Reforms make train travel easier

SOME PASSENGERS prefer window seats on planes and trains, others aisle seats. As of Thursday, people booking train tickets online can specify which they prefer. The system will also recommend transfers to those who need to change trains so passengers can buy all the necessary tickets at the same time. Fawan.com comments:

Welcome movesWelcome moves to better reward good Samaritans

THE PROVINCIAL legislature of Central China's Henan province recently published the draft of a local regulation on rewarding good Samaritans, which raised the rewards they might receive. Beijing News comments:

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Policy continuity to maintain steady growth

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is scheduled to begin on Oct 18. It is expected to signal the policy direction for the next five years, and to maintain steady growth, policy continuity is likely.

China determined to keep globalization going

It is fair to say anti-globalization is on the rise. But assuming globalization is in reverse runs the risk of overlooking the fact that China has become one of the most forceful promoters of globalization and pivotal international bodies including World Trade Organization, G20, BRICS, and the European Union remain positive toward it.

Deepening of supply-side reform continues

In order to adapt to the economic new normal, deepening supply-side structural reform was an almost inevitable choice.

Change on cards in this Year of Rooster

During a New Year news conference in Ise, a city in central Japan's Mie prefecture, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he was not thinking of dissolving the House of Representatives for an election. He referred to this year being a Year of the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac, and said that such years "have frequently served as major political turning points".

Different analysis methods cause of friction

Recent trade frictions between China and Europe have highlighted their different approaches to addressing such issues, and in my view, this stems from the latter side's inability to properly analyze China's economy and assess China's demands.

Nuclear-free world is still illusive

The decision of Norway's Nobel Committee to award this year's peace prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, also known as ICAN, was deliberately timely.

Another sign of Trump's isolationist thinking

The United States announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing from UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural and educational agency, citing its frustration at how the Paris-based organization is run and its "continuing anti-Israel bias" as the reasons. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel plans to follow suit.

Safeguarding the people's right to health

Editor's note: The Information Office of the State Council published a whitepaper on the development of China's public health cause. The following are excerpts of comments by Chinese human rights and public health researchers.

China will continue to make its contribution

The preparations for the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China are in full swing, and the event is drawing the attention of the whole world. Not only because it will herald some new faces among the country's top leaders, but also because it will outline policies to chart China's growth over the coming years.