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Opinion: Is everybody involved in national security?

ChinamarkeditsthirdNationalSecurityEducationDayonApril15,2018.Theparamountimportanceofnationalsecurityagaincameintofocusinthecountry.Whydoesthegovernmenttakenat

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Foreigners' religious activities protected in China according to law

ChinaissuedawhitepaperonTuesdaynotingthatthecountryadoptspoliciesonfreedomofreligiousbeliefandthatsuchfreedomisprotectedunderthesocialistlegalsystemwithChinesec

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Digital media can enhance family life, says LSE study

Digitalmediaactivitiesareenhancingfamilyliferatherthandestroyingitastheyincreasinglyplayanimportantroleinfamilies,astudyhasfound.ResearchbytheLondonSchoolofEcon

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China set to contain risks by rating its insurers

Inabidtoaddressrisksinthesector,Chinawillrestrictthebusinessactivitiesofinsurerswithlowassetliabilitymanagementcapabilities,accordingtothecountry'sinsuranceregu

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China toughens penalties for dishonesty in overseas deals

Chinawillstrengthensupervisionofbusinessesinvolvedincross-bordereconomicactivities,anofficialdocumentsaid.Dishonestbusinesseswillfacerestrictivemeasuresonloangu

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Duterte orders gov't to ease, lift restrictions on foreign investors

PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertehasorderedtheNationalEconomicandDevelopmentAuthority(NEDA)to"exertutmostefforts"toeaseorliftrestrictionsoncertaininvestmentarea

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Chinese Cultural Week kicks off in Jordan's Zarqa

TheactivitiesoftheChineseCulturalWeekstartedinJordan'sZarqagovernorateonSunday.Theactivities,heldattheKingAbdullahCulturalCentreinZarqa,werelaunchedontheoccasio

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Philippine gov't orders companies to give workers 'standing breaks'

ThePhilippinegovernmenthasissuedanorderrequiringemployerstoprovidetheiremployeesstandingbreaksandencouragetheirworkerstodoafter-workphysicalactivitiestoimprovet

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Philippines, U.S. to review joint military exercises in Hawaii meet

ThePhilippinesandtheUnitedStateswillreviewitsjointmilitaryactivitieswhentheirmilitaryleadersmeetinHawaiiWednesday.Thetwosidesareexpectedtodecidewhichjointwarexe

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Bali prepares for major volcanic eruption

MountAgung,anactivevolcanoinnorth-eastBali,isshowingincreasedseismicactivityastravellersandlocalpeopleprepareforapossibleeruption.Indonesia’sNationalDisasterMan

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Japan: Children and Sports

ThiseditionofJapanologyPlusbeginswithastatementthatmayseemabitsurprising:"Sportsforchildrenarecurrentlybooming."Wasthereatime,youmaywonder,whensportingactivitie

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Half of Chinese people likely to be near-sighted by 2020

AccordingtoastudybyPekingUniversity,halfofChina'spopulationwillhavemyopiaby2020,and70millionofthemwillhavemediumorhighdegreesofmyopia.AsTuesdaymarksEyeCareDayin

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Students, teachers need time off from sports in order to fully enjoy them

Extracurricular club activities should be designed to entail an appropriate amount of practice, thereby enabling both students and teachers in charge of coaching them to enjoy and positively engage in such activities.

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Half of today's work activities could be automated by 2055: McKinsey

​ About half of the activities people are paid to do in the global economy have the potential to be automated by adapting currently demonstrated technology by 2055, amounting to almost 12 trillion U.S. dollars in wages, the McKinsey Global Institute said in a report newly released in Hong Kong.

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China adopts law on cybersecurity

​China's top legislature on Monday adopted a Cybersecurity Law to safeguard sovereignty on cyber space, national security and the rights of citizens.

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Sino-Afghan railway connection hailed as stride to bolstering trade, security

​An Afghan newspaper has welcomed the first-ever arrival of cargo train from China to Afghanistan's northern Hairatan border town as a vital step towards enhancing trade and economic activities as well as stabilizing security in Afghanistan and in the region.

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Xinjiang toughens anti-terror stance

The latest anti-terrorism regulation in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will help to prevent terrorists from using religion to lure people into terrorist activities, anti-terrorism experts said on Tuesday.