In March 2016, the country's first law against domestic violence took effect. "Many people didn't realize they had suffered this form of violence before the law was adopted," the judge said. "But since then, some have started to wake up and escape their nightmares."
In Shanghai, the situation is worse because the city has 5.4 million citizens age 60 or older, accounting for nearly one-third of its population.
In May, FESCO Adecco, a joint-venture human resources services company backed by the Fortune Global 500 company Adecco Group, set up a subsidiary in Xi'an.
In March, Malaysian prosecutors withdrew the murder charge against Siti Aisyah, the Indonesian woman who was charged together with Huong in the case. Aisyah was then released.
In May 2018, Liu Qiangdong, CEO and founder of JD.com, noted at the World Retail Congress held in Spain that JD.com would become an unmanned company operated wholly by artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, and within 10 years, its employees would be reduced by over 50 percent.
In March, Premier Li Keqiang ordered government officials to "tighten their belts" and limit spending for the government's daily operations by 5 percent or more this year, according to the annual Government Work Report.
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In September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency pointed out that Volkswagen installed cheating software in some diesel vehicles to pass the emission inspections, but the actual exhaust emissions were severely over the limit.
In September, the internet finance authorities issued a notice requiring P2P platforms to share their credit information on borrowers to the country's major credit bureaus, a measure that reduced information asymmetry in the P2P industry and further strengthened protection of individual lenders on P2P platforms, according to Moody's.
In May, Washington put Chinese tech company Huawei Technologies on the "Entity List", resulting in sales slumps among US suppliers such as Qualcomm Inc in the second quarter this year.
In May, a total of 1.913 million vehicles were sold in the country, down by 16.4 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.