Ghostbusters required to prevent future stealth software data theft

POLICE IN SHAOXING, East China's Zhejiang province, recently uncovered a case in which a listed technology company based in Beijing stole more than 3 billion pieces of personal information from 96 internet enterprises nationwide, including big names such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. Beijing News comments:

Canberra's bias still hurdle to better ties

The Australian government's decision to ban Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE from its 5G network is disappointing as well as poisonous to bilateral cooperation. The ill-advised move again casts a shadow over bilateral ties, which had been showing some signs of improvement recently.

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Time for Trump to heed advice, 'to jaw-jaw is better than to war-war'

The talks between China and the United States in Washington this week prompted sighs of relief despite the fact that they are unlikely to put an end to the trade tensions between the two countries.

More houses and fair market can lower rents

Editor's note: Rapidly rising rents have become one of the hottest topics of discussion in China. According to data from realty agencies, the average rent in Beijing increased 21.89 percent in July compared with June. Two experts share their views on house rents and the property market with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang:

China can overcome a trade war

The tariff war the United States has launched against China shows no sign of abating, as the Donald Trump administration made good its threat to impose 25 percent tariff on another $16 billion worth of Chinese imports on Thursday. Instead, since the US has threatened to slap tariffs on $500 billion worth of Chinese goods, or on almost all Chinese imports, the trade conflict seems set to intensify.

Having most netizens does not mean China has the best internet technology

THE NUMBER OF NETWORK users in China was 802 million by June 30 - 57.7 percent of the total population - among whom 788 million surf online using smartphones, China Internet Network Information Center said in its 42nd survey report, released on Monday. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Strong lineup in bid to curb online lotteries

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, together with 11 other central departments, recently issued a notice that forbids any unauthorized lottery sales online. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Military trust key to better Sino-Indian ties

Defense Minister Wei Fenghe's ongoing four-day visit to India, which started on Tuesday, marks another major step forward in efforts by the two countries to rebuild trust between the two militaries, one year after a 73-day military standoff in Donglang.

Promoting shared sense of belonging

RESIDENTS FROM HONG KONG, Macao and Taiwan who have lived on the Chinese mainland for more than six months will be able to apply for mainland residence permits from the start of next month. People's Daily comments:

US plan deals blow to fight against global warming

There have been record high temperatures throughout many parts of the world this summer and the oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up for the first time on record. However, instead of spurring it to make greater efforts to fight climate change, the government of the United States is dismantling President Barack Obama's 2015 Clean Power Plan so it can revive the US coal industry.

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