Opportunity to chart a common course

With more than 100 business executives in his entourage, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's state visit to China is heavily business-oriented.

United against terrorism

The terrorist attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Sunday, which killed a Chinese embassy guard and 14 others, is a fresh reminder that terrorism poses a common threat to all and that countries need to work together to crack down on this evil force.

Punishing the extortionists can solve 'to help or not' dilemma

The Beijing government is expected to introduce a "good people" amendment to the capital's regulations so that people who fall in the street and then willfully incriminate passing strangers, who extend a helping hand, in an attempt to extort money from them, are duly punished. Comments:

Escalator tragedy shows cost of negligence

A woman in her early 30s was killed in a department store in Jingzhou, Central China's Hubei province on Saturday, when a metal panel at the top of an escalator collapsed beneath her. The woman managed to push her two-year-old toddler to safety before falling into the machinery. Comments:

Loopholes in paid leave law need closing

About 50 percent of Chinese employees choose not to take paid leave, fearing it will jeopardize their chances of future promotion or give their employers the impression they are lazy, according to a recent nationwide survey conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Comments:

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Curbing military corruption should continue

The anti-corruption campaign in the military since 2013 has exposed 38 officers at the corps level or above. Among them, the most high-profile is Xu Caihou, former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, top commanding body of the People's Liberation Army.

China's e-commerce makes global waves

Does a company need to operate overseas offices to be considered "global"? The rapid development of China-US e-commerce is challenging traditional assumptions about how international business is conducted, as cross-border e-commerce allows American retailers and entrepreneurs to sell products directly to Chinese consumers online.

Why more women today prefer effeminate men?

Women today, at least young women, have a different aesthetic appreciation of men.

Policy implications for market-oriented reform in China

My 83-year-old landlady, a former European institution secretary, left her two-bedroom apartment in downtown Brussels three years ago for a nursing home after which my family moved in. Recently, she paid the first visit in three years to check her property.

New law will benefit NGOs from overseas

A law governing the activities of non-government organizations from overseas is in the making. But it does not mean more restrictions on such NGOs in China. Guo Shengkun, minister of public security, delivered this message at a forum on overseas NGOs in Shanghai on Saturday.