Banning feasts well-intentioned but goes too far

A GOVERNMENT department of Tianzhu county in Southwest China's Guizhou province recently issued a document banning local residents from holding banquets if they are marrying for the second time. Fawan.com comments:

Speculation by listed companies distorting the real estate market

STATISTICS SHOW THAT 46 percent of the 3,582 companies listed in China's A-share market possess real estate investments, which are worth about 990 billion yuan ($149 billion) in total, up nearly 20 percent year-on-year. Beijing News comments:

Joint defense against Trump's trade assault

While it is true that China and Europe do not always see eye to eye with each other, one thing they agree on is that the protectionism of the Trump administration should be opposed.

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China-Europe partnership benefits all

Editor's note: In the run-up to the Seventh Leaders' Meeting of China and Central and Eastern European Countries in Sofia, Bulgaria, eight scholars share their views with China Daily on the role of the 16+1(16 CEE countries plus China) framework and Belt and Road Initiative, and regional geopolitics amid rising protectionism. Excerpts follow:

US economic hegemony bodes ill for the world

The Trump administration, in its latest attempt to block Chinese entry into the US market amid its ongoing trade dispute with China, is recommending that the application by China Mobile to provide telecom services in the United States be denied.

Helsinki meeting may thaw ice

The planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki, Finland, is expected to set the stage for an attempt to soothe tensions between the United States and Russia.

Urban renovation funds distort realty markets in small cities

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, the central government will soon tighten up its control over the urban renovation funds provided to cities. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

Healthy development of 'red tourism' needed

IT IS ESTIMATED that the Chinese tourists will pay more than 100 million trips to places of historical interest related to the development of the Communist Party of China this summer. Guangming Daily comments:

Swimmers must be punished as they knowingly broke law

A VIDEO CLIP went viral online, showing a female tourist preparing to swim in a reservoir where some of her companions were already in the water, even though swimming in the lake is strictly forbidden. Thepaper.cn comments:

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US-ROK alliance reach a turning point

The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs in a year, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Sunday despite US intelligence having doubts over Pyongyang's willingness to completely abandon the programs.