US should give up its hegemony in cyberspace

High hopes have been placed on President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States, because many believe it could boost bilateral cooperation in cybersecurity in times of a looming "war" over cyber theft. In fact, cybersecurity is expected to top the agenda of the meetings between President Xi and his US counterpart Barack Obama.

EU must compel US to take in Syrian refugees

Politicians in Brussels are known to splash eye-catching slogans across huge banners adorning the 13-story European Commission building to drum up support for their political agendas. But recent months have not seen any such banner.

Needed change in family planning policy

A couple in Chuxiong in Southwest China's Yunnan province face a dilemma, for they have to choose between the husband's job as a policeman or having a second child since the wife is eight-month pregnant. The cause of their dilemma: the existing family planning regulations do not allow them to have a second child.

Mistrust not in the interests of US, China and the world

The dropping of criminal charges against Chinese-American Xiaoxing Xi by the US Justice Department on Friday is hopefully the end of his particular tribulations, but it will not be the end of the political climate under which quite a number of scientists or people in other key areas with connections with China will be closely watched, simply because of the United States' paranoia about China.

Banning buses insensible

After years of dealing with smog, it has become an extensive consensus in most of China's regions stricken with air pollution that reducing the use of government and private vehicles and encouraging the use of public transport and other greener means of travel are effective ways to curb haze.

High trading costs still hinder flow of funds to real economy

According to official data, the national consumer price index for August, an indicator of inflation, has risen above 2 percent, for the first time in the past 14 months. While the producer price index, a barometer of the manufacturing industry, remains below zero. Comments:

Oath not enough to prevent perjury

Before that start of a trial, the court of Shuyang in Jiangsu province requires attorneys and defendants to say the oath: "It will be against my conscience, and my soul will be restless, if I make false statements." Comments:

To help or not to help still the question

A student at Huainan Normal University is seeking witnesses who saw her helping an elderly resident who had fallen, after the woman's family accused her of being the cause of the old lady's fall. Comments:

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China, US need to deal with vital issues first

If Americans focus on Chinese activities in the South China Sea, cyberspace and the currency markets during the upcoming state visit of President Xi Jinping to the United States, they will be mistaking the urgent for the important. This summit should be about what is important: the health of the global economy and successful management of the inevitable frictions between the two largest economies.

China and Switzerland: Partners of 65 years

Sixty-five years ago today on 14 September 1950, the People's Republic of China and the Swiss Confederation officially established diplomatic relations. The history of the bilateral relations in the past decades has shown two defining features of this relationship: one is its pioneering spirit, and the other is the depth and width of bilateral cooperation.