Enforcement needed to plug health system loopholes

The disclosure of a vaccine scandal has provoked a public health crisis in China.

Obama fails to tackle main issues during Cuba visit

US President Barack Obama began a historic visit to Cuba on Sunday, the first by a US president in 88 years.

Lack of transparency breeds skepticism

Nothing has caught a nerve in China quite like the latest vaccine scandal.

Gauck's focus on boosting ties

Considering his "civil rights" experience in East Germany before its unification with West Germany, the ongoing state visit to China by German President Joachim Gauck has been viewed by some Western human rights organizations as an opportunity to exert pressure on China on the human rights issue.

Vaccine scare-mongering risks epidemics

One after another there have been postings on social media about the "dangers of vaccines" after a network illegally storing and selling vaccines was busted by the police. One of the most popular posts was one titled "Tragedies Caused by Vaccines", which blamed vaccine injections for the deaths and disabilities of 19 children, it was reposted many times accompanied by calls to "boycott vaccines".

Vaccines are not high-risk biological products

The latest vaccine scandal, exposed in East China's Shandong province in early March, has generated excessive unprofessional interpretations of possible side effects, as it involves 570 million yuan ($87 million) worth of vaccines that were suspected of being sold to 24 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions without being kept and transported in the required refrigerated conditions.

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More resources, action needed against terrorism

London, Madrid, Paris - and now Brussels, Europe's fight against terrorism is set to continue for some time, probably a long time. As world leaders express their condolences and outrage, they also know that there is no quick or easy solution to defeat today's terrorists, especially the fanatics who belong to the Islamic State group, the organization that claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks.

EU's 'forgotten ones' easy targets for extremism

The terrorist attacks at the airport and a subway station in Brussels on Tuesday came just a few days after the Belgian police captured Salah Abdeslam, the suspected leader of November's Paris attacks, in a recent raid.

Fighting terror a fight to save civilization

Tragic. Horrific. Devastating. No adjective can describe what happened in Brussels on Tuesday. Just like no adjective could describe the Paris attacks on Nov 13.

Firm wants a bite of the cherry and blossom

An enterprise in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, recently ran an outdoor advertisement in Tokyo, claiming Wuhan is home to cherry blossom. The ad also invited Tokyo residents to visit Wuhan University, where cherry blossom attracts a considerable number of tourists from across China, even abroad, in spring every year.

United efforts essential to combat common scourge

The death toll may not be the heaviest, yet the multiple blasts at the Brussels airport and a metro station were cause for serious concern.