Topic1 Smart Phone Makers in Predicament2007 to 2014 are the best 7 years for the Smartphone industry. The global smartphone market has grown ten-fold during this period. However, latest data shows that the sector may experience a 7 year-itch soon. I...
Topic 1: Beijing on Olympic footing for APECThe 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting will be held in the second half of the year in Huairou district of Beijing. To control the air quality and traffic as a welcome to the APEC leader...
Topic 1: WHO urges China to use graphic warnings on tobacco packetsA new report from the World Health Organization recommends that China should incorporate large, graphic images of the negative impacts of tobacco on cigarette packets. The WHO says th...
Topic 1: Another young building collapsedAt 9 am last Friday in Ningbo, a six story building collapsed. Seven citizens were trapped and later pulled out by rescuers. One woman died and a 21-year-old college student lost her legs. Fifteen families wer...
Topic 1: Air PollutionAir pollution in China has become so bad that some Chinese scientists have gone so far to compare it to a nuclear winter. While the capital seems to get the most attention, both domestically and internationally, it is most certa...
Topic1 EU to make visa rules easier for Chinese visitorsIn the future, it will become easier for Chinese travelers to apply for visas to go to Europe. The European Union is proposing to simplify visa rules in an effort to stimulate the economy by woo...
Topic1 China Mobile Has Better Packages in Hong KongChina Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, is facing a public relations crisis over fairness and equality: A significant number of its 700 million subscribers on the mainland are unsatisfied...
Topic1 Cracking Down on Fake Journalists and News ExtortionNow the government intends to root out a disease which is plaguing the China's news industry: extortion and so-called fake news. There will be a nationwide crackdown on such activity. Is such...
Topic1 World Autism Awareness DayToday marks the World Autism Awareness Day. The day is particularly memorable as it marks the 7th anniversary of the occasion which was first designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 to recognize the...
Topic1 Yu Le BaoChina's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the world's biggest e-commerce company, launched an insurance fund that allows customers to invest in entertainment products. The product, called Yu Le Bao or entertainment treasure in English, lets...
Topic1 English Test for Career PromotionIn China, almost every profession has ranks for different skill level workers, for example, there are five ranks for radio host and auditor; four ranks for translators and lawyers. Workers can be promoted to hi...
Topic1 Ma Yun responded single transaction amount slashConstruction Bank of China (CBC) on Saturday joined Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and Bank of China (BoC) in slashing single transaction amount...
Topic1 Hangzhou clamps down on car platesEast China's Hangzhou city has begun restricting new car plates from Wednesday in a bid to reduce congestion and combat air pollution. Tuesday's announcement to implement the policy came after several denials...
Topic1 Beijing may raise bus and metro fares this yearThe capital city of Beijing may raise bus and metro fares in the second half of this year. Zhao Lei, the vice director of the Beijing Development and Reform Commission, says authorities may learn...
Topic1 People Turning to Haitao Find Themselves Buying FakesBuying overseas products over the internet, dubbed haitao in Chinese, has become increasingly popular in China. Experts expect that this year, the total transaction of haitao will exceed one...
