2018年CRI Employers urged to be flexible towards female workers

A forum that focuses on how to promote leadership for women was recently being held in Beijing, ahead of International Women's Day. Some accomplished female professionals at the event have said that employers should adopt flexible workplace policies.

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One woman found a way to attack high health insurance prices. And that's news because it's hard for any one person to do. If you go to the hospital, the hospital charges your insurer, which passes the cost on to you. And it's har

美国国家公共电台 NPR Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Walk into the National Portrait Gallery here in Washington right now, and you will find a painting that has been ripped to shreds and those shreds nailed to the gallery wall. Another one nearby hangs half-loose from its stret

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kavanaugh Nomination Battle Is Fought With Millions In Secret Cash

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So since President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court back in July, advocacy groups have spent a whole lot of money, nearly $10 million, on these warring TV ads for and against him. Now the attacks - and t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chinese Leaders Leverage Media To Shape How The World Perceives China

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's continue our series on how China is trying to influence the world. This is being felt across the globe today in many ways. But what China's leaders really want is to shape how the world perceives their country. They've devot

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Worried Should We Be About Ebola In Congo?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: More than two months since an Ebola outbreak was declared in an eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials are still struggling to end it. So far, at least 130 people have been infected. Last week, the Worl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Brazil To Go To The Polls Amid A Surge Of The Far Right

DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you have been monitoring the rise of populist nationalism around the world, you can now turn attention to Brazil. Brazilians will be voting for their next president on Sunday, and the candidates include Jair Bolsonaro. He's a r

美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Been 25 Years Since The Federal Gas Tax Went Up

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, we are marking an anniversary. Twenty-five years ago this week was the last time the federal gas tax went up. Today, that tax is still what it was in 1993 - 18.4 cents per gallon. And yet the costs of building and maintaini

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Legacy Of 'Adam's Song,' An Anthem To Darkness, Loss — And Recovery

(SOUNDBITE OF BLINK-182 SONG, ALL THE SMALL THINGS) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In 1999, the pop-punk band Blink-182 had a certain reputation. For starters, they named their big album that year Enema Of The State. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ALL THE SMALL THINGS) BLI

美国国家公共电台 NPR The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now, is geography destiny? Does the place where you were born and raised determine how far you will get in life? Harvard economist Raj Chetty and colleagues recently developed an online tool called The Opportunity Atlas. It i

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 'Young Black Man' Who Reluctantly Became An NRA-Certified Instructor

SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI, HOST: Journalist RJ Young came of age in Oklahoma but kept his distance from guns and gun culture there. So it was a surreal turn of events when, years later, he became an NRA-certified pistol instructor. These days, RJ Young'

2018年CRI Lifeline Express becomes a model for international transfer of medical technology

Lifeline Express, a mobile hospital, will continue to deliver medical treatment to over 9600 impoverished patients for problems related to cataracts in eight Chinese provinces and regions, including Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Shanxi and Henan. Health o

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Once A Regional Stabilizer, Saudi Arabia Becomes A Disrupter MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: For generations, Saudi Arabia's monarchs have based their rule on tradition and caution and, above all, stability. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman represents a bre