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:

Daredevil's death shows livestreaming risks

WU YONGNING, a 26-year-old man famous for climbing high buildings without taking any safety precautions and releasing videos of his stunts, died on Nov 8 when he fell during one of his climbs. His death was confirmed on Friday. Sznews.com comments:

Carers and nannies should be vetted by their companies

A VIDEO CLIP showing a woman beating a child a dozen times within a minute in an elevator after the doors closed has gone viral. The incident was confirmed to have happened in a residential community in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, and the local police said they have detained the suspect, who was the child's nanny. Hebnews.cn comments:

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Innovation needed to fight climate change

The follow-up meeting to the 2015 Paris climate accord on Dec 12 will be slightly less impressive than the original. Having dumped the Paris Agreement, US President Donald Trump is going to skip, and China and India are sending ministers instead of their leaders. But we will hear the same defiance coming from Paris as we have heard for the past two years: the Paris Agreement will continue, even without the US.

US tax cut can be turned into an opportunity

The United States Senate has approved a bill to reduce taxes for businesses and the rich as part of the promises US President Donald Trump made during his presidential campaign, which will have a big impact on many economies, especially China's.

Regenerating informal housing in cities

Urban "demolition" is perhaps a formulation of fast growing cities. Some informal residential buildings have been demolished after the recent fire in Beijing. But instead of demolishing such housing better precaution can be taken against fire risks by making urban management more scientific and reasonable.

US, EU should fulfill WTO vow to fruits of partnership

The European Union should have recognized China as a market economy one year ago because, as one of the members of the World Trade Organization, it had agreed to a "sunset clause" in 2001, when China joined the WTO, that it would stop using the "surrogate country" approach when calculating anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports by Dec 11, 2016.

Arctic gas terminal begins Ice Silk Road

While translating Russia's rich energy reserves into a badly needed boost for its economy, the Yamal liquefied natural gas project, which aims to tap natural gas reserves totaling more than 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent, also promises benefits for China.