Smoking ban on planes must also be applied to flight crew

A COPILOT vaping on an Air China flight from Hong Kong to Dalian caused the plane to start a rapid emergency descent, because in trying to hide the fact that he was smoking by turning off a fan, he turned off the air-conditioning unit instead. His "foolish" error caused an oxygen shortage in the passenger cabin, triggering the height warning device and an emergency descent of the plane from an altitude of 11,000 meters to 4,000 meters. People's Daily comments:

Innovation new driver of development

TESLA SAID ON THURSDAY that it will establish a research and development center in Beijing, the first one outside of the United States. The electric carmaker also announced earlier that it will establish a factory in Shanghai. Beijing News comments:

Healthcare reforms fundamental to end attacks on doctors

A 47-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR working for an armed police hospital in Tianjin was stabbed to death by three people on her way to visit a patient on Thursday morning. ThePaper.cn comments:

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A trade war based on US ignorance

Like slowly moving tectonic plates, in which at first there is no perceptible movement, only to be followed later by a jarring earthquake, the ground is finally shifting in the trade war between the United States and China.

Intellectual property, not monopoly

"The copyright and patent laws we have today look more like intellectual monopoly than intellectual property," wrote Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles in their recent book about the US economy. Concerns about overprotection of intellectual property acting as a barrier to innovation and its diffusion are not new. But they have gained greater salience now that knowledge has emerged as a dominant driver of economic activity and competitive advantage.

China writing its book in its own way

"Crossing the river by feeling the stones" as former leader Deng Xiaoping put it metaphorically, is how China started implementing reform and opening-up in 1978. Reform began in a gradual, experimental manner, by first allowing farmers to farm their own land on long lease and build township-and village-level companies. The establishment of special economic zones followed, which helped build an export-oriented economy and attracted foreign capital. And the foreign companies that flocked to China with money and expertise helped its economic growth.

Fiscal steps to maintain growth pace

China's fiscal revenue increased at a steady rate of 10.6 percent on an annualized basis during the first half of this year with fiscal spending in key sectors growing at a faster pace and sustaining economic growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

Medical device makers hit by tariffs

US medical device makers could lose $138 million this year as a result of the 25 percent US tariffs on Chinese imported goods that went into effect last week, and they may cause some manufacturers to downsize and cut research and development.

Norway optimistic about burgeoning demand for salmon

The Norwegian fishery industry is looking to further consolidate its gains in China, after notching up a fivefold growth in salmon exports during the first six months of the year.

Alibaba helps NZ seafood traders

With lobsters already accounting for 70 percent of its seafood exports to China, New Zealand is looking to make further inroads into the market by cutting down the delivery time of its shellfish to 16 hours through a partnership with e-commerce giant Alibaba.

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