A cautionary tale of Internet times

It spread across the country in a farcical manner three years ago and has now come to a disturbing end.

Lesson from lethal accident

IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE there was an accident such as the deadly explosion in a factory in Kunshan on Saturday that killed 75 workers and seriously injured another 185.

Double standards in safety supervision

Of all the accidents of this kind, the explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, especially hurts, and is worth thinking about, because it happened in one of China's most developed regions. We need to think again over the accident, not only because of the loss of life, but also because what Kunshan neglected, namely the safety of workers, is being neglected by other regions that hope to copy its economic success.

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Graft fight can inspire other countries

The Communist Party of China has placed former public security chief Zhou Yongkang under investigation for suspected "serious disciplinary violation", a term that usually refers to corruption. But what does Zhou's fall mean?

Airlines need to help curb spread of Ebola

Doctors Without Borders have declared the Ebola epidemic "out of control." World Health Organization's director general Dr Margaret Chan, has said that the Ebola outbreak is moving faster than efforts to control it and if it continues on this path, the consequences could be "catastrophic".

Letters

Japan must accept its war crimes

From the Chinese press

Importance of physical education

There can be no exceptions

Status, position, relations or background should not be allowed to act as shields protecting corrupt officials from punishment

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Please, stop for the sake of children

"Please stop! I ask you with all my heart, it's time to stop. Stop, please! Brothers and sisters, never war, never war! I am thinking above all of children, who are deprived of the hope of a worthwhile life, of a future ... Dead children, injured children, mutilated children, orphaned children, children whose toys are things left over from war, children who can't smile any more."

Iron hand toward terror

ENOUGH AWARENESS MUST BE ATTACHED TO the severity and complexity of the terrorism situation in the Xinjiang Urgur autonomous region. This is what Zhang Chunxian, the secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party of China, said on Sunday after violence in Shache county on July 28 claimed 37 innocent lives and injured 13.