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Major country diplomacy bearing fruits

Delivering a keynote speech at a high-level workshop on July 26, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, emphasized the need to advance diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, while offering a glimpse into the key themes of the 19th CPC National Congress later this year.

IMF misreads the dynamics of debt

The International Monetary Fund recently said China's average GDP growth in the next two years is expected to be 6.4 percent- higher than the earlier forecast of 6 percent. But a higher GDP growth is expected because of "the government's reluctance to rein in 'dangerous' levels of debt", the IMF said while also predicting China's growth will be 6.7 percent this year- also higher than the earlier forecast.

EU is not totally safe against terrorists despite strict measures

From the bloody airport and metro terrorist attacks in Brussels in March to a truck driver plowing through shoppers in a Christmas market in Berlin in December, 2016 was a year of sorrow and anger for Europe as the European Union suffered more deadly attacks following the bloody incidents in Paris in 2015. And contrary to what many people believe, the EU has not seen absolute peace even in the months following the Berlin attack. In fact, safety in the EU is becoming even more worrisome.

Stricter steps can curb pyramid schemes

Three graduates died within a month after being hounded by pyramid scheme gangs, say recent media reports. Why have pyramid schemes become a threat to personal safety?

US ignores its warships pose major threat to other vessels

In an apparent bid to quell Western concerns over a series of accidents involving US naval vessels, General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, the US Pacific Air Forces commander, insisted the US "freedom of navigation" operations in the South China Sea have not suffered a setback and the US military will continue them to combat China's territorial claims.

Racism in US rooted in culture

The white-supremacist protest on Aug 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia, against the proposed removal of the statue of a Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861-65) snowballed into riots, in which a counter-protestor was killed and many people were injured.

Denying vehicles access to roads to keep joggers happy is against law

THE TRAFFIC POLICE IN QINGDAO, East China's Shandong province, clear some roads of traffic around Badaxia Square from 6:30 pm to 9 pm every day to keep them free for joggers. The police say the traffic control will continue. Beijing News comments:

Welcome move to protect kids from abusers

PEOPLE WITH A DOCUMENTED RECORD OF SEX CRIMES in Shanghai's Minhang district will be barred from working in industries that have close interactions with teenagers. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Sunday:

Rules help to lift residents to virtuous heights

A SUPERMARKET CHAIN in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, has introduced self-payment service that allows customers to place the purchased goods on a self-help platform and pay through their smartphones. Beijing News comments:

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Party out to boost unity among members

When the Communist Party of China was founded in 1921, it clearly listed in its constitution that people with higher social goals who embrace the Party's principles and policies could be accepted as a comrade on being introduced by two Party members. This makes it clear Party members are each other's comrades.