Stability key to social insurance premium policy

At a meeting of the State Council, China's Cabinet, on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang said it is vital to keep the social insurance premium policy stable, which to a large extent has eased people's worries at a time when a new regulation on premium collection has aroused public concern.

Selective use of FARA on media outlets deeply disturbing

The Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday that the US Department of Justice has ordered Xinhua News Agency and China Global Television Network to register as foreign agents is deeply troubling.

More needs to be done despite summit success

The optics was fine and the sound bites heartening. Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un and Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in delivered exactly what they were expected to.

A simple message from China on US for the world to heed

That Premier Li Keqiang has called on the international community to uphold the basic principles of multilateralism and free trade should make the Donald Trump administration realize how strong is China's resolve to fight trade protectionism.

Absurd claims can give TCM a bad name

AN ARTICLE on acupuncture published in November sparked a fierce debate recently because it concluded that parents, by getting acupuncture treatment, could cure their children of certain diseases. Thepaper.cn comments:

Inland cities' growth is welcome, but balanced development required

OF LATE, some media outlets have been referring to seven cities in the central and western regions - Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Xi'an and Hefei - as China's new engines of growth. Beijing News comments:

Hold all those behind data forgery liable

THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS has said that enterprises in Liaoning and Shandong provinces, Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions, and Tianjin have forged their economic data to embellish their performance last year. Beijing News comments:

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Anxious US could use more trade tricks

The Donald Trump administration announced new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods late on Monday even though US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin has invited China to a new round of talks later this month to settle the trade disputes. Why is the Trump administration still offering an olive branch to China while putting maximum pressure on it?

Tsai a hypocrite to target spying victims

China Central Television, the mainstream broadcaster on the Chinese mainland, has made public three spying cases involving Taiwan intelligence agencies since the weekend. The spies targeted mainland students in an attempt to obtain classified information from them. CCTV also said the Ministry of State Security has cracked more than 100 such cases.

Turbulent times call for deeper cooperation

That China-Vietnam relations are based on a solid foundation was evident at the 11th meeting of the China-Vietnam Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, which the two countries co-chaired in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Sunday.

Success of BRI in Africa good for Europe

China's trade with and investments in African countries are now part of its Belt and Road Initiative, which President Xi Jinping proposed in 2013. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China has been providing loans for and investing in a large number of infrastructure development projects, whose aim is to improve the trade and transportation networks on the African continent. These networks will enhance Africa's trade links with the Middle East, Europe and Asia.