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Keep a close eye on what Abe does

How ridiculous Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is when he tries to portray himself as peace-loving on one hand and keeps straining ties between Japan and its neighboring countries on the other.

US out to maintain cyber hegemony

It's time the pot stopped calling the kettle black, that is, the United States stopped accusing China of cyber-espionage. New revelations from former National Security Agency operative Edward Snowden's leaked documents show hackers from New Zealand and the US hatched plot to spy on China by hacking into a data link between Chinese consulate buildings in Auckland.

The serious harm antibiotics can cause

Many Chinese school students get low doses of antibiotics through their food and the environment. Recent news reports say 18 antibiotics were found in the urine samples of 58.3 percent of the 1,064 schoolchildren covered by a study in Shanghai, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The results of the study on the children aged 8-11 years should prompt the health and environmental authorities to swing into action against the growing threat of antibiotics.

Dual track right approach to South China Sea

The G7's statement last week expressing concerns over the "tense situation" in both the East and South China seas, and the ongoing biggest-ever joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines have intensified tensions in the region. Meanwhile, some countries led by US keep lashing out at China's normal reefs fortification in the South China Sea.

Xi in Pakistan to work for real mutual benefits

Because of the sheer scope of China's financial commitment to meeting Pakistan's infrastructure and energy needs, as well as that country's peculiar geopolitical position in South Asia, President Xi Jinping's visit to Islamabad is being read by outsiders as a power play.

Golf course ban must stay

A China Central Television report recently revealed that two illegal golf courses in Shanxi province, North China, are still in operation although they were ordered to cease operations amid the country's campaign to shut down such illegal facilities.

Lowering of reserve ratio for banks eases burden on growth enterprises

CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCED on Sunday it would lower the required reserve ratio (RRR) for financial institutions by 1 percent as of Monday, with an additional 1 percent cut for rural credit unions and village banks that mainly serve rural residents and rural development. Comments:

Legal justice overrides sympathy in abuse case

PHOTOS OF A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY IN NANJING, East China's Jiangsu province, with his back full of scars after being tortured by his adoptive mother, spread widely online recently, arousing nationwide concern about violence against children. However, after an expert hearing, the local prosecutors' office decided not to approve an application from the local police to arrest her. Comments:

Registration of immovables must proceed

THE PROVISIONAL regulations on immovable property registration, which came into effect on March 1, have made little progress in most areas of the country. Nearly 84 percent of cities and 96 percent of prefectures in China are reportedly yet to start the task. Comments:

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