A man works in a workshop of an auto part manufacturer in Pengan county, Nanchong, southwest China’s Sichuan province, Aug. 11. People’s Daily Online/Liu Yonghong China’s employment pressure has been relieved as the country strives to advance work resumption, with the demand side slightly larger than the supply side on the job market. In the … Continue reading China sees pickup in job demand →

An elementary school in Brisbane, Australia recently started a Mahjong course for students’ parents, Global Times Online reported. The course is taught by a Chinese parent named Jing Ning, aiming to introduce Chinese culture to and provide leisure activities for other parents. Jing has even bought a Mahjong table from Taobao, an online shopping site … Continue reading Mahjong course offered in Australian elementary school →

Chinese food delivery giants, including Eleme and Meituan, have been exploring the local services market, delivering a variety of retail goods and offering door-to-door services such as manicures, hairdressing and domestic services to customers. A courier from Eleme, an online food delivery platform, picks up books ordered by a client from a Xinhua Bookstore outlet … Continue reading Food delivery giants dabble in services →

Employees manufacture photovoltaic batteries to be exported at Shenzhou New Energy Co., Ltd. of Lianyungang, east China’s Jiangsu province, Aug. 11, 2020. (People’s Daily Online/Geng Yuhe) China secured extraordinary performance in its foreign trade against headwinds in the past year thanks to the country’s targeted measures to stabilize entities, market share, export orders and the … Continue reading China sees robust foreign trade in 2020 →

A draft resolution has been approved by the Jordanian government which will stop rapists from avoiding prison if they marry the victim. Campaigners have fought for decades to get the resolution approved and on April 23, the cabinet repealed Article 308 of the Penal Code, in response to recommendations by a royal judiciary committee, according … Continue reading Jordan Approves Resolution to Stop Rapists Escaping Jail if They Marry Victim →

Two executives of the Chinese peer-to-peer lender Ezubao who directed a large Ponzi scheme were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Beijing court on Sept. 12. Ezubao, the online peer-to-peer lending platform, shut down last year after raising more than 50 billion RMB ($7.6 billion) from about 900,000 investors. Ding Ning, Ezubao’s founder and chairman … Continue reading 2 Chinese executives get life sentence for $7.6 billion Ponzi scheme →

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com recently signed a cooperation agreement with one of Tibetan’s largest agricultural enterprises to help Tibetan agricultural products go global, Xinhuanet.com reported. According to the agreement, the enterprise will purchase high-quality local agricultural products including eggs, fruits, and vegetables, and then sell them to people around the world through the e-commerce platform … Continue reading E-commerce to help Tibetan agricultural products go global →