Stronger legal defense for personal info

ON WEDNESDAY, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the standardization administration jointly released a national guideline on personal information protection, which will come into effect on May 1. Beijing News comments:

Protection for rural kids needed from sex abuse

AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL in Biyang, Central China's Henan province, has reportedly been sexually abused by a member of staff at her primary school for at least two years and is now five months pregnant. Gmw.cn comments:

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GDP alone can't measure quality growth

High-quality economic growth is an important element of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era". As socialism with Chinese characteristics has stepped into a new era, so has China's economic development, transitioning from high-speed growth to high-quality growth, which in turn will lead to a series of drastic changes including those in the development model and evaluation index.

How to beat the middle-income trap

According to the World Bank, high-income economies (with per capita gross national income of $12,236 or more) include the United States, Western Europe and Japan, while upper middle-income economies (per capita gross national income between $3,956 and $12,235) include Turkey, Russia, Brazil and China.

China is not a strategic competitor to US

Like the US National Security Strategy report issued in December, the 2018 US National Defense Strategy report published recently also identifies China as a strategic competitor, causing repercussions in international relations and evoking a fierce rebuttal from China.

A court should always take the side of justice

Should a person pay compensation to the family of a smoker who dies of a heart attack after arguing with him on being asked to not smoke in an elevator?

Internet giant acquires slice of Hollywood studio

Internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in Skydance Media LLC, the Hollywood production company behind Terminator, as it expands its entertainment portfolio to draw a larger audience from home and abroad.

Firm to open first cashierless pop-up outlet in Shanghai

Tencent Holdings Ltd has opened its first cashierless pop-up store in Shanghai, the latest player to delve into what could become a 65 billion yuan ($10.2 billion) industry by 2020.

JD to compete with Amazon in US market

BEIJING - Chinese e-commerce giant JD is preparing to make its United States debut with a beachhead in Los Angeles by the end of this year, seeking to best arch-rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and challenge Amazon.com Inc on its home turf.

Making bearish bets on China remains a losing proposition

US writer Gordon Chang only made himself a laughing stock with his 2001 book The Coming Collapse of China, but international hedge fund managers who have bet against China's economy are losing their pants.

Crime-busting battle waged

A special nationwide crackdown has been launched against organized crime, as, despite the tangible progress that has been made by the law enforcement authorities in recent years, the country's top decision-makers have realized that organized crime, if not uprooted, poses a grave threat to social stability and national governance.