Easy prey for peddlers of fun drugs

NONE OF 226 STUDENTS surveyed at a junior middle school in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, prior to the 30th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Monday, professed any interest in trying illegal drugs. Chinese Business View commented on Monday:

Outdated practice of public humiliations against rule of law

THE PUBLIC SECURITY bureau in Zoucheng in East China's Shandong province made a song and dance about its "achievements" on Thursday by parading some suspected criminals in handcuffs and shackles and prison uniforms in the center of the city and making them identify the things they had stolen. Beijing News comments:

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Key to refugee crisis is enabling homecomings

On June 20, World Refugee Day, Yao Chen, a well-known Chinese actress and a UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador, was heavily criticized by the public for reportedly "calling on" China to invest more resources to help refugees. Later she claimed reports on her words were rumors, and that through her observation the common wish of the refugees, no matter where they are from, is to go home. The subsequent online debate highlighted the diversified views Chinese people hold on what is a thorny and emotive issue worldwide.

China's sharing economy is now exporting innovations

The intense competition in the bicycle-sharing business in China, which observers said would end up with a Didi-Uber merger as early as March, has now officially "gone global". Chinese bike-sharing startup Mobike is set to introduce 1,000 bikes to Manchester and Salford in the United Kingdom on June 29 in a bid to the European market.

Call for champions to promote global health

Earlier this year at the World Economic Forum, President Xi Jinping delivered a hearty defense of globalization. To people following world affairs for the last few decades this should not have come as a surprise. It is well known that China is the world's second-largest economy and a global force in manufacturing and trade. What is less well known is that China has taken on increasingly critical roles in global healthcare and development, which it views as necessary to sustain and accelerate global economic growth.

'Crying' Schumer's rhetoric out of touch with reality

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer railed against President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. However, he sounded as if he might have voted for Trump in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday.

Down-to-earth endeavors key to poverty alleviation goal

Setting a deadline for eradicating poverty requires confidence; especially, setting a very short one for eliminating "abject poverty".

Shot in the arm for e-commerce

The annual taxable revenue threshold for businesses will be raised from previous 300,000 yuan ($43,895) to 500,000 yuan from July 1.

Much reduced sentence reflects verdict of 'jury' of public opinion

THE SHANDONG HIGH PEOPLE'S COURT commuted the life sentence of Yu Huan, a 22-year-old man, who stabbed and killed a debt collector who was threatening his mother after she failed to repay a loan, to five years in prison. Beijing News commented on Saturday:

Apple no reason to gain from app tip jars

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, more than 45,000 Chinese apps, of which over 15,500 were games, were removed from the Apple App Store from June 13 to June 22, as part of a cleanup to prevent hot patching, which enables software developers to bypass Apple's vetting process to update users' apps, offering the possibility for hackers to embed malicious code. Beijing News commented on Friday:

Precautions and plans for natural disasters must be put in place

TEN PEOPLE have been confirmed dead after a landslide buried more than 100 people from more than 62 homes in Maoxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Saturday morning. President Xi Jinping has urged that no effort be spared in the search and rescue operations, and has instructed the State Council, China's Cabinet, to send a work team to the site. As China has entered its flood season, governments across the country should strengthen disaster prevention to ensure people's safety and protect property, he said. Beijing News commented on Sunday: