Colleges grapple with influx of tourists 

Use sanctions and talks to settle peninsula issue

Calling it "yet another serious violation" of its resolutions, the United Nations Security Council "strongly condemned" the latest test firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Liang's trial tests US social justice

At his sentencing, the charge against former New York City police officer Peter Liang, the rookie cop convicted of the fatal shooting of a black man, Akai Gurley, in a Brooklyn housing project, was reduced from manslaughter to criminally negligent homicide; as a result he was sentenced to five years probation and 800 hours of community service.

Wider social welfare and heavier penalties can help end child labor

A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN FOSHAN, South China's Guangdong province, died working in a local underwear factory. The local authorities fined the factory 10,000 yuan ($1,537) for employing children. But Qianjiang Evening News said on Monday that it is loopholes in the legal system that caused the tragedy:

Phone operators lack will to cut roaming fees

TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES are being encouraged to abolish the roaming fees for long-distance mobile phonecalls and the internet "step by step", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Saturday. Changjiang Daily commented on Monday:

Studying is top priority for overseas students

TWO STUDENTS from the mainland studying at Pace University in New York, sell "authentic" Beijing pancakes from a bright yellow food truck on Broadway outside Columbia University every Monday and Tuesday. They sell the pancakes for $8, ten times the price in Beijing, and they can sell 150 pancakes a day. A comment in Southern Metropolis Daily said on Monday:

Don't blame buyers for illegal trade practices

Should a person feel ashamed for eating fish or wearing blue jeans?

Soccer in China gets a good plan at last

While China is still struggling to qualify for the 2018 Football World Cup, it has set an ambitious goal to become a dominant soccer power in Asia by 2030 and a leading soccer power in the world by 2050.

A fitting response to the vaccine scandal

Editor's note: After an investigation into the vaccine scandal in Shandong province, the State Council, China's Cabinet, held a meeting on April 13 and decided to punish hundreds of government employees, and pass a regulation aimed at strengthening vaccine management. The punishments meted out to government employees included dismissals and demotions. Following are some media reports in response to the decision:

Not too early for EU and China to start FTA talks

The Centre of European Policy Studies, the European Union's leading think tank, issued a report recently outlining reasons why Beijing and Brussels should launch free trade agreement talks.

Steady pursuit of peace, but ready for anything

Washington deservedly received a warning and reminder from Beijing about the dangers of saber-rattling, after US warplanes conducted what the United States called a freedom of overflight operation near China's Huangyan Islands.

Sign of Japan's ambitions

Japan's recent test flight of its first domestically developed X-2 stealth fighter jet has sparked extensive speculation about its intentions.