relationship, China and the US have become like frenemies engaged in friendly high-level summits and fierce spats over the South China Sea throughout the year.
Last week, Beijing released a draft regulation which would allow migrants to apply for household registration or hukou based on a points system.The new points system would allow old graduates who have studied and worked in Beijing for many years to apply for a hukou.
Ahead of China's celebration of its second National Constitution Day to promote public awareness of the rule of law earlier this month, a book written by a well-known liberal scholar narrating the country's unfulfilled exploration of constitutional democracy was banned by the Chinese authorities, two months after its publication.
During the Paris climate conference, questions have been raised as to whether China can “forsake” its economic growth for environmental protection in the following 10 years. This, however, is not an either-or question for Chinese researchers.
The addition of the Chinese yuan into the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket has sparked heated discussions over the country's future monetary and financial reforms and the currency's internationalization.
The cancellation of over 300 Chinese students' test results by an American test board has put China's language training institutions under the spotlight.
The recent cancelation of Chinese students’ test results by US authorities shows that Chinese test-oriented education system is not succeeding in the United States.
The image of Chinese students in the United States is marred by academic dishonesty as more Chinese students are studying abroad at a younger age, according to a recent study.
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