China-ASEAN ties still face challenges

On Sunday, China and ASEAN members highlighted the achievements their strategic partnership has made over the past 15 years, and agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation, according to a joint communiqué of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Manila.

Overcome difficulties to uproot pyramid schemes

Tianjin police launched a 20-day massive crackdown on pyramid schemes on Aug 6 after Li Wenxing and Zhang Chao, two young men tricked into such schemes while seeking jobs, were found dead in the city's Jinghai district last month.

Anti-Nazi laws deserve utmost respect

Editor's note: Two Chinese tourists were arrested in Berlin recently for giving a Nazi salute while posing for photos in front of the Reichstag parliamentary building. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang from different perspectives. Excerpts below:

Abe continues his struggle to tide over political crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approval rating slightly rebounded one day after he reshuffled his Cabinet on Thursday, the third reshuffle since he returned to power in 2012, according to local media polls. A survey conducted by Kyodo News Agency on Friday showed an increase of 8.6 points in the rating, compared with the previous poll. The 44.4 percent approval rating comes as a reprieve for the scandal-hit Abe administration.

New Delhi should come to its senses while it has time

As the standoff in Donglang between Chinese and Indian border troops enters its seventh week, the window for a peaceful solution is closing.

Japan's shameless about-face

What Japan's defense white paper, which was released on Tuesday, says about China is an about-face to what Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday.

All parties benefit from negotiated cuts in pharmaceutical drug prices

THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SOCIAL SECURITY published the result of the price negotiations on 36 medicines. The end-user price of the drugs has decreased by 44 percent on average, compared with their retail price last year, and they have been listed on the drug directory of the national medical insurance system. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Renewed bid to root out scammers welcome

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED for their involvement in the death of a 23-year-old university graduate, who was found dead in a pond in Tianjin's Jinghai district last month, after reportedly falling victim to a fake job advertisement and being tricked into a pyramid scheme. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

A good idea that will need to be backed up to work

THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE of Southwest China's Chongqing municipality plans to allow local employees to take paid leave if they have elderly parents admitted to hospital. Guangzhou Daily comments:

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Reforms pave way to sustainable future

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November 2013 decided to deepen reform in an all-round way, in order to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of China's governance system and governance capacity.

Growth and eco-protection not antithetical

As the largest manmade forest, Saihanba in Chengde, North China's Hebei province, is the best footnote to President Xi Jinping's philosophy of balancing environmental protection and economic growth.