英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1205 - 珍惜女友，远离团购?

Topic 1: What's wrong with labeling oneself a Diaosi? Diaosi. A term meant to be derogatory that has now become a badge of honor. The People's Daily recently ran an opinion piece saying that China's youth should no longer apply this label to themselv

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1208 - 新《神雕》女配颜值完胜女主

Topic1 Residence Permit System to Be In PlaceChina's migrant population may get equal access to more public services formerly restricted to the locals, as the State Council unveils a plan to reform the country's residence permit system, and solicits

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1222 - 吃方便面哪国强？

Topic1 Doctors and nurses pose in operating theater during surgeryDoctors and nurses pose for photographs while a patient is still on surgery table at a hospital in Xi'an. This aroused online fury after more than one photo was posted online. Everyone

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1124 - 北京建风道能吹散雾霾吗？

Topic1 China recognizes mega citiesChina is introducing the definition of mega city as the country further urbanizes. The latest standards of cities issued by the State Council, China's cabinet, have defined cities with a metropolitan area of more th

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1204 - 5岁就上网，你爸妈造吗？

Topic1 Family size violation fees to stayChina's top family planning authority says it will continue charging social maintenance fees for family planning policy violations, although some experts say the 12-year-old fee is outdated and should be aboli

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1201 - “微笑挑战”有多讨厌？

Topic1 World Aids Day 2014Today marks the World AIDS Day. In China, there has been an obvious increase in the number of HIV carriers and AIDS patients. According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the number of people living with

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1202 - 优酷，少年不可欺

Topic1 China deposit insuranceOn Nov. 30th, the Legislative Affairs Office of China's State Council published a set of draft regulations to adopt a deposit insurance scheme to better protect depositors and free up interest rates. What do you think of

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1127 - 黑五来袭，你还买得动吗？

Topic1 Domestic violence draft law in worksChina has defined the scope of domestic abuse for the first time in a draft domestic violence law published on Tuesday, after years of calls for such legislation. Legislators have been submitting proposals t

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1128 - 北京地铁告别2元时代

Topic1 Beijing hikes public transit faresBeijing citizens will say goodbye to the city's low price transportation system next month with the municipal government announcing subway and bus fare hikes. The new fares, which formally take hold on Decembe

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1126 - 张杰和筷子兄弟的AMA之旅

Topic1 Beijing to pass toughest smoking banBeijing will pass its strictest smoking control law this week, banning smoking in all indoor public places and eliminating smoking rooms at airports. The Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1121 - 羊年生子不吉利？羊宝宝们不高兴！

Topic1 Trashy TV Dramas VS Intelligent TVToday is World Television Day. According to a recent survey conducted by China Youth Daily, many young people prefer trash TV to intelligent drama since the former is more relaxing and entertaining. So first o

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1119 - 西游记播了3000多次，你看了几次？

Topic1 China proposes tougher rules on text message spamChina has proposed stricter regulations on sending spam to mobile phones, including fines of up to 30,000 yuan or $4,907 for violations. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is no

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1120 - 那些年，骂过我们的老师们

Topic1 Teacher Insults StudentYesterday, a concerned parent told Liaoshen Evening News that he placed a tape recorder in his son's pencil box to help his son in study. But on the tape, the teacher is caught making degrading remarks to her students fo

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1117 - 让你想自戳双目的奇葩买家秀

Topic1 Can China afford to fully relax on one-child policy? It's been a year after China's one-child policy was relaxed among couples with one spouse being an only child. While officials say China currently has no plans to suspend or further relax it

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1118 - 为老外拦车点赞

Topic1 Shanghai adults better at English than their Hong Kong counterpartsThree major cities on the Chinese mainland have outpaced Hong Kong for the first time in this year's English proficiency index or EPI, published by English First (EF), a global

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1113 - 关于取消死刑的那些事儿

Topic1 China Cancels Death Penalty on 9 Crimes China is soliciting public opinions online on the 9th amendment of the Criminal Law, and so far over 37,000 pieces of suggestions have been gathered, most of which concerns the changes on death penalty.

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1114 - 你比镜子里的自己更丑？

Topic1 Mainlanders Feel Happier Than Five Years AgoA Pew Research Center survey finds that about six-in-ten or more publics rate their life satisfaction highly in several Asian countries including China. The rate is equal to the level of many develop

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1125 - 远去的人人和射手

Topic1 TV Subtitle Websites Shut DownChinese film and TV show buffs who love foreign flicks mourn recently after the 2 of their favorite websites yyets and shooter shutdown. The news took fans by surprise. But were they shut down for good reasons? To

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1111 - 你的职业出光棍吗？

Topic1 Most seniors in Beijing exclude in-laws from willsNearly 7,000 elderly citizens in Beijing have registered their last wills and testaments at a welfare center since last March. According to the China Will Register Center, nearly all of them ex

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1112 - 这571亿，有你的贡献么？

Topic1 Single's Day Is Shopping DayYesterday was the Singles' Day and also the country's biggest e-commerce sales day. The total sales volume on Tmall exceeded 57.1 billion yuan, 57% higher than sales on the same day last year. How crazy was it? Topi