Chinese tourists will come of age

The May Day holiday will see many Chinese mainland residents, bitten by the travel bug, spending time away from home. While most of them will travel within the mainland, a large number will head overseas. We can thus expect yet another slew of micro-blogging reports on Chinese tourists behaving badly outside the mainland.

Stop throwing your pets to the dogs

Dog lovers and dog haters are like cats and dogs; they will never cease to fight. No wonder the news of about 100 stray dogs being possibly buried alive near a garbage dump in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has sparked a fierce war of words on the Internet.

Letters

Obama should be wary of Japan

From the Chinese press

Chinese 'dama' dance to bad tune

Small ups and downs expected

China's solid economic fundamentals mean worries about a large rise or fall in the value of the yuan are unfounded

Cartoon

Who should kneel before whom?

Who should kneel, the woman or the environmental protection bureau director and local leader?

US shows its true colors

JUST AS MANY HAVE OBSERVED, UNITED States President Barack Obama's Asia visit is essentially about Washington's and its allies' unease about a rising China.

Shared struggle should be stressed

On Sunday, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. After seeing the displayed historical documents that record the Japanese army's atrocities, she watered the tree of peace in the garden and put a yellow rose beside it.

Shows need grading system

Four popular American TV shows aired on Chinese video websites have been blocked "for policy reasons", creating a controversy over regulatory transparency.

EU naval ties in search of more wind

Two Chinese Navy vessels, CNS Yancheng and CNS Taihu, conducted a joint counter-piracy exercise with two EU Naval Force warships, FS Siroco and FGS Hessen, in the Gulf of Aden on March 20. The exercise included maneuvering of ships, refueling at sea, joint boarding and small-arms firing, with military helicopters hovering above. Significant as the exercise was, being the first between China and the European Union, it also laid the groundwork for President Xi Jinping's visit to Brussels on March 31.

Letters

Welcome move by Japanese students