Stocks down for fourth session

China's main indexes fell for the fourth session on Friday, pressured by tech stocks - as faster approval of IPOs exacerbated concerns over the valuations of smaller-cap stocks.

Tillerson's animosity toward China bodes ill if acted upon

It remains a question whether United States president-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Rex Tillerson, former Exxon Mobil Corp chairman and chief executive, as secretary of state will get through Senate scrutiny.

Engage all on big city woes

How to treat its chronic "big city diseases", such as traffic congestion, the undersupply of housing and its environmental degradation, is top of the agenda for this year's annual session of Beijing's political advisory body, which opened on Thursday.

Cities must speed up efforts to address traffic congestion

ON TUESDAY, the China Academy of Transportation Sciences, affiliated to the Ministry of Transport, published a report on the results of its research with other institutions into the urban traffic situation, which listed the cities with the heaviest traffic jams in 2016. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Successful urbanization not just homebuying

AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RURAL RESIDENTS in Central and West China have chosen to settle in nearby counties as a result of the preferential property purchasing policies. China Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

DIY medicines symptom of serious issues

AFTER DOCTORS GAVE UP treating his mother, Ao Ning, 25, from Northeast China's Liaoning province, decided to try and cure her cancer with medicines he made himself. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

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Norway eyes deeper cooperation with China

Editor's note: China and Norway decided on Dec 19, 2016, to normalize relations after six years of freeze. Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende talked with China Daily's Mo Jingxi about his expectations for bilateral ties:

Strict realty rules can curb speculation

The Chinese economy has stepped into a new normal, as a result its GDP growth declined to 6.5 percent in 2016. But contrary to popular belief, the main driver of China's economic growth over the past few years has been the real estate sector, not the high-technology or manufacturing industry.

How to supervise the anti-graft watchdogs

As an important part of the Communist Party of China's campaign for stricter self-governance, the Party's disciplinary officials, or anti-graft watchdogs, undertake the mission of "supervision, discipline enforcement and holding violators accountable", and thus play a decisive role in the Party's fight against corruption and drive toward clean governance.

Time for US politicians to stop misinforming public about China-US relations

US President Barack Obama did not forget to poke China even in his farewell speech in Chicago Tuesday evening, saying that "Russia and China can not match our influence around the world unless we give up what we stand for."

ROK should reflect rather than playing blame game

In all, nearly 11 tons of cosmetics imported from the Republic of Korea were found to be substandard and denied access to the Chinese market by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in November.