Commercial stunts not part of sharing economy

THE BOOMING SHARING ECONOMY has extended to liquefied natural gas tanks, which can be "shared" by residents in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, by scanning the quick response code on the tank. The tanks are delivered by appointment online. China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:

Charities could do better with transparency

ON TUESDAY, internet giant Tencent Inc organized a charity activity that allowed people to buy a piece of drawing online for any price higher than 1 yuan ($ 0.15). All the drawings were made by people with autism, cerebral palsy or dysgnosia and the money raised would be used to help them. The activity attracted millions of people, yet some doubt whether the collected money would be spent effectively. Thepaper.cn comments:

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China-phobic US in codependency trap

Seemingly at odds with the world, US President Donald Trump has once again raised the possibility of a trade conflict with China. On Aug 14, he instructed the US Trade Representative to investigate whether China has infringed intellectual property rights. By framing this effort under Section 301 of the United States Trade Act of 1974, the Trump administration could impose high and widespread tariffs on Chinese imports.

Beijing ready to share governance experiences

China assumed the BRICS' chair on Jan 1, 2017, and will play host to the upcoming 9th BRICS Summit. The year of China's chairmanship also marks the beginning of the second decade of BRICS cooperation.

BRICS evolving for stronger partnership

The 9th BRICS Summit, which opens in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, within a week, is being held at a time when the group's circumstances and the international situation both are quite different from those in 2009, when the BRIC grouping officially came into being in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Are bomb shelters the only option to escape a nuclear war?

US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that "all options" are again on the table after Pyongyang tested a ballistic missile, this time a rare firing of a projectile over Japan.

Peninsula needs cooperation, not missiles, to restore peace

Just three days after the abortive launch of a number of unspecified projectiles, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired what was believed to be a ballistic missile that flew over Japan on Tuesday morning, prompting an emergency phone call between Japanese and US leaders that ended with a vow to put more pressure on Pyongyang.

Trains ride to standardization

With innovation playing an increasingly important role in economic growth, the standardization strategy has become a powerful force promoting industrial upgrading and spurring nascent industries. The more "Chinese standards" are recognized internationally, the more powerful technological support they will provide for the transformation of Chinese manufacturing from "Made in China" to "Designed in China".

Tengger case shows even big firms can't escape penalty for polluting

PASSING THE VERDICT in the Tengger Desert pollution case, the Intermediary People's Court of Zhongwei, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, said on Monday that the eight polluting enterprises should pay 569 million yuan ($86 million) for the restoration of the contaminated soil and another 6 million yuan to a public welfare fund for environmental damage. Beijing News comments:

The dilemma of takeout deliverymen

SEVENTY-SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SHANGHAIin the first half of this year involved takeout deliverymen, some of whom were killed, according to Shanghai police. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Tuesday:

Focus should shift from food security to soil preservation

CHINA'S FOOD PRODUCTIONhas been increasing since the abolition of the agricultural tax - introduced more than a thousand years ago- in 2004. But food imports, too, have increased steadily and significantly in recent years. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Monday: