Local govts should cool housing market

THE CENTRAL BANK and the housing and land authorities recently convened a conference in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on local governments' real estate policies. Only the officials from some key provincial-level regions were summoned to attend the meeting. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Wednesday:

Patent office has not been duped by fans

IMAGINE 15 MILLION people waving fans in the same direction at the same time... That idea appeared on the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office, as a "solution" to free Beijing of smog, because the person applying for a patent argues that so many people waving fans at the same time will produce a wind strong enough to blow smoggy weather away. According to the website, the applicant has passed the first step of patent application process. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Party set to realize Chinese Dream

Following the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping advanced the Chinese Dream as a guiding thought of governing the country. And the 19th Party Congress last month made "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" a long-term guiding political theory for the Party to follow.

Head transplant against existing law

Editor's note: Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero announced on Nov 17 that a team led by him and Ren Xiaoping, a professor at Harbin Medical University, had transplanted the head of a corpse on the body of another, and hinted at carrying out the same operation on a living human. Huang Jiefu, chairman of the China National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee and former vice-minister of health, shared his views on the subject with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang and Shan Juan. Excerpts follow:

Every reason for China, US to work together

China-watchers in Washington have lamented the lack of a presidential speech on China for some time. So the Brookings Institution invited seven scholars last week and asked them to put themselves in the shoes of US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and prepare such a speech.

SCO meeting to showcase effective diplomacy

Premier Li Keqiang's proposals and policy push at the ongoing 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Sochi, Russia, will form an important and probably the concluding part of China's major diplomatic efforts this year. High hopes have been pinned on Li's diplomacy in Sochi, especially because this is the first SCO high-level meeting after India and Pakistan joined the organization.

'Tiger' hunt shows Party is resolved to clean house

Barely two days after the Communist Party of China's top disciplinary body announced the investigation of Lu Wei, former deputy chief of the Party's Publicity Department, Zhang Yang, a former member of the Central Military Commission, who was also under investigation, committed suicide on Thursday.

Subversion won't be tolerated

The Yueyang Intermediate People's Court in Hunan province sentenced two men to seven years and five years in prison on Tuesday for subversion of State power. Peng Yuhua and Lee Ming-che accepted the verdict, saying they would not appeal their sentences.

Call for nationwide toilet revolution more than a matter of convenience

PRESIDENT XI JINPING on Monday called for continued efforts to upgrade the country's toilets as part of an ongoing "toilet revolution" campaign, which was launched two years ago. People's Daily commented on Tuesday:

Beijing Party chief hits nail on the head

THE NOV 18 FIRE at a cold storage basement in a building in Beijing's Daxing district, which claimed 19 lives, was reportedly caused by faulty wiring and flammable materials. After an investigation, 20 people have been detained by the police. Beijing Daily commented on Tuesday:

Time to bring down the curtain on animal shows

ON NOV 22, a senior citizen in Nanyang, Henan province, was bitten by a tiger shut in the cage of a circus while trying to feed it. On Saturday, another tiger wounded two children in Hongdong county, Shanxi province. Thepaper.cn comments: