A timely cap on oil prices

The cuts in the retail prices of gasoline and diesel from Thursday might be unlikely to appease those Chinese drivers who have complained that the prices of domestic refined oil products fail to reflect the sharp fall in international crude oil prices.

Public should be consulted on city's restriction of private cars

THE STATE-SPONSORED Beijing Transportation Research Center recently announced their "conclusion" that banning cars from the roads on alternate days based on odd-even license plates, something that has been implemented six times in Beijing since 2007, has eased traffic pressure. That's a shallow conclusion, says an opinion article on sznews.com:

Punishing exam cheats on case by case basis

A 26-YEAR-OLD, who sat this year's National Postgraduate Entrance Examination in place of someone else, is being prosecuted along with the person who was supposed to take the exam. Similar prosecution cases have been noted after the country included the offense in the Criminal Law in November. Beijing Times lauds such exemplary prosecutions but also calls for due punishments on all parties involved in the cheating:

Broadcaster's only option is to obey court ruling

JIANGSU Broadcast Corporation has continued to use If You Are the One as the name for its popular speed-dating show, even though the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court ruled it had infringed the property rights of a Wenzhou businessman by using the name. Chinese Business View commented on Wednesday:

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Basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents

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Taiwan new leader has to abide by 1992 Consensus

With the leadership election in Taiwan scheduled for Saturday, both sides of the Taiwan Straits are waiting to see whether the island's new leader would continue to abide by the historical 1992 Consensus. The consensus, which commits both sides to the one-China principle, should keep serving as the political foundation of cross-Straits relations, because it is in the best interest of compatriots on both sides of the Straits.

Pessimism can't cloud silver lining for economy

China's slowing economy has exacerbated the gloomy sentiment about the world's most populated market and sparked worries about massive job losses amid potential company collapses and loan defaults.

China and US have reasons to cooperate in Afghanistan

The first round of the four-party talks on Afghanistan held in Islamabad on Monday saw Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States discussing a peace road map for the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Supply side reform a positive endeavor for businesses to embrace

The scary talk of millions of workers being laid off has heightened the pain of China's economic transformation, especially for those industries plagued by serious overcapacity such as coal, steel, cement and glass.

Party watchdog must target lazy, incompetent officials

The sixth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, the top anti-graft body, opened on Tuesday and will last until Thursday.

Curing medical insurance ills

China's medical insurance system is in trouble. Simply put, it will not make ends meet in a few years if no steps are taken.