'Game changing' move on fentanyl may help US

Enhanced cooperation on law enforcement and combating illicit drugs were high on the agenda when President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December. As Trump said then, China designating all fentanyl derivatives as controlled substances would help limit the supply of illegal opioids coming into the United States.

China, NZ show that they want to build on their firsts

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been widely and rightly praised for the leadership she displayed after the right wing terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Now, on a visit to Beijing, her first to the city since taking office more than a year ago and her first overseas trip since the tragedy, she had an opportunity to demonstrate that New Zealand is a country that is open to new possibilities and welcoming of regional and global cooperation, as she portrayed it in her memorial speech.

Safety has to be foundation for a good business environment

A BLAST at the Handing Precision Metal Co in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, on Sunday morning killed seven people and wounded five. Beijing News comments:

Whaling move exposes Japan's duplicity

A JAPANESE VESSEL left the port of Taiji in western Japan on Friday to take part in the last of the government's so-called research whaling program before the country restarts its commercial whaling practices after it officially leaves the International Whaling Commission on June 30. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Firefighting must be modernized to reduce death toll

Editor's note: By 6:30 pm on Monday, the bodies of the 27 firefighters and three local residents - with whom contact had been lost since Sunday afternoon during a forest fire in Muli county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province - had been found, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

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Boeing's loss is not Chinese firms' gain

Boeing's loss does not mean Chinese aircraft manufacturers' gain, simply because China lags far behind the West in the aerospace industry. The fierce competition between Boeing and Airbus, the two aerospace heavyweights, will not have any impact, positive or negative, on China because it is not a player in the field.

Youths chat or pay their way to adulation

Editor's Note: The latest craze among Chinese youths is "kuakua" online chat groups, especially on WeChat, whose members respond positively to whatever you say. In Chinese, kua literally means to praise. Apart from the free praise you can receive from your fellow college students or internet friends, you can also purchase "compliments" from e-commerce platforms such as Taobao. Three experts share their views on this new social craze with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Govt, market dual players in Greater Bay Area

The "Outline Development Plan" for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, released recently, aims to make the GBA a world class science and technology innovation center. But how can Guangdong province, and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, which have different political systems and, to a certain extent, cultures, collaborate seamlessly to create such an innovation center?

Cooperation helping Africa to build a new future

Even decades after throwing off the shackles of colonialism and gaining independence, African countries have not been able to beat the cycle of poverty. World Bank reports say 23 of the 28 poorest countries in the world are in Africa. And the number of Africans who earn less than $1.9 dollars a day, the World Bank's international poverty line, is about 400 million, or about 30 percent of the total population of the African continent.

Belt and Road Initiative serves to promote multilateral cooperation

It is natural for such a big international project as China's Belt and Road Initiative to be taken by some with a grain of salt.

Not a hope in hell that Tsai will achieve her goal

In her latest attempt to seek foreign support for her separatist agenda, Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen said she had submitted requests to buy new F-16 fighters and M1 tanks from the United States. This will have warmed the cockles of Washington's heart, but it has only further strained the already chilly atmosphere across the Taiwan Straits and incurred strong opposition from Beijing.