Xiaohongshu(Little Red Book or RedNote),a very popular Chinese lifestyle and e-commerce platform,recently saw a meteoric rise in popularity—almost overnight.When TikTok faced a looming ban in the United States on Jan...
Chold registration,or hukou,in cities hina will remove all limits on housewith under 3 million residents and ease the limits in cities with populations between 3 million and 5 million,according to a five-year action p...
The world’s population hit 8 billion on November 15,according to the UN.Continuous population growth indicates human progress.This is best illustrated by the increase in life expectancy,which rose from 65 years in199...
The U.S. hosted the virtual "Summit for Democracy" on December 9-10. It is a striking irony that it occurred shortly after the U.S. chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which it invaded basically to establish "democra...
When the novel coronavirus epidemic was at its peak in China,Dou Huining,a30-year-old civil servant in Tianjin,a port city in north China,supervised epidemic control measures in local vegetable markets,kept vigil at t...
The potential for detente for China-Japan relations increases The Japanese Government appointed Yutaka Yokoi ambassador to China on March 25.Yokoi,61,is classified as a"Chinaschool"diplomat,and is the first of such ...
The upper house of the National Diet of Japan-- the Japanese equivalent of the U.S. Congress-- enacted new security legislation on September 19 that will allow its military, referred to as the Self-Defense Forces, to...
The year 2015 is one in which China will accelerate the comprehensive deepening of the reform, and reform of the stateowned enterprises (SOEs) is a priority. The SOE reform in classification of SOEs 201 5 will focus...
Considered a "veathervane" for the state of the economy, the prices of bulk commodities in China have been on decline since the second half of 2012 and show no signs of a turnaround.