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.

Confidence in culture vital to renaissance

In recent years, President Xi Jinping has been reiterating that, to revive the nation, we must remain confident as ever of the path, theories, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Artists should learn to draw essence and power from Chinese culture to create classical works to inspire people.

Wolf Warriors II fights through odds to promote Chinese values

It may be an action movie but it puts a rising China in the spotlight. It is also the first movie that has tasted success both in terms of earnings and promoting patriotism. And it is a rare effort in which the protagonist tries to win the audience's hearts by shedding sweat and blood rather than flaunting his good looks.

Vietnam out of step with rest of ASEAN

At their meeting in Manila on Sunday, the foreign ministers of China and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations spoke highly of the achievements made in China-ASEAN ties over the past 15 years and agreed to push their cooperation to an even higher level.

Five years of progress

The past five years have been a time of struggle, but they have also been a time of advancement for the nation, as the top leadership, with President Xi Jinping as the core, has identified major tasks and taken strategic initiatives and adopted significant policies to accomplish them.

Germany right to remind tourists it has no tolerance for banned symbols

TWO CHINESE MEN, aged 36 and 49, were arrested by local police for taking photos of each other making a Nazi salute outside the Reichstag, seat of the lower house of Parliament, in Berlin - an illegal act under German laws. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Top university tours offer little reward

DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS large numbers of visitors, mostly primary and middle school students from outside Beijing, can be seen lined up outside the gates of Peking University and Tsinghua University, waiting to enter the two most prestigious higher learning institutes in China for a campus tour. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Fire inspections of communities must be stricter

SINCE THE BEGINNING of July, Xi'an-based newspaper Chinese Business View has published a series of reports about local communities and revealing quite a number of them lack proper fire prevention arrangements. The newspaper comments:

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