Will Tougher Sentencing Close Corruption Loopholes?

The maximum punishment for holding large amounts of property with unidentified sources, currently five years' imprison-ment, is set to double if a draft amendment to the Criminal Law is adopted.     

What Will Result From the WHO's Proposal on Gaming Disorder?

正The World Health Organization(WHO)recently added gaming disorder to the latest draft of the International Classification of Diseases manual(ICD-11),a comprehensive guide to disease classifi cation."Gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior(‘digital gaming’or‘video gaming’),which may be online or offline,"the manual says.The symptoms listed by the WHO include:a lack of control over gaming;giving gaming precedence     

Will the Syrian Ceasefire Work?

正Lasting peace is still elusive in Syria even as a fragile truce takes hold On April 11,one day before the deadline set by international mediator Kofi Annan,the Syrian Government announced it would halt its military operations on armed opposition groups.Annan,the joint envoy of the UN and the Arab League     

How Will Fiscal Policy Work in 2015?

The Central Economic Work Conference held last December decided that China will stick to a proactive fiscal policy this year and the proactive fiscal policy should be stronger.How that can be accomplished has become a focus of attention.This year will be crucial for China to comprehensively deepening its reforms.Because     

Will the Three Gorges Dam Stand The Test of Time?

Netizens have collected several ar-ticles about the flood-control capacity of the Three Gorges Dam. In these articles, its capacity was differently described as tackling flooding once-in-10,000-years once-in- l,O00-years or once-in-a-century Can you give the specifics of the flood control capacity of the dam?     

Who Rules The Internet?

正Washington may cede control of global Internet resources as pressure mounts from the international community.The U.S. Commerce Department announced its plan to shift responsibility for overseeing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN)to "the global multistakeholder community"in March. As one of the major Internet governance organizations,     

Crunch Time?

China’scentral bank is determined to guide more money into the real economy while curbing unsavory credit growth In a typical hot summer in China, investors never felt chillier amid a rout in the stock market. On June 24, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plummeted 5.3 percent, the biggest single-day slump in four years, to 1,963.24 points. The next day, Chinese stocks touched a four-and-a-half-year low before a late rally. The steep decline marked the first time since January 2009 that the     

Is America Really Back?

Biden wants to return to the global ring but the diplomatic climate has changed At his first international conferences as the leader of the United States,President Joe Biden had a short but emphatic message for listening world leaders:America is back.     

Will the Ban on Liquor Sales To Juveniles Be Effective?

Retailers are not allowed to sell alcohol to juveniles and signs advertising this must be clearly shown in supermarkets and liquor stores. This is according to Article 19 of the Regulations on Management of Alcohol Circulation, which was put into practice on January 1. The provision marks the second time in 2005 that the tightening up of liquor sales was written into the law. The first occasion was a provision in the Regulations on Retail Sales     

Time to Withdraw?

As the new year progresses, policymakers around the world are asking themselves the same question: Is it time to halt stimulus policies? But the question seems almost unanswerable now as signs of inflation     

Fourth Time Lucky?

<正>This is a crucial year for the EU with two founding nations,France and the Netherlands,having held elections and a third,Germany,scheduled to follow suit this month.The Dutch and French elections were nail-biting with public support for populist farright parties rising in the two countries.Since there would have been great uncertainty for the     

Do School Vouchers Work?

The Ministry of Education recently announced the priorities of its work for 2010. One is to ensure migrant workers’ children’s access to compulsory education     

Reflections on My Time in China

IN preparation for our twoyear stay in China, my husband and I studied Chinese for 13 months. By the time we left the US, we felt optimistic about our future here, despite not knowing what lay ahead. Since my husband would be working on his PhD.,I decided my time would be     

Will Traditional Festivals Disappear?

This year, January 29 is the lunar New Year's Day, which is the most popular and significant holiday of the year for Chinese around the world. However, some mainland residents feel perplexed about the festival. How should it be celebrated in this new era, when urbanization takes the upper hand?     

Will Farmers Spend More?

The government hopes to stimulate rural consumption and purchasing power by offering subsidies on a variety of products The government has introduced several     

When Will Protectionism End?

The Chinese Government is subsidizing its bike producers. If you made such a statement to passers-by in Beijing,you might be considered insane.Bicycle producers are neither hi-tech enterprises nor a pillar of the local economy. No government at any level would throw money at an industry ordinary people