Taxi operator Shanghai Qiangsheng has announced that it would launch a special hotline on March 15, which is World Consumer Rights Day, for single women who need late night taxi rides.According to the company, single women can dial 021-62581111 between 11 pm and 2 am to book taxis. Shanghai Qiangsheng did not mention how it would determine if its passengers are single.This service offering comes following the high-profile murder case last year in which a 28-year-old Didi Chuxing driver raped and killed his 19-year-old female passenger in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.The driver, Zhong Yuan, was sentenced to death late last month on charges of robbery, rape and homicide.The Shanghai-based taxi and car rental company also announced a slew of new services for passengers. For example, drivers will now offer to carry large luggage for passengers and all passenger complaints will be handled within three working days.The taxi operator also said that it would form a team comprising of their best drivers to whistle-blow on illegal taxi operations.
TOKYO - The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has greatly helped enhance regional peace and prosperity, former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama has said in an interview with Xinhua.
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Taiwan's future lies in national reunification and the well-being of its people in national rejuvenation, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remark in response to Foxconn founder and chairman Terry Gou's comments on the 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle. Gou, who announced last month that he will enter the Kuomintang primaries and join Taiwan's 2020 leadership election, said the principle should be based on "respective interpretations".Noting that the mainland and Taiwan both belong to one China, Ma said the principle has clearly defined the nature of cross-Straits relations, which are not state-to-state relations.It is in the common interests of people from both sides to uphold the principle, to oppose agitation for Taiwan independence, to work for the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and advance the peaceful reunification of China, he said.The two sides should work together to resolve differences based on the one-China principle, with responsibility for the Chinese nation and future generations, he added.Ma also criticized the words and deeds of Democratic Progressive Party officials and secessionists, and added that the mainland will never tolerate or be vague about the issue.Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen has recently made many visits to military camps on the island and has appealed to voters to support Taiwan independence.Ma said in response: "China's sovereignty and territory brook no division. We firmly oppose any attempt to damage the one-China principle and undermine cross-Straits relations.""We once again warned the DPP authorities that it is not reliable to bet on foreign forces for Taiwan independence," he added, referring to arms sales by the United States to Taiwan.The island's authorities have also tried to prevent exchanges between different sides. They amended rules to prevent some officials from the KMT visiting the mainland for talks with the Communist Party of China.Since 2002, Taiwan's education authority has prevented university students from joining the annual intern program organized by the China Association for Science and Technology.Ma said exchange programs play an important role in improving cross-Straits relations and enhancing the well-being of compatriots on both sides."However, the DPP authorities have used every possible means to obstruct normal exchanges and describe the measures taken by the mainland to do practical things for Taiwan compatriots as a threat to Taiwan," he said."Taiwan compatriots will recognize that the DPP is seeking its own selfish interest and the benefits of election at the cost of damaging the essence of cross-Straits relations."Xinhua contributed to this story.
TORONTO — Police in Canada's biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.
Talking to the heads of seven Japan-China friendship groups and the Japan Business Federation on Tuesday, Yang welcomed Japan to discuss cooperation with China in the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Tamaki said on Monday that given the lack of progress on various issues with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that he was concerned such a nomination would "send the wrong message to North Korea (the DPRK) and the rest of international society".
Tan has provided raw ramie materials to nearly 200 villagers, including some from poverty-stricken households, and organized them to produce the cloth, helping them increase their incomes.
TUNIS - Tunisia and China signed on Friday three agreements to boost commercial cooperation between the two countries.
Tan Xinyu in Nanchang contributed to this story.