A trade war won't benefit the US

Editor's note: The US and China have announced a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs, and if such actions and reactions continue and turn into a full-blown trade war, no one will emerge winner. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan on the issue. Excerpts follow:

Passengers' safety must be above profit

A 20-year-old woman was raped and killed by a Didi Chuxing hitch carpooling driver in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on Friday. On May 5, an airline stewardess was raped and killed in Zhengzhou, Henan province, by the driver of a car registered under his father's name with Didi Chuxing, China's largest online car-hailing platform.

Policies to curb real estate demand are bearing fruits

China's real estate market has entered a new stage this year. In the first seven months, the authorities adopted policies to curb the unreasonable real estate demand. Till the end of July, more than 50 prefecture-and higher-level cities and 10 county level-cities had issued real estate policies to curb demand. But on the other hand, the authorities have emphasized the importance of adequate supply to stabilize the supply-demand relationship.

Car hailing company must put customers' safety before profits

A 27-YEAR-OLD DIDI CHUXING DRIVER in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, has reportedly confessed to raping and murdering a 20-year-old woman who booked his car through the company's Hitch carpooling service. People's Daily comments:

Values perniciously being stretched by short video posters

THEIR CONTENT MAY VARY, but video clips such as the one showing a 9-year-old girl dressing like an adult for males and one showing an escapee challenging police, share one thing in common, namely they are immoral, and may even break the law. Thepaper.cn comments:

Bright prospects lie ahead for Belt and Road Initiative

Embracing the principles of inclusiveness and openness, the Belt and Road Initiative is in striking contrast to the unilateralism and trade protectionism adopted by some countries.

Who allowed Harbin hotel to violate the law?

TWENTY PEOPLE are confirmed to have died in a fire at a hotel in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Saturday. Legal Daily comments:

World has enough troubles without a new Cold War

In a sign that the Donald Trump administration is hellbent on reviving the Cold War, the US Navy held a ceremony at Norfolk in Virginia on Friday for the re-establishment of its US Second Fleet which will be responsible for naval forces along the East Coast and in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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Income tax reform must meet people's needs

More than 60,000 people have submitted about 130,000 opinions and suggestions for the amendment to the Individual Income Tax Law since the authorities solicited public opinions on the draft amendment in late June.

A community of shared future with Pakistan

China-Pakistan relations are a model of state-to-state relations. As President Xi Jinping put it, China-Pakistan relations should be a model of good-neighborly friendship, a pillar of regional peace and stability, and a benchmark for international cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative.

Connectivity holds the key to a better, brighter future

Europeans, in general, blame Wall Street's greed for the 2008-09 global financial crisis. A decade since the crisis wreaked havoc across the world, the US administration's "America First" policy is once again causing worldwide turmoil.