Dual-Circulation Drive

The outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan(2021-25) and the long-range objectives through the year 2035 approved in this year’s National People’s Congress session further highlights the new development strategy of dual circulation, in which the domestic and overseas markets reinforce one another, and the domestic market serves as its backbone.     

Fore the Cause of Healthier Golf Courses

正Four years of regulatory actions have cut China's nationwide number of golf courses from its peak of 689 to 449 thus far, with 34.8 percent shut down, according to reports from 11 ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Natural Resources, on May 15.     

Stop Politicizing Health Issues

正Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of the 74 th session of the World Health Assembly(WHA) took place via video link on May 24. The assembly highlighted such issues as pandemic responses, the World Health Organization(WHO) reforms and budgets, among other topics.     

China,the FDI Magnet

正Restrictive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered concerns among financiers with investment environments across various economies. Which country is most attractive to foreign investment? The answer is China, according to the World Investment Report 2021 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on June 21.     

Will Climate Diplomacy Turn Around China-U.S.Relations?

U.S.Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to China in mid-April intended to smooth over relations with China before the Earth Day Virtual Summit on climate change hosted by the Joe Biden administration on April 22-23.Prior to his China trip,Kerry toured a number of European Union countries and selected parts of Asia for the same purpose.     

WHAT CHINA CAN OFFER IN COVID-19 CONTAINMENT

More than a month of intense prevention and control measures have borne fruit in China:Both new confirmed and suspected cases of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)are dropping,so is the fatality rate and the number of cured and discharged patients keeps growing.The fi nal victory against the disease in the country seems within sight.     

Determining Line-Crossing Sequences Between Laser Printing and Writing Pen Using Coaxial Light

Determining the application sequence of hand-written pen ink and printer toner lines has attracted significant interest in questioned document examination. This study uses coaxial light to determine line-crossing sequences, with intersections observed under a VSC600 forensic document workstation and a Leica M205A Stereo-microscope. Results show that reflected light at intersections and color contrast between intersections and nonintersections was observed when a hand-written ink line passes over a toner line, while a toner line passing over a written line appeared dull, with no color contrast. The procedure was tested under a range of conditions, such as types of writing pens and laser printers, the writer, and writing pressure, with the latter playing an important role in the evaluation. To validate the results, a 90% detection rate and 98% accuracy rate were achieved from 50 samples of blind testing, which is more effective than optical microscopy.     

Access Denied

The 117,000 doses of British AstraZeneca vaccine shots that arrived in Taiwan on March 3 made up the first batch of vaccines the island had received at that point.Nevertheless,this relatively small number of vaccines simply is not sufficient for distribution among frontline medical staff,let alone among regular residents across the island.One year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,residents in the Chinese mainland。     

Post-Pandemic Partnerships

Premier Li Keqiang attended the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit hosted by the Cambodian Government via video link on November 25.