IN BRIEF (Page 6)

EU taking the wrong medicine for its ills

The decision by the European Commission on Wednesday to abolish its "non-market economy" list, which includes China, is a halfway house, if not a means of expediency, when it comes to trade relations with China.

UK's anti-terrorism move positive

The UK's Home Office recently listed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement as an Islamic terrorist and separatist organization.

Planned immigration office sign of China valuing overseas talents

REPORTS SAY THAT China is establishing an immigration office in order to attract more talents from overseas. That move comes at a time when it is most needed, says Beijing News:

Studying abroad still good investment for many

STATISTICS show that last year, most Chinese students studying abroad who finished their studies chose to return home to pursue their career goals. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

People should not amplify false information

AFTER HEAVY rain throughout Wednesday, posts about Beijing's flooded subway stations and water-logged roads were quickly forwarded on social media. Yet some of the information spread via social media was fabricated. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

Chilcot report a warning against US designs

An inquiry conducted by former British civil servant John Chilcot into the United Kingdom's role in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq blames Tony Blair, then British prime minister, for dragging the UK into the war in Iraq on the basis of flawed intelligence. The 2.6-million-word inquiry report says the Blair government overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, then Iraqi president, took military actions before diplomatic alternatives were exhausted and had "wholly inadequate" plans for the aftermath.

Green infrastructure minimizes flood risk

Recent storms in China affecting especially cities along the Yangtze River and even in the northern part of the country show current water engineering approaches are not offering enough protection from flooding disasters. It is both the failure of local flood defense systems and the lack of effective river-basin-wide management that amplify flood disasters.

Civil service profession is returning to normal

The once popular rumor about civil servants quitting their jobs en masse is simply a rumor. The State Administration of Civil Service has announced that in 2015 fewer than 12,000 civil servants, or 0.2 percent of the total, quit their jobs; the figure was only slightly higher than the previous year.

Some still can't see the wood for the trees in Sino-US ties

It's no exaggeration to say China-US relations have in recent times been hijacked by the South China Sea issue, at least in the headlines. Some Chinese and US think tank experts I talked with blamed the media for making the situation worse by portraying a picture very different from reality. Despite being a journalist, I agree with them even though a few think tanks in Washington have also fanned the flames for their ulterior motives. In Washington, many people know exactly which ones I mean.

Trump nomination another symptom of discontent

With his unabashed racist remarks and determined political incorrectness, Donald Trump is riding a wave of protest against political establishment toward the White House.

THAAD increases peninsula risks

Since the United States and the Republic of Korea announced the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system in the ROK on July 8, the situation in Northeast Asia has deteriorated.