Neighbors must make the most of new start

A visit by a Chinese foreign minister to a neighboring country and an economic dialogue session between China and a next-door neighbor should not be a big deal. It would not be were that neighbor not Japan, and such visits and dialogues not been respectively postponed for nine and eight years.

National security awareness

China celebrated its National Security Education Day on Sunday. Various kinds of activities aimed at enhancing people's national security awareness were organized in recent days.

US and its allies highhanded action in disregard of multinational system

THE UNITED STATES, the United Kingdom and France carried out military strikes against Syria without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Monday:

Joint actions to end job discrimination

ABOUT 8.2 MILLION STUDENTS will graduate from college in China this year, a record high. Peoples' Daily commented on Monday:

Double jeopardy of doctors being too many hours

"FINALLY, the operations are over." A doctor in Huaian, East China's Jiangsu province, shared this sentence on her social network app WeChat having worked continuously for 26 hours. Fawan.com comments:

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China doesn't face a debt-default risk

The ratio of outstanding government debt by the end of a year to that year's GDP is a key indicator of whether a government faces a debt-default risk. The debt ratio can reflect an economy's ability to repay its debts. Studies show China's overall debt is under control, as its debt ratio is within safety limits and sovereign balance sheet is quite sound - the total debt ratio of China's central and local governments was 38.8 percent at the end of 2016, far lower than the 60 percent red line set by the Maastricht Treaty signed by European Community members in 1992 to integrate Europe.

Attack on Confucius Institutes motivated

Editor's note: Recently several US senators including Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton and Joe Wilson have appealed to the US Congress to list Confucius Institutes as "foreign agents" according to the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Hainan reflects the fruits of reform and opening-up

The past four decades have seen China perform a development miracle, which is reflected in its regional and local successes. Among the regions to have tasted economic success is China's youngest province of Hainan, which this year marks its 30th anniversary as a province.

Strikes on Syria set a bad example in world politics

The military strikes the United States and its allies launched against government targets in Syria set a very bad example, circumventing the United Nations and making such military actions an option the world's superpower can use any time it wants against any country it doesn't like.

Hainan to set pace for an open and inclusive economy

President Xi Jinping's remarks at the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province on Tuesday, that China will further broaden market entry, attract investment, strengthen intellectual property rights protection and increase imports, were a reassuring affirmation that China will continue to advance reform and opening-up. What he said three days later that China will turn Hainan Island into the world's largest free trade zone carries greater symbolic weight.

Military move only complicates the situation in the Middle East

ON FRIDAY NIGHT LOCAL TIME, United States President Donald Trump ordered military strikes against Syria, in collaboration with the United Kingdom and France. What will be the consequences? Will they affect the US-Russian relationship? Two experts shared their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang: