Tencent's music services merged with CMC

Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Friday that it will merge its QQ music service with China Music Corp, a move combining some of the country's most popular streaming music platforms to build a giant in the digital music market.

CITIC Securities violations lead to downgrade by CSRC

China's top securities watchdog on Friday downgraded the regulatory rating of several major securities brokerages including CITIC Securities Co, a move that will likely restrain the firms from engaging in riskier business.

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Structural reform drives upgrading

Both international and local companies said on Friday they were expecting China's supply-side structural reform to play a bigger role in stimulating the country's foreign trade in the second half of the year.

Total social financing availability jumps in June

Official data showed that total social financing, the broadest measure of the country's credit growth, increased by a total of 9.75 trillion yuan ($1.46 billion) in the first half of this year.

Services industry contributes 54.1% to GDP in first half

The increasing share of the services sector in gross domestic product shows that the transition to a services- and consumption-driven growth model continues to strengthen, the National Bureau of Statistics indicated on Friday.

THAAD poses real threat to security of China

What has historically been ours is ours. Even if others say it is not. That is why, annoying as it is, the Philippines-initiated South China Sea arbitration is actually not worth the limelight it is being given.

Quality watchdogs must stay alert

After having a "meeting and talk" with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, IKEA is recalling 1.66 million chests of drawers sold on the Chinese mainland between 1999 and this year.

Only full investigation can clear up circumstances of demolition death

THREE WEEKS AFTER HER HOME was forcibly demolished in Yuelu district, Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province, the homeowner's body was found buried in the rubble. The absurd case is a test of Changsha government, which has vowed to fully implement rule of law in the city by 2020, says an article of the Southern Metropolis Daily on Thursday:

Britain may now attract fewer over seas students

FORMER HOME SECRETARY, Theresa May, has become the United Kingdom's 54th prime minister and its second female leader. Some people have suggested that overseas students in the UK may now face harsher restrictions. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Families can help bear the stretcher in emergency

THE FAMILY members of an 80-year-old Beijing resident who required an emergency ambulance were asked to help carry the stretcher. The Beijing Times comment-ed on Thursday:

The farce of shooting oneself in the foot

The ruling of the arbitral tribunal in the Philippines' case against China in the South China Sea dispute on Tuesday ignores facts, violates international law and international relations norms, and infringes on China's sovereignty and maritime rights.