Budget hotels must cut links to prostitution

THE ASSAULT ON a woman staying at a budget hotel in Beijing has revealed the tip of the iceberg of prostitution in the budget hotel industry across the country. The records of 11 courts reveal 59 similar cases of violence in some budget hotel chains such as Home Inns. Beijing News on Wednesday urged better management:

Sanctions alone cannot rein in DPRK

To implement Resolution 2270 passed by the United Nations Security Council on March 2 against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has published a list of goods that cannot be imported from or exported to the DPRK.

Balance stimulus and supply-side reform

Since last November economists and the media alike have been hailing supply-side structural reform as a groundbreaking solution to China's economic woes. The logic goes, demand-side policies, in the form of Keynesian stimulus measures, are useful only for resolving short-term and aggregate problems. But since China's problems are long term and structural, the country should focus on supply-side structural reform, even if it means accepting slower GDP growth. Is this the right approach?

US displays a double standard again

The recent remarks of a US spokesman over the Philippines government's provocative activities in the South China Sea reflects the duplicity of the United States.

Innovative service providers deserve attention and help

Over the past couple of years, my son, who is now 9 years old, has made it a habit to demand spring outings. Usually, my answer is: "You need to wait for once-in-a-semester tour your school arranges" or "Let's schedule a family picnic next week or the week after". For working parents in major Chinese cities like Beijing, such a reply is neither too cruel nor too kind.

Manila's move shows it is the real provocateur

The Philippines is resuming work on upgrading a military airport on an island it seized from China, a move that again displays its expansionist nature and belies its self-assumed image as a victim in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Negative list for investment

The volume of foreign capital used nationwide was $11.76 billion in March, a decline of 6.1 percent year-on-year, while the first-quarter volume was $29.48 billion, a decline of 2.8 percent, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce.

Heavy pollution of underground water requires immediate actions

ON MONDAY, an official at the Ministry of Water Resources responded to a recent report suggesting that more than 80 percent of the water in China's aquifers is too polluted for human consumption by asserting China's deep underground drinking water sources are safe. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

Not all officials can retire early on a high pension

SOME CIVIL SERVANTS in their 50s in Central China's Hunan province have applied for early retirement. According the Civil Servant Law, officials retiring early can enjoy a higher pension than their salary. Shenzhennews.com commented on Monday:

Insurance ought to cover psychotherapy

A 36-YEAR-OLD paraplegic patient in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, Central China, spent all his savings to hire someone to kill him. But after being stabbed a dozen times by the "murderer" he had hired, he was still alive and called for help. As a result of the attack he has lost the movement and feeling he had in his upper body. The Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

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