Limits to free speech must be respected

HARVARD UNIVERSITY has rescinded admission offers to at least 10 students because they posted extremely offensive memes in a private message group on Facebook. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

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Anti-corruption drive gathers more steam

A number of corrupt officials have been punished in recent times either according to the law or the Party's discipline or both, which shows the Party's anti-corruption campaign since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has gained in strength.

Delay in THAAD rollout may open door to reconciliation

A little over a week ago, four more anti-missile launchers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system were secretly shipped by the United States to the Republic of Korea making its rollout imminent. However, the rollout could face months of delay due to a legitimate environmental evaluation ordered by newly elected ROK President Moon Jae-in.

Abide by cyber law to profit from market

The much-anticipated cybersecurity law that came into force on June 1 reflects China's determination to secure its cyberspace and protect Chinese citizens against data theft. Some Western observers, however, are worried that the new law targets foreign enterprises by "restricting the cross-border flow of information", which could "give Chinese companies an unfair advantage".

It's the planet, stupid, not China's global leadership

It was sad to hear US President Donald Trump's announcement last week to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change agreement. And it's puzzling to see so many people interpreting it as the US ceding the global leadership to China.

US has no cause to be adversarial with China

As always, the US Department of Defense's 2017 report on military and security developments involving China carries some of the all-too-familiar biased interpretations of China's actions and intentions.

Partiality must not be allowed

Past experiences indicate that the more indifferent a society is to employment discrimination, the more rampant such kind of discrimination is.

Rural residents require swindle awareness of illegal fundraising

AS MORE URBAN RESIDENTS have become aware that illegal fundraising cheats them out of their hard-earned money, and the police have strengthened their enforcement to curb such fundraising, some of these confidence tricksters are reported to have expanded their "business" to certain rural areas. Legal Daily reports:

Ecological folly fishing with pesticide

TWO MEN have been arrested after they were found pouring 25 bottles of pesticide into a river in Bijie, Southwest China's Guizhou province, in a bid to catch fish "more easily". China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:

Ripping farewells to school life have now had their day

A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT from Nanchong, Southwest China's Sichuan province, wrote a letter to the cleaners at her school, seeking their pardon and understanding for her classmates' ripping up their schoolbooks as a way of releasing their growing exam pressure. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily comments:

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