Leaders 《社论》 Modis dangerous moment 莫迪的危险时刻 Two nuclear powers are shooting at each other. They are playing with fire 两个核大国正在互相攻击。正在玩火 The armies of India and Pakistan often exchange fire across t...
Despite those criticisms, Britain's conditional seal of approval is important for Huawei as a counterbalance to American pressure. 尽管受到了那些批评,但英国有条件的批准印章对华为很重要,可以帮助华为抵消美国的压力...
The infinite variety of language means that even the choice of mother tongue is not an easy one. Urdu is the mother tongue of only a minority of Pakistani children. In Punjab most families speak Punjabi at home. So why does TCF not teach Punjabi chil...
The Five Eyes is probably the world's most comprehensive spying agreement. 五眼联盟可能是世界上最广泛的间谍协议了。 Originating in Allied intelligence-sharing during the second world war 由二战期间的盟军情报分享催生的...
The world this week 本周要闻 Business 商业 It is shaping up to be a bad year for Britains car industry. In the latest blow, Honda decided to close its plant in Swindon in 2021, putting 3,500 jobs at risk. It is the first time the Japanese carma...
A similar effect was seen in Ethiopia after the downfall of the Derg, a communist military dictatorship, in 1987. The Derg had mandated that education be in Amharic, a Semitic language with its own script, very different from Oromigno, a Cushitic lan...
Investors in Wirecard remained spooked until BaFin intervened on February 18th. Wirecard的投资者惊魂未定,直到2月18日德国联邦金融监管局介入。 The regulator cited Wirecard's importance for the economy and the serious threat to...
Those who profit from the misery of others are not often popular. 那些从别人的苦难中获益的人通都不受欢迎。 Short-sellers, who try to make money by selling borrowed shares and buying them back later at a lower price, have long been...
It is not just inertia and coercion that work in favour of English. It is also, these days, popular demand. English is the language of technology. In Africa and South Asia, most higher education is in English, so those who aspire to a college educati...
International 《国际》版块 Teaching in English around the world 在世界各地用英语教学 Language without instruction 没有指导的语言 LAHORE AND LUCKNOW 拉合尔和勒克瑙 More children in Africa and South Asia are being taught i...