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Mahathir's visit will boost bilateral ties

The five-day visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from Friday comes amid investigations into projects signed by the preceding Malaysian administration of Najib Razak and the suspension of several projects, including the Chinese-funded 688-kilometer East Coast Rail Link and three gas pipelines, which could incur heavy losses both for Malaysia and China.

China's P2P industry undergoing a shakeout

EDITOR'S NOTE: According to P2Peye.com, one of China's major virtual communities which tracks the operations of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, more than 250 such platforms went bust in July alone. The massive collapse has spread panic among investors, who have rushed to withdraw their investment from all P2P platforms, putting even greater pressure on the sector. What caused the massive collapse of P2P lending platforms and what should be done to ease the situation? Three experts share their views with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Trump finding it harder to fool people over trade

It is puzzling why US President Donald Trump's interpretation of the US trade deficit with China differs starkly from that of almost all economists. His declaration that trade wars are good and easy to win is a clear contradiction to the reality on the ground.

Malaysia projects viable and mutually beneficial

Some remarks made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad prior to his upcoming five-day visit to China that begins on Friday have raised concerns that the Sino-Malaysian strategic partnership might not realize its full potential.

Yasukuni Shrine tributes not conducive to bettering ties

By choosing to send his customary donation to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proved that old habits die hard.

Tax cuts are a priority to inject more vitality into the economy

AT A RECENT FACE-TO-FACE MEETING between entrepreneurs and central government officials in Beijing, Jiang Xipei, chairman of Far East Holding Group, a technology company headquartered in Yixing, East China's Jiangsu province, said that the biggest burden on enterprises is the institutional costs they have to bear, so the government must ease the tax and fee burden on enterprises. Beijing News comments:

Govt will have to reduce cost of raising kids

A SOCIAL MEDIA POST relentlessly criticizes Zhai Zhenwu, head of the China Population Association, for a paper he wrote with a student in 2014, in which he predicted China's population growth will quickly rebound with the change to the family planning policy to allow all couples to have two children. Beijing News comments:

Domestic salmon standard can't be industry self-talking

THE FIERCE debate over a recently released standard by the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance, which classifies freshwater rainbow trout as salmon, continues. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Reform, opening-up break new ground

Reform and opening-up have been the key reason for the rise of the Chinese economy and thus the Chinese nation. It is through reform and opening-up that China has blazed a unique trail, creating new space for the development of and injecting vitality into socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Deepening reform best response to trade war

The trade war ignited by the United States poses a major risk to China's external development, which will have greater indirect and multilateral impacts in the medium and long term.