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:

Law needed on what to do with pets' bodies

DATA SHOW THAT the number of pets in China reached 250 million in 2017. However, there is no legal clause about what to do with their bodies when they die. Beijing News comments:

Aggregators must give up vulgar news

TOUTIAO, a popular news service smartphone application, has been criticized for pushing vulgar and other improper information to users. Since April 9, at the order of the State Administration of Radio and Television, it closed an improper sub-app and WeChat public account. Later, it withdrew its app from the Apple Store and other smartphone app stores for three weeks so as to make changes. On April Wednesday, Zhang Yiming, its CEO, issued a public apology letter. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Strong navy to better defend country's interests

President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission, said there had never been a more pressing need for a strong navy when he attended a naval parade in the waters off Hainan province on Thursday.

It's time Australia changed its China policy

The Australian media have been trying to hype the "China threat" theory - the latest example being a piece of fake news which says, "China will establish a permanent military base in Vanuatu" and claims the move will change geopolitics in the South Pacific. Another example is the reports, based on hearsay, which first surfaced about a year and a half ago, claiming China was buying political influence in Australia - which Beijing firmly refuted last year.

Boao leads the charge for globalization

That China remains committed to further opening up its economy, and deepening and widening domestic financial reforms were the central messages of President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia on April 10.

Japan has much to gain by improving ties with China

During his first visit to Japan as State councilor and foreign minister from Sunday to Tuesday, Wang Yi will co-chair the fourth China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Tokyo, which is welcome news for both countries.