Nuclear plant's safety is built-in blessing

AN ONLINE POST showing a Taoist priest practicing "magic" at a ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone for a nuclear power project in Minqin, Northwest China's Gansu province, created a stir recently. Beijing News comments:

Licensed street performers give cities character

CHENGDU, capital of Southwestern China's Sichuan province, recently issued an announcement for openly "auditioning" street performers. Those who pass the tests will receive permits to perform. Gmw.cn comments:

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Talks can silence the drums of trade war

Last month, the United States administration fired the opening salvo in what could lead to a full-blown trade war. While trade frictions have long been an issue in China-US relations, few expected such an escalation, not least because economists widely view trade wars as damaging to all parties. So how did we get to this point, and can we turn back before it's too late?

US must act constructively to seek trade relief

In an article in the Financial Times on April 9, White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro claimed the trade deficit with China since 2001 caused the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs in the United States during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

US no longer 'confident, optimistic and open'

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the US, is puzzled by the change in a country where he has lived and worked for many years. "Is the America I used to know - an open, confident, optimistic America - still there?" he said in a speech at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies on April 17.

Shrinking space for secessionists' tricks

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Dominican Republic and the People's Republic of China was only a matter of time.

Some give as well as take needed for talks trade-off

"We're going to have very frank discussions", US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a TV interview broadcast on Monday. Which is all well and good. But whether there will be any positive outcomes from the discussions in Beijing on Thursday and Friday will depend on whether the delegation he is heading comes to try and lay down the law to China or amicably find ways to resolve the trade feud that has erupted.

Allowing indoor smoking areas is pragmatic tobacco control measure

HANGZHOU, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, has given a green light to setting up indoor smoking areas in public places in a draft of its newly revised smoking control regulation. Beijing News comments:

Baidu should stop using paid listings

SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION about illnesses on Baidu, the most popular Chinese online search engine, you are unlikely to find any useful information on the diseases on the first one or two pages as they are full of advertisements for healthcare products. Beijing News comments:

Encouragement alone will not make packaging greener

A PROVISIONAL REGULATION on express deliveries came into effect on Tuesday, which requires express delivery enterprises and customers to use biodegradable or compostable materials for packaging purposes. Beijing News comments:

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