Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/11 21:36:57 Perhaps no corporate executives will applaud the US and Canada for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou. International business disputes are usually handled in a different way. Even in cases involving the unilateral sanctions of the US against Iran, people expected fines. The most serious example of sanctions was the fine […]

France lacks cohesion to advance reform Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/10 19:08:40 France has had another chaotic weekend. Through a massive deployment of police, big losses were prevented in major cities including Paris and the number of protesters decreased slightly. But that doesn’t mean the yellow vest protests are waning. The anger of people hasn’t fizzled […]

DHAKA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — The Election Commission of Bangladesh on Monday revealed that as many as 1,841 candidates would contest in the country’s upcoming general election for 300 constituencies. According to the commission, out of total contesting candidates in the 11th national elections slated for Dec. 30, 1,745 are party candidates while 96 are […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/12/10 10:16:26 Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, had her bail hearing Friday in the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, Canada. The hearing was adjourned with no decision made on bail, and will resume at 1 pm on Monday. Court reporters said she was not handcuffed for the hearing […]

DHAKA, Dec. 9 (NsNewsWire) — A Chinese and Bangladeshi joint venture on Thursday signed a deal with the Bangladeshi government to build a mega expressway under the country’s first major public private partnership (PPP) initiative, reports Xinhua. Sichuan Road and Bridge (group) Co., Ltd has won the deal jointly with local Unique Dream Consultant and […]

This December marks the 40 years of China’s economic reform that virtually opened the great nation up and turned it into a super power in the region and beyond.  Robust growth in agriculture and rural industries propelled by pro-poor strategy hastened poverty eradication drives that President Xi Jinping well steered in the last decade. The […]

Corporal punishment is a form of bullying by a ‘teacher’ and it should be remembered that all bullies lose power and back down when confronted   by Sir Frank Peters Corporal punishment is repugnant to all civilized societies. It’s the putrid bile that stems from every parent, ‘teacher’, school and madrasah that uses corporal punishment […]