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"Internet security is no longer a technological issue today. It is a requirement for innovation, a guarantee for development, a leader for technologies and the market, and a symbol of core competitiveness."
Lu Wei, Minister of China's State Internet Information Office, at the second China-South Korea Internet roundtable conference in Seoul on December 10
"The function of the abacus can be replaced by advanced tools, but the invisible benefit it brings to practitioners will last."
Yang Qingxia, retired accountant and proficient abacus user, commenting on the listing of the zhusuan, also known as the Chinese abacus, as intangible cultural heritage by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
"I love changes and innovation. The Internet industry has the busiest jobs. I didn't found Baidu for the money."
Li Yanhong, also known as Robin Li, co-founder of China's largest search engine Baidu, at a forum in Beijing on December 7
"In contrast the achievements measured by scores and rankings, it can be seen that Shanghai's students are weaker in active learning and problem solving."
Wang Tianrong, a college teacher in China, commenting on Shanghai students' ranking first on recent global student tests in math, reading and science skills by the Program for International Student Assessment | |
"Internet security is no longer a technological issue today. It is a requirement for innovation, a guarantee for development, a leader for technologies and the market, and a symbol of core competitiveness."
Lu Wei, Minister of China's State Internet Information Office, at the second China-South Korea Internet roundtable conference in Seoul on December 10
"The function of the abacus can be replaced by advanced tools, but the invisible benefit it brings to practitioners will last."
Yang Qingxia, retired accountant and proficient abacus user, commenting on the listing of the zhusuan, also known as the Chinese abacus, as intangible cultural heritage by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
"I love changes and innovation. The Internet industry has the busiest jobs. I didn't found Baidu for the money."
Li Yanhong, also known as Robin Li, co-founder of China's largest search engine Baidu, at a forum in Beijing on December 7
"In contrast the achievements measured by scores and rankings, it can be seen that Shanghai's students are weaker in active learning and problem solving."
Wang Tianrong, a college teacher in China, commenting on Shanghai students' ranking first on recent global student tests in math, reading and science skills by the Program for International Student Assessment | |
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Welcome to 4G Era
Life Weekly
December 2
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is about to officially issue fourth-generation (4G) mobile network licenses, ushering the whole country into the 4G era.
"Fast" is the most outstanding feature of 4G. With a download speed of 100mb/s, 4G's transmission speed is about 10 times faster than 3G. It only takes about two minutes to download a 1G video.
Protecting Measures
Beijing Morning Post
December 9
The ancient tombs of northwest China's Qinghai Province are the biggest group of Tubo tombs on Chinese territory. China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage has listed the site as a major archeological discovery and named it "the oriental pyramid" on the south Silk Road of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
This "oriental pyramid" covers an area of 21,000 square kms, with only two groundkeepers. Obviously, the efforts to safeguard these precious relics are far from adequate. The 200 tombs in Reshui Township were all damaged with no exception. | |
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