Trump can lead way in space by encouraging cooperation

Having faced a lot of flak recently, US President Donald Trump may have found some relief in the widespread support he received for the new space policy directive he signed on Monday.

Efforts to improve the Party's work style must be unceasing

XI JINPING, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, instructed Party organizations of various levels not to ease their tough stance in the fight against four forms of decadence - formalism, hedonism, bureaucracy and extravagance. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

Bookshops need help to turn the page

MANY LONG-ESTABLISHED BOOKSHOPS have closed and that trend is continuing today, despite their efforts to survive by offering a café or children's activities as well. Guangming Daily comments:

Insurance wager is illegal exploitation of celebrities' fans

AFTER LU HAN and Guan Xiaotong, two young celebrities with large numbers of fans, announced they were in a relationship, some online shops have started selling a new "insurance product" online that is essentially a bet on whether their relationship lasts longer than a year. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

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Joint efforts can ease tensions on peninsula

Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in's four-day visit to China from Wednesday will help allay bilateral concerns, and provide an occasion for the two sides to find ways to ease the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Rightists rub salt into the wounds of history

Politicians and bureaucrats have the historical responsibility to lead their people toward a new future. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. The National Memorial Day of the Nanjing Massacre will be observed on Wednesday, and the Chinese people hope the Japanese right-wing politicians would face history squarely and be cautious with their words and deeds at this sensitive time.

China plays big climate role on global stage

Editor's note: On the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, tells China Daily's Cui Shoufeng how the global fight against climate change should move forward after the United States' withdrawal from the climate accord. Excerpts follow:

Let people burn coal for heating if gas supply is inadequate

The shift from coal to gas for heating in the winter has left tens of thousands of rural families in North China's Hebei province shivering because of the shortage of natural gas. This fact came to light last week when some photographs showing some primary school students in Quyang county of Hebei running on the playground just to keep warm went viral online.

Germany's cyber espionage allegations are an old trick

Germany's intelligence agency BfV has claimed that China is using fake LinkedIn profiles as a means of spying on German officials and politicians, alleging it is part of a "broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies", as BfV head Hans-Georg Maassen put it.

Australia's opportunist move likely to run into stone wall

Despite strong criticism from Australian Chinese and indignation from China, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seems determined to play his new role as China-basher-in-chief. His enthusiasm for the part is casting a dark shadow on the formally bright prospects for bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Govt should recalibrate focus of its new energy subsidies

STATISTICS SHOW THAT although China leads the world in installed capacity, much of the energy generated by hydro power, wind power and photovoltaic power is wasted. Beijing News commented on Monday: