Swatting flies that plague rural areas

The downfall of a village head in North China's Hebei province has shed light on the dark side of grassroots officials in the country's vast rural areas.

Opportunity taken to make fresh start on firmer footing

The whiff of sour grapes notwithstanding, everyone who is worried the China-Philippine showdown in and over the South China Sea may trigger a period of turbulence across the Asia-Pacific can now breathe a sigh of relief.

Keeping kids out of trouble

A report published by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on Wednesday indicates that the migrant population in China reached 247 million in 2015, or 18 percent of its total population.

Checking illegal activities to keep healthy order of property market

THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT recently introduced new measures to better strike against nine illegal business activities of real estate developers. The move is welcome as illegal activities such as falsifying information about their development programs harm others, says a commentary article on xinhuanet.com:

Tourist sites must respect the past

THREE TOURIST SITES in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, lost their 3-A tourism rating last week because of poor management. Guangming Daily commented on Thursday:

Behavior of few should not tar all

A COUPLE in a tourist group from Zhejiang province in East China took away with them a package of a toilet seat from their hotel room in Japan, thinking it was left by the tourists before them, but it actually belonged to the hotel. They later apologized for their behavior and returned the toilet seat. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

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Stable growth for greater sustainability

China's economy grew 6.7 per-cent year-on-year in the third quarter, slightly stronger than expected.

Swatting flies essential for clean governance

The documentary The Corruption Fight Is Always Underway that began airing on China Central Television on Monday has attracted widespread attention. It displays the achievements the nationwide anti-corruption campaign has made since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012.

Price of anarchy, a price worth paying

In game theory, the "price of anarchy" describes how individuals acting in their own self-interest within a larger system tend to reduce that larger system's efficiency. It is a ubiquitous phenomenon, one that almost all of us confront, in some form, on a regular basis.

Abysmal global literacy of US college students

The poor global literacy of college-aged students in the United States revealed in a recent survey provides a clue to why US politicians can publicly and falsely accuse China time and again.

Stability to pave way for more good changes

The third-quarter economic performance of China reported on Wednesday was represented by a 6.7 percent growth in GDP from the same period last year.