英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0722 - 专家支招互联网理财

Topic1 Internet FinanceWe are joined by a special guest today, Liu Baocheng, professor at the University of International Business and Economics. In the first half hour, we'll be talking about Internet finance, some of the recent developments, and wh

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0717 - 北京该整治早餐车吗？

Topic1 Official cars reform implementedChina has launched a nationwide reform campaign on the use of cars by government and officials, in a bid to cut unnecessary expenditures and reduce pollution. The guidelines promise to cancel use of official veh

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0718 - 我们需要更严的禁烟令吗？

Topic1 Security Staff on Public TransportationOn Wednesday, the Ministry of Public Security holds an emergency national meeting, calling for better security on subways, buses and other public transportation. The ministry also requires that security s

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0715 - 白领不做饭

Topic1 Boys Beaten by TeachersTwo school-related scandals emerged in Yunnan lately. One is a primary school teacher detained over sexual assaults on eight girls aged between 5 and 11. The other is 13 middle school students lashed by teachers with wir

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0728 - 语言恐惧症，你有吗？

Topic1 Call for changes to inheritance lawChina's law on inheritance is being called seriously outdated. Experts are calling for a major amendment to the law, which took effect in 1985 when China was still a planned economy with its people possessing

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0729 - 男生们，能做引体向上不？

Topic1 Confucianism and Its Modern ValuesFrustrated with the problems of modern society, many people have turned to ancient wisdom for answers. Could the cure lie in the ancient teachings of Confucius? Do Chinese young people still embrace Confuciani

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0731 - 你父母多久没看电影了？

Topic1 Hukou Reform Takes ShapeNew central government guidelines on reform of China's household registration system have been unveiled yesterday. It aims to establish a new hukou system by 2020. Now let's take a closer look at the guideline. What's n

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0730 - 知名网购平台也售假

Topic1 Online Shopping Platforms Sell Fake ProductsRecently, a counterfeit manufacturer named Xiangpeng Hengye drags almost all the online retailers into the mire, including JD.com, Jumei, Amazon China, yhd.com and Gome. What is worse, according to m

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0804 - 强势母亲对家庭有毁灭性影响？

Topic1 China factory blast reveals work safety loopholesAn explosion has killed 75 people and injured more than 180 others after ripping through a factory in east China's Jiangsu Province on Saturday morning. Initial investigations showed the acciden

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0801 - 狗狗太多？

Topic 1: Plastic surgery in ChinaData provided by the South Korean embassy in China shows about 1 million Chinese are getting medical tourism visas to visit South Korea in 2012. While Chinese customers now account for 60 percent of the cosmetic surge

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0806 - 雍正：感觉自己萌萌哒

Topic1 Tax burden per capita tops 6,000 yuan in ChinaOfficial statistics from provincial fiscal data show that the country's average per capita tax burden stands at 6,338 yuan for the first half of this year. Residents in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianji

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0805 - 暖男为什么这么火？

Topic1 AIDS Patients Refused by AirlinesRecently, Spring Airlines becomes a target of public criticism as it refuses 3 passengers on board after knowing one of them is an AIDS patient. People say it is not only ignorance but also discrimination. What

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0603 - 儿童节 or 儿童劫？

Topic1 Kids get sick after International Children's DayJust after celebrating the Children's Day, my child gets sick. Yesterday, a Changchun citizen Mr. Zhu brought his daughter to the hospital. To his surprise, there were more than 20 kids waiting i

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0527 - 中国人为何习惯对患癌家属隐瞒病情

Topic1 Chinese museum shut over fakesA museum in northeast China has been ordered to close after thousands of its historical exhibits were found to be fake. Police shut down the Lucheng Museum, in Liaoning province, after finding that almost a third

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0528 - 女士照镜子“越照越伤心”

Topic1 New rule on flight delay compensationChina's airline watchdog the Civil Aviation Administration of China released a new draft rule in an effort to secure flight punctuality, improve civil aviation service and protect consumer's rights. The rul

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0523 - 中国人为啥爱围观？

Topic1 Cancel VIP Clinics in Public HospitalsRecently, media reports that Shanghai decides to cancel the VIP clinics in its public hospitals. In the meantime, Beijing also claims to launch a reform on the paid VIP services in local public medicare in

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0526 - 北京的哥和居民不友善？

Topic1 China A Big Consumption NationAccording to a report from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Chinese consumers spent $3.6 trillion on goods and services last year, an amount roughly equal to the GDP of European industrial powerhouse Germa

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0514 - 治霾神器遭遇吐槽

Topic1 How to attract basic and mid level talentsIn recent years, Shenzhen has done a good job of attracting high-end talents, however, at the same time, the city continued to lose basic and mid-level talents. Between 2010 and 2013, over 65,000 peopl

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0512 - 漫天飞絮，浪漫or烦人？

Topic1 Local Governments Tries to Save Housing MarketLast week, Tongling city in Anhui province unveils the country's latest measures to aid the real estate industry. So far, at least 6 cities in the country have rolled out measures to encourage home

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0513 - 产房真人秀，感人还是吓人？

Topic1 20 Years of Internet in ChinaThis year marks the 20th anniversary of China's first connection with the Internet -- a technological breakthrough that has had a particularly massive impact on the world's most populous country. It was back in Apr