Dated practice bane of Japan manufacturing

The reputation of "Made in Japan" products is at stake after a string of data-tampering scandals surrounding Kobe Steel, Nissan, Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies have come to light. The plight of Japanese manufacturers could worsen as the executives of some scandal-tainted companies have been equivocating over their misconducts.

Fijian dialogue process makes Bonn climate talks a 'success'

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, which concluded over the weekend was no different from the other annual gatherings since 1995, when the world leaders decided to sit together to find ways to cope with climate change.

Co-location arrangement consolidates HK's status

Since the central government is advancing coordinated development of the Pearl River Delta with the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions with the aim of it becoming the world's leading bay area by GDP, few doubt the importance of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) in helping Hong Kong consolidate its status as a key global financial, shipping and trading center, and enhancing its overall competitiveness.

Importance of cultural development

President Xi Jinping met more than 600 individuals selected for their outstanding work promoting the country's cultural and ethical progress at a ceremony to honor them in Beijing on Friday.

Govts wrong to reveal residents' personal info on their websites

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, the personal information of local residents, from their identification card numbers and mobile phone numbers to addresses, are revealed in a host of documents that can be viewed on various government websites across the country. Such personal information, including that of people receiving financial aid, has been disclosed online without their consent. Legal Daily commented on Saturday:

Laudable plan to meet pension obligations

WITH ITS AGING SOCIETY putting a strain on pension payments, China will transfer some State assets, including shares of State-owned companies and financial institutions, to the country's social security fund, according to a document issued by the State Council, China's Cabinet, on Saturday. Beijing News commented on Sunday:

Handsome rewards can prompt people to report pollution

THE GOVERNMENT of Jingjiang, East China's Jiangsu province, has reportedly rewarded a man 300,000 yuan ($45,000) for his tip-off about soil pollution over two years ago. Beijing News commented on Sunday:

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19th Party Congress a vision for the future

China is entering a new era in which it is paying more attention to narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, and addressing the regional and rural-urban development imbalance and inadequacies, and according greater priority to the spiritual and cultural needs of the people. Thus, a new awareness and sensibility for sustainable development is emerging, and a new approach to the needs of civil society is growing rapidly.

Systemic change to boost anti-graft fight

Editor's Note: The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China approved some amendments to the Party Constitution, including the Party disciplinary inspection system. Du Zhizhou, deputy director of the Clean Governance Research Center at Beihang University, explains to China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang the importance of those amendments for society. Excerpts follow:

Spending less time on internet could reduce depression

Eight young Japanese women - three of them high school students - spoke through Twitter about their depression or intention to die. Their tweets caught the attention of Takahiro Shiraishi who tweeted back "let's die together", saying he, as a "hanging pro", could assist people to commit suicide. He has admitted that he invited them, one by one, to his apartment between late August and mid-October, and killed and dismembered them all. A young man who went to his apartment looking for one of those women met the same fate at Shiraishi's hands.

Xi Jinping And His Era

On the morning of Oct 18, Xi Jinping, standing behind a lectern in the Great Hall of the People, delivered a report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 32,000-character report, the most significant of its kind in recent decades, drew more than 70 rounds of applause from delegates.