Trial flight photos of China’s J-31 stealth fighter [Xinhua] #RisingChina #StealthHardPower

Hard power update: the Shenyang J-31 is a fifth-generation jet fighter with stealth characteristics developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation.

Please visit the Xinhua page for high res photos.

Also, check out a Nov 2012 CCTV report on youtube here.

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Trial flight photos of China’s J-31 stealth fighter
Editor: Deng Shasha
Source – Xinhua, published July 1, 2013

Photos: Global Times

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People’s Mediator here to help [Global Times] #RisingChina #Grassroots

The Global Times highlights the work of Liu Yuexin, – giving the contemporary take on the middle path a wider domestic audience.

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People’s Mediator here to help
By Chen Tian
Source – Global Times, published June 28, 2013

“People’s mediator” Liu Yuexin gives a lecture on basic legal rights at a local community in Beijing on June 14. Photo: Chen Tian, Global Times

Inside Beijing’s Shehui Road community office in Xicheng district, “grass-roots leader” Liu Yuexin, perhaps best known publicaly for his appearances on Beijing reality show “The Third Mediation Room” as a civil mediator, the 55-year-old is being showered with token gifts by seniors.

After seeing his PowerPoint presentation “Rationally Dealing with the Distribution of Inheritances,” they eagerly want his advice on how to best divide their property among family without causing internal fighting.

A native of the very sub-district in Beijing that he serves, Liu, who wears many hats, from deputy president of Xicheng District People’s Mediators Association to court juror, lecturer and TV guest mediator, is hailed as one of China’s millions of prized “People’s mediators,” a title enshrined in the country’s 1982 Constitution. Title holders are grass-roots civil servants who work to quash conflict through mediation to maintain social stability from the bottom-up.

While it’s his job to inform local residents about civil mediation services offered by the sub-district, including those for marital and property disputes, he isn’t obliged to set aside time for one-on-one appointments with the seniors, who are too embarrassed to publicly ask for help at the  community lectures.

“Whenever people think of law, they think of lawyers and judges from the Ministry of Justice, who are difficult for ordinary people to reach,” he told the Global Times. “The public always neglects the role that grass-roots legal service providers, such as mediators, play.”

Please click here to read the entire article at the Global Times.

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