Based on expert analysis of China’s 2010 census’ data, a recent Southern Weekend article claims that China’s population will reach its peak of 1.386 – 1.4 billion people sometime between 2020 and 2023. After that, the population will drop dramatically to approximately 750 million by the year 2100. According to the sixth national census...
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The lengths that some test takers are willing to go to for good marks, and what foreign testing institutions, like ETS, are doing to stop them.
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"There are too few citizens willing to sacrifice as...Comrade Liu has. Without support, those with brave and courageous spirits cannot put adequate pressure on the government to reform and begin its life anew."
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A Southern Weekend interview with Vantone Real Estate Co.'s Chairman Feng Lun on the Gates-Buffet banquet discussing philanthropy.
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Clearly, there are a number of Chinese who are genuinely concerned and actively involved in philanthropy. But why isn’t this charitable line of thinking more prevalent in China? If China is home to the second largest group of billionaires, why aren’t more Chinese stepping up to challenge charitable groups such as the Gates foundation...
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Southern Weekend reports the reappearance of more melamine-tainted milk. The culprits, Dongyuan Dairy Products, have apparently been distributing the yet-to-be-destroyed raw materials from the 2008 incident.
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A story from China Youth Online about the state of China's universities.
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A Southern Weekend editorial on the ridiculous prices government officials get for housing even as the rest of the country suffers.
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"With any generation, brainwashing is just like washing vegetables—there are always a few onions that will never be thoroughly cleaned. In the past, some people would take these onions and peel them clean, but following the changes of succeeding generations, are satisfied mind their own business. But...
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Yu Jian discusses how the contemporary Chinese education system is failing to produce individuals with "empathetic hearts", and that the current system is too focused on producing test results instead of quality human beings.
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