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Published on£º05 16, 2016Source£ºCAS Hits£º340
The Chinese Embassy in the United States refuted an editorial by The Washington Post on the South China Sea dispute, denying false accusations and clarifying historical facts and the Chinese stance.
In a letter called Provocations in the South China Sea to the Post, Zhu Haiquan, spokesman for the Chinese embassy, wrote that Huangyan Island "is Chinese territory and was not seized from another country."
The letter was in response to the May 9 editorial, titled Da...[Read]
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Published on£º05 16, 2016Source£ºCAS Hits£º377
Over the May Day holiday, I returned to Shanghai for the first time after two years in Beijing.
The weather was glorious, and the city was clothed in its finest spring attire.
Flowers ran riot, and crowds were out and in a festive mood. Some Shanghainese women were startlingly gorgeous, as if teleported from a catwalk in Paris or Milan.
Though time was too short, we stayed with some friends and had a great visit.
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Published on£º05 16, 2016Source£ºCAS Hits£º531
While not directly naming the candidate, President Obama made it clear just what he thinks about Donald Trump¡¯s campaign and policy proposals in a highly political commencement speech Sunday at Rutgers University.
The president said he would skip giving students the usual commencement banter, and instead run down a list of ¡°suggestions,¡± which turned out to be a stern and direct indictment of everything Trump has built his campaign on.
Firs...[Read]
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Published on£º05 16, 2016Source£ºCAS Hits£º279
In many ways, life is not so bad for Egypt¡¯s deposed ruler, Hosni Mubarak. At the Cairo hospital he calls home, he enjoys regular deliveries of flowers, newspapers and takeout restaurant meals; visits from his wife, two sons and grandchildren; and a sweeping view over the Nile.
To mark his 88th birthday recently, a throng of well-wishers gathered at the hospital gates and sang, danced and waved his portrait. Mr. Mubarak pulled open a window and waved back.
Howe...[Read]
