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Japan perpetrator, not the victim, of war

During the two-day G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, which began on Sunday, US Secretary of State John Kerry and the other G7 foreign ministers are scheduled to visit the Peace Memorial Park. Since the memorial is dedicated to the victims of the 1945 US atomic bombing of the city, Japanese media see the gesture as a call for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

Action plan needed to address obesity

Obesity is increasingly, and rapidly, becoming a serious public health problem in China, particularly among children and adolescents. According to Chinese Ministry of Health data, boys aged 6 years are taller and heavier on average now than 30 years ago. Because obesity can have serious consequences on children's health and quality of life, as well as on the country's economy, this is a problem that demands urgent attention. Some doctors have warned that obesity could become China's biggest public health problem in the future.

A welcome and useful debate on diplomacy

Delivering a speech on the modern world and China's diplomacy at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing on March 30, Wu Jianmin, China's former ambassador to France and former president of the university, said the main theme of the world is peace and development, and criticized the Global Times for publishing some articles with extreme views which could mislead readers into believing in war and revolution.

Stock of nuclear materials poses proliferation risk

US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told The New York Times two weeks ago that he would be open to Japan and the Republic of Korea having their own atomic arsenals to act as a deterrent to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Oculus to tap China market

Oculus VR LLC, a virtual-reality company backed by Facebook Inc, is preparing to enter the Chinese mainland market, an achievement its parent company could not realize.

Foresun buys Latin beef-processing units

Chinese meat processor Foresun Group has agreed to buy three beef slaughterhouses and a livestock confinement unit in Argentina from Brazilian meatpacker Margrif Global Foods SA for $75 million.

Online sites won't pass new taxes on to consumers, for now

Leading Chinese e-commerce companies said they won't increase the prices of imported items in the short term, though a new policy, which took effect on Friday, raised tax rates on popular items such as food and baby products.

Govt to enhance rural e-commerce

The government is mapping out plans to use the Internet to lower logistics and distribution costs and promote e-commerce in rural areas, a top official said on Friday.

RealTime platform to boost efficiency

Zhejiang RealTime Technology Co Ltd, a Chinese Internet of Things developer, is investing 2 billion yuan ($309 million) in a new platform to help factories improve their efficiency.

Fears of end to stock-selling ban unfounded

Fears that a selling ban imposed on major shareholders of listed companies will expire soon are unfounded, an analyst said as the Chinese stock market declined for a third day on Friday.