Writer's Widow
Yang Jiang, late writer Qian Zhongshu's wife, expresses disapproval over an auction of a collection of Qian's letters and manuscripts
Chinese Director Awarded
Chinese film director Jia Zhangke's film A Touch of Sin wins the Award for Best Screenplay at the 66th Cannes Film Festival

"Although the overall quality of children's clothes has improved in recent years, safety problems still exist and pose potential health hazards."

Gao Huaiyou, Deputy Director of the Department for Law Enforcement and Supervision at the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, on May 24. Less than 20 percent of parents in cities are aware of the potential hazards of children's clothing, according to a survey by the administration

"Having policewomen patrolling on horseback is just for show—it would be more practical for them to patrol on motorcycles or bicycles."

Zhao Ming, a retired policeman, suggesting disbanding the costly female police unit in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on May 26

"Beijing's living environment is now the top challenge in retaining foreign workers, as opposed to salary or career development."

Adam Dunnett, Secretary General of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, citing research by the chamber on May 29

"It means far more than an exam. It is hope for my family and a chance to change my future."

Zhao Xijun, a student at Guyuan No. 1 High School in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region who was to take this year's national college entrance exam, scheduled for June 7-8

A Report on Judicial Corruption

Caijing Magazine

May 27

In a transitional period of society and the judicial system, corruption is inevitable. Compared to similar problems among other government officials, judicial misconduct is not serious. However, corruption among judges will harm social justice and authority of the law.

Anxious About Breasts

China Newsweek

May 27

American star Angelina Jolie's preventive double mastectomy has had an impact on the Chinese public. She underwent surgery because she carries the BRCA1 gene that increases a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

Li Chen, a graduate student at the Breast Center of Beijing Cancer Hospital, has constantly received phone calls during the past week asking whether his center could detect the BRCA1 gene and how much it cost.
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No Smoking Students at a vocational school in Hefei, Anhui Province, stick cigarette butts to an anti-smoking poster at an event on May 30 to mark forthcoming World No Tobacco Day (LIU JUNXI)
Pour Down A fisherman catches floats against the rainstorm by the seaside in Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province, on May 27. Torrential rains battered many parts of China in late May (SHEN JIZHONG)
Cyber Cooperation
China is against all Internet hacking attacks and hopes to cooperate with the United States on this matter under the principle of mutual respect and trust
Pension Insurance
Urban and rural pension insurance has covered 486 million Chinese people as of the end of April
Terror Asset Freeze
China is seeking public opinion on a draft of a regulation to cut off funding for terrorist activities
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Seed Expo A visitor snaps a photo with her phone in a plantation area at the China Seed Expo 2013 on May 28, Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (YU XIANGQUAN)
Lucrative Caps Staff produce bottle caps in a workshop of a processing company in Guhetao Village, Ganyu County, Jiangsu Province (SI WEI)
Surging Insurance
The gross revenue of China's social insurance funds increased 20.2 percent year on year to 2.89 trillion yuan in 2012
Solar Action Plan
China will take steps to defend its national interest if the EU were to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels and investigate wireless communications networks,
Anti-Dumping Issue
China's Ministry of Commerce will levy provisional anti-dumping duties on pyridine imported from India and Japan
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Out of Step With the Economy
China's macroeconomy has shown signs of cooling down as opposed to the soaring financing market
Logistics Network
Alibaba Group, parent company of China's largest consumer-to-consumer portal, Taobao, joins hands with several partners to kick off a logistics network program in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province
Offshore Yuan Center
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China plans to create a yuan cross-border business center in Luxembourg to serve Europe
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  • BRITAIN
    Demonstrators rally in Newcastle, northern England, on May 25 in a protest against the killing of an active-duty soldier in London three days earlier, calling on the government to step up efforts to curb violence and extremism (YIN GANG)
  • INDIA
    A young man bathes at a roadside tap while a woman fills a dish in Allahabad on May 25. Temperatures in the northern Indian city soared to a high of 47 degrees Celsius (XINHUA/AFP)
  • ISRAEL
    A girl walks among battered dolls on display at an exhibition designed to raise public awareness about child abuse in Tel Aviv on May 23 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • ESTONIA
    Blacksmiths forge iron at a castle in Narva, northeastern Estonia, on May 25. Blacksmiths from a number of European countries gathered there to demonstrate the time-honored skills dating back to the Middle Ages (XINHUA)
  • HUNGARY
    Miklos Vincze, a student of Hungary’s Obuda University, celebrates after winning the World Championship in Spaghetti Bridge Building in Budapest on May 24. His construction finally broke under a weight of 570.3 kg, setting a new world record (XINHUA)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    New Yorkers linger at a bike docking station in Manhattan on May 27. New York City launched the United States’ largest bike-share, with 6,000 bicycles available at more than 300 stations (WANG LEI)
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