Topic1 China To Unify Two Pension AccountsRecently, the State Council announced that the country will build a fair, unified and standardized pension system for its rural and urban population before 2020. Then the Ministry of Human Resources and Socia...
Topic1 China Tackles Water PollutionChina plans to spend 2 trillion yuan, or 330 billion US dollars, on an action plan to tackle pollution of its scarce water resources. The plan is still being finalized but the budget has been set, exceeding the 1.7...
Topic1 Retirement IndexA latest report released by Tsinghua University Employment and Social Insurance Research Center aggravates people's worry on whether China is ready to tackle rapidly worsening aging population problem. There were 194 million pe...
Topic1 Chinese firms face trust deficitAn international survey has found that Chinese companies are consistently less trusted than companies headquartered in the developed nations. The trust deficit is now a major hurdle for the growing number of Chi...
Topic1 Yu E Bao Called Financial ParasiteRecently, a CCTV financial commentator named Niu Wenxin launches a one-man campaign against online monetary fund Yu'ebao. He calls this product the financial parasite sucking blood from banks. Does his point o...
Topic1 Beijing Occupies Too Many ResourcesBeijing is a black hole that absorbs numerous resources from other cities in the country, according to a report from the magazine Vistastory. As a result, everyday more than 1,000 non-local dream seekers come...
Topic1 Shoe Factory ProtestEarlier this week, thousands of migrant workers gathered in front of a government building in Wenling city. They were protest against the forced shutdown of some 4,000 local shoe factories in a fire safety campaign. It is u...
Topic1 Are Housing Prices to Go Down? After the Spring Festival, now there is a new round of debate about the home price in China? As usual, some believe the price will rise, while some others bet the opposite. First of all, where is this debate comi...
Topic1 Are Chinese Paying Too Much TaxRecently, two pieces of news touch a nerve with the public. One is that a report issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the average tax burden of Chinese people reached 10,000 yuan a year. Th...
Topic1 Beijing UninhabitableSevere pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital barely suitable for living, according to an official report published by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. In the meantime, Beijing Commission of Transport ad...
Topic1 Labor Camp in New DisguiseOver the weekend, a 70-year-old woman who has been detained at a so-called reprimand center in Henan Province is released following a public outcry. The local authorities now are investigating such centers in the prov...
Topic1 Malnutrition of Rural KidsIn China, kids in rural areas are more likely to suffer malnutrition than children in urban areas. The situation in impoverished regions is even worse, according to the country's health authorities. How serious is the...
Topic1 When will 4G bring profit to China Mobile? You may or may not be a 4G user, but you must have heard of this: China Mobile will take your house away if you forget to turn off your 4G service for a night. Of course it is a rumour because China M...
Topic1 Beijing may introduce congestion charge in 2015Beijing is to unveil plans for a low-emission zone and vehicle congestion charge by the end of the year, with the measures to come into effect as early as 2015. Environmental officials say they ar...
Topic1 Crackdown on Dongguan Sex Service IndustryChinese authorities have carried out a rare crackdown on the sex trade in the sin city of Dongguan following a candid half-hour report by the state broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV), on the...
