United States citizens own the largest number of private guns in the world. Last year, 31 percent of the US population owned more than 357 million guns, according to US media reports. Every year, more than 30,000 people are shot, accidentally killed or commit suicides with guns, and over 200,000 people are wounded in shootings.
Bicycle-sharing companies have put more than 200,000 yellow and orange bicycles into service in Beijing in the past month. To use a bike for 1 yuan ($0.15) per hour, you have to download the app of any of the companies, pay a few hundred yuan as refundable deposit, and scan the code on a bike to unlock or lock it.
"O boy, you are growing taller", a middle-aged woman tells a boy, adding: "Now pull down your pants, and lemme see if your member is growing too?"
There were many takeaways for Chinese observing the 2016 US presidential election. One was the apparent energy exhibited by the three candidates Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, all above or approaching the age of 70.
After the severe smog that repeatedly blighted Beijing over the winter, blue sky and clean air have accompanied the ongoing sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body, where one of the hot issues is how to ensure people can enjoy more blue-sky days throughout the country.
Compared with previous years, more stress was put on the supervisory role of the National People's Congress in the work report delivered by Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.
SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA ON WEDNESDAY on the sidelines of the fifth plenary session of the 12th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, Minister of Civil Affairs Huang Shuxian said that his ministry will further promote the domestic industry on the care for the elderly by constructing more old people's homes and developing community services for them. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:
IN AN INTERVIEW ON WEDNESDAY, Liu Pingjun, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and former deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said that even if those producing counterfeit goods are caught 9 times out of 10, those not caught that one time will be able to make huge profits, which is why fake goods are so prevalent. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES of e-commerce is people can leave reviews of the products and services they buy, so potential customers know what to expect. However, some companies have brought lawsuits against people posting negative reviews to claim compensation and some judges have ruled in their favor saying some of the evaluations by consumers are insulting and constitute defamation. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:
The Thucydides trap is the ever-present elephant in the room when it comes to relations between China and the United States. Whether the established power and the rising power can successfully avoid conflict as the established order necessarily adjusts to accommodate China's rise is a question of concern to all.
A third draft of the general provisions of civil law was deliberated at the ongoing session of China's top legislature starting from Wednesday, marking a much-anticipated step toward laying down the principles of a civil code.
AT THE ONGOING PLENARY SESSION OF THE 12TH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, China's top legislature, in Beijing on Tuesday, two deputies, one from North China's Hebei province and one from Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, proposed raising the monthly individual income tax threshold from 3,500 yuan ($507) to 10,000, and reducing the marginal tax rate, the taxable share of income, from 45 percent to 23 percent for the highest-income group. Beijing News comments:
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