Falsifying air quality data intolerable

ON SATURDAY, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment revealed at a news conference that local officials of Linfen city, North China's Shanxi province, falsified the local air quality data. Beijing News comments:

Enough sleep vital to healthy growth of young children

A SURVEY OF 10,000 children aged between 3 and 6 years old in Shanghai shows they sleep 9.06 hours every day on average, lower than the national average and the minimum health standard of 10 hours. Gmw.cn comments:

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A US-China trade war will harm the world

A lot has happened since the United States announced additional tariffs on Chinese imports and subsequent retaliatory tariff announcements by China. President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have separately met with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un. US officials have traveled to China to discuss trade issues with their Chinese counterparts, and Chinese officials have visited the US to persuade Trump to make a deal to help Chinese technology company ZTE Corporation, but the US Congress blocked it.

Airlines issue exposes separatist DPP

A number of foreign airlines, complying with the Chinese civil aviation authorities' demand, have changed references to Taiwan on their websites, indicating the island is part of China.

National security acquires new features

Since China launched reform and opening-up and began to integrate with the international community, its exchanges with the outside world have significantly increased, putting its national security in greater focus. Generally speaking, the concept of national security has seen tangible and necessary expansion in China. Initially, national security referred mainly to political security, which held true during the Cold War era.

Abe has limited options to break the deadlock with DPRK

Forgetting about putting "maximum pressure" on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan is mulling several proposals to organize a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un.

Trade row 'harms global markets'

While Chinese mainland stocks closed higher on Friday, experts said the escalating trade tensions between the US and China have harmed the global stock markets, especially relevant companies on US bourses.

Nation's imports expand steadily

An expert forecast China's international trade will remain robust in the next half year, and its continued efforts to increase imports will meet domestic demand and shore up the world economy.

Economy expected to remain on track

The Chinese economy is expected to hold up in the second half of this year cushioned by structural upgrades, as the government has the policy tools at its disposal to deal with domestic and external challenges, according to officials and economists.

Shanghai finance sector poised for more opening-up

Local administrators in Shanghai said they are planning to roll out more projects responding to the central government's financial opening-up policies later this year, especially in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

Milestone reached on Sino-Lao railway

Builders began to lay the first steel truss complex on Friday on Yuanjiang Railway Bridge - which has the tallest bridge pier in the world and the longest span between two piers - on the Chinese section of the 925.5-kilometer China-Laos railway, a major project in the Belt and Road Initiative.