Shanghai pushes cross-border legal services

Shanghai's Bureau of Justice and the Shanghai Bar Association jointly set up a legal services center on Wednesday for the first China International Import Expo to be held in the city in November. It's part of the city's effort to improve cross-border legal services and become a global city of excellence by 2035.

Ministry acts to prevent encroachment on nature reserves

China's top environmental watchdog warned eight local governments on Wednesday about the invasion and destruction of nature reserves by illegal construction projects and told them not to seek economic growth at the expense of the reserves.

Beijing focuses on functions of central districts

Beijing said it will focus more on political functions in the use of land as it banned new residential real estate projects in its core districts on Wednesday.

MRSA breakthrough may spell the end for drug-resistant bacteria

Ever since the first case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, or MRSA, struck Hong Kong in 2004, researchers have sought a cure for the deadly flesh-eating bacteria..

Traditional media shouldn't follow new avatar

SOME PASSENGERS occupying other peoples' seats on trains simply refuse to budge even after train attendants and police officers intervene. Netizens have nicknamed such people "seat lords" on social media after videos of their obstinate behavior were uploaded online. The netizens have condemned them for their selfishness, impudence and lawlessness. Guangming Daily comments on Tuesday:

Ban makes clear Hong Kong has no place for separatists

The outlawing of the "Hong Kong National Party" has sent a strong signal across the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that separatist activities will not be tolerated. The ban of the party that advocated "Hong Kong independence" also sends a clear message that the central and SAR governments will defend at all costs the country's territorial integrity and the principle of "one country, two systems" - the red line President Xi Jinping emphasized in Hong Kong last year.

Deleveraging measures in financial sector will take time to yield results

THE LEHMAN BROTHERS filed for bankruptcy on Sept 15, 2008, triggering the global financial crisis that left the global economy tottering. Ten years on, the world is still feeling the repercussions of the crisis. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

US threatening to cross red line of bilateral ties

In a sign that it will not hesitate to make more moves that could worsen the already highly strained Sino-US relations, the Donald Trump administration has approved the sale of spare parts for F-16 fighter jets and other military aircraft worth up to $330 million to Taiwan.

Kindergarten kitchen a house of horrors

TONGXIN KINDERGARTEN in Wuhu, East China's Anhui province reportedly allowed students to be served meals cooked with musty raw rice and rotten chicken legs. Beijing News comments:

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Estonia praises China's open markets pledge

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid recently wrapped up her first-ever visit to China and has been particularly interested in the country's rapid development over the years as she is a trained economist.

Beijing slams offensive Swedish TV show

The Foreign Ministry strongly protested on Monday that a recent Swedish TV show insulted China, and demanded Swedish station SVT take immediate measures to eliminate the adverse effects.