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Trump's act of fatuity hurts Sino-US ties

Not a single inch of Chinese territory can be separated from China, and any attempt to divide the nation will be crushed, President Xi Jinping said at the closing of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Tuesday.

Better IPR protection to boost innovation

Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang echoed the resolve in the Government Work Report, which he presented at the annual sessions of China's top legislature and top political advisory body on March 5, and reiterated the importance of better protecting intellectual property rights (IPR).

China-DPRK ties remain as solid as ever

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un, who is also chairman of the country's State Affairs Commission, congratulated Xi Jinping for being unanimously re-elected the president of China on Saturday.

We can only hope Mother Nature comes to save us from destruction

Sudan is dead. The last male northern white rhinoceros was euthanized in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy on Monday to relieve it from the incurable pain from a degenerative illness. It was 45 years old.

Xi offers insights for building shared future

Delivering a speech at the closing of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China will never seek development at the expense of other countries.

Thaw in Sino-Japanese ties can benefit whole region

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, and as there has been a thawing of bilateral relations recently, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday that he will consider paying an official visit to Japan while attending the China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting planned for the first half of this year.

Audit office can ensure there are no supervisory blind spots

THE AUDITS OF PARTY and government departments must act as a sharp sword in the battle against corruption, said Hu Zejun, auditor general of the National Audit Office, on Monday. Thepaper.cn comments:

Watchful eyes on the environment

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE on the sidelines of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, the top legislature, on Saturday, Li Ganjie, the minister of environmental protection and chief-to-be of the newly-approved Ministry of Ecological Environment, said the central government's environmental protection inspections will be maintained as part of the efforts to strengthen environmental protection. Ynet.com comments:

Speed up accident response system for expressways

THE TOTAL LENGTH of expressways in use reached 131,000 kilometers by the end of 2017, which is the longest in the world. Yet the number of accidents increased, too, causing injuries and deaths, which calls for better emergency response services on highways. Beijing News comments:

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China, Russia working for shared future

With Xi Jinping being unanimously re-elected as the president of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission on Saturday, and Vladimir Putin winning a new term as president of Russia on Sunday, world attention has again shifted to the two countries. Xi Jinping was already re-elected the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in October.