Ban professors dating students

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Beihang University in Beijing dismissed one of its professors, after investigating claims by four female graduates that he sexually harassed them when they were in college. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Many legal issues surrounding death of a dog in Sichuan

HE XINGLI, a 34-year-old in Chengdu, Sichuan province, found a dog one month ago. Yet when the owner came to get the dog back, He threatened to kill the dog if the owner did not give her money. When the police were called, He reportedly killed the dog by throwing it off the building. Beijing News invited a lawyer to analyze the legal issues behind the incident:

Cartoon

Has economic growth stabilized?

For the last decade or so, China's economy has been on something of a roller-coaster ride. As 2018 begins, is the country approaching a new ascent, a steep drop, or something in between?

Is West forming anti-China coalition?

Editor's note: A rising number of media reports say a new Western coalition may be in the making to counter China's rise and its increasing "sharp power". Is it true? What are the causes of the increasing conflicts between China and some major Western countries? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Experts follow:

Relay races reflect the spirit of Japan's youth

It would not be an overstatement to say Japan's New Year begins with the Hakone Ekiden, as an iconic long-distance road relay race is known. The 217.8-kilometer relay marathon sees male runners from more than two dozen college teams in the Tokyo area run from the center of the Japanese capital to the hot-spring resort of Hakone in Kanagawa prefecture in the Fuji foothills on Jan 2. They run all the way back to downtown Tokyo on Jan 3.

Tech firms in the dock over privacy concerns

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the country's information technology regulator, on Friday urged the country's top technology firms to streamline their customer data collection processes amid a string of online privacy rows.

Information spending tilts to services

Chinese consumers and government entities will spend more money on information services than products for the first time in 2018, according to the report released on Friday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

Village bank investment model to be expanded

China is moving to improve its model for managing investment in village and township banks, with the aim of enhancing these banks' ability to operate sustainably, protect against risks and support agro-related businesses and small companies.

IN BRIEF (Page 6)

China-made VWs heading overseas

China-made Volkswagen cars will soon be exported to Southeast Asian markets, with a pilot shipment to the Philippines to be made this month, according to Volkswagen Group China.

Moutai to double online liquor sales

Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd, China's signature high-end spirit maker, said on Friday that it expects online sales to account for 60 percent of its total sales in the future compared with 30 percent now.