Home-use medical sharps need proper disposal procedures

SOME DIABETES PATIENTS inject insulin themselves at home. How do they dispose of their medical waste? Gmw.cn comments:

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BRICS focus on good global governance

Amid the escalating trade tensions and rising wave of unilateralism and protectionism, the 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 25-27 will serve as a strong forum to help further improve global governance, and add some certainty and positive energy into international relations.

No quick fix to US-Russia differences

Editor's note: US President Donald Trump initially said his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, capital of Finland, on Monday was a "success". But under tremendous domestic pressure, a day later he reversed his denial of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Two experts share their views on US-Russia relations with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

Trump-Putin meeting lays bare wild Russophobia in United States

As someone who keeps a close eye on US politics, I have long found the Sinophobia among American politicians "absurd" and "disgusting". US presidential campaigns have often displayed the obsession of politicians to make China their favorite bogeyman.

Employment rate sign of steady economic growth

ON MONDAY, the National Bureau of Statistics released data about China's economy in the first half of the year, which shows the urban unemployment rate has been lower than 5 percent for three successive months. Ifeng.com comments:

Flaws are in the film not its reviewing

ON JULY 15, or two days after being released, a domestic film Akura: The City of Madness was withdrawn by its producers from cinemas, who claimed they were maliciously given bad reviews on film rating websites. Gmw.cn comments:

Lifesaving call for action

Amid heated discussion about the film, Dying to Survive, Premier Li Keqiang has instructed relevant departments to lower the retail price of some imported lifesaving anti-cancer medicines as soon as possible, and ensure the regular supply of the medicines.

Chen's visit to the US shows that the tail still wants to wag the dog

REPORTEDLY, Chen Ming-tong, head of Taiwan's "Mainland Affairs Council" visited Washington DC this month, where he plans to attend a seminar jointly held by the Heritage Foundation and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and meet officials of the US Department of Defense, State Department, National Security Council and the House of Representatives. Guancha.cn comments:

Trump promotes deal by accepting no quick fix

It may go down in history as an insolvable riddle whether or not Donald Trump was, as he later argued, tripped by a double negative when he exonerated Russia, which allegedly meddled in his country's 2016 general election that sent him to the White House, when he was expected to condemn it.

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Kindergartens should not be elementary schools

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION recently issued a notice banning kindergartens from teaching primary school courses. China Youth Daily comments: