SRI LANKA Smoke billows from a fire on board the container ship X-Press Pearl near Colombo Port on June 2. Authorities said the accident had caused an environmental disaster as beaches along the sout
Smoke billows from a fire on board the container ship X-Press Pearl near Colombo Port on June 2. Authorities said the accident had caused an environmental disaster as beaches along the southern and western coast had been damaged by the debris washed ashore
NEW ZEALAND
A road is sealed off due to downpours in Christchurch on May 30. Three townships near the city declared a state of emergency after being badly hit by overnight rainstorms and floods
MALAYSIA
A policeman and a soldier inspect vehicles at a roadblock in Kuala Lumpur on June 1. Malaysia announced a nationwide two-week lockdown on that day to reduce COVID-19 infections
CZECH REPUBLIC
A puppet performance takes place during an event marking International Children’s Day in Prague on June 1
PAKISTAN
A health worker shows a vial of the locally produced Chinese CanSino COVID-19 vaccine in Islamabad on June 1， the day Pakistan started self-manufacturing
RWANDA
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali on May 27. Macron recognized France’s responsibilities in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The mass killings at the time targeted the country’s Tutsi population and claimed over 1 million lives
When did yangsheng—the con- cept of health and cultivation of health—become popular among young people in China？ China’s top search engine Baidu points to 2017 being a crucial year. That year， the tr
Though COVID-19 triggered an ex- ceptional crisis with unforeseen and shifting challenges， vaccine manufacturing and supply has seen unprecedented progress worldwide in less than a year. Eleven vacci
Every day at 11 a.m. on the dot， Xiao Honglian receives a cheerful visitor. Since Xiao， a senior citizen living in Gulou， a district in Nanjing， Jiangsu Province in east China， broke her leg recently，
By most historical accounts， China began to emerge as a nation-state with the Xinhai Revolution in 1911. The struggle was to transform from a civilizationstate to a nation-state， per the model imposed
Her body soars lightly like a startled swan， Gracefully， like a dragon in flight， In splendor brighter than the autumn chrysanthemum， In bloom more flourishing than the pine in spring； Dim as the
Ring， ring…The ringing phone shattered the silence of the night， forcing Dell Sweeris， his eyes fogged with sleep， to pick up the receiver groggily. It was midnight of April 6， 1971， in Michigan， the
CHINESE ASTROPHYSICIST PASSES AWAY Zhou Youyuan， an astrophysicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences， passed away in Beijing on March 12 at the age of 82. Zhou made outstanding cont
China’s governing system has historically been praised for having a longterm view and being able to develop a detailed and clear roadmap and an efficient monitoring system. This year’s full session o
The State Administration for Market Regulation（SAMR） has recently imposed administrative penalties on 12 companies conducting 10 deals， signaling strengthening of anti-monopoly regulation on domestic
The Central Government holds the power and responsibility to lead improvements in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region （HKSAR）’s electoral system. The improvement is meant to ensure Hong Kong’s dem
