BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — Children are our future, and they need to be taken good care of in any society. However, in the United States, child labor is common as the country fails to take real acti
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U.S. stocks surge on passage of debt ceiling bill, strong jobs data
NEW YORK, June 2 (Xinhua) — U.S. stocks posted handsome gains on Friday as investors cheered the passage of a debt ceiling bill by the U.S. Congress and the release of an encouraging jobs report.
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Migrant child labor debate in U.S. Congress becomes mired in immigration fight: NYT
NEW YORK, May 8 (Xinhua) — Weeks after revelations that migrant children are being regularly exploited for cheap labor in the United States prompted bipartisan outrage and calls to action on Capitol
U.S. House Democrats move to force debt-limit increase as default date looms: New York Times
NEW YORK, May 2 (Xinhua) — U.S. House Democratic leaders who have been quietly planning a strategy to force a debt ceiling increase to avert default began taking steps on Tuesday to deploy their secr
U.S. state Mississippi OKs more state policing in mostly Black city
NEW YORK, April 23 (Xinhua) — U.S. state Mississippi\’s governor signed a bill on Friday to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, and
China\’s whole-process people\’s democracy effective, serves interests of people: int\’l experts
GUANGZHOU, April 20 (Xinhua) — China\’s whole-process people\’s democracy has been in the spotlight at the Understanding China conference that concluded Thursday in south China\’s city of Guangzhou.
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U.S. states confront medical debt that bankrupts millions: media
NEW YORK, April 13 (Xinhua) — An estimated 100 million Americans have amassed nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars in collective medical debt, almost the size of Greece\’s economy, the Associated Press rep
Local legislative outreach office in Shanghai puts whole-process people\’s democracy in great practice
Photo shows the Gubei Civic Center in Hongqiao sub-district, Shanghai. (Photo from Shanghai Morning Post)
Developing whole-process people\’s democracy is one of the essential requirements of Chinese mo
Human rights in US suffer major setbacks
Human rights in the United States experienced major setbacks last year, with money politics, racial discrimination, gun violence and police brutality on the rise, according to a report released on Tue
U.S. conservative state puts first-ever parental controls on social media
SALT LAKE CITY, the United States, March 24 (Xinhua) — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms were muzzled Thursday when Utah became the first U.S. state to sign into law restr