Purgatives required to eliminate health scams targeting the elderly

ROBERT O. YOUNG, author of the book pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health has been ordered by a US court to pay more than $105 million in medical expenses and damages to a woman who said he falsely promised to cure her breast cancer. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Expo shows resolve to widen opening-up

Editor's note: How will the ongoing China International Import Expo in Shanghai affect China's trade pattern and why it symbolizes further opening-up? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Charting an eco-future for Yangtze and China

The majestic Yangtze - the longest river in the world flowing through a single country - nurtures an area of more than 2 million square kilometers, or about one-fifth of China. It is also one of the busiest inland rivers on the planet and about 400 million people rely on it for their water needs.

Khashoggi case won't impact oil market much

Even after Riyadh admitted that Saudi Arabian journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its embassy in Turkey, more details about the case have surfaced, sparking global condemnation and leaving many worried about its fallout on the world oil market.

Personal income tax special deduction plan a welcome move

The Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation released a draft of the personal income tax special deduction plan to solicit public opinion from Oct 20 to Nov 4. The comprehensive and classified combined personal income tax law will take effect since Jan 1, 2019, and could benefit Chinese citizens.

Criminal Law must not be misused to intervene in economic disputes

ON MONDAY, the Supreme People's Court instructed judicial departments to resolutely avoid treating economic disputes as crimes. Qianjiang Evening comments:

Will polarized Congress widen or narrow divisions?

In an illustration of the old saying "extremes meet", the Democratic Party took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections but lost ground in the Senate.

New board will help promote innovation

IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OPENING of the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Monday, President Xi Jinping said that China will launch a science and technology innovation board on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and experiment with a registration system for listed companies. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Digital future compels more cooperation in cyberspace

With digital technology playing an increasingly important role in the integration of the globalized world, joint endeavors for governance of the internet are necessary to ensure that all countries benefit from it.

China's ban on foreign waste has set good example

Editor's note: After China implemented a ban on 24 types of imported waste in January, countries in Southeast Asia have become the main destination for the waste. Haiwainet.cn comments: