Safety of school food must be assured

ON TUESDAY, the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration confirmed in a statement that a private school in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park served their pupils expired food, including rotten and moldy products. Beijing News comments:

New amendments to drug law can restore people's faith in vaccines

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS reviewed the draft amendment of the Drug Administration Law on Monday, in which six clauses on vaccines have been added. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Middle East holds an important place in China's diplomacy

Editor's note: Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan is visiting Israel, Palestine, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Niutanqin, a columnist, commented in his post:

US administration worried it isn't dominant enough

According to US Vice-President Mike Pence, who also heads the National Space Council, the current administration in the United States will work with Congress, starting next year, to get a law passed to create an independent Space Force by 2020.

Xi's Guangdong trip clarion call for reforms

President Xi Jinping's inspection trip to South China's Guangdong province, which was the trailblazer for China's economic reform and opening-up 40 years ago, sends a strong message that the leadership has both the resolve and courage to continue on this path.

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BRI's image being tarred by false claims

The huge production capacity formed in China during its rapid economic development over the past decades has been closely watched since the 2008 global financial crisis, and especially since China launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, with some Western media and scholars trying to establish a connection between them.

Poison pill terms will kill fair trade

In order to win in its trade competition with China, the Trump administration is preparing to establish international trade and investment rules that favor the United States by building discriminatory trade blocs with its allies.

Campus misconduct coverups compound offense

More often than not schools tend to deny or downplay sexual misconduct cases on campus, especially when teaching staff are involved. Yet handling such cases seriously and decisively would not tarnish a schools' reputation, instead it would enhance it, as proven by the praise Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University has received recently.

China can help PNG defend its ecological redline

This summer, my country, Papua New Guinea (PNG), became the newest member of China's Belt and Road Initiative. This global program already spans dozens of countries and represents over a trillion dollars of planned investments in infrastructure development. Meanwhile, China's aid to PNG is surging: only recently, it committed over AU$4 billion ($2.82 billion) to develop PNG's national road network. These initiatives mean that bilateral trade is set to increase.

Private education can build on strong foundations

ON SUNDAY, Westlake University, China's first private university aimed at cultivating high-level talent in advanced technology, was founded in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province. Beijing News comments:

Claims vaping is alternative to smoking pernicious health risk

THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION has banned the smoking of electronic cigarettes in public areas. Guangming Daily comments: