School's enrollment methods unfair

KNOWN FOR ITS SUCCESS IN PREPARING STUDENTS for the national college entrance examinations, or gaokao, Hengshui No 1 High School in North China's Hebei province is being criticized for its policy of seeking out high-performing of students nationwide. The Mirror commented on Saturday:

Local alcohol ban might be going too far

A PROPOSED BAN on sales of alcohol in Dulongjiang township, Southwest China's Yunnan province, has raised questions over whether such a prohibition is feasible. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Friday:

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India's moves demand strict vigil

For the past three weeks, China has been demanding that India withdraw its troops that have crossed into Chinese territory to avoid "further consequences". The Sikkim section of the China-India border, where the Indian troops trespassed on Chinese territory and have remained since June 16, was demarcated by the Convention Between Great Britain and China Relating to Sikkim and Tibet in 1890 and has been acknowledged by successive Indian governments.

Traditionalist gives a huge culture shock

A video clip of a man wearing traditional Chinese dress and cloth shoes leading a buffalo carrying his son home from school has gone viral online, and made the man an instant internet "celebrity". The resident of Chengdu, Sichuan province, has said he practices "traditional Chinese culture" and wants his son to follow in his footsteps. And that's why he usually uses a donkey or a buffalo as a vehicle.

'Four Comprehensives' light up the future

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party's Central Committee with Xi Jinping as its core has been advancing the "Four Comprehensives" or the "Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy" to inject new impetus into the pursuit of the Chinese Dream.

Abe's maneuverings for constitutional revision may yet fail

The last time Japan's ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost the majority in the Tokyo assembly was in July 2009. Following the loss, then not-so-popular Japanese prime minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house and called a general election, in which the opposition Democratic Party won a landslide victory and ended the LDP's half-century rule in Japan.

Forex reserves up again, top $3 trillion

The Chinese mainland's foreign exchange reserves rose in June for a fifth straight month, as tightened supervision of outbound investment and a weak dollar helped curb capital outflows.

PBOC to let market forces shape rates

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, said late on Thursday that the country will allow the market to "play a bigger role in deciding the exchange rate of the yuan and increase the currency's resilience against the dollar".

Standard, ICBC back Chinese firms in Africa's B&R markets

Standard Bank, Africa's largest lender, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest lender, have teamed up to extend loans and foreign exchange services to Chinese companies operating in African countries that are participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Shanghai underlines mass housing

Shanghai will increase land supply for the development of new residential properties in the next five years, according to the city's 13th five-year plan for land use (2016-20) released on Friday.

Losses may spur Shanxi coal recast

Mergers or restructuring will dominate the coal industry in the northern province of Shanxi after three major mining groups reported first-quarter losses, industry insiders said.