In wake of mass attacks, China’s judges urged to ensure fairness to maintain stability

In wake of mass attacks, China’s judges urged to ensure fairness to maintain stability

China’s judges and prosecutors must pay more attention to solving conflicts and ensuring fairness rather than just closing cases, a senior judicial official said in a rare commentary, as authorities reflect on a string of mass killings in recent weeks. Wang Chengguo, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang province, wrote in … Read more

Chinese cities fight lying flat mentality with ‘snail awards’ for poor workers

Chinese cities fight lying flat mentality with ‘snail awards’ for poor workers

Several Chinese cities are awarding a “snail award” to sluggish cadres among their measures to eliminate a “lying flat” mentality among workers, after repeated calls for greater diligence by President Xi Jinping and Chinese disciplinary authorities. In the eastern city of Taizhou in Jiangsu province, a snail award has been given to workers who do … Read more

Chinese county grapples with how to lure and reward workers for difficult, low-level jobs

Chinese county grapples with how to lure and reward workers for difficult, low-level jobs

A county in eastern China is seeking better perks for grass-roots government workers engaged in social affairs after it struggled to lure talent willing to take on the demanding jobs. The Social Work Department of the Communist Party committee in Feng county in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, attributed the shortage of talent in grass-roots government organisations … Read more

Facing tough economy, China cracks down on police abuse of power targeting businesses

Facing tough economy, China cracks down on police abuse of power targeting businesses

A report by prosecutors in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang has shed light on how entrepreneurs and private businesses can fall prey to the abuse of power by police. The report highlights a case dating back to May of last year, when two officials from the public security bureau of an unnamed province began extorting … Read more

Lograr consensos genera la fortaleza para hacer frente a los retos de la época

Lograr consensos genera la fortaleza para hacer frente a los retos de la época

BEIJING, 12 de noviembre de 2024 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Informe de People’s Daily: Actualmente, el mundo experimenta desorden, un crecimiento cada vez más lento, un desarrollo desigual y una pérdida de enfoque en la gobernabilidad. Existe una necesidad urgente de que todas las partes demuestren la sabiduría necesaria para ver los cambios, la capacidad … Read more

Xi urges China’s provinces to be patient and fair in push for economic reforms

Xi urges China’s provinces to be patient and fair in push for economic reforms

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on provincial leaders to be patient about the pace of economic reforms and cautioned them against trying to solve problems hastily, according to party mouthpiece People’s Daily. He also urged them to break down the fences of vested interests in each province in favour of a national market and … Read more

Chinese commentator Hu Xijin returns to social media after more than 3 months of silence

Chinese commentator Hu Xijin returns to social media after more than 3 months of silence

Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of state-owned newspaper Global Times, is back on Chinese social media after more than three months of silence. Hu reappeared on microblogging platform Weibo with a post on Thursday evening that expressed personal delight at a new bridge over the Chaobai River connecting the outskirts of Beijing with neighbouring Hebei province. … Read more

People’s Daily accuses Taiwan’s William Lai of pushing independence narrative

People’s Daily accuses Taiwan’s William Lai of pushing independence narrative

The People’s Daily published a commentary on Thursday that vowed to uproot the “historical narrative of Taiwan independence” – a narrative it said has been pushed by Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te. The warning came after Lai used the Friday anniversary of Taiwan’s return to China from imperial Japan after World War II to commemorate … Read more

Lu Xinning of Beijing’s top office on Hong Kong affairs gets role in Guangxi

Lu Xinning of Beijing’s top office on Hong Kong affairs gets role in Guangxi

Lu Xinning, deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, has been appointed as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Standing Committee of Guangxi, an autonomous region in southwest mainland China. Mainland media reported on Monday that Beijing had appointed Lu a member of the Communist Party Standing Committee for the Guangxi Zhuang … Read more

China’s supply chain under scrutiny amid report HP shifting more PC production overseas

China’s supply chain under scrutiny amid report HP shifting more PC production overseas

United States-based personal computer giant HP said it remains committed to its operations in China after denying a report that it was shifting more production outside the world’s second-largest economy, which sparked fresh scrutiny of the mainland’s manufacturing supply chain. HP – the world’s second-largest PC vendor behind Lenovo Group, according to research firm IDC … Read more