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About to burst? - Global Times Mobile

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Global Times Chen Yang. Online education firm Qtone Education has seen a stunning rise since it got listed just over a year ago. But while analysts believe online education has good prospects, they have also warned that companies in the sector are seriously overvalued. Media reports said the company, which went public on January 21, 2014, had created an "A-share legend," with its share price surging from 24.18 yuan to more than 300 yuan in just 14 months. Qtone Education's share price has rocketed since ...

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The art of admission - Global Times Mobile

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The art of admission. Global Times Global Times. Students circle around a young female model in a portrait exam. Photo: CFP. The entrance exams to top-flight art schools, often the road to stardom in the world of art and culture, have traditionally been in the national spotlight in China. At the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, thousands of students have just finished a three-day exam to enter the prestigious art academy. Most art schools have seen a dip in the number of ...

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5,000-year-old brewery found in Tel Aviv - Global Times Mobile

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5,000-year-old brewery found in Tel Aviv. A 5,000-year-old brewery has been unearthed in downtown Tel Aviv, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday. The find includes fragments of ancient Egyptian-made pottery vessels that were used to prepare beer. The site is currently being uncovered in salvage excavations, ahead of the construction of skyscraper office buildings in Israel's financial capital. This excavation is the first evidence we have of an Egyptian occupation in the center of Tel Aviv at ...

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Syria forces regroup after Islamists seize Idlib - Global Times Mobile

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Syria forces regroup after Islamists seize Idlib. Syrian troops regrouped on Sunday after a coalition including Al Qaeda's local affiliate seized the city of Idlib, the second provincial capital to fall from government control. The capture is a blow to the government and raises the prospect that the city will become the effective capital of territory held by Al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the al-Nusra Front, analysts said. The coalition of Islamists overran Idlib on Saturday, after an operation that began five ...

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Lights out - Global Times Mobile

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A volunteer lights candles for Earth Hour Saturday in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Earth Hour is an annual event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. It takes place from 8:30 pm local time and encourages citizens, communities, businesses and organizations to switch the lights off for an hour to highlight the plight of the planet. The initiative began in Sydney in 2007 but quickly went global. Photo: IC. Candles in paper bags are placed to form the words "Save our climate, now" in front of the ...

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VoicesAbroad - Global Times Mobile

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We believe the long-term benefits of the store closings will more than offset the short-term costs.". Charlie O'Shea, vice president of Moody's,. With continued improvement in economic conditions, an increase in the target range for that rate may well be warranted later this year.". Janet Yellen, chair of Federal Reserve,. Timothy Arcuri, analyst at Cowen and Co,.

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European army remains distant prospect - Global Times Mobile

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European army remains distant prospect. Global Times George N. Tzogopoulos. In theory, this idea was laid down with the Treaty of Lisbon which came into force in 2009. Progress since then has been rather poor. Can Mr. Juncker overcome the inertia and contribute toward a breakthrough? In his view, a collective army will improve Europe's standing on the world stage and send a message to Moscow. The creation of a powerful European army seems a very difficult process. It might be an interesting theme to ...

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Bureaucracy and corruption stand in way of Russia’s shift to Asia - Global Times Mobile

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Bureaucracy and corruption stand in way of Russia’s shift to Asia. Global Times Dmitri Trenin. It is precisely the rupture with the West, however, that make outreach to the East even more relevant. Russia faces the need to craft a closer and more productive relationship with China, the biggest economy outside the US-led coalition that has sanctioned Russia for its policies in Ukraine. Speeding up the passage of freight traffic between China and Europe is another area of potential collaboration. The s...

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Tunisia kills jihadist leader as thousands march in capital - Global Times Mobile

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Tunisia kills jihadist leader as thousands march in capital. Tunisia said it killed the leader of the jihadists accused of organizing a massacre at its national museum, as thousands took to the streets of Tunis on Sunday in a march against extremism. Authorities said Lokmane Abou Sakhr, an Algerian who was singled out as the organizer of the museum attack, was killed along with at least eight others from the notorious Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade. Some 12,000 people joined the march chanting - "Tunisia is free!

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Chinese villagers write to Dutch PM for return of mummified buddha - Global Times Mobile

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Chinese villagers write to Dutch PM for return of mummified buddha. Hundreds of villagers in an east China county have written a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, hoping for the return of a 1,000-year-old mummified buddha believed to be stolen from their village in 1995. We believe that the Buddha is the one that we have been searching for in the past 20 years, and we are looking forward to its return," read the letter, in both Chinese and English. The Dutch private collector who is in possessio...