Innovation needed to fight climate change

The follow-up meeting to the 2015 Paris climate accord on Dec 12 will be slightly less impressive than the original. Having dumped the Paris Agreement, US President Donald Trump is going to skip, and China and India are sending ministers instead of their leaders. But we will hear the same defiance coming from Paris as we have heard for the past two years: the Paris Agreement will continue, even without the US.

US tax cut can be turned into an opportunity

The United States Senate has approved a bill to reduce taxes for businesses and the rich as part of the promises US President Donald Trump made during his presidential campaign, which will have a big impact on many economies, especially China's.

Regenerating informal housing in cities

Urban "demolition" is perhaps a formulation of fast growing cities. Some informal residential buildings have been demolished after the recent fire in Beijing. But instead of demolishing such housing better precaution can be taken against fire risks by making urban management more scientific and reasonable.

US, EU should fulfill WTO vow to fruits of partnership

The European Union should have recognized China as a market economy one year ago because, as one of the members of the World Trade Organization, it had agreed to a "sunset clause" in 2001, when China joined the WTO, that it would stop using the "surrogate country" approach when calculating anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports by Dec 11, 2016.

Arctic gas terminal begins Ice Silk Road

While translating Russia's rich energy reserves into a badly needed boost for its economy, the Yamal liquefied natural gas project, which aims to tap natural gas reserves totaling more than 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent, also promises benefits for China.

Anti-China chorus hurts relations

Australia and China should be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on Dec 21. However, given the anti-China chorus in Australia the celebrations will have to be put on hold.

To fulfill poverty alleviation goal requires govts' dedicated efforts

THE LOCAL LAND resources bureau of Dangyang city, Central China's Hubei province, has published on its website a report about its poverty alleviation efforts for 2017. After the media reported that it was the same as a previous report of their counterpart in Guanyang county in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the local government admitted having copied the Guangxi report. People's Daily comments:

Pharma company should substantiate claims

MANY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS have already pointed out that the so-called pharmaceutical liquor of Hongmao Pharmaceutical, which it boasts can help promote health, does not help at all. In other words, it has broken the Advertisement Law, which prohibits exaggerated and false claims. Thepaper.cn comments:

City's image can never be promoted with a false story

THE STORY OF Li Xiangnan, a "child prodigy" in Laiyang, East China's Shandong province, was widely spread online, yet journalists found there were holes in it. The local education bureau is believed to have been involved in promoting the story and an investigation is underway. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

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China's 2018 economic outlook positive

China should face a relatively favorable external economic environment next year, with global GDP growth, according to our (Oxford Economics) estimate, expected to increase to 3.2 percent in 2018. While global import growth is likely to slow next year, it should remain higher than in 2015-16, supporting export growth.

Australia takes a diplomatic misstep

It is a pity that Australia's diplomacy is still based on ideology and focused on the US even after decades of cooperation and commercial exchanges with China. That Canberra is biased against Beijing was evident when reports by Fairfax Media and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation were used to whip up anti-China backlash in June, which, in a way, culminated on Tuesday with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull explaining the need to ban foreign interference in domestic politics on "disturbing reports about Chinese influence".