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Ideal Radish
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Ideal Radish: Foreword Haniyeh Attacked; Livestreaming Becomes an Official Occupation; How Ordinary People Can Shape Legislation Loopholes in the U.S. H-1B Visa; Ni Xialian vs. Sun Yingsha; China's Local Tax System and Central–Local Fiscal Relations Largest U.S.–Russia Prisoner Swap; Professor Zhu Rui Dies; Gender Controversy in Olympic Boxing U.S. Denies Vietnam Market-Economy Status; UK University Offers a Master's in Magic; Banks Cut Deposit Rates U.S. Energy Company Misleads the Public; Public-Sector Reform in Shandong; Fan-Culture Factionalism at the Olympic Women's Table Tennis Final Zheng Qinwen's Victory and Chinese Tennis Reform; Tsinghua Graduate Reports Director for Corruption; UK Riots and Populism Athletes Fall Ill After Competing in the Seine; 2024 Fortune Global 500; Countries Urge Citizens to Leave Lebanon Former Officer in Tangshan Assault Case Protests Innocence Online; Walz Chosen as Harris's Running Mate; What Is an Olympic Gold Medal Worth? U.S. Astronauts Stranded in Space; Hunan Airlines Drops High-Heel Rule; “***” Pilot Program Begins Political Upheaval in Bangladesh; China's New Generation of Olympians; Appeal Ruling in China's First Egg-Freezing Case for an Unmarried Woman Ukraine Enters Russian Territory; 831 New Doctoral Programs Proposed; Japan Issues First Megaquake Warning Cities Lift Housing Price Caps; Proposed U.S. Ban on Chinese Drones Draws Protest; China's Trade Surplus Expands Russia and Ukraine Trade Blame over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear-Plant Fire; Henan Judge Murdered; How AI Is Changing Daily Life for Visually Impaired People Iran May Attack Israel Directly; Cleaner Air in China Significantly Lowers Suicide Rates; Chen Yue's Tragedy and Child-Protection Education Fumio Kishida to Resign as Japanese Prime Minister; China's Fine-Dining Market Struggles; More Young People Choose AI Romance Mexico Elects Its First Female President; My Little Pony Cards Boom and Spark Controversy; Household Registers No Longer Needed for Marriage Registration Thaksin's Daughter Paetongtarn Elected Thai Prime Minister; New Development in Friends “Chandler” Case; Jiangxi Halves Teacher Recruitment Indian Medical Workers Strike over Rape and Murder of Doctor; Shandong Regulator Investigated after Threatening Businesses; Three Gorges Tomb-Robbing Case Decided Kidnappings of Chinese Filipinos Surge; Nvidia Chips Smuggled into China; Alain Delon Dies, with Dai Jinhua on Rocco and His Brothers Chinese Gang Suspected in Singapore Luxury-Home Burglaries; Youth Unemployment Hits 2024 High; Parent Seeks Refund after Film Frightens Eight-Year-Old Typhoon Gaemi Devastates Zixing, Hunan; Startups Face Huge Share-Buyback Liabilities; Black Myth: Wukong Earns over RMB 1.5 Billion on Launch Day EU Releases Final Findings in Chinese EV Subsidy Probe; Audits Reveal Misuse of Employment Subsidies; AI-Generated Chubby-Cat Videos Go Viral Indonesian Protests over Attempt to Overturn Constitutional Court Ruling; Official in Health-Code Scandal Takes New Post; Indian Court Rejects Burger King Trademark Claim Key Findings in Nord Stream Investigation; Why Palace Museum Tickets Are So Hard to Get; MBI Founder Extradited over Alleged RMB 100 Billion Pyramid Scheme Huludao Floods Kill 10, Leave 14 Missing; U.S. Approves Updated COVID Vaccines amid Surge; CCTV Exposes Food-Safety Problems at Delivery Kitchens Hezbollah Retaliates Against Israel; China Reports on Tanker Transport of Cooking Oil; World's Oldest Person Dies at 117 Telegram Founder Arrested in France; Debate over Housing Pension Scheme; Australian Court Upholds Transgender Woman's Claim Girl Taken into Airplane Lavatory by Strangers to Be “Disciplined”; Pinduoduo Shares Plunge over 30%; Harris Announces $540 Million Raised and Stresses Patriotism Zuckerberg Says Facebook Removed Content under Biden Administration Pressure; Beijing Hospital Accused of Workers' Compensation Fraud; Oasis Announces 2025 Reunion Tour Paris Paralympics Open; Illegal Surrogacy Lab Exposed in Qingdao; Air China and China Southern Receive First C919s; Jing Jun on Whether Bodies Can Be Traded Heat Wave Returns to Sichuan and Chongqing; Shanghai Introduces China's First Outdoor Smoking-Area Standard; Sullivan Visits China; Wang Jisi on Kissinger and U.S.–China Normalization Deepfake Sex-Crime Scandal in South Korea; Weak Summer Box Office; Foiled Terror Plot at Taylor Swift Concert; Zhou Lingang on the War on Terror Israel and Hamas Agree to Pause Fighting; Audit Finds School-Meal Funds Misused; Gold Hits Record High; Chen Zhiwu on Gold Investing Past and Future Russia May Lower Nuclear-Use Threshold; Legal Issues in Qingdao Wrong-Way Driving Assault; Beijing Home Prices Fall to Eight-Year Low as Sellers Trade Price for Volume Malaysia Rescues 137 in Human-Trafficking Crackdown; Vehicle Crash Outside Shandong School Kills 11; China Shelves Homestead Mortgage Reform Brazil Blocks X; Nomura Forecasts 4.5% China GDP Growth; Vegetable Prices Rise; Liang Jie on Why Higher Yields Have Not Raised Farmers' Incomes Ukraine Plans Indefinite Occupation of Captured Russian Land; Azithromycin Shortage; Alibaba and Tencent Further Open Their Ecosystems; Jing Jun on China's Medical Sociology Female Olympian Dies after Being Set on Fire; CCTV Exposes “Toxic Goji Berries”; China Considers Cutting Existing Mortgage Rates; Alexwood on Gender Violence Biden's Son Pleads Guilty and Faces up to 17 Years; Schools Struggle to Install Air-Conditioning; Fugitive Philippine Mayor Arrested; Yang Zhao on Equality Before the Law China Ends International Adoption; Henan School Dorms Still Unfinished; China May Allow Wholly Foreign-Owned Hospitals; 81st Venice Film Festival Winners Typhoon Yagi Affects over 520,000 in Hainan; August Growth Indicators Weaken; Hangzhou Delivery Rider Dies on His Scooter; Liang Jie on Riders' Plight Harris–Trump Debate; Crackdown on Soccer Gambling and Match-Fixing; Retirement-Age Reform Submitted; Liang Jie on Its Complex Effects Jack Ma Urges Faith in Markets and Innovation; Harris and Trump Both Claim Debate Victory; U.S. Election Watch on Its Electoral Impact First Private-Citizen Spacewalk; Streamer Simba May Be Permanently Banned from Kuaishou; My Brilliant Friend Season 4; Zhang Yueran and Jiang Fangzhou on Ferrante OpenAI Releases New Model; Hywin Wealth Accused in RMB 70 Billion Fundraising Case; ECB Cuts Rates Again; Chen Zhiwu on How Central Banks Affect Daily Life U.S. Finalizes Sharp Tariff Increases on Chinese Goods; Hunan Investigates Shantytown-Redevelopment Corruption; Singapore Extends Legal Protection to Platform Workers Shanghai Hit by Strongest Typhoon Since 1949; Rebates Roil Hong Kong Insurance; Governments and Banks Sidestep Mortgage Defaults; Liang Jie on Early Repayment Another Attempt on Trump's Life; IT Juzi Responds to Claim Chinese Startups Fell 98% in Five Years; Graduate Students Outnumber Undergraduates; Shang Zhaoqi on Political Assassination in Japan Pagers Explode Across Lebanon; Hefei Opens Case Against Three Sheep; Retirement-Age Plan Unveiled; Liang Jie on Implementation Challenges Japanese Boy Attacked in Shenzhen; Shandong Retirement-Benefit Data Draws Scrutiny; U.S. Court Hears TikTok Divest-or-Ban Case; Zhai Zhiyong on Its Deeper Impact Hunan Finance Chief Falls to Her Death; Fed Cut Lifts the Renminbi; 108 Million Turkish Records Leaked; Li Ruyi on Data Privacy and Protection Japanese-School Student Dies after Shenzhen Stabbing; Youth Unemployment Hits New High; Guangxi “Renewal Loans” Spark Controversy Hezbollah Calls Israeli Action a Declaration of War; Xinyu Fire Investigation Released; CCTV Exposes “Hydrogen Wellness” Scam; Wang Xing on Wellness Myths Chinese-American Scientist Wu Ying Dies by Suicide under Political Pressure; Woman's Mall Jump Kills Bystander; Lancet Study Links Financial Distress and Unemployment to Suicide Quad Summit Stresses Indo-Pacific Security; Markets Await New Stimulus amid Growth Pressure; Renowned Photographer Walks Out of Lecture over Phone Use China's Central Bank Unveils Reserve-Ratio and Rate-Cut Package; Philippine Kidnapping Suspect Arrested; Provinces Study Canal Projects Letter from Trump Assassination Suspect Revealed; Class of 2024 Faces Job Challenges; 75-Year-Old Dies by Suicide after Elevator Video Is Publicized Rocket Force Test-Fires ICBM into Pacific; Blogger Confronted after Exposing Hidden Cameras; Plainclothes Enforcement Sparks Dispute; Xu Ben on Just Law Enforcement Shigeru Ishiba to Become Japan's Prime Minister; Hefei Announces Three Sheep Penalty; Korean Olympic Champion Bullied for Years; Lin Qiuming on Why Victims Go Public Hezbollah Confirms Leader's Death; New Details in Death of Hunan Finance Chief Liu Wenjie; Yang Yongxin Internet-Addiction Center Reported; Liu Hailong on Whether Addiction Needs Treatment Chinese Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Gain; Binance Founder Zhao Changpeng Released; Van Gogh Splashed with Soup; Wang Qing on Violence in Climate Protest Top-Tier Cities Ease Housing Rules; National Day Flights Rise as Fares Fall; Xi'an Tsutaya Books Closes; Chen Zhiwu on Whether Property Speculation Should Be Banned Israel Launches Ground Invasion of Lebanon; Knife Attack in Shanghai; U.S. Dockworkers Strike; California 101 on Lebanon's History and Politics U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidates Debate; Hang Seng Surges; Property Markets Recover in Major Cities; Liang Jianzhang on Population and Urbanization UN Emergency Meeting Condemns Israel; Hunan Helps Obstetricians and Pediatricians Change Roles; Tourists Sleep in Huangshan Restrooms; Duan Zhiqiang on Travel Lodging in the Silver Age UK Relinquishes Chagos Islands Sovereignty; Three Boys Stabbed in Zurich; Kindergartens Become Senior Recreation Centers EU Backs High Tariffs on Chinese EVs; Shanghai Broadens Fresh-Graduate Status; U.S. East Coast Port Strike Suspended; Yang Zhao on Class Consciousness and Labor Relations Humanitarian Crisis Deepens One Year into Israel–Hamas War; Ailao Mountains Go Viral; Fudan Names Dishonest Recommendation Candidates; Nie Huihua on Decisions under Information Asymmetry Chinese Convoy Attacked in Pakistan; Brokerages Work through National Day to Open Accounts; Two U.S. Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine NDRC to Accelerate Economic Restructuring; Wuxi Hospital Suspected of Insurance Fraud; AI Pioneers Win 2024 Physics Nobel; Xu Zhuoyun on AI and Humanity's Future A-Shares Fall Ahead of Finance Ministry Briefing; Hurricane Milton Hits U.S.; National Day Tourism Data; Li Weiguang on the Origins of Public Finance and the State Indonesia Warns of Chinese Overproduction; Chengdu Plans New Residency Rules; Nadal to Retire; Leung Man-tao on China's Household Registration System Israeli Forces Fire on UN Peacekeepers; European Airlines Suspend China Routes; Atomic-Bomb Survivors' Group Wins Nobel Peace Prize; Feng Yujun on How the Russia–Ukraine War May End Finance Ministry Unveils Stimulus; Driver in Boy's Cycling Death Released on Bail; Influencer Monetizes Hurricane; Dong Chenyu on the Influencer Economy North Korea Accuses South of Drone Incursion; September CPI and PPI Miss Forecasts; Two Senior Officials Receive Suspended Death Sentences; Bao Gangsheng on Persistent Corruption PLA Holds Joint Drills Around Taiwan; SpaceX Completes Fifth Starship Test; 2024 Economics Nobel Announced; Ren Jiantao on Modern Political-System Design North Korea Blows Up Roads and South Fires Back—Why Is the Conflict Escalating? Wang Jisi on the Sino-Soviet Alliance and Korean War Civil-Service Exam Registration Opens as Hiring Growth Slows; Yang Zhao on What It Means to Become a Civil Servant U.S. Election Enters Final Stretch with Trump Narrowly Ahead; U.S. Election Watch Asks Whether Polls Can Still Be Trusted JD.com's Partnership with Yang Li Sparks Boycott and Refunds; Alexwood on How Men Should Understand Feminism South Korean Intelligence Says over 10,000 North Korean Troops May Join Russia's War; You Tianlong on Whether Immigration Improves Life Policy Shift May Bring RMB 6 Trillion in Special Bonds for Local Debt; Li Weiguang on Taxation and Governance Musk Offers $1 Million Daily to Swing-State Voters; Cao Qitong on How Tech Giants Influence U.S. Elections China and India Reach Border Agreement; Trump Works at McDonald's; KFC Stores Investigated; Jing Jun on Resistance to GM Food in China BRICS Summit Opens in Kazan; G7 Defense Ministers Back Ukraine's NATO Bid; Wang Jisi on the Formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact Women Now More Often “Marry Down” Educationally; Alexwood on Why More Young Women Avoid Marriage Shanghai Woman Seeks Assisted Death in Switzerland; Cheng Qing on the Buddhist View of Life and Death Israel Strikes Iran with over 100 Aircraft; Employee's Fatal Fall Linked to Work Stress; Wu Yirui on Social and Cultural Causes of Depression Tmall's Singles' Day Presale Costs More Than Direct Purchase? Li Zi on Why Consumption Has Become Labor in Disguise 2025 Civil-Service Exam Applications Set Record; Nie Huihua on Why Highly Educated Talent Chooses Grassroots Government Jobs Shenzhou-19 Launches; Wan Ying Asks Whether Humanity Is Alone in the Universe EU Enacts Anti-Subsidy Tariffs and U.S. Restricts China Investment; Liang Jie on Whether Trade Is Cooperation or War AstraZeneca China President Detained; Doctor Fabricates Diagnoses, Injuring Five; Qingdao Surrogacy Case; Jing Jun on Problems in Chinese Healthcare Google Fined an Astronomical Sum; Chinese Student Arrested for Voting in U.S.; Prosecutors Drop Unreasonable Assessments; Zhai Zhiyong on the Foundations of Rule of Law North Korea Vows to Support Russia Until Victory; Wang Qing and Yuan Yuan Ask Whether a World Where the Weak Need Not Be Bullied Is Possible Systematic AstraZeneca Fraud; Jiang Ping Investigation Results; Liang Jie on Deception through an Economic Lens Final U.S. Campaign Push: Harris Backs Abortion Rights, Trump Targets Illegal Entry; Lokin and Wang Haolan on Abortion in the Election Voting Begins in a Bitterly Divided U.S. Election; Talich and Wang Haolan Present a 2024 Election Guide Trump Declares Victory; Talich and Wang Haolan Ask: Why Trump? Menstrual Leave Permitted in More Provinces, but Women Fear Taking It—Why Are We Ashamed to Ask for Leave? On China's 25th Journalists' Day, Should Reporters Pursue Justice or Remain Objective? Students' Night Ride to Kaifeng Clogs Zhengzhou Traffic; Official Platforms Call for Calm COP29 Opens as Trump Plans Another Paris Agreement Exit—Can Political Bargaining Solve the Climate Crisis? Trump Plans Mass Deportations; Xiang Biao on Changing Migration Trends amid Economic and Political Shifts Zhuhai Car Attack Kills 35 and Injures 43, Police Say Births Hit 25-Year Low as Russia Bans “Childfree Propaganda”; Liang Jianzhang on Government Responses to Population Crisis Food Systems Cause One-Third of Global Emissions—What Is a Climate-Friendly Diet? Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead U.S. Health Department; Zheng Zuoyu Asks Whether Vaccines Are Truly Scientific Several Rape Cases Involving Chinese Women Solved in Germany; Veteran Investigative Reporter Wang Wenzhi Assaulted During Interview Former Vocational Student Attacks Yixing Campus, Killing 8 and Injuring 17 Couple in Their Nineties Give Son Three Homes and Are Assaulted; Jing Jun on How We Will Grow Old Ukraine Uses U.S. Missiles Inside Russia for First Time; Russia Expands Nuclear Deterrence U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy over “Potential Major Air Attack”; Nongfu Spring Founder Zhong Shanshan Blasts Pinduoduo ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli Prime Minister; Jiangsu and Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Face Cross-Province “Profit-Driven Enforcement” Reuters Exposes Sexual Exploitation on OnlyFans; Kuaishou Receives Administrative Penalty Investor Scott Bessent Nominated U.S. Treasury Secretary, Backs Tariffs and Lower Trade Deficit Police Officer Dismissed for Kicking and Beating Primary-School Student amid Bullying Concerns International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women; Zhan Qingyun on Forms of Domestic Violence and Legal Challenges Beijing Reports China's First “Professional Store-Closer” Case; Liang Jie on Hidden Poverty and the Debt Crisis BYD Supplier Price-Cut Email Sparks Controversy; Yang Zhao on Involution through Marx's Eyes China Loses or Wastes 400 Million Tons of Food a Year; Liang Jie on the Economics of Food Waste Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s; Li Zi on Its Mental-Health Effects Graduates Encouraged to Enter Domestic Service; Olympic Champion Turned Streamer Draws Debate; Alexwood on Women's Workplace Challenges Armed Groups Seize Aleppo, Raising Risk of Renewed Syrian Civil War; Bao Gangsheng on Chronic Conflict UK Commons Passes Assisted-Dying Bill; Pang Ying and Zhan Qingyun Debate Legalization South Korean President Yoon Declares Emergency Martial Law; Clashes Erupt before Parliament Votes to Lift It Opposition Pushes to Impeach Yoon as Aides Resign; Liu Yu on Revolution in Korean Cinema Universities Offer Civil-Service Minors amid Exam Craze; Yan Fei Asks Whether Government Jobs Are the Only Cure for Employment Anxiety CEO of Largest U.S. Health Insurer Shot Dead; Social Media Condemns Industry; Liang Jie on Whether Health Insurance Covers Serious Illness Notre-Dame Reopens Five Years after Fire; Leung Man-tao on the Fire and Cultural Identity Syrian Opposition Enters Damascus as Assad Government Falls China Clarifies Standards for Domestic-Violence Evidence; Alexwood on the History of the Anti-Domestic-Violence Movement Trump Plans to End Birthright Citizenship; China Opens Antitrust Investigation into Nvidia South Korea's First Lady Deletes Encrypted Chat Account; Former Defense Minister Attempts Suicide in Detention China's First Compensation Award in a Transgender Lawsuit Opposes Conversion Treatment; Alexwood on What Trans People Can Teach Us Black Myth: Wukong Misses TGA Game of the Year; Liu Mengfei Asks Whether It Vindicated Chinese Games Former China Soccer Coach Li Tie Sentenced to 20 Years; Xu Zidong on Whether Corruption Is an “Essential Need” in Officialdom Outcome Announced in Tsinghua Graduate's Report against Director; Mobile-Game Executive Dies under Residential Surveillance Shandong Reports 12-Year-Old Girl Contracted HPV—Why Does Sexual Abuse of Girls Remain So Common? Russian Chemical-Defense General Killed; Corrupt Official Li Jianping Executed; Bao Gangsheng on Persistent Corruption November Fiscal Revenue Hits Annual High; Hefei Ride-Hailing Empty-Run Rate Reaches 45%; Qbao Begins Second Repayment with RMB 30 Billion Outstanding Putin Says He Is Ready to Talk with Trump Anytime and Compromise on Ukraine Trump-Backed Funding Bill Fails; Platform Tax-Reporting Rules Proposed; Li Weiguang on Using Tax Policy to Reduce Inequality National Procurement Begins for 95 Chinese Patent Medicines; Jing Jun on Traditional Chinese Medicine's Problems and Vitality Man Stranded in Psychiatric Hospital for 16 Years after Guardian Refuses Signature; Yang Zhao on Proving You Are Not Mentally Ill Audit Finds Nearly RMB 8 Billion in New Local Government Arrears to Businesses; Yang Zhao on Capital Operations and Debt Crisis Suspect in Insurance CEO Killing Smiles in Court—What Does an Ivy League Graduate's Attack Reveal about America? BYD Brazil Dormitories Investigated; Zhan Qingyun and Pang Ying on Worker Rights and Safety under Globalization Japan Eases Visas for Chinese Tourists; ByteDance Short-Drama App Summoned; Everyday Services Leak Data—Li Ruyi on Internet Privacy Azerbaijani MP Says Russia Downed Airliner; Zhuhai Car Attack Case Decided; Zhai Zhiyong on the Right to Defend “Bad People” Trump Asks Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban; WHO Chief Caught in Israeli Airstrike; Staged Hidden-Camera Gang Arrested; Zhai Zhiyong on Hotel Surveillance Liability Jeju Air Crash Kills 179; Putin Apologizes to Azerbaijan over Airliner Crash Handan Schoolboy Murder Case: 13-Year-Old Ringleader Gets Life; Zhan Qingyun on Whether Malice Can Offset the Age of Criminal Responsibility South Korea Issues First Arrest Warrant for a Sitting President; Musk Calls Zelensky the “Champion of Robbing America” Truck Plows into Crowd in U.S., Killing at Least 10; Wang Fang on Understanding Extreme Violence Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump Hotel; 2024 Box Office Falls 23% and Admissions Drop by Nearly 300 Million Attempt to Arrest Yoon Fails after Five-Hour Standoff at Presidential Residence Biden Blocks Nippon Steel's U.S. Steel Deal; Korean Births Rise for First Time in Nine Years; Liang Jianzhang on Population Divergence and Low Fertility Like a Rolling Stone Inspiration Su Min Pays Husband RMB 160,000 in Divorce and Vows to Live for Herself; Alexwood on Women's Awakening Trump Considers Universal Tariffs Only on Key Imports; Lu Han's Social Accounts Barred from New Followers Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Resigns as Party Leader; Magnitude-6.8 Tibet Earthquake Kills 126 Trump Does Not Rule Out Force to Control Panama Canal and Greenland; Actor Wang Xing Recounts Being Trafficked to Myanmar Los Angeles Wildfires Destroy over 1,900 Buildings and Evacuate 150,000; PBOC Plans RMB 60 Billion Bill Issue in Hong Kong to Stabilize Currency Trump Prepares to Meet Putin as Ukraine War May Shift; Strong U.S. Jobs Data Reduces Expected 2025 Rate Cuts Trump Convicted on 34 Counts but Receives No Punishment; Black Boxes Stopped Four Minutes before Korean Airliner Crash Major U.S. Companies End DEI Programs; Chen Di on “Color-Blind” Racism India's Maha Kumbh May Draw 400 Million Pilgrims; Xu Ben on Sacred Places, Rituals, and Texts in “Ritual Religion” U.S. TikTok Creators Flood RedNote as “TikTok Refugees”; Xu Ben on Resistance by the Weak Yoon Becomes First Sitting South Korean President Arrested; Review of Fiscal Revenue in 333 Chinese Cities Israel and Hamas Reach Ceasefire; Major Alipay Outage; Biden Warns Power Is Concentrating among the Super-Rich Legendary Director David Lynch Dies; Dai Jinhua on Mulholland Drive U.S. Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban as Trump Promises a Pause; Bao Gangsheng on Presidential–Judicial Power Blood Pressure Unchanged, Anesthesia Ineffective, Laxatives Fail? Concerns over Procured Drugs; Jing Jun on China's Medical Sociology Trump Vows to Reverse Biden Orders within Hours; Biden Preemptively Pardons Fauci and Others Trump Withdraws U.S. from WHO—What Will It Mean? Liu Shaohua on How the WHO Was Built Trump Again Threatens China Tariffs; Former Manager of Concrete Works at Korean Crash Airport Dies Trump Threatens More Russia Sanctions; Go Player Ke Jie Withdraws over Refereeing Hundreds of Civil Servants Fired in Trump's First Week; Yang Zhao on Modern Bureaucracy 1,839 Same-Sex Couples Marry on Thailand's First Day of Marriage Equality; Zhan Qingyun on the Legal Path to Legalization Twenty-Two States Sue over Trump's Birthright-Citizenship Order; Zhai Zhiyong on the Fourteenth Amendment Yoon Indicted for “Leading an Insurrection”; U.S. Sanctions Colombia for Refusing Deportees DeepSeek Triggers U.S. Tech Selloff; Trump Calls It a Wake-Up Call OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of IP Theft as U.S. Probes Security; Alibaba Cloud and Unitree Robots Take the Spring Festival Gala Stage Washington Passenger Jet Collides with U.S. Military Helicopter and Crashes into River; No Survivors Feared Anthropic CEO Says DeepSeek Is Overhyped and Urges Tighter Chip Controls; Firecracker in Septic Tank Flips Cars White House Announces Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China; Liang Jie on Whether Trade Is Cooperation or War Russian Airstrikes Kill at Least 15 in Ukraine; NBA Blockbuster Sends Dončić to Join LeBron on Lakers Taiwan Star Barbie Hsu Dies of Flu-Related Pneumonia at 48; Mark Honigsbaum on Why Epidemics Always Return Trump Creates Sovereign Wealth Fund and Seeks 50% TikTok Stake; Liu Hailong on TikTok Refugees Joining RedNote China Opens Google Antitrust Probe and Considers Apple App Store Investigation; Fang Qin on Why Monopoly Cannot Be Eliminated Regulator Requires Short Dramas to Be Reviewed before Airing; Peng Huamao Asks Whether Seniors' Love of Tycoon Dramas Is a Problem Some Megacities' Resident Health Funds Run Current Deficits in 2024; Liang Jie on China's Insurance Challenges Zhang Lan and Wang Xiaofei Banned from Douyin for Exploiting Barbie Hsu's Death; Liu Hailong on Who Made Traffic Supreme Trump Says He Spoke with Putin about Ending Ukraine War; Regulators Respond to Questions over Ineffective Medicines Trump Plans 25% Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum; New Zealand Drops English Requirement for Visa; Xie Xiaoding on Migrant Isolation Trump Reverses Biden Plastics Ban; Doubts Return over Generic-Drug Data; Marriages Hit Lowest Level Since 1980 Wars Spread across Africa; Zelensky Proposes Land Swap; Netanyahu Threatens Ceasefire; Wang Qing and Yuan Yuan Ask Whether the Weak Must Always Be Bullied Guangxi Teacher Accused of Abusing Student Who Died by Suicide; Korean Gang-Rape Case Exposed—How Can Survivors Rebuild and Seek Justice? Trump Announces Russia Ceasefire Talks, Shocking Europe, Which Demands a Seat for Ukraine and Europe U.S. Vice President Vance Accuses Europe of Democratic Backsliding; Germany Rebuts; Wang Qing on Populism's Impact Another Guangxi Teacher Fired over Sexual Abuse Allegation—Why Does Abuse of Girls Remain So Common? Myanmar, China, and Thailand Officials Reach Myawaddy Scam Compounds; Mali Mine Collapse Kills 50 Artisanal Miners; Yang Zhao on How People Become Laborers Argentina's Milei Embroiled in Crypto Scandal; Musk Alleges U.S. Social Security Corruption; Yang Zhao on Modern Bureaucracy U.S. and Russia Resume High-Level Talks as Trump Blames Ukraine; JD.com and Meituan Offer Riders Social Insurance—Should Riders Decide? Ukraine Loses Leverage as Russia Retakes 60% of Occupied Kursk; Two Small Planes Collide in Arizona Germany Faces Pivotal Election as Far Right Eyes History; Local Governments Rush to Adopt DeepSeek U.S. Pressures Ukraine over Minerals and May Cut Starlink; Bybit Loses $1.5 Billion in Largest-Ever Crypto Hack Musk Demands Weekly Reports from Federal Workers or Resignation; Duan Zhiqiang Asks Whether Ancient Officials Wrote Weekly Reports Three Years of Russia–Ukraine War as European Leaders Visit Kyiv; Wang Qing and Xie Xiaoding on Healing War Trauma EU Chief Says Ukraine Could Join by 2030; Czech President Warns against Another Munich Agreement Ukraine Reportedly Accepts U.S. Minerals Deal; EU Approves Mealworm Powder in Bread as Low-Carbon Protein Trump Proposes $5 Million Immigrant “Gold Card,” Open to Russian Oligarchs; Xiao Du Asks Whether America Means Breathing “Free Air” OpenAI Releases GPT-4.5; AI Transforms Adult Dolls; Guangzhou Opens Autonomous-Driving Route; Fang Qin Asks Whether Machines Will Rule Humanity Zelensky Ejected after Clash with Trump; Schools Collect Facial Data for “Smart Sports”; Zhai Zhiyong on Saying No to Facial Recognition Gaza Ceasefire Phase One Expires amid Deadlock; Jinan Blizzard Closes over 100 Shandong Highway Toll Stations UK and France Propose One-Month Partial Ukraine Ceasefire; Weekend Breaks at High Schools Worry Parents; Liang Jie on Unintended Effects of Education Reform U.S. Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine; Trump Tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico Raise Global Trade-War Fears Trump's “Renewing the American Dream” Speech Reveals Partisan Divide; Li Ka-shing Sells Global Ports; Ma Jiahui on His Rise Macron Offers Europe a “Nuclear Umbrella”; Proposal to End Divorce Cooling-Off Period; Zhai Zhiyong on Marital Autonomy EU-27 Agrees to “Rearm Europe”; Ukraine Releases Phased Ceasefire Plan Yoon Released after 52 Days but Still Faces Impeachment; U.S. Treasury Secretary Says Economy Needs Detox from Government Spending Russian Offensive Weakens Ukraine's Leverage as Trump Mulls Sanctions; China Proposes “Good Home” Standard; Feng Guochuan on Modern Housing Canada Selects Next Prime Minister; South Korea Reports Fighter-Jet Bombing Error; Midea's Enforced 6:20 p.m. Finish Trends; Wang Xingkun on Why Workers Are Busier Assad Loyalist Revolt Leaves over 1,300 Dead amid Claims of Civilian Massacre; Bao Gangsheng on Syria's Chronic Wars EU Retaliates against U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs with €26 Billion in Duties; Liang Jie on Trade as Cooperation or War Yang Mingyu Chicken Chain Accused of Reselling Leftovers and Blackened Beef; Nie Huihua on Why Food Safety Is Hard to Regulate OpenAI Urges U.S.-Led Isolation of Chinese AI Models; Huizhou Responds to 36 Men Lured into Buying Homes by “Girlfriend Liu Jia”; Li Xuan on Men's Marriage Dilemma Trump Says Ukrainian Troops in Kursk Are Surrounded; Putin Guarantees Their Lives If They Surrender Astronauts Return after Nine Months in Space; Woodpecker Repair Accused of Overcharging; Farm Drones Seek Growth; Liang Jie on Why Farmers Quit Farming Trump Cuts Budget and Paralyzes Voice of America; Wang Jisi on Cold War Information Warfare Baidu Executive's Daughter Doxxes Others; Company Denies Data Leak; Li Zi on Persistent Cyberbullying Israel Resumes Gaza Strikes, Killing over 400; U.S. Calls Tesla Arson “Domestic Terrorism” Trump and Zelensky Speak for First Time since Oval Office Clash; Fed Slows Balance-Sheet Reduction Chinese Tycoon Loses RMB 400 Million to Family-Office Employee; Sima Nan Fined over RMB 9 Million for Tax Evasion Germany Boosts Military Spending; Trump Draws China, Japan, and South Korea Closer Economically; Wang Jisi on Post-Cold War U.S. Alliances Trump Signs Order to Close Education Department; Liang Jie Asks Whether Education Is the Best Investment U.S.–Ukraine–Russia Talks Advance in Saudi Arabia as U.S. Envoy Hints at Recognizing Russian Territory; Thallium Pollution Found in Hunan River Trump Officials Accidentally Add Journalist to Chat, Leaking War Plans; China Loses 0–2 to Australia for Third Straight Defeat Self-Directed Consumer-Loan Limit Raised to RMB 500,000; Pop Mart Overseas Revenue Surges 375%; Huang Jianbo on Symbols behind Consumption WeChat Adds Nearby Jobs for Gig Workers; Wang Xingkun on Why Good Jobs Are Disappearing Myanmar Quake Kills over 114; Li Ka-shing Port Sale Paused for Chinese Antitrust Review Myanmar Quake Toll Rises as Civil War Complicates Relief; Should Allergenic Junipers Be Cut Down? China, Japan, and South Korea Resume Economic Dialogue amid Trump Tariffs; China Targets Disorderly EV Competition Ne Zha 2 Fever Fades as Daily Box Office Hits Post-Pandemic Low—Why Can It Not Save Chinese Cinema? Ningbo Exporter Gets 10½ Years after Hardware Is Classified as Gun Parts; Zhai Zhiyong on Proportionality in State Power Online Fiction Writer Jailed Four Years for Obscenity—Where Is the Line between Literature and Pornography? Trump Announces Higher-than-Expected Tariffs on over 180 Countries, Challenging the Global Economy China Retaliates with 34% U.S. Tariffs; South Korea's Yoon Removed as Court Unanimously Rules Martial Law Unconstitutional Trump's Global Tariffs Trigger Record U.S. Selloff, Erasing $6 Trillion in Two Days as Nasdaq Enters Bear Market Anti-Trump Protests Sweep U.S.; Musk Publicly Mocks Senior Trump Adviser Yale Scientists First Confirm “Post-Vaccination Syndrome”; Zheng Zuoyu Asks Whether Vaccines Are Truly Scientific Trump Administration Opens Trade Talks as China Tariff War Escalates; Panama Audit Threatens CK Hutchison Port Concession Trump Says Countries Are Begging for Tariff Relief; China Adds 50% Tariff on U.S. Goods Trump Raises China Tariffs to 125%; Treasury Secretary Threatens Delisting Chinese Companies Dollar Index Falls below 100 amid U.S.-Asset Confidence Crisis; Siemens Spain CEO and Family Die in New York Plane Crash Confused Tariffs and System Outages Plague U.S. Rollout; Trump Accused of Insider Trading; Yang Zhao Asks Whether U.S. Democracy Is Failing Video of Doctoral Graduate at Top Hospital Raises Questions about Clinical Skill; Wang Xing on Choosing a Doctor Japan's Population Falls for 14th Year as Foreign-Resident Count Sets Record; Liang Jianzhang on Japan's Demographic Crisis He Tongxue Refuses to Give Ride-Hailing Driver a Positive Review; Liang Jie on Delivery Riders' Plight Shanxi “Engagement Rape” Conviction Upheld with Three-Year Sentence; Alexwood Asks Who Owns a Woman's Body Taobao and DHgate Top U.S. Shopping Charts amid Tariffs; Duan Zhiqiang Asks Whether Deglobalization Turns History Backward U.S. Says It Will Abandon Ukraine Peace Effort without Clear Progress within Days Trump Again Predicts China Deal and Lower Tariffs; U.S. Court Rules Google Abused Ad-Tech Dominance Putin Announces Sudden 30-Hour Easter Truce as Russia and Ukraine Trade Accusations of Violations Francis, First Pope from the Southern Hemisphere, Dies; Duan Zhiqiang on Christianity's Global Spread Public Hospitals Drown in Debt—How Can the High-Debt, Low-Return Cycle Be Broken? 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Hong Kong Enters COVID Peak as Three Children Develop Severe Complications; Wang Xing on Treatment and Recovery Illegal Parking under Beijing Bridges during Hailstorm Causes Gridlock; Pang Ying and Zhan Qingyun on Condemning Selfishness in Disasters Boeing Wins $96 Billion Qatar Order; China Reports Findings in China–Japan Friendship Hospital Case Hema “Antibiotic-Free Eggs” Exceed Veterinary-Drug Limits; Nie Huihua on Why Food Safety Is Hard to Regulate China Slashes U.S. Treasury Holdings as American Debt Worsens; Chen Zhiwu on What Happens When a Country Cannot Repay National Treasure Returns: Zidanku Silk Manuscripts Reach Beijing after 79 Years Abroad; Zhan Qingyun on Cultural Repatriation Cities Pilot School Admission with “Zero Threshold”; Liang Jie on Education for Migrant Workers' Children Tiles Fall from Fengyang Drum Tower One Year after RMB 3 Million Repair; Jiang Song and Liang Jie on Preserving Ancient Cities Google Unveils Gemini Upgrades; China Bars Students from Copying AI Answers; Li Zi on Thinking Smartly in the AI Age Trump Ambushes South African President with Controversial Video; Liu Yu on South Africa's Democratic Transition Trump Administration Suspends Harvard's International Admissions; Chinese Couple Assaulted in Sydney; Xie Xiaoding on Migrant Isolation Trump Threatens 50% EU Tariff; Chongqing Student Dies in Septic Tank amid Formalistic Safety Management Denmark Raises Retirement Age to World's Highest; Liang Jie on Delayed Retirement Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills at Least 30; North Korea Detains Vice Minister over Destroyer Launch Failure From Nine-to-Five to Always On Call: How Part-Time Work Becomes a Poverty Trap; Wang Xingkun on Vanishing Good Jobs U.S. Missions Reportedly Pause New Student-Visa Interviews; Zhai Zhiyong Asks Whether Harvard Ban Signals a Constitutional Crisis RMB 10 Million Deposit for a Big-Tech Internship? Bank Program for Wealthy Clients' Children Sparks Outcry; Xie Jing on Why Effort Fails Hong Kong Establishes World's First International Mediation Organization; Zhan Qingyun on Why International Arbitration Matters Student Injured after Reporting Classmate's Tablet; School Held 30% Liable; Leung Man-tao on How Betrayal Becomes a “Virtue” Bridge Explosions in Russia Kill at Least Seven on Eve of Peace Talks Ukraine Launches Major Drone Attack as Peace Talks Fizzle; WHO Urges Ban on Flavored Tobacco to Protect Youth Conservative Comeback Wins Polish Election; Chinese Harvard Speaker Accused of Favoritism, Sparking Fairness Debate Lee Jae-myung Elected South Korean President; Teacher Accused of Repeated Harassment Moved to Security Office so He Could “Make a Living” Hunan Brick Factory Accused of Forced Labor by Intellectually Disabled Workers; First Chinese Nine-Valent HPV Vaccine Approved Musk and Trump Turn on Each Other as Tesla Loses $150 Billion in Value China's College-Entrance Exam Registrations Fall for First Time in Eight Years; Liang Jie on Credential Inflation and School-District Homes Los Angeles Immigration Raids Spark Protests as Trump Deploys National Guard; Bao Gangsheng on Repression or Compromise Hubei Promotes “Mom Jobs”—Employment Aid or More Childcare Burden? Alexwood on Women at Work Pentagon Sends Marines to Los Angeles as California Sues Trump; Yang Zhao on Militias and Gun Rights First-Generation LABUBU Sells for RMB 1.08 Million; Huang Jianbo on Collectibles as Luxury and Social Symbols Air India Jet with 242 Aboard Crashes into Neighborhood; More U.S. Cities Protest Immigration Policy; Bao Gangsheng on Democracy's Constraints Israel Launches Massive Strikes on Iran, Hitting Revolutionary Guard and Nuclear Sites; Zhou Lingang on Nuclear Weapons' Dual Impact 18-Month-Old Hospitalized after Restaurant Guest Gives 50 ml of Beer; Hong Zhou on Working Mothers' Childcare Dilemma Graduate Student Dies at Xiangya Hospital as Liu Xiangfeng Overtreatment Case Returns; Jing Jun on China's Medical Sociology Israel–Iran Conflict Enters Fourth Day with Rising Civilian Toll; Minnesota Lawmaker and Family Shot, Two Dead and Two Critically Injured Primary Student Receives “Serious Warning”—Where Are the Limits of School Discipline? Li Xuan on When Children Understand Right and Wrong Trump Demands Iran's Unconditional Surrender; Khamenei Vows Resistance U.S. Resumes Student Visas with Strict Social-Media Screening; Guangdong Suffers Record Flood—How Do We Face More “Once-in-a-Century” Events? Chinese Medical-Team Leader Dies Saving a Tanzanian; Tsinghua Tree-Felling Accident Kills Visiting Professor and Triggers Accountability Review Trump Says Too Many Holidays Cost Billions; Disabled People Again Found Doing Forced Labor at Henan Brick Factory U.S. Bombs Three Iranian Nuclear Sites; Pakistan Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize; Zhou Lian Asks Whether Justice Is the Interest of the Strong UN Emergency Meeting Focuses on U.S. Attack on Iran; IAEA Warns Nonproliferation System Near Collapse U.S. Supreme Court Lets Trump Rapidly Deport Undocumented Migrants; Zhan Qingyun on Changes Brought by Trump's Justices RMB 28,000 Cross-Province Ambulance Fee Sparks Dispute; Jing Jun on Roots of Chinese Medical Conflict Power-Bank Fire Risks Trigger Mass Recalls after Cost-Cutting; Yang Zhao on Involution through Marx's Eyes June Is Hottest on Record and 2025 May Be Warmest Year; Liu Junyan on What Global Warming Means for Ordinary People Revised Public Security Law Ends Automatic “Mutual Fighting” Label for Fighting Back; Zhai Zhiyong on Self-Defense Law U.S. Supreme Court Weakens Nationwide Injunctions, Aiding Trump's Birthright-Citizenship Push; Zhai Zhiyong on the Fourteenth Amendment India Releases Dam Water as Pakistan Floods Kill over 100; Ningxia Completes Desert Barrier; Ouyang Ting Asks Whether Humans Can Remake Nature Audit Finds RMB 40.6 Billion in Resident Pensions Misused; Liang Jie Asks Whether Pensions Will Still Exist at Retirement Bank Employee Defrauds Nearly RMB 100 Million to Tip Streamers—Should Platforms and Hosts Be Liable? Zhai Zhiyong on Missing Bank Funds Global Displacement Tops 122 Million as UNHCR Faces Funding Crisis; Wang Qing on Europe's Refugee Crisis Exam Papers Leak in Beijing Districts; Liang Jie on How Imperial Examinations Prevented Cheating Cosmetic Surgery Becomes a Graduation Reward; Alexwood on How Beauty Became a Cage Musk Forms New Political Party and Deepens Break with Trump; Yang Zhao on the U.S. Electoral System Texas Flood Death Toll Reaches 80 as Trump Denies Federal Cuts Hurt Warnings; Qingdao Dormitory Worker Dies on Duty amid Heat Questions Trump Extends Tariff Pause to August 1 as 14 Countries Face New Rates; Former Russian Transport Minister Found Dead after Dismissal Seventeen Arrested in Zhengzhou Park Assault—Sexual Orientation Is No Excuse; Pang Ying and Zhan Qingyun on Seeking LGBTQ Equality U.S. Imposes 50% Tariff on Brazil as Lula Retaliates; Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel while Gaza Deaths Top 50,000 Houthis Sink Two Cargo Ships in Four Days; DGCX Investment Platform Collapses, Defrauding Two Million People of RMB 13 Billion Linyi Restaurant Faces RMB 450,000 Fine over Food Video; Zhai Zhiyong on Proportionality in Enforcement Dalian University Plans to Expel Woman in “Zeus Video,” Raising Due-Process Questions; Alexwood Asks Who Owns a Woman's Body 9/11 Mastermind's Plea Deal Voided as Torture Evidence Takes Center Stage; Zhai Zhiyong Asks Whether Torture Is Ever Permissible Shanghai Customs College Admission Rank Tops Shanghai Jiao Tong due to Civil-Service Prospects; Wang Xingkun on Exam-Crazed Society Major-City Home Prices Fall Again as GDP Grows 5.3%; Xie Jing Asks Whether GDP Is a Collective Lie about Wealth Public Institutions Lead Disability Hiring—Will It Create Real Jobs? Liang Jie on Whether Disability Law Protects Employment Regulators Summon Delivery Platforms over Subsidy “Involution”; Yang Zhao on Involution through Marx's Eyes Guangdong Reports 1,161 Local Chikungunya Cases and Calls for Mosquito Eradication; Liang Jie on Mosquito Nets and Disease Elderly Walking Group Blocks Fire Engine in Liaoning; Peng Huamao Asks Whether Older People Become Stubborn Three-Year-Old Cycles Alone toward Guangzhou to Find Mother; Liang Jie on Children Left Behind by Migrant Workers Over 20 Countries Call for Gaza Ceasefire; China Honors Good Samaritans including Suzhou Japanese School Bus Attendant Hu Youping U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal: $550 Billion Investment for 15% Tariff Thailand–Cambodia Border Fighting Kills at Least 12; Six Northeastern University Students Die in Flotation Tank at Gold Plant Woman Says Interviewer Broke Her Vertebra after Argument; Yang Zhao on Capital's Exploitation and Control of Workers Thailand–Cambodia Fighting Enters Third Day, with Cluster Munitions and Fire Spilling into Third Country Record Rains Hit Beijing's Miyun, Sending Six Rivers to Historic Highs as Reservoir Releases Water China Announces RMB 3,600 Annual Childcare Subsidy from 2025; Zheng Zuoyu on Why Cash Does Not Raise Births Beijing Rains Kill 30 and Tianjin Sees Worst Flash Flood in 70 Years; Liu Junyan on Increasing Extreme Weather IMF Sharply Raises China Forecast; Wuhan University Sexual-Harassment Case Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence amid Public Debate