Investment, talent, not theft, drive China's R&D

China has made remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology during the four decades of reform and opening-up. For example, it has achieved progress in the fields of manned spaceship, deep submarine, supercomputers, and quantum communications technology. Besides, it has also enhanced its research capability.

Brussels summit could signal NATO's decline

This is exceedingly unusual in NATO's 69-year history. Almost immediately before the NATO summit in Brussels, US President Donald Trump criticized Germany for being "captive" to Russia and called the other NATO member states "delinquent". Hours before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump described the European Union as one of his greatest "foes". Earlier, he had said, "frankly, Putin may be the easiest of all" to talk with.

Guaranteed safety first required to restore trust

With both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang issuing harsh, personal condemnations and ordering thorough investigations of the company at the heart of a vaccine scandal, the chairwoman and four senior executives of the Changchun Changsheng Bio-tech Company are now in police custody and under investigation for criminal liabilities.

More active fiscal policy will keep growth on track

That the fiscal policy is to "become more active" should by no means be taken as an indication the government will resort to a deluge of stimulus policies, since to do so would only swell debt and increase the pressure on the economy.

Is local government's hyperloop plan a good investment or vanity project?

THE GOVERNMENT OF TONGREN, a city in Southwest China's Guizhou province, and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a US startup, have signed a cooperation framework agreement to build the first hyperloop in China. Qianjiang Evening News comments:

Many blind eyes allow wildlife trade to thrive

LAST WEEK, a 21-year-old woman in Weinan, Northwest Shaanxi province, was declared brain dead after she was bitten by a coral snake she bought as a pet online. Who should be blamed for the tragedy? China Youth Daily comments:

Selling celebrities' travel info violates right to privacy

RECENT MEDIA SURVEYS have found that one can easily buy the flight information of many entertainment stars online, a tailored service for the stars' fans to get a glimpse of them at a short distance. Gmw.cn comments:

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A digital BRICS can fulfill new goals

The ongoing 10th BRICS summit of the leaders of five major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in Johannesburg will ensure programmatic continuity, as suggested by its theme of "BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution". And the accompanying forums, dialogues and about 100 sectoral meetings on the sidelines of the summit show every effort is being made to lead the group toward greater success.

Region to suffer collateral damage of a trade war

A series of decisions by the US to impose trade tariffs on its various key trade partners, including China, the European Union, India, Russia and the North American Free Trade Agreement signatory countries - Canada and Mexico - have pushed the world toward escalating trade protectionism amid rising retaliatory "tit-for-tat" tariffs as well as non-tariff measures.

Vaccine scandal has shattered public trust in supervision

The vaccine scandal raises many tough questions that the thorough investigation promised by President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang must not ignore, especially because the substandard vaccines could have been given to many children below the age of 12 years nationwide.

Strong treatment needed to remedy vaccine system

If it is found that the company at the center of the vaccine scandal paid kickbacks to local disease prevention and control centers for the procurement of its vaccines, as reports claim, it clearly had no qualms about selling substandard vaccines.