US using wrong reason to wage a trade war

The United States is using the pretext of intellectual property rights (IPR) to intensify the trade conflict with China. But China's measures to better protect IPR should be based on facts that conform to international rules, instead of the US' misinterpretations that tend to violate those rules.

Dubious methods won't alleviate poverty

A REPORT of the discipline and supervisory department of Weishi county, Henan province, says officials of a village in Shuipo town of the county made villagers draw lots to decide whose families would be identified as "poverty-stricken". China Youth Daily comments:

Western media's view on religion blurs reality

Should religious activities on the internet be regulated? This question has gained importance for multiple reasons, not least because of the impostors and extremists masquerading as holy saints online.

Here's to Shan and the art of storytelling

SHAN TIANFANG, a renowned storyteller on the radio, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Beijing News comments:

Is an evil design at play to malign the CPEC?

It has been hailed as a good example of strategic cooperative partnership between two countries to promote shared economic development. Yet a recent Financial Times report claims the new Pakistani government has decided to re-evaluate the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and renegotiate its terms, as it is "unfairly" beneficial to Chinese companies at the cost of their Pakistani counterparts.

Family planning reform shifts the focus to healthy population growth

THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT published an institutional reform plan for the National Health Commission on Monday, which requires the commission to restructure its internal departments and personnel. ThePaper.cn comments:

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Tariffs could double US' trade losses

US President Donald Trump's tariffs are based on flawed doctrines, which could penalize the US' economy as much as the trade deficits.

Hello, crazy rich Asians, meet Mr Billionaire

Crazy Rich Asians and Hello Mr. Billionaire are two 2018 summer hits that poke fun at the insane, inane lifestyles made possible by extreme wealth. The former, an American-made film, extols a "Chinese" identity but pulls its punches in social terms, while the latter, a Chinese film made entirely in China, punches away with gleeful scorn and hard-hitting jabs.

Consultation, not a trade war, will settle bilateral disputes

The trade friction between the United States and China does not signify a tipping point in the Sino-US relationship, experts have said, even though the two countries have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's goods.

US fires yet another salvo at the world order

Giving another example of its diplomatic audacity and scorn for international law, the Donald Trump administration has threatened to arrest and sanction judges of the International Criminal Court if they move to charge any US personnel who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.

Govt should take steps to lessen impact of rising CPI on people

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS, the consumer price index increased 2.3 percent year-on-year in August. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday: