Govt duty to update websites

Dong Haifeng, head of the business bureau of Danzhou, a city in South China's Hainan province, was recently given an administrative demerit and warning for not updating the bureau's website in a timely manner. It is reportedly the first case of an official being held accountable for failing to keep a government website operational and up to date.

Say no to fireworks, at least in metropolises

DURING THIS YEAR'S Spring Festival, sales of fireworks in Beijing were by nearly one-third less than the year before, as a result, there were fewer alarms and injuries than last year. Beijing News commented on Monday:

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Deployment of THAAD exacerbates tensions

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday claimed it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium - and long-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 on Sunday, according to the state news organization Korean Central News Agency.

Surrogacy not sole solution for infertility

The number of women conceiving at a relatively advanced age in China rose from 0.9 percent in 1995 to 10 percent in 2015 according to recent reports. But since 60 percent of the about 45 million women eligible to have a second child are more than 35 years old - with 50 percent of them being above 40 - many couples that can avail of the new family planning policy may be unable to have a second child.

It's time Tsai stopped playing little tricks

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is playing a dangerous game at the risk of further straining cross-Straits ties. Since her inauguration last May, the Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman has been trying the Chinese mainland's patience by equivocating over the one-China policy and attempting to weaken the cross-Straits relationship, which compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits attach great value to.

China, EU and US should work together

Since the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, opinion leaders worldwide, especially those in Brussels, have been putting forward proposals on the evolution of global leadership and warning against the consequences of the United States' refusal to fulfill its global commitments.

Trump offers insight that Abe would do well to heed

As the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump when he was US president-elect, and the second to meet him since he entered office, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was no doubt confident his exertions had paid off as intended, at least partially.

Stock regulator's fighting talk

In a speech at the annual work meeting of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Friday, Liu Shiyu, the commission chairman, said no one will be allowed to create "wind and rain" in the stock market and vowed to capture those who suck the blood of small investors.

Benefits to patients should be basis for reforming public hospital salaries

IN AN ATTEMPT TO GUARANTEE THAT those working for public hospitals are paid in compliance with their professional performance and services, an overhaul of the salaries for medical staff is to be tried out in chosen regions. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Saturday:

Unlicensed copycat cultural relics violate law

THOUSANDS OF FORGED TERRACOTTA WARRIORS were on exhibition in Taihu county, East China's Anhui province, without the consent or authorization of officials overseeing the real ones. Beijing News commented on Saturday:

Supervising staffs' behavior after work must not go too far

A NURSE IN Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, was given a warning by her employer and fined three months' performance salary as penalty, after she was found playing mahjong in the hospital canteen after work. Beijing News commented on Saturday: