A hopeful step calls for substantial follow-ups

As anticipated, the first summit meeting between the leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea after a three-year hiatus produced no surprises.

More needed for baby boom

The price of shares in companies making baby food and nappies soared on news the government is to end the decades-old one-child policy and allow all couples to have a second child.

New law is expected to promote development of the film industry

THE STANDING COMMITTEE of the National People's Congress began reviewing a draft of the first law concerning the development of the film industry on Friday. Details of the draft have aroused much discussion. Comments:

Homework assigned should be age-appropriate

A PARENT IN DALIAN, Northeast China's Liaoning province, seriously injured himself when carving a Halloween pumpkin for his three-year-old daughter, who was assigned the task as homework by her kindergarten. Comments:

Workers right to enjoy paid leave should be respected

A WOMAN'S APPLICATION for ten-day family reunion leave to travel from Jinan, Shandong province, to visit her husband in the Tibet autonomous region has gone viral as the woman claimed "she has almost forgotten how he looks". Comments:

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Allowing all couples to have a second child

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Welcome move toward a peaceful region

After a three-year hiatus, the 6th China-Japan-Republic of Korea summit was held in Seoul on Sunday. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the summit on the sidelines of his visit to the ROK from Saturday to Monday, which included talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ROK President Park Geun-hye.

Two-child policy won't lead to a baby boom

The communiqué issued after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee on Oct 29 said all couples can now have two children. The decision, aimed at balancing population development and solving the aging population problem, is the greatest change in China's family planning policy in three and half decades.

Much to be done to promote China's soft power

'If you wanna know what China's gonna do, best pay attention to the Shisanwu (13th Five-Year Plan)" is the chorus of a new video from Xinhua News Agency, which has attracted modest online audiences and mixed reviews worldwide as it attempts to explain in a few minutes in American-accented English with Chinese subtitles the process of enacting China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).

Leaders can set an example for improving ties

The trilateral meeting between the leaders of China, Japan and Republic of Korea on Sunday has given us optimism, though cautious, about reconciliation in East Asia.

Top prize rewards management innovators

The years after China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, often described as the second reform and opening-up in China, were tough on Chinese managers.