If China, as it has pledged, eliminates absolute poverty by the end of this year, it will be an unprecedented achievement in the world. There could be many reasons behind its imminent success, but the top reason, according to me, is strong and consistent leadership. Addressing a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee panel discussion...
Netizens are noticing a difference in how Yang Mi (杨幂) looks on stage and off. Sharp-eyed netizens shared a compilation of photos featuring Yang Mi dolled up on stage, and then compared to those photos to how Yang Mi looked during her private, off-stage time. These netizens noticed that Yang Mi has a fuller hourglass figure, with her bottom jutting...
Sina Corporation, the operator of social media platform Weibo, said late Monday that a company controlled by its chairman offered to take it private, making it the latest US-listed Chinese firm to consider a privatisation offer as rising tensions between the world’s two biggest economies have some companies rethinking their American listings. The Beijing-headquartered company said...
A landslide buried nine people on Wednesday in China's Hubei province, the People's Daily newspaper reported, after some of the heaviest rain in decades brought floods that have killed more than 100 people. The landslide occured in Huangmei County in the early hours and efforts were being made to rescue the people, the newspaper said. From June...
Unexpectedly landing on the spotlight recently is Better Days actress Zhou Dongyu who found herself on the list of trending topics after being indirectly linked to the case of a Zhejiang TV employee sentenced to five years in prison and fined 500,000 RMB for accepting bribes. The drama in question, Ten Miles of Spring Wind Can't Compare to You 春风十里, 不如你, which...
A father and his 4-year-old daughter have completed a 71-day bicycle journey — 4,139 kilometres — to reach Lhasa, Tibet, becoming well-known online and receiving lots of support from netizens. Dou Haobei and his daughter Dou Dou had set out from Dongguan, Guangdong province on April 2 and reached their destination in the Tibet autonomous region...
A Chinese family that was stranded in the Seychelles for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic is finally back home. Rex Yang Zhouhu and his mother, sister and three-year-old nephew are under a 14-day self-quarantine in a Shanghai hotel after flying from Ethiopia last Tuesday. The 33-year-old Chongqing native became a social media star in China...
The prevalence of a genetic mutation of the novel coronavirus will not hamper testing for the virus and may have little impact on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines under development, a senior expert said. The mutation, called G614, which is now the dominant form in the global Covid-19 pandemic, is more likely to infect people but...
A few days ago, the media aroused speculations that ex-lovers Hans Zhang (张翰) and Zheng Shuang (郑爽) may be back together, exciting fans who have shipped the couple since the two collaborated in Meteor Shower <一起来看流星雨>. However, both parties immediately shot down the reconciliation rumors. On July 5, Hans’s studio refuted the news with a simple six-letter statement, “Did not contact, did not reconcile.” Through...
As one of China’s most successful actresses due to her popular idol dramas, 33-year-old Yang Mi (楊冪) does not reveal her stunning figure often. Even at red carpet events, she chooses relatively modest fashions to keep her hourglass shape under wraps. It was an exception to see Yang Mi wear a skintight qipao which revealed every curve...
