Milestone on successful path

The dramatic transformation of China over the past four decades means there are significant statistics to mark the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up this year. For example, the country's GDP hit 82.71 trillion yuan ($13.06 trillion) last year, about 230 times that of 1978, and China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty.

Open letter to media reveals harm controlling parents can do children

A UNIVERSITY psychology researcher in Beijing released an open letter to the media, in which he attributed the psychological disorder he has suffered since childhood to his parents, who he has not spoken to for 12 years. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

This time south was not snowed under

THERE WAS heavy snowfall in the south of the country on the weekend and many urban management departments faced the task of keeping the cities clean and maintaining smooth traffic flows. People's Daily commented on Tuesday:

Nothing unusual about theme park having VIP service

A WOMAN who recently visited Shanghai Disneyland complained that she had to queue up two hours, yet a group of visitors jumped the queue and entered the park before she did. Beijing News commented on Monday:

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DPP will never succeed with its tricks

The Taiwan aviation authorities' refusal to approve 176 extra cross-Straits flights planned by two mainland-based airlines in mid-February shows their irresponsible attitude toward more than 50,000 Taiwan compatriots expected to travel back to Taiwan from the mainland during Spring Festival. That the Democratic Progressive Party blamed Beijing on Monday for the aviation authorities' decision shows it is trying to trick the mainland into returning to talks without Taiwan recognizing the 1992 Consensus that there is only one China.

In Year of Dog we ought to know 'beauty happens'

Does our behavior have any impact on our pets? I believe it does.

The impact of Belt, Road on Nigeria is huge

The relationship between China and Nigeria is quite cordial, which is reflected in their economic and trade cooperation. Trade between Nigeria and China reached $18.1 billion in 2014 before falling to $11.1 billion in 2016.

Unnecessary US fuss about China's rising consumption

The media have made quite a fuss about a recent forecast that retail sales in China are expected to equal or exceed those in the United States in 2018. "China's retail sales are on track to hit just over $5.8 trillion," The Washington Post said in a report published on Jan 12, citing data from Mizuho, a Japanese bank.

Digital Iron Curtain shows US' Cold War mindset

US President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, which according to a media briefing by a senior official will harp on the now familiar refrain of what his administration is doing to build "a safe, strong, and proud America".

DPP's game over holiday flights will fool no one

The Taiwan aviation authority still refuses to give the green light to the 176 extra flights planned by China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Air to facilitate travel from the mainland back to the island for Spring Festival.

Ignorance of the past may be bliss but it's no excuse for spoofing it

A VIDEO spoof of the Yellow River Cantata, a classic patriotic choral work composed in 1939, has evoked an outcry, as it replaces the words Yellow River in the lyrics with "year-end bonus". People's Daily comments: