Local govts now entrusted with task of controlling house prices

THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Land and Resources and People's Bank of China jointly convened a meeting in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, with the governments of some provincial-level regions to discuss macro-control of the real estate market. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Premature to declare IS fully defeated

IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI declared the end of the Islamic State group on Tuesday, while Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on the same day the terrorist group had been defeated from a "military perspective". Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Different public attitudes allow tarnished star to shine again

A VIDEO CLIP of Edison Chen's speech at the US-China Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Forum, in which he shared his experiences of starting a business, went viral online. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Targeted reform can help revive northeast

In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping re-emphasized the urgency to deepen reform and revive the industrial base of Northeast China.

Hope PUBG won't become a money game

"Winner winner, chicken dinner." When you or your team, having landed on a small island together with your competitors, kill all your rivals and become the only survivor, that phrase will pop up along with the victory sign.

Fulfilling domestic as well as global goals

President Xi Jinping has returned from his first overseas trip after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October. The last leg of his trip took him to Laos, and before that he attended the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, as well as paid a state visit to Vietnam.

Foreign media outlets in US merit bouquets, not brickbats

The recent move in the United States against foreign media organizations that receive government funding has raised serious concerns about press freedom and political bias against certain countries.

US wrong to resort to long-arm jurisdiction

The United States on Tuesday slapped fresh sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and three Chinese companies were blacklisted as part of what US Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin called the US' "maximum pressure campaign" to isolate Pyongyang.

Anti-graft fight never ending

Lu Wei, former deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is being investigated for suspected severe violations of Party discipline, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the top anti-graft overseer, revealed on Tuesday night.

Pharma firms obliged to make medicines even if unprofitable

AFTER MEDIA REPORTS about a shortage, even in some big hospitals, of mercapatopurinem, a medication used to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases, particularly children with leukemia, Premier Li Keqiang has urged domestic pharmaceutical companies to increase their output as soon as possible. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Passengers have right to claim compensation

A PRETRIAL MEETING in the litigation related to the Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared after taking off from Kuala Lumpur three years ago, concluded in Beijing on Tuesday, with a focus on exchanges of evidence and clarifying the appeals of relevant parties. Beijing News commented on Wednesday: