"
An award-winning photograph depicting the hard training regime of young Chinese gymnasts has caused a storm of controversy after some netizens said the award reflects the world's bias against Chinese athletes.

The image Nomar Garciaparra Jersey , titled ""Sweat makes champions"" by photographer Wang Tiejun, on Monday won second prize in the Daily Life singles category of the 60th World Press Photo Contest.

The black-and-white photo, taken on July 15, 2016, shows four primary-age students of a gymnastics school in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, doing what is described as ""toe-pressing training."" The four girls have their backs against a wall, and are supporting themselves on the tips of their toes for 30 minutes. Their legs appear to have bruises, and their expressions appear to indicate their discomfort.

However, the award was slammed by some Net users, after they found the contest had previously awarded prizes to nine similar photos of Chinese gymnasts in the sports category, reflecting that the organization behind the contest ""demonizes"" Chinese sport and furthered the stereotype that Chinese athletes undergo a tortuous training regime.

These netizens became more outraged after finding that the photo was previously pitched in the sports category, but was later awarded in the daily life section, which was thought ""inappropriate"" by some netizens.

Some Net users argued that news photos are supposed to reflect facts, regardless of whether someone will feel offended or unpleasant.

Wang, the photographer, told the Global Times that he hoped people could focus more on his work, in which he intended to highlight the positive side of these children - trying hard to achieve their dreams.

""It's not about being tortured or oppressed; the photo tells the story that success is not made easily, which is also part of my understanding of the Chinese dream,"" Wang said.

""The picture will help the world understand the Chinese dream, and the award category was accepted internationally,"" he added.

Founded in 1955, the World Press Photo Foundation is an independent organization based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The competition in 2017 received 80,408 pictures from 5,034 photographers in 125 countries.

" "

by Xinhua writer Liu Chang

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The largest carbon market across the globe opened this week in China, the latest in a series of concrete measures the world's largest developing country has launched in the battle against climate change.

The new program epitomizes China's strong sense of responsibility as a major country in the world, and embodies the philosophy Chinese President Xi Jinping articulated at the beginning of the year in the snow-capped Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland.

In his landmark keynote speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Xi shared his vision on how to steer the world economy out of difficulty through concerted effort and urged members of the international community to take on the responsibility of the times.

Xi's inspiring words, as WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab said, have brought ""sunshine"" at a time of uncertainty and volatility.

RESPONSIBILITY CRISIS

History does not lack crucial moments that call for responsible action from the world's major countries.

In the political sense, the modern world was shaped by Western powers through centuries of brutal and destructive wars as well as struggles for hegemony. Oftentimes, they would pursue their selfish interests in the guise of the ""general good.""

Edward Hallett Carr, a British political scientist and historian, wrote in his classic book on international relations, ""The Twenty Years' Crisis,"" that ""this kind of hypocrisy is a special and characteristic peculiarity of the Anglo-Saxon mind.""

A telling example in recent history is the Iraq War. To guarantee its strategic presence in the region, the United States went to war in Iraq based on just one piece of fabricated intelligence and a false promise to liberate the country from tyranny.

Today, 14 years after the start of the war, Iraq still suffers crises on multiple fronts, and the peace prospects in the wider Middle East could not be darker.

The past year has also witnessed how a ""go-it-alone"" superpower can haunt the rest of the international community. In less than a year in office, U.S. President Donald Trump has cut Washington loose from one key international treaty after another.

Chanting the ""America First"" slogan, he has accused many -- if not all -- of his country's trading partners of taking advantage of the United States, and threatened to renegotiate for what he calls ""fairer"" deals.

Such a doctrine of unilateralism has given rise to widespread worries at a time when multilateralism is needed to accommodate the deeply intertwined interests of all nations.

A SHARED VISION

Xi's Davos speech, in which he rooted for free trade, an open economy and globalization, sketches out his multilateralism-based approach to invigorating global growth, and stems from his vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Even since he first expounded the overarching idea to the world in 2013 in a speech at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, he has gradually fleshed it out over the years.

""Our world is full of hope and challenges. ... No country can address alone the many challenges facing mankind; no country can afford to retreat into self-isolation,"" Xi said in his momentous report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October.

In this era of growing challenges and risks, like climate change, ravaging terrorism, and rising trade protectionism, Xi's proposition charts a clear and viable course forward.

""We have a shared destiny. ... We have to develop our own policy based on common shared interest. Cheap Replica Jerseys   Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China   Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China   Cheap College Jerseys   Wholesale Jerseys   Cheap Jerseys   Cheap Jerseys From China   Cheap NFL Jerseys   Cheap NFL Jerseys   Wholesale NFL Jerseys China