Initial coin offerings are nothing but Ponzi schemes in e-business garb

PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA, the country's central bank, along with banking and securities regulators and five other central government departments issued a joint statement on Monday banning individuals and organizations from raising funds through initial coin offerings (ICOs), or digital currency launches. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

What's in a name? A mobile game

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE REGISTRATION CARD of a newborn in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province has gone viral online because she has a unique name: Wangzhe Rongyao, or King of Glory, a popular mobile game. Beijing News comments:

By not reducing pollutants, firms harm themselves

MORE THAN 54 PERCENT of some 41,928 enterprises across the country were found to have violated the environmental protection laws during the past five months, according to an ongoing inspection on air pollution by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

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BRICS focus on South-South synergy

Editor's note: The 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, concluded on Tuesday. Three experts share their opinions on the achievements of the summit with China Daily's Cui Shoufeng during a seminar hosted by the Center for China and Globalization. Excerpts follow:

Developers may feel the chill this winter

For the real estate sector, property investment was better than expected, and land purchase and property development funding all improved in the first half of this year. So what happened to the tightening policy for the property sector? And what could be the market trend in the second half? Our (Standard Chartered China's) survey in mid-2017 provides some clues.

Negotiations vital to peninsula peace

Ignoring the opposition of the international community, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday. The DPRK has been trying the patience of the international community, especially its neighbors, and risking more severe sanctions by continuing to conduct nuclear and missile tests.

Japan's teens have an inspiring message in love for baseball

I'm not a baseball aficionado. But last month I was carried away by the "fighting spirit" of Japanese teenage baseball players. NHK cancels all its daytime programs to live broadcast an annual national tournament over two weeks of August.

Li urges coal sector to dig out new economic drivers

Coal mines that are closed during China's push to cut overcapacity should transform their old economic drivers and offer better assistance to miners needing job relocation, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.

Students stranded by quake resettled

Starting a new term can be a tough time for any student - especially when it's at an entirely new school 40 kilometers away because the last one was destroyed in an earthquake.

Roads, rails transform lives in the west

XI'AN - For centuries, the only connection between Mashuping village and the outside world was a narrow, meandering path deep in the mountains. Now, a highway has ended its isolation.

Typhoon Mawar rains more misery on Guangdong

Guangdong province was battered by its third typhoon in 12 days on Monday, with torrential rains again flooding urban areas in several cities.