Oil firms shine on price rebound

Industry analysts predicted the strong rebound of China's oil majors is likely to continue in the second half of the year, after the country's three oil majors - PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC - all reported positive half-yearly profits, reaping the benefits of a rebound in crude oil prices.

Tencent shares fall as online games curbs hit sentiment

Share prices of large Chinese online gaming companies plunged on Friday as the government decided to clip the wings of the fast-growing sector.

Maliciously harming natural heritage must incur criminal punishments

TWO TOURISTS RECENTLY entered the core zone of a national geo-park, which is a forbidden zone to travelers, in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province, leaving a large number of footprints on the Danxia landform mountain slopes. They boasted in a video they posted online that "destroying a 6,000-year-old masterpiece of the nature in person" feels "cool". Guangming Daily comments:

No credibility to Trump's China-hacking tweets

"Report just out: 'China hacked Hillary Clinton's private Email Server.' ... Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!" tweeted United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning.

Court will determine whether driver's death was in self-defense

A CAR DRIVER IN KUNSHAN, Jiangsu province, who after hitting an electric bike at some traffic lights attacked the rider with a long knife was himself killed when, having dropped the knife, he was attacked by the ebike rider who picked up the knife. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily comments on Thursday:

Didi has to better manage its drivers

SOME MALE DRIVERS OF DIDI, the largest ride hailing company in China, broadcast their flirting with female passengers live on the internet. Procuratorate Daily comments:

Military exercise should not be misinterpreted

Despite some wild speculation, China's upcoming joint military exercise with Russia and Mongolia is nothing untoward.

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True story of China-Africa cooperation

At the third summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which starts in Beijing on Monday, President Xi Jinping will welcome distinguished guests from 54 FOCAC member states to a gathering of unprecedented size, the biggest in Africa's relations with any country in the world.

Rental housing market needs time to develop

The rapid increase in house rents has drawn wide public concern, with some people blaming it on speculation and monopoly in the rental housing market. But we should not judge a market economy issue using ideology, because that would neither promote the nascent rental housing market nor meet the people's housing demand, as advocated by the government.

Australia's 5G ban not in global interest

The Australian government's recent decision to ban Huawei from supplying 5G mobile network infrastructure equipment for security reasons is about to meet more crosswinds.

New investment law of the US discriminates against China

The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, signed by US President Donald Trump on Aug 13 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, is a hostile law against Chinese investment.