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Pact holds out promise of climate-friendly future

[2016-04-22 07:34]

The signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by world leaders in the UN headquarters in New York on Friday will be a milestone in global joint efforts to combat the common threat faced by mankind.

Correcting pollution-monitoring flaws

[2016-04-22 07:34]

After the "poisonous land" case in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, hit the headlines, students in another school in the same province recently also reported symptoms such as bleeding from their noses to body itching and skin peeling.

Publishing photos of rule-breakers online violates their right to privacy

[2016-04-22 07:34]

SINCE LAST WEEK, police in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast China's Fujian province, have been using high-definition cameras to take photos of jaywalkers. But they not only fined three people for jaywalking, they also published their photos online. That move might violate the legal rights of the rule-breakers, said a Thursday comment in Beijing News:

Better promote and enforce law to protect children

[2016-04-22 07:34]

AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL in Hanzhong, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, was beaten to death by her father, because she refused to apologize for coming home late. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

Police cannot end solitude of the elderly

[2016-04-22 07:34]

POLICE OFFICERS in Ma'anshan, Anhui province in East China, recently received an emergency phone call from a 70-year-old man in the early hours of the morning. The old man said he had fallen and needed assistance. When police officers came to help him, however, they found the old man had prepared tea and wanted to chat. The old man's only aim was to get some company. People.cn commented on Thursday:

First quarter data reflects economy's strength

[2016-04-22 07:34]

The first quarter macroeconomic data the National Bureau of Statistics has released suggest a promising year ahead for China. Given the complicated economic situations at home and abroad, it is encouraging to see the Chinese economy avoiding a severe downturn - as feared by some observers - reducing the risk factors, starting to stabilize, and showing initial industrial advantages in the fiercely competitive international market.

Naive victims of US move against fake schools

[2016-04-22 07:34]

Twenty-one "brokers, recruiters and employers" in the United States that allegedly used illegal means to help more than 1,000 foreign youths get student visas (in some cases employment visas) were arrested in a sting operation by the US Department of Homeland Security earlier this month. The students, mainly from China and India, can now have their visas cancelled and be deported.

Spread science education to quash rumors

[2016-04-22 07:34]

The boiler you use is made of manganese steel that can make you stupid.

Wrong moral compass breeds serious scams

[2016-04-22 07:34]

The news that 77 Chinese, including 45 Taiwan residents, were repatriated from Africa last week for alleged telecom fraud has shocked people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.

Joint cross-Straits actions only way to curb scams

[2016-04-21 08:07]

The visit by Taiwan judicial officials to the mainland, which started on Wednesday, was the first step in the right direction for the joint cross-Straits fight against telecommunication fraud.

Unnecessary hoopla over bases

[2016-04-21 08:07]

China's efforts to build some strategic support bases overseas have drawn the attention of the international community. The construction of logistics facilities in Djibouti, in particular, has caused serious anxiety among the US-led Western countries, and some have expressed concerns over the establishment of such a "naval base" by China in the East African country.

Shanghai Gold Exchange can better protect investors via price-setting

[2016-04-21 08:07]

ON TUESDAY, the Shanghai Gold Exchange issued the basic prices for gold trading in renminbi. This not only shows China is further opening up its gold market, but will also lead to better defending of domestic gold buyers' rights and interests, commented Beijing Youth Daily on Wednesday:

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