Washington's approach to agreements abnormal

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over the weekend that the United States is set to revive sanctions on Iran that were previously lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal reached between the Middle East country and the so-called P5+1 group of powers.

Cleanup of lending platforms to better serve small enterprises

THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, began asking for online lending platforms to rectify their behaviour two years ago, aiming to limit the growing risks. But both the investors and platform owners, blinded by the potentially exorbitant returns from what is a de facto usury business model, have simply ignored the authorities' warnings and continued to expand their funding and lending scale. People's Daily comments:

Policy support required to boost fertility rate

TO COPE WITH its fast-aging society, China changed its family planning policy in 2015 to allow all couples to have two children. But according to the National Bureau of Statistics, China saw 17.23 million newborns last year, 630,000 fewer than 2016. People's Daily Overseas Edition comments:

Necessary to plug environmental impact assessment holes

ENVIRONMENTAL impact assessments are the first line of defense to curb environmental pollution, and public participation is a key part of the EIA system. It is an important measure to protect the public's right to know and supervise the environment. If the public participation is not "real", the environmental impact assessment will be compromised. Beijing News comments:

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Initiative injects vitality into economies

Covering at least 65 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa, 63 percent of the world population and about 30 percent of global GDP, the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road will further facilitate the access to goods and services for the rising number of middle-class families with steadily increasing incomes in developing countries.

Eldercare model reflects wisdom of society

Editor's note: Living in a fast-aging society, senior citizens are coming up with new ideas to care for themselves. For instance, 13 senior citizens have chosen to live as a group (baotuan yanglao) in the suburbs of Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. Four experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Job seekers, beware of the pitfalls of illusory offers

In several big cities, including Beijing, a rather "creative" but vicious fraud has been targeting young female job seekers.

Tariffs to repay blow if US makes good on threat

The tariffs Beijing announced it would slap on US imports on Friday was a response to Washington's threat to raise its previously announced pending tariffs of 10 percent to 25 percent on Chinese imports worth $200 billion.

Constructive engagement key to South China Sea stability

Summing up his impressions of the foreign ministers meetings on East Asia cooperation that just concluded in Singapore, chief Chinese diplomat Wang Yi highlighted a sharp contrast: a "very successful and smooth" 10+3 session and a 10+8 session that displayed "some negative tendencies".

Kubuqi a successful example of desert greening

The world's most successful land reclamation project is not to be found in a coastal area, since it is not land reclaimed from the sea. Instead, one needs to look west from Beijing at inland China and land reclaimed from desert.

US and allies can't exclude China from world trade

The tariff war the United States initiated with China has been continuously escalated by the Trump administration.