Peninsula opportunity should not be spurned

Although the signs of easing animosity on the Korean Peninsula are welcome, the offer of talks from Kim Jong-un may represent merely a transient change of tone, rather than a shift in policy, and his overture is likely to come with a price tag.

Misjudged appeal to public

Should a performing troupe pay a scriptwriter for his or her work it has been performing? The answer should be in the affirmative as the playwright enjoys the intellectual property right to the work he or she wrote. This is common sense.

Entrepreneurial spirit requires healthy business environment

IN A VIDEO widely circulated via social media, the head of a company which owns a ski resort accused the local government in Yabuli of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province, for "bullying" and "deliberately making difficulties for" the resort, and appealed to the higher authorities to look into the matter to create a fair business environment. Thepaper.cn commented on Wednesday:

Growth is more than just data on paper

ON TUESDAY, the police in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, registered 45 homeless people with disabilities. Being registered with hukou, or household permits, means they can enjoy social security that grants them more convenient medical care. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

Naive to rely on the privacy promises of tech companies

SPEAKING AT A FORUM on Monday, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holdings, said, "I fear Tencent executives might be watching our WeChat records every day." His words echoed people's long-term worries about information privacy. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Weighing the imapct of Iran protests

Editor's note: The ongoing protests in Iran, the most serious since 2009, have attracted worldwide attention. Four experts share their views on the cause and impact of the protests with China Daily's Pan Yixuan and Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Literature will help West know China better

Wang Luoyong, the first Chinese mainland actor on Broadway, captured the hearts of many Chinese by reading a letter by political strategist and essayist Zhuge Liang (181-234) to the emperor of Shuhan during the Three Kingdoms (220-280) period in the new season of Growling Tiger and Roaring Dragon.

Beijing bans ivory trade, leads the world

By banning the processing and selling of ivory products on Dec 31, China has fulfilled its pledge to protect wildlife and honored the announcement it made several months ago that it would outlaw all domestic trade in ivory by the end of 2017.

Turning poverty alleviation from a great dream into reality

As China rings in the New Year, it is racing against the clock to fulfill a promise its leadership has made: lifting 10 million rural residents out of poverty, which translates into more than 800,000 people a month, or about 20 every minute.

Revised law will improve business environment

The first day of the year marked further progress in China's efforts to improve its business environment, with a new Anti-Unfair Competition Law taking effect on Monday.

Internal and external factors behind the protests in Iran

The anti-government demonstrations in Iran entered their sixth day on Tuesday, with growing attention focused on whether the government will be able to resolve the crisis and restore social stability at an early date without resorting to a violent response.