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Joint efforts can ease tensions on peninsula

Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in's four-day visit to China from Wednesday will help allay bilateral concerns, and provide an occasion for the two sides to find ways to ease the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Rightists rub salt into the wounds of history

Politicians and bureaucrats have the historical responsibility to lead their people toward a new future. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. The National Memorial Day of the Nanjing Massacre will be observed on Wednesday, and the Chinese people hope the Japanese right-wing politicians would face history squarely and be cautious with their words and deeds at this sensitive time.

China plays big climate role on global stage

Editor's note: On the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, tells China Daily's Cui Shoufeng how the global fight against climate change should move forward after the United States' withdrawal from the climate accord. Excerpts follow:

Let people burn coal for heating if gas supply is inadequate

The shift from coal to gas for heating in the winter has left tens of thousands of rural families in North China's Hebei province shivering because of the shortage of natural gas. This fact came to light last week when some photographs showing some primary school students in Quyang county of Hebei running on the playground just to keep warm went viral online.

Germany's cyber espionage allegations are an old trick

Germany's intelligence agency BfV has claimed that China is using fake LinkedIn profiles as a means of spying on German officials and politicians, alleging it is part of a "broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies", as BfV head Hans-Georg Maassen put it.

Australia's opportunist move likely to run into stone wall

Despite strong criticism from Australian Chinese and indignation from China, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seems determined to play his new role as China-basher-in-chief. His enthusiasm for the part is casting a dark shadow on the formally bright prospects for bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Govt should recalibrate focus of its new energy subsidies

STATISTICS SHOW THAT although China leads the world in installed capacity, much of the energy generated by hydro power, wind power and photovoltaic power is wasted. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Daredevil's death shows livestreaming risks

WU YONGNING, a 26-year-old man famous for climbing high buildings without taking any safety precautions and releasing videos of his stunts, died on Nov 8 when he fell during one of his climbs. His death was confirmed on Friday. Sznews.com comments:

Carers and nannies should be vetted by their companies

A VIDEO CLIP showing a woman beating a child a dozen times within a minute in an elevator after the doors closed has gone viral. The incident was confirmed to have happened in a residential community in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, and the local police said they have detained the suspect, who was the child's nanny. Hebnews.cn comments:

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