Backgrounder: the AIIB explained
A total of 50 prospective founding members of the AIIB on June 29 signed the bank's articles of agreement (AOA) in Beijing, which outlines the bank's objectives, operating principles, governance ...
Impact of anti-corruption campaign
Since the 18th CPC National Congress was held on November 8, 2012, the central government has launched numerous anti-corruption campaigns across China. As a result, many of the "tigers" and ...
Occupy Central
Occupy Central, initiated by scholar Benny Tai Yiu-ting and launched on September 28, 2014, is a civil disobedience movement that threatens to paralyze Hong Kong's financial district with a mass ...
Iraq's civil war
Since seizing North Iraq city Mosul on June 10, the Islamic State of Iraq and al Shams(ISIS), a Sunni extremist group, conducted a series of attacks in Northern Iraq, which ...
Palestine-Israel conflict
The Palestine-Israel conflict is "essentially a struggle over land." Bloody conflict has continued in the area for over 60 years since it was divided into three parts following the Arab-Israeli ...
Terrorist attacks in China
China has suffered terrorism attacks throughout its territory in recent years, the most severe of which occurred on July 5, 2009, followed by the 2013 Beijing attack and two incidents ...