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BRITAIN Policemen stand guard near the Natural History Museum in London on October 7. A number of people were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians outside the museum that day TURKEY Armored military vehicles gather on the TurkishSyrian border in Hatay Province on October 8. Turkish troops crossed the border into Syria’s Idlib Province on the same day to conduct a reconnaissance mission UNITED STATES A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in the city of Napa, California, on October 10. The wildfire, which started on October 8, has caused at least 31 deaths in north California EGYPT Azzam alAhmad of Fatah (right) and Saleh alArouri of Hamas react after signing a reconciliation agreement in Cairo, on October 12 MALAYSIA A lady lights lanterns in Kuala Lumpur on October…

Wearing a bob hairstyle, a confident smile and a cape draped casually over a black dress, 48-year-old Yu Liufen exudes maturity and composure befitting her age. A village branch secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and a delegate to the 19th CPC National Congress in Beijing in October, Yu has been elected for leading her village out of poverty. “By the end of 2015, all villagers in my village had moved out of poverty,” Yu proudly told Beijing Review. In 2001, when she became the Party secretary of Yanbo Village in Yuni Township, Panxian County of Guizhou, the average percapita net income of the village, which has 900-plus villagers, was no more than 800 yuan ($120). Now, this number has risen to 16,200…

Since its 12th National Congress in 1982, the CPC has always stressed “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Under this banner, China has become the world’s second largest economy and is stepping ever closer to becoming a moderately prosperous society in all respects in the next three years. As the world’s largest developing country, socialist China’s rise in a playing field dominated by capitalist states has brought fresh ideas for addressing challenges facing humanity in at least 10 respects. People-centered This is by no means an abstract concept or political slogan, as its impact is evident in the ongoing poverty alleviation effort. China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty in the past 30 years. In the coming three years, another 40 million will be added to the list, meaning 20…

Since March 2011, the prolonged war in Syria has become a nightmare haunting its people and delivering each of them the bitter taste of terror. As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, some positive changes have occurred. Will the Syrian people seize the sliver of hope for peace? Favorable turn “The liberation of Aleppo and Palmyra, the lifting of the siege of Deir al-Zour and the eradication of terrorism from many parts of Syria prove that victory is now within reach,” Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on September 23 in his speech at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City. Significant progress has been made in anti-terror efforts in Syria recently. The battle for the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group’s de facto…

Ten-year-old Zhang Yiwen from Shangqiu in central China’s Henan Province has stirred up debate for passing this year’s college entrance examination (Gaokao) and enrolling at the Shangqiu Institute of Technology. She is expected to receive a junior college degree in electronic information and engineering in three years’ time, which is different from a regular four-year degree. Normally, Chinese students graduate from high school at 18. Unlike her peers in primary school, Zhang was home-schooled from kindergarten through high school by her parents. Should children be encouraged to go to college at such a young age? Natural development better Ma Jing (tl.wenming.cn): Teaching students based on their aptitude for learning is a prin- ciple that the Chinese education system has long cherished. It indicates the importance of respecting each student’s personality.…

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has identified multiple new pulsar stars in the Milky Way and two of them have been confirmed by international observatories, the National Astronomical Observatories of China announced in Beijing on October 9. This was the first such discovery made by Chinese scientists. The two pulsars, named J1859-01 and J1931-01, are 16,000 light years and 4,100 light years from Earth with rotation periods of 1.83 seconds and 0.59 seconds respectively. They were discovered on August 22 and 25 when FAST was drift-scanning the southern galactic plane. Located in a karst landform in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, FAST has helped Chinese scientists make a number of new discoveries since it started trial operation in September 2016.…

At a recent exhibition held by Beijing Higher People’s Court on civil cases that made pioneering steps during trials, a divorce case in 2013 that saw the issuance of the first temporary restraining order in Beijing was on display. Liu Li, the judge of the case who granted the order against a husband charged with domestic violence, is now the head of the Aoyuncun Tribunal, affiliated to Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing. Order of protection While handling the high-profile case, the pressure was huge, Liu recalled. Kim Lee, the plaintiff, posted on her microblog pictures taken in 2011 of her bruised face and said she was beaten by her husband Li Yang, founder of Crazy English, a wellknown language training school. Lee, from the United States, then sued Li…

There’s a well-known saying in Fuping County in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, “Ninety percent of Fuping’s land is mountains, 5 percent water and 5 percent arable land.” It is an apt way of describing the mountainous region. The total amount of arable land in the county is 219,000 mu (14,600 hectares), far from enough for the county’s population of 230,400. Mainly due to its geographic conditions, the region is still on the list of the poorest counties in China. Among the 209 administrative villages in Fuping, 164 were classified as poor. In 2012, the county’s registered poverty-stricken population stands at around 110,000, or 48 percent of its total. Nevertheless, the county has undergone profound change in the past five years. “The change is really remarkable for our town and…

The Las Vegas mass shooting that killed at least 59 and injured more than 500 is a painful reminder of how easy it is for people in the United States to obtain guns and put innocent people’s lives at risk. U.S. citizens have hoped for action following similar tragedies in recent years, but they are disheartened repeatedly and have come to realize that there is no magic cure to the chronic social ills of gun violence, given the structural problems lying deep beneath. With painful memories of mass shootings at a gay nightclub, a movie theater, and a public school, among others, still wrenching hearts in the United States and beyond, the Las Vegas slaughter reopened old wounds, as the world’s most powerful country, with more than 300 million guns…

Children First Putting children first in national poverty alleviation efforts is the most effective way of breaking the cycle of poverty, helping children to reach their potential and driving national development and growth. “Physical and mental health in childhood is of utmost importance,” said Zuo Changsheng, Director of the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, at the child poverty session of the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum on October 9. “If one lives in poverty during childhood, the experience will have a great influence on one’s future,” he added. Jillian Popkins, chief of social policy and reform for children at UNICEF China, talked about the importance of left-behind children. “The most important change I would look for in the next 10 years is the numbers of children who are…

Live-streaming website Douyu.com has been recruiting anchors capable of delivering “positive energy” on air, with the aim of broadcasting stories about public works, rural areas, agriculture, farmers, the government and police services. The Wuhan-based live-streaming platform is looking for potential talent for its nascent “celebrity Party branch,” the first of its kind among the 500 live-streaming platforms available in China. The branch, in central China’s Hubei Province, was set up on June 30, on the eve of the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). So far the scheme has pooled 18 full-time live-streaming anchors—also CPC members—with an average age of less than 24. “The branch was established to team up online celebrities who are also Party members and engage them in Party activities,” said…

OPINION China’s manufacturing sector in September expanded at the fastest pace in more than five years, adding to evidence of a resilient broader economy. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 52.4 last month, up from 51.7 in August and 51.4 in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below reflects contraction. Having stayed in positive territory for a 14th straight month, the reading marked the highest level since May 2012. The indicator showed a stable upward trend in the manufacturing sector, said NBS statistician Zhao Qinghe, attributing the quickened expansion mainly to improving demand both at home and abroad and booming hi-tech industries. Sub-indices for production and new orders came in at 54.7 and 54.8 respectively, up…

Hardly an empty seat remained around Diamond Court at the National Tennis Center in north Beijing on October 8 as the four finals of the China Open 2017 took place one after another from noon to evening. The China Open is the only international tennis tournament whose name includes the word China. Since it was launched in 2004, the competition has grown from a little-known and low-grade tournament to an internationally renowned event. In 2009, the China Open was upgraded to rank among the world’s top eight tennis tournaments and as a first-class tournament in Asia. The women’s competition is one of the four WTA Premier Mandatory events; and the men’s, one of the 11 ATP World Tour 500 events. The China Open attracts world famous tennis stars. This year’s…