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CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Jan 20, 2021 10:48 PM
Children walk on a newly-built iron-chain bridge in Wuying Village, a remote village inhabited by the Miao ethnic group on the border between south China s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China s Guizhou Province, Dec. 31, 2020. Photo: XinhuaSome local regulations that allow ethnic schools to use ethnic languages in teaching are inconsistent with Chinese Constitution s order to promote Putonghua in the country, a senior Chinese lawmaker said on Wednesday.
There are local regulations stipulating that schools of some ethnic groups should use the spoken and written languages of their own ethnic groups or languages commonly used by the groups, while other local regulations state that capable ethnic schools could use Han Chinese language in teaching some of their courses, Shen Chunyao, director at the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress, said in
China s top market watchdog has launched a probe into e-commerce giant Alibaba s suspected monopolistic acts including forcing merchants to choose one platform between two competitors, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday, in an effort considered to rectify market order and facilitate free, fair and non-discriminative business environment.
China launches antitrust probe into Alibaba in a move to commit platform economy to more sustainable growth
By GT staff reporters Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/24 22:43:39
Alibaba Photo:VCG
China’s top market watchdog said on Thursday it has launched a probe into e-commerce giant Alibaba’s suspected monopolistic acts including forcing merchants to choose one platform between two competitors, in a move that is believed to aim at protecting consumers rights and fairness in market competition to ensure the sound and long-term development of a massive part of China s economy.
The antitrust probe into one of the world s largest e-commerce giants, which attracted widespread domestic and global attention, sends a powerful signal of top regulators determination to rein in what officials call disorderly expansion of capital as part of a broad push to root out potential major risks for the economy, which remains on a steady recovery trajectory but also faces mounting inte