Live-stream spying on kids at school violates their rights

IT IS REPORTED THAT some schools have installed cameras in classrooms and dormitories and provide the video to live broadcast websites. Beijing News comments:

Providing cheap homes is the key

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL DATA, so far this year, 50 key cities nationwide have made 764.5 billion yuan ($111 billion) by selling State-owned land in the realty market, which is 53.3 percent higher than that during the same period in 2016. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Students' priority should be studying not home buying

FIVE PROVINCIAL CAPITALS, Wuhan, Changsha, Chengdu, Hefei and Nanchang, are now allowing students at college to pay into the government housing provident fund on a monthly basis. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Launch of carrier a momentous milestone

China's first carrier, CNS Liaoning, was rebuilt from a former Soviet cruiser. Its first totally home-built aircraft carrier, which was launched on Wednesday, relies on China's own research and technologies and it marks a new milestone in the modernizing of the Chinese navy.

Promoting innovation in space science

China has always known that only through innovation in space science and technology can it become a space power. In the past year, scientists and engineers have made major breakthroughs in the technology needed for space exploration.

China is not in a 'social division' trap

Editors' note: Does China face the challenge of "weak social mobility"? This has become a hot topic of discussion, even though social mobility in China is better than in many other countries. Three experts share their views with China Daily's Wu Zheyu. Excerpts follow:

Falling commodity prices big challenge for poor countries

Almost three years into the sharp drop of global commodity prices, economic conditions have become very difficult for many of the world's 60 poorest countries - a group the International Monetary Fund refers to as "low-income developing countries" (LIDCs).

US welcome to join Belt and Road Initiative

At a forum held in New York on Monday, China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai invited Washington to join the Beijing-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

Short pain for long-term gain

The Shanghai Composite Index fell 43.62 points, or 1.37 percent, to close at 3,129.53 on Monday, the sharpest drop in more than four months, amid damped market sentiments following a series of tightened measures by regulators.

Plan to support tourist towns must not spark speculation

ON APRIL 1, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development together with China Construction Bank jointly issued a notice on providing financial support to promote the development of "small towns with their own characteristics". Beijing News comments:

Chokehold should be on big polluters

DURING THE LATEST ROUND OF INSPECTIONS by the central environmental protection authorities, the local governments in Beijing, and Puyang in Central China's Henan province were found to have shut down service providers ranging from supermarkets to breakfast restaurants that contribute little to airborne pollution, instead of tracking down the heavy polluters. West China Metropolis Daily commented on Monday: