Poverty alleviation task not to end in 2020

IN 2016, the central government removed 28 counties from its poverty county roster, and the number of applicants last year was almost five times that. The departments responsible to review and approve the applications must act objectively and prudently. The approach of the 2020 deadline should not make a difference in their criteria. People's Daily comments:

Wall between pupils casts shame on a local government

AFTER ITS CAMPUS was claimed by the local government, a private elementary school opened for migrant workers' children in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, was instructed to move to a nearby public school on Sept 1, which has incurred opposition from the parents of the children attending the public school. To soothe their anger, the education bureau of Suzhou has ordered an iron fence to be built on campus to separate the private school from the public one. Beijing News comments:

Groundless to accuse Beijing of stalling Korean progress

United States President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that his secretary of state is postponing a planned visit to Pyongyang until the "trading relationship with China is resolved". Considering the lack of progress in China-US trade talks, that could be quite a while.

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How to clean up bike-sharing firms' mess

Editor's Note: Mobike, one of the biggest bike-sharing startups, recently launched a complete bicycle maintenance measure and began recycling the "lite 1.0 version" of its bikes with poor durability. Although building a circular economy was the original goal of the bike-sharing startups, thousands of broken-down bikes abandoned on the streets show the huge waste of resources. Two experts share their views on how to solve this problem with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Who'll be Japan's conscience-keeper after Akihito abdicates in April?

Living in anguish in his final years, late Japanese Emperor Hirohito was haunted by talks holding him responsible for Japan's war with China (and other countries) before and during World War II, as his close aide Shinobu Kobayashi wrote in his diary.

US itself to blame for trade deficits

Holding China responsible for the US' trade deficits and unemployment, US President Donald Trump has launched what could turn into a full-blown trade war against China, by imposing high tariffs on Chinese products and strictly restricting technology transfer. But data show the US itself is responsible for its trade deficits, and cannot solve the problem without undergoing a radical economic transformation.

Google intensifies efforts on mainland

International technology giant Google Inc is accelerating efforts to rebuild its presence in the Chinese mainland market by introducing more of its parent company's Alphabet Inc's business into the local market.

5G initiative to boost industrial internet reach

China's intensified efforts to commercialize the fifth-generation mobile communication technology will lay a sound foundation for the development of industrial internet in the country, experts said on Friday.

Mavic 2 drone series unveiled in Beijing

DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer by market share, unveiled its Mavic 2 series of drones on Friday, amid sluggish growth in China's consumer drone market.

Chinese startups, investors looking at India

India is now an important startup destination, and even small and medium-sized Chinese enterprises, venture capital firms and angel investors are eyeing it, and seeking local insights, experts said at an entrepreneurship forum in Beijing on Tuesday.

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