US' Cold War mentality behind economic espionage charges

The US Department of Justice charged five Chinese, including Zhang Hao, a professor from Tianjin University, with economic espionage and stealing state secrets in an indictment released on Tuesday. Comments:

Overflight raises tension in South China Sea

On May 20, a US surveillance plane flew near some islands in the South China Sea where Chinese workers are engaged in reclamation and construction. A CNN reporter was on the plane, and the media co-released a video with US Department of Defense in which warnings from the Chinese navy requiring them to leave the security alert zone were clear. Comments:

More input real remedy for hospitals' ills

Vice-Minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission Sun Zhigang said recently that the fees for services involving medical staff would rise, as the commission seeks to end the decades-long practice of allowing hospitals to profit from buying and selling medicines. Comments:

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Mutual funds to spread wings

Cross-border sales of mutual funds between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong will start on July 1, the China Securities Regulatory Commission announced on Friday.

Rail firm to get $1.31m compensation from Mexico

China Railway Construction Corp is expected to receive a compensation of $1.31 million after a high-speed rail project it won in a bidding process in Mexico last year was suspended for four months.

HP eyes more govt deals after Tsinghua JV

Hewlett-Packard Co, the United States-based tech giant, said on Friday that it was confident of clinching more government procurement deals in China after setting up a joint venture with Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Didi Kuaidi targets 30 million taxi-hailing customers daily in 3 years

Didi Kuaidi, China's largest taxi-hailing app provider by market share, said on Friday that it expects to serve 30 million people a day in three years.

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Abe still playing his games over history

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's refusal to recognize part of the Potsdam Proclamation not only marks his latest attempt to gloss over Japan's history of aggression, it also poses a challenge to the post-World War II international order.

Traffic rules must be enforced

One cannot draw squares and circles without a square and compass, as an old Chinese saying puts it. This is exactly applicable to road uses both for vehicle drivers and for pedestrians.