More public housing would reduce rents

THE SHARP RISE IN HOUSING RENTS in some cities this summer has overtaken the growth of local residents' disposable incomes by a large margin, causing wide concern. Economic Information Daily comments:

No breathing space for Taiwan's 'independence'

Just hours after Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen landed on the island on her return from a trip to two Latin American countries, another, El Salvador, cut its "diplomatic relations" with Taipei, switching them to Beijing.

Capital's new ring road will boost region's integrated development

WITH THE LAST SECTION OF A HIGHWAY ENCIRCLING the capital opened to traffic on Monday noon, Beijing's Seventh Ring Road has been completed. Beijing News comments:

Only in cloud cuckoo land is a trade war easy to win

Despite the pain being inflicted on US businesses and consumers by the blowback from his tariffs and the growing outcry against his intransigent approach, US President Donald Trump is still talking a good game, insisting that he can win a trade war with China.

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China's infrastructure lesson for Africa

There is a saying in China that if you want to be rich, you need to build a road and a bridge. Which is true, as the infrastructure facilities China has built over four decades of reform and opening-up have boosted its economic growth and helped it lift more than 800 million people out of poverty.

People-first policy for healthy growth

Editor's Note: Some experts recently proposed that "maternity funds" be established with the contributions from childless and single-child couples to help those families that have two or more children. Their argument is that the measure will encourage (if not force) all childbearing age couples to have two children and help ease the aging problem. But their proposal has sparked a heated debate online on how to sensibly encourage couples to have two children and cope with the aging population. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

China may not be better than US, but it is still a major tech power

When it comes to China's technological prowess, we get to hear two extremely contrasting views. The first is exaggeration. Some irresponsible media outlets tend to praise China's technological capabilities to the sky. They use headlines such as, "The US is shocked! A Chinese scientist has helped China develop chip technology that is way better than those possessed by other countries!", to prove their point.

China and Malaysia put Asian values to the fore

Although 93, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has shown great interest in the latest achievements of China's technology companies during his ongoing visit to China.

Paranoia in White House bedevils bilateral relations

On Saturday, United States President Donald Trump called on "all of the fools" focusing on Russia to "start also looking in another direction, China".

Real estate cauldron cooled by dousing rising land prices

STATISTICS SHOW THAT land prices in major cities have dropped year-on-year for the last four months in a row, while housing prices have risen slightly. Last month, the growth in the average housing price surpassed the growth in the price of land price for the first time since May 2016. Beijing News comments:

Monopolies unbalance housing rental market

THE BEIJING HOUSING, banking, financial and taxation authorities have warned some long-term apartment rental companies not to disturb the market order, and instructed them to strengthen their self-regulation and end their monopoly practices. Qianjiang Evening comments: