One way to reduce mass shootings is for big institutions to stop funding the assault weapon manufacturers.
FORTUNE -- Do you know who owns more than a 6% stake in the maker of .223 Bushmaster rifles, like the one used last Friday to murder 20 first graders and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut? California public schoolteachers.

The company in q......

Beijing joined a number of regions to scrap toll charges on highways and airport expressways during one of the longest-ever eight-day National Day holidays, which starts Sept 30.







Cars wait in lines to pass a highway tollgate in Beijing on Jan 28.ZHANG YUJUN / FOR CHINA DAILY




Officials said all of Beijing's highways, including the airport......

China is likely to fall short of its goal of increasing its trade by 10 percent this year, as demand remains weak both overseas and at home, officials and experts said. 

"China will definitely not achieve its 10 percent goal, given that its foreign trade proceeded slowly in the first half of the year and the prospects are dim for the second half,"......

1.1 China’s state tobacco monopoly system

China’s tobacco industry adopts a system of unified leadership, vertical management and monopolized operation. The STMA and CNTC are responsible for centralized management of staff, finance, properties, produc......

Abstract Various scholars have studied the results on the public debt held in order to discuss and analyze performance. From the government's perspective, the answer to the core issue of public debt performance study is: the public debt ......

ROME -- Speaking ahead of a five-day trip to China, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said China is playing a key role in the effort to reduce worldwide hunger, and called on the country to play an equally important role in helping to stabilize food prices.

The two topics, which FAO general director Jose Graziano da ......

The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index for China rose slightly in September, signaling the first upturn after four months of successive declines.

However, manufacturing activity contracted for a second straight month, indicating that the economy is still slowing.

 


 

China's PMI rose to 49.8 in September from 49.2 in August, acc......

BOGOTA -- Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming has led a government trade delegation to Colombia to strengthen bilateral economic and trade ties.

During the two-day visit, which started Monday, Chen co-chaired the eighth meeting of the China-Colombia Mixed Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation with Colombia's Minister of Trade, Industry and......

SYDNEY -- Australia needs to cultivate a "pick up the phone" mentality when it comes to dealing with China and keeping up with its international competitors for Chinese investment, according to a new research. 

A paper from the Australia China Business Council is certain to place further pressure on the Australian government after revealing that A......

最近，国家审计署审计长刘家义向十一届全国人大常委会第十五次会议所作的2009年度审计工作报告，披露了对56个中央部门、310个所属单位的审计情况。问题有4个，最突出的一个是，这些部门及其所属单位仍在违反财经制度规定，涉及金额34.84亿元。

读罢审计报告，笔者有三点感受：

一是审计报告从内容到形式更加全面深入客观。

与往年的审计工作报告比，这次审计工作报告还提交了......