A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, during the holy month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 30, 2022. (EBRAHIM NOROOZI / AP PHOTO) The international community is being called upon to give assistance to Afghanistan as recent drought, a conflict-induced economic crisis, and […]
Damaged houses are pictured following an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan on June 22, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) GAYAN, Afghanistan – Aid began arriving on Thursday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads are hampering relief efforts in a […]
A Bangladeshi army soldier distributes relief material to flood affected people in Sylhet, Bangladesh on June 22, 2022. (MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU / AP) DHAKA/GUWAHATI – Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of water-borne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people stranded in their homes by flooding across a quarter of the […]
A fire truck battles a raging wildfire near Manavgat in Antalya province, Turkey, on Aug 3, 2021. (XINHUA) ISTANBUL – Firefighters battled a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on Thursday, as hopes that the blazes were contained fizzled after they spread again due to high temperatures and windy conditions. Scenes of burning […]
In this image taken from video from Bakhtar State News Agency, Taliban fighters secure a government helicopter to evacuate injured people in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022. An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 920 people, authorities said. (BAKHTAR STATE NEWS AGENCY VIA AP) KABUL – The death toll […]
The central government earlier appointed 26 principal officials of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, marking another success for the implementation of “patriots administering Hong Kong”. The new governance team exhibits five qualities that give the people of Hong Kong much hope for leading the city to scale new heights. First […]
In this image taken from video from Bakhtar State News Agency, Taliban fighters secure a government helicopter to evacuate injured people in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022. An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 920 people, authorities said. (BAKHTAR STATE NEWS AGENCY VIA AP) KABUL – The death toll […]
People gather to collect food aid in a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj on June 20, 2022. (MARUF RAHMAN / AFP) DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India – Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking […]
The 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a good time not only for reflecting on the significant achievements the HKSAR has made but also for looking forward to a much brighter future to be realized by leveraging new advantages. As Wang Linggui, deputy director of the Hong Kong […]
Reflecting over the 25 years the “one country, two systems” framework has been in operation, it is truly regrettable that Hong Kong has failed to capitalize on this wonderful institutional innovation. Since the handover, Hong Kong residents have enjoyed unprecedented political rights and freedoms. We must be the envy of every city on the Chinese […]
People wade along a road in a flooded area during a monsoon rainfall in Sylhet on June 18, 2022. Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 59 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said on June 18. (MD ABU SUFIAN JEWEL / AFP) DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India – […]
Railway workers remove a burnt motorcycle by protesters from the railway tracks at Secundrabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India on June 17, 2022. (MAHESH KUMAR A / AP PHOTO) LUCKNOW – Protesters in India threw stones at police and set fire to train coaches on Friday as demonstrations against a new military recruitment process raged […]
In the age of the internet, it's easy to be a "judge", for one just has to point the finger at another person to label him or her guilty. Many netizens have condemned the owner of a barbecue restaurant for failing to protect the women victims of an assault that took place in the early […]
Editor's note: Decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-largest economy but also helped its commercial insurance industry prosper. A veteran journalist with China Daily tries to analyze how the Chinese people look at insurance. A bank employee (center) addresses customers' queries on pension account in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. […]
Hong Kong, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — The NFT space used to be about “just art” and investors would be razzed about “buying a JPEG”. Pipl World is breaking that mold and ushering in a new era of impact and meaning with its quirky, comic-style art encompassing a variety of themes. It’s a […]
This picture taken on June 17, 2021 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on June 18, 2021 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un attending the third day sitting of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / […]
Sports viewers around the world have been mightily impressed by the brave and dedicated disabled athletes who competed in the recent Summer Paralympics in Japan and Winter Paralympics in China, and in last month’s Invictus Games. There are also many more similar gatherings, such as the Deaflympics and the Defi sportif. These international competitions provide […]
This Feb 7, 2020, photo taken from a commercial aircraft shows an aerial view of Qomolangma (center) and the Himalayan mountain range, some 140 km north-east of Kathmandu. (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP) KATHMANDU – A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline and government […]
As economies around the world begin to rebound after COVID-19 and unemployment rates in countries like the United States and United Kingdom reach new lows, companies are finding themselves in an increasingly fierce competition to not only recruit but also to retain staff. Though Hong Kong has largely been spared the “great resignation” that has […]
Editor's note: More than four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-biggest economy but also changed people's attitudes toward luxuries. A veteran journalist with China Daily takes a look at some of these changes. Customers purchase bags at a duty-free shop in Haikou, Hainan province, on Oct 1, […]
The League of Social Democrats displayed a banner on the election day for the chief executive at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. They wanted to protest against the delay in implementing universal suffrage to elect the chief executive and to demand “double universal suffrage”. The banner read: “Human rights are higher than the […]
Editor's note: More than four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-biggest economy but also changed Chinese people's lifestyle. A veteran journalist with China Daily takes a look at the change in Chinese people's financial management. A clerk counts cash at a bank in Nantong, Jiangsu province. (PHOTO […]
Even though I can only stay here in Hong Kong, it really is a great pleasure to be able to participate online in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China. In President Xi Jingping’s speech, he affirmed the Youth League’s countless efforts over the last century in leading and […]
An Aboriginal flag is held aloft during a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protesters and demand an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody, in Perth on June 13, 2020. (TREVOR COLLENS / AFP) CANBERRA – Activists at one of the world's longest-running protests for the rights of indigenous people are not […]
May 8, 2022, is a historic day for Hong Kong. John Lee Ka-chiu, a veteran civil servant, was elected sixth-term chief executive of Hong Kong with 1,416, or 99 percent, of the votes cast. This makes him the candidate elected with the largest majority in the last 15 years. Under improved electoral rules made by […]
A volunteer hands out "how to vote" cards to voters outside polling booth in Nelson Bay, Australia, May 9, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) CANBERRA – A record number of Australians have cast their ballots on the first day of pre-polling for the general elections. According to the Australian Electoral Commission, more than 300,000 people […]
Chief executive hopeful John Lee Ka-chiu put forward the notion of “young people is our future” and delivered policies that focus on social mobility for local youth in his manifesto. I can strongly resonate with Mr Lee’s proposition because, personally, I’ve committed myself to creating opportunities for our young people and giving them a hopeful […]
Editor's Note: May 4 marks the Youth Day of China, and May 5, 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China. How do young expatriates view the Chinese youth through their life and observation? How will the young shape the shared future? Following are excerpts from what some young […]
Rescuers work at the collapse site of a self-constructed residential building in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, May 1, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The collapse of a private building in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, on Friday, leaving more than 60 people trapped or missing, once again reminds people what a heavy price may be […]
The Chinese and Australian national flags on a celebration event in Sydney, Australia, on Sept 8, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA) It is hard to take seriously the reaction that has been whipped up following the signing of a security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands on April 19. While the pact exemplifies China’s initiative […]