Diplomacy the best way to end crisis in Syria

Participants in the Vienna talks, held on Friday in the Austrian capital, have failed to agree upon the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But a ray of hope did emerge as the conference concluded that a diplomatic process led by the United Nations should be initiated to find a solution to the crisis in Syria.

Intensified crackdown key to health of the stock market

The Chinese authorities are pressing ahead with their unprecedented crackdown on illegal activities in the domestic stock market.

C919 sign of high technology

The first assembled C919 airliner made its debut in Shanghai on Monday, which is a significant milestone in the development of China's civil aviation industry.

Arbitration court's ruling against China's sovereignty exception

CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY on Friday dismissed a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague, the Netherlands, which said it has jurisdiction over island disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. Comments:

Duty of local government to prevent violence

A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT in Hanchuan, Central China's Hubei province, was reported as saying he was "recruited by the local government" to help control residents whose house was being forcibly demolished, during which he was beaten and had to be taken to hospital. The local government responded that "municipal-level officials" did not participate in the incident. Comments:

Do not cross the line of law even in student revelry

AN ONLINE POST accusing some of the male students at Huazhong University of Science and Technology of collective sexual harassment by "occupying" female dormitories, splashing water on them, and blocking the doors to rooms - a traditional way of celebrating graduation at the university - provoked much criticism. Comments:

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Xi's visit significant to regional stability

President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam and Singapore from Thursday to Saturday amid diplomatic tensions over US guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen's entry into the waters around China's Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea on Oct 27.

Tough choices needed to end extreme poverty

The dramatic fall in global poverty over the past two decades is the best news in the world today. For the first time ever, the percentage of people living in extreme poverty-now defined as living on less than $1.90 a day-is projected to fall below 10 percent this year, to 9.6 percent of the world's population. Unprecedented economic growth, especially in China, has allowed hundreds of millions of people to escape poverty.

Grand plan needs pragmatic actions

At the recently concluded Fifth Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, the "Four Comprehensives" became the grand blueprint for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20). Each of the four tasks requires broad measures and pragmatic actions.

Country's climate actions can help secure Paris deal

Six years ago, I was covering the unsuccessful United Nations climate summit held in Copenhagen, and I saw first-hand how China's image was tarnished, even though it had been making continual efforts to help achieve a global deal.