Absurd claims can give TCM a bad name

AN ARTICLE on acupuncture published in November sparked a fierce debate recently because it concluded that parents, by getting acupuncture treatment, could cure their children of certain diseases. Thepaper.cn comments:

Inland cities' growth is welcome, but balanced development required

OF LATE, some media outlets have been referring to seven cities in the central and western regions - Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Xi'an and Hefei - as China's new engines of growth. Beijing News comments:

Hold all those behind data forgery liable

THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS has said that enterprises in Liaoning and Shandong provinces, Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions, and Tianjin have forged their economic data to embellish their performance last year. Beijing News comments:

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Anxious US could use more trade tricks

The Donald Trump administration announced new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods late on Monday even though US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin has invited China to a new round of talks later this month to settle the trade disputes. Why is the Trump administration still offering an olive branch to China while putting maximum pressure on it?

Tsai a hypocrite to target spying victims

China Central Television, the mainstream broadcaster on the Chinese mainland, has made public three spying cases involving Taiwan intelligence agencies since the weekend. The spies targeted mainland students in an attempt to obtain classified information from them. CCTV also said the Ministry of State Security has cracked more than 100 such cases.

Turbulent times call for deeper cooperation

That China-Vietnam relations are based on a solid foundation was evident at the 11th meeting of the China-Vietnam Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, which the two countries co-chaired in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Sunday.

Success of BRI in Africa good for Europe

China's trade with and investments in African countries are now part of its Belt and Road Initiative, which President Xi Jinping proposed in 2013. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China has been providing loans for and investing in a large number of infrastructure development projects, whose aim is to improve the trade and transportation networks on the African continent. These networks will enhance Africa's trade links with the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

Only education reform can shift focus to sports

ONE SCHOOL after another has published their weekly schedule for the new semester, with "sport lessons" comprising quite a high percentage of the schedules. Guangming Daily comments:

China will outlast tariff war and emerge stronger

The Donald Trump administration would commit a serious mistake if it attempts to force China to make major concessions at the negotiation table in the face of its high tariffs on more Chinese goods.

Interpretation of self-defense should reflect the spirit of law

Where to draw the line between justifiable self-defense and excesses committed in the name of self-defense often makes both prosecutors and judges indecisive, although the Criminal Law includes a clause that defines both.

Doctoring of audience ratings has to stop

GUO JINGYU, a TV play director, claims to have exposed the shady deals to forge audience ratings in the industry. A TV station demanded that he pay the cost for raising the audience ratings for his work as a condition for broadcasting his play. Beijing Youth Daily comments: