Third food scandal exposes rotten state of food inspectors

THE AUTHORITIES of a kindergarten in Yijiang district of Wuhu, Anhui province, have allowed expired sausages and other foods to be served to the students. This is the third kindergarten food scandal in the city in a month. Thepaper.cn comments:

Business as usual harms the environment

ON TUESDAY, Ministry of Ecology and Environment officials held a meeting with the principal officials of eight cities, including Jinzhou of Liaoning province, Yanbian of Jilin province, Zhenjiang of Jiangsu province and Xuancheng of Anhui province, as well as the officials in charge of the forestry departments of Anhui and Yunnan provinces, and Chongqing, and urged them to strengthen the protection of nature reserves. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Market, not government, must decide the future of SOEs and private firms

GIVEN THE SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH, people are debating whether China should divert more resources and energy from supporting the development of private businesses to shoring up State-owned enterprises. Guangming Daily comments:

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New anti-China theory a travesty of truth

Editor's note: Some Western media outlets have been hyping up the "Chinese tourists as weapons" theory to claim that China has used the increasing number of Chinese outbound tourists as an economic weapon to intimidate other countries to realize its diplomatic goals. What is the relationship between bilateral ties and tourism development? Has China influenced other countries with its newly attained economic power? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Why can't our TV series be popular abroad?

Two TV dramas, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace and the latest online series Story of Yanxi Palace, tell different stories about the court life of the same group of women. Ironically, however, the controversy the two dramas have created has led to their success. In particular, Story of Yanxi Palace indicates the progress of China's entertainment industry has made.

UN speech reveals US' perilous worldview

I wrote in my column two weeks ago that if US President Donald Trump were to choose to speak at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, he would see many faces of resistance against his unilateral and protectionist policies. That proved true on Tuesday when he delivered his 35-minute speech at the UN General Assembly.

By misbehaving with inspectors, Muji has defied the rule of law

OFFICIALS OF the industry and commerce administrative departments of Beijing conducted a spot check on an outlet of Muji, a Japanese retail brand, recently. But the routine inspection became headline news because of the non-cooperative attitude of the shop attendants. Qianjiang Evening News comments:

Regulation can stop illegal live-streaming

SOME QINGGUO camera users recently found that their daily life was being live-streamed by the camera. Yixin, the company that makes Qingguo, said it has already closed the livestreaming function of the camera. Beijing News comments:

Fair competition, not confrontation required

No one emerges winner in a trade war. Instead, its adverse effects spill across borders. Indeed, the forecast for Asia is a drop in economic growth rate as the US-China trade conflict threatens to inflict more collateral damage on the region's export-reliant economies. An Asian Development Bank report issued on Wednesday said the region's growth will drop from 6.0 percent this year to 5.8 percent in 2019.

An isolationist US can't get 'great again'

Three years before entering the White House, US President Donald Trump tweeted that his country needs "a president who isn't a laughingstock to the entire world", "a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning".

Too small a compensation for lead poisoning

EIGHTY-TWO of the 315 children living near a chemical factory in Dapu, Hengdong county, Hunan province, were diagnosed with lead poisoning in June 2014. Last week, the families of the seven most seriously ill children signed a document in a local court to receive compensations ranging from 40,000 yuan ($5,818) to 90,000 yuan and put an end to the case. ThePaper.cn comments: