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"While around 86.8 percent of elderly people in cities receive a monthly pension, in rural areas only 18.7 percent do. Seniors in the countryside mainly live on support from their families or proceeds from renting out farmland."
Ma Li, former Director of the China Population and Development Research Center, at a recent forum on an aging society in Beijing
"We hope people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits, especially the young generation, will better understand each other and strengthen their common national identity and sense of belonging."
Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a regular press conference in Beijing on November 13
"Undoubtedly, the establishment of a state security committee has made terrorists, separatists, and extremists nervous."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Qin Gang, at a press meeting in Beijing on November 13
"An eased policy would not compromise the nation's long-term goal of achieving low population growth."
Yuan Xin, a professor of population studies at Nankai University in Tianjin, on the news that the Central Government may fine-tune its family planning policy | |
"While around 86.8 percent of elderly people in cities receive a monthly pension, in rural areas only 18.7 percent do. Seniors in the countryside mainly live on support from their families or proceeds from renting out farmland."
Ma Li, former Director of the China Population and Development Research Center, at a recent forum on an aging society in Beijing
"We hope people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits, especially the young generation, will better understand each other and strengthen their common national identity and sense of belonging."
Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a regular press conference in Beijing on November 13
"Undoubtedly, the establishment of a state security committee has made terrorists, separatists, and extremists nervous."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Qin Gang, at a press meeting in Beijing on November 13
"An eased policy would not compromise the nation's long-term goal of achieving low population growth."
Yuan Xin, a professor of population studies at Nankai University in Tianjin, on the news that the Central Government may fine-tune its family planning policy | |
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China's Role in UNESCO
Oriental Outlook
November 14
On November 5, Hao Ping, China's vice minister of education and representative to the UNESCO executive board, was elected president of the 37th General Conference of the UNESCO on a two-year mandate.
So far, this is the highest post a Chinese official has held in the organization, which boasts 195 members states, and indicates approval of China's influence and leading ability in UNESCO affairs.
Free Preschool Education
The Beijing News
November 10
The Nanjing Municipal Government has put forward a series of reform on education. From 2014, local children attending kindergarten will receive free education for one year before they enter primary school, while families in poverty will receive subsidies toward the early years of their child's education.
As preschool education is not compulsory currently, local governments tend to neglect it. In the past, when it was reported that certain counties and townships extended free education to local preschoolers, large cities unanimously stated that it couldn't work on a larger scale. However, Nanjing, as a provincial capital, has made it a reality. | |
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