Dating websites can prevent tragedies by being honest about their loopholes

POPULAR DATING WEBSITES such as Jiayuan and Baihe have scores of loopholes in information scrutiny and real-name registration, which some registered "singles" have exploited to cheat partner-seekers. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

TCM can help students to stay healthy

EAST CHINA'S ZHEJIANG PROVINCE has made traditional Chinese medicine a compulsory subject for grade 5 students. On Monday, local media outlets said TCM textbooks are being printed and will soon be dispatched to the primary schools. Jfdaily comments:

Try not to give your child a name in vain

A COLLEGE STUDENT in Chongqing has become "famous" because of her name Huangpu Junxiao, or Whampoa Military Academy, the first modern military school in China that was established in the early 20th century and produced a number of well-known military officers. People's Daily comments:

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Trump takes the wrong road to IP war

In mid-August, President Donald Trump asked US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, a Ronald Reagan administration trade hawk, to open an investigation into China's intellectual property practices. And the first public hearing on China's trade conduct is scheduled for Oct 10 in Washington.

Training centers need strict supervision

At the beginning of a new semester, Xingkong, a well-known piano training institute, suddenly evaporated causing the students' parents huge loss in prepaid tuition fees. And its announcement that it will partly reopen its centers has not cleared people's worries. Similar cases were reported last year, as operators of private education and training institutes in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen downed their shutters and absconded with the prepaid tuition.

Belt, Road a path to financial integration

Financial integration is one of the five areas of cooperation priority for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, but it seems this topic has not received the consideration it deserves. Rather, most analyses have focused on its ambitious infrastructure investment goals of the Belt and Road Initiative in the countries along the two routes, because big amounts of money easily grab attention. For instance, the Financial Times has suggested the "colossal undertaking" could cost tens of trillions of dollars to finance.

Tapping the full potential of agricultural trade with US

My discovery on a trip last week to Bozeman, Montana, was not the Yellowstone National Park nearby, but the huge potential for China-US agricultural trade and cooperation.

A step toward ultimate shift to clean energy

For those who are familiar with China's laws and efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, the document issued by 15 central ministerial departments that says gas mixed with ethanol will be used to fuel vehicles nationwide by 2020 should not come as a surprise, because it will facilitate the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Drive sense into HK students

The use of "pro-independence" posters and banners in the latest propaganda campaign launched by some students on Hong Kong university campuses has highlighted the need for the SAR government to improve the standard of legal and patriotic education so as to protect youths from poisonous ideas related to separatism.

Improving e-gadgets to help the elderly is a profitable necessity

MANY SENIOR CITIZENS in China are struggling to adapt to advanced electronic gadgets, such as hire-on-demand car-hailing apps on their mobile phones and self-checkout machines in supermarkets. They should not be left behind in the pursuit of "e-life", Guangzhou Daily commented on Wednesday:

Wild species have no place in public parks

A MAN SURNAMED YIN, 34, released a cobra in Huxiang Park, Xiangtan, Central China's Hunan province, on Sunday. One day later, after the video he shared on a social media platform caught the attention of the police, Yin was summoned to the local police station and detained for five days for "disturbing public order". Legal Daily comments: