Children are not private property of their parents

ON AUG 8, the local police in Jinan city, capital of East China's Shandong province, issued a press release about a man beating his 15-year-old son to death. Beijing News comments:

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Putting system reform to stress test

Historian Wang Gungwu recently observed that, whereas the West thinks in terms of ideologies, China has long thought in terms of systems. In today's age of rapid and profound change - characterized, in particular, by a fundamental shift in the United States' attitude toward the rest of the world - China's system reform approach is being put to the test.

US fallacy of pitting Russia against China

Ever since the end of the Cold War, the pundits and policymakers in Washington have suffered from raging attention deficit disorder. New fads and fantasies have succeeded each other in dizzying and disorienting succession. We have lived through the "eternal triumph of democracy and the completion of the Hegelian engine to generate world ideas" (Francis Fukuyama), the "unipolar moment" (Charles Krauthammer), the "flat world" (Thomas Friedman), and "nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan" (George W. Bush and company).

Japan's new defense plan headed in the wrong direction

Japan's defense ministry held a ceremony in Yokohama on July 30 for naming of the country's seventh Aegis escort warship; it has been named Maya and is likely to be commissioned around March 2020.

Shipbuilder reaps B&R rewards

Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd, the largest ship maker in Fujian province, has seen a remarkable growth in orders from overseas clients since China announced its Belt and Road Initiative, a top official said.

Cold-chain competition heats up

Logistics companies are racing to expand their cold-chain delivery services in China as the market heats up thanks to continuing consumption upgrades.

First privately run LNG port opens

China's first major privately owned liquefied natural gas import terminal entered operation on Tuesday in eastern Zhejiang province, setting the scene for more such facilities in the future.

China Unicom to use cutting-edge tech for Winter Olympics

Virtual reality video streaming and facial recognition technologies will be used in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, as China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd, the country's second-largest telecom carrier by mobile subscribers, scrambles to help build the event into a smart sports gathering enabled by cutting-edge communication technologies.

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Metal tariffs hit soda, beer

US soda and beer lovers might want to start stocking up, as the price for a can of fizzy drink is increasing under US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported aluminum beginning in March.

Startup supporting young entrepreneurs

The Chinese word for "crisis" consists of two characters: danger and opportunity. These two ideas inspired Saman Pouyanmehr to create an international startup to help young people start their own business endeavors.