A law that guarantees a paid leave of up to 10 days annually for single-child adults who need to care for their hospitalized older parents was passed by Fujian Province on Jan. 22, and will take effect on March 1.
Mattle, Inc., producer of Barbie and G.I. Joes; Levi’s Jeans, Converse Chuck Taylors, IBM personal computers, NBA uniforms, Fender Stratocaster, Brach’s Confections, Etch A Sketch, Ohio Art Company; Rawlings Baseballs, and Budweiser beers are just some of the products produced in China.
Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte has requested China to patrol in international waters leading to Malacca Strait and the Sulu Sea, following the threat of terrorism and piracy.
Xiao Jianhua, a billionaire born in China but a Canadian citizen with an Antiguan diplomatic passport, is missing. He reportedly was seized by police from China while staying at a Four Seasons Hotel apartment in Hong Kong on Friday and is now in China.
In China, there are zero Chinese restaurants, but Chinese food remains the preferred cuisine among Chinese tourists, wrote Wolfgang Georg Arlt in an article for Forbes. It is a different case, however, for the younger generation.
True to form, plenty of Chinese spilled out into different parts the nation and even out of the country in celebration of the Chinese New Year. According to Forbes, the following trends were the most observed during the recently concluded holiday.
China is looking forward to further growing its investment partnership networks in Africa. According to a report by the Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, Liu Xianfa, is ecstatic about the two countries’ commitment to shared prosperity.
It is probably China's oldest operational ICBM.
The United Nations is facing intense backlash in China for a series of now-deleted posts on war and poverty on its Weibo social media page on Chinese New Year's eve.
Qiu Shaochun is on the frontlines of rejuvenating the ancient art of leaf-blowing. The music he produces with the leaf has amazed people from various parts of the world and has inspired younger generations to learn the ancient art.
"A war within the president's term" or "war breaking out tonight" are not just slogas," state-run media South China Morning Post said, "They are becoming a practical reality," it continued, hinting maritime security with emphasis.
Teams at tracking stations are still at work while China is celebrating its week-long Lunar New Year festival. They are monitoring China's various constellations of satellites and activities around the moon.
The Chinese New Year holiday gave several mainlanders the chance to relax and unwind away from home. While some have traveled to domestic locations for hometown visits, others have gone overseas--Japan being among their favorites.
Photos of China's new AEW&C aircraft show a remarkable resemblance to the U.S. E-2D Hawkeye.
Two great forces have swept the world in 2016 and 2017, which ushered China into the global leadership role, Dr Kadira Pethiyagoda, a fellow with the Brookings Institution researching Asia-Middle East relations said in an article on The Independent.
