Changed beyond recognition in 40 years

At the end of the 1970s, when China was just starting to reform and open up to the world, China's foreign exchange reserves were barely more than $100 million. At an internal meeting in Beijing, late leader Deng Xiaoping tried to inspire the audience: Imagine! One day China may have a foreign reserve of $10 billion! How much can we do with that much of foreign reserve! Few thought that was possible.

Trump's mixed messages on peninsula issue are dangerous

By continuing to test nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2017, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea raised tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. But equally disturbing have been the contradictory messages from the Donald Trump administration, such as a "preventive war", "bloody nose" and, especially, last week's unspecified "phase two" concept.

Revamping Party and govt institutions for a new era

The approval of a structural reform plan of the Party and State institutions by the third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which concluded on Wednesday, is a significant move by the ruling party to give full play to the advantages of China's socialist system to meet the needs of a new era.

Unacceptable for Tokyo to add insult to injury again

Film footage discovered by a team of scholars from the Republic of Korea at the US National Archives and Records Administration was released by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.

Mobile internet cannot be asylum for advertisements that break law

THE STATE ADMINISTRATION for Industry and Commerce has vowed to crack down on illegal advertisements on the internet and in apps. Thepaper.cn commented on Wednesday:

More emphasis on vocational education required

MANY FACTORIES IN SHENZHEN, South China's Guangdong province, have complained that there is a shortage of workers after the Spring Festival holiday. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Traditions that violate rights must be ended

A VIDEO clip posted online shows the father-in-law of a bride rudely kissing her at a wedding ceremony in Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu province. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Inclusion of Xi thought will enrich Constitution

The second plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee has proposed to incorporate Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the Constitution, which reflects democracy and consensus building.

Supervisory commission key to effective governance

China's Constitution is the general statute for governance. The Communist Party of China Central Committee has suggested a section on supervisory commission be added to the Constitution to establish the commission's legal status.

Geely's Daimler deal is just a matter of course

It would be sad if Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding's surprise emergence on Friday as the biggest investor in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, with a 9.69-percent stake, becomes fuel for China phobia.