Increasing govt efficiency will act as a stimulus for local economies

THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT is implementing some concrete measures to simplify its business registration procedures and further improve its business environment, according to officials of the capital's finance bureau speaking at a media briefing on Sunday. Beijing News comments:

Students must be protected from loan sharks

AT THE TWO SESSIONS, National People's Congress deputies and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee members have been discussing how to tackle the companies issuing illegal loans that target college students. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Case of the dead goldfish reveals how rules change

A MAN IN ZHENGZHOU, Central China's Henan province, reportedly tried to use the subway with a container carrying two live goldfish. The security staff stopped him and so he threw away the fish, killing them. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

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Dynamism hallmark of China-Russia ties

Both China and Russia have re-elected their presidents, and the two countries, China led by President Xi Jinping and Russia by President Vladimir Putin, seem to be on track to reinforce their bilateral ties.

Strong supervision will ensure quality growth

After the annual sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body, the leadership elected at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will fully assume its new duties and, noticeably, lead China on the way to achieve high-quality economic growth.

China-Latin America partnership good for all

The United States, of late, has raised concerns over the growing relationship between China and Latin America. China has been the second-biggest trade partner of Latin America since 2014. It is the biggest trade partner of Peru, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, and is a growing foreign investor in the region, not only in the natural resources sector, but also in industry, agriculture, infrastructure and service sectors. China also gives aid and loans to several countries in the region.

New potential for boosting China-India relations

Strong leadership has become the trend especially among major powers. Strong leaders, however, have to contend with external realities that often become deterministic in molding the outcomes of their initiatives.

Act of folly to encourage Taiwan secessionists

Now that US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that encourages the United States to send officials "of all levels" to Taiwan to meet their "counterparts" on the island, and vice versa, the precious predictability consecutive past US administrations cautiously sought to preserve in China-US relations may soon be a thing of the past.

Pompeo no brake on Trump

Even a Twitter-holic such as Donald Trump will no doubt be aware that firing someone by tweeting his dismissal will be embarrassing for the person ousted from his job. And yet he did it.

Restructuring of govt depts involves more than adding, subtracting powers

CHINA PLANS to replace its Ministry of Environmental Protection with a new Ministry of Ecological Environment, according to a government restructuring plan approved by the top legislature on Saturday. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

End misfortune of fakes in countryside

THE COUNTERFEIT GOODS sold in village groceries are mostly articles of everyday use and food products, which directly threaten the health and wellbeing of about half of the national population. Beijing Youth Daily comments: