Public increases tax pressure on govt

The public has expressed a high degree of concern since a draft amendment to the Personal Income Tax Law was submitted to the National People’s Congress. The amendment proposes the tax threshold be raised to…

No loophole for drunken drivers

Gao Xiaosong, a well-known 42-year-old singer and music producer became the first celebrity to be caught drunken driving after the amended Road Traffic Security Law came into effect on May 1. Gao, famous for his…

Internet management does not equal thought control

The Internet is really a good thing. Using the Internet, people can find meanings of new words through online dictionaries and figure out many things through search engines. People can record their lives and contact…

The unflattering image of China’s wealthy

  Thirty years after Deng Xiaoping said it was ok to allow some to get rich first, the annual “Hurun Wealth Report” released in Shanghai last month, showed almost 1 million people in China are…

‘Residents dissatisfied with public transport’

Nearly half of the residents in the Guangdong provincial capital said they feel dissatisfied with the crowding they encounter when they take public transport, a recent survey showed. Of the residents polled by the Guangzhou…

Chinese media mounts scrutiny of food quality

China’s central government has encouraged more media scrutiny of its increasingly tainted quality of food, ranging from milks and buns with chemical additives, filthy cooking oil to tainted pork and beef. The relentless headlines in…

Not all drunken drivers criminals: Judge

BEIJING – A senior judge has suggested that not all drunken drivers should be held criminally responsible, despite the fact that the newly amended Criminal Law defines it as a crime. Starting on May 1,…