Transparency best way to quell public fears about infected pork

SEVERAL PHOTOS of what are allegedly files of the food safety departments in Gansu and Hunan provinces were widely circulated on the internet since last week. The files indicate that the dumplings and sausages of at least 11 meat processing companies may contain pork infected with the African swine fever virus. Beijing News comments:

Collective interests of EU come before those of its members

Editor's note: French President Emmanuel Macron did not attend the Munich Security Conference on Feb 15-17. Huang Ying, a researcher in German studies at the Shanghai-based Tongji University, comments in an article for Guancha.cn:

Greater Bay Area to be showcase for opening-up

As one of the strategic city clusters - along with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development and the Yangtze River Economic Belt - that are intended to act as engines for the national economy and facilitate the nation's further opening-up, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a key component of the national development strategy for the next 30 years or so.

Netizens too quick to get on high horses

THE COSTUME AND COSMETICS brand Zara has been rebuked by netizens recently because one of its advertisements, in which a female Chinese model with freckles on her face appeared, was blamed for "defaming the Chinese". China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Reform vital to respond to aging problem

In his recent speech to celebrate Spring Festival, President Xi Jinping spoke of China's aging society and the government's responsibility to care for the elderly. He said that great efforts should be made to ensure that the elderly are well respected, taken care of and supported, and programs for the elderly should be promoted to ensure they can enjoy a happy life.

When will China achieve quality growth?

Even before the 2008 global financial crisis laid bare the limits of China's export-oriented growth model, the country's leaders were stressing the need for quality growth. As early as 2007, China argued that its economic growth had become "unstable, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable."

China not reason for Airbus pulling plug on its A380

Editor's note: Airbus announced on Thursday that it will end production of its A380, which is the world's largest airliner, in 2021 due to weak sales. Guancha.cn comments:

Highhanded policies building walls in American society

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP declared a national emergency on Friday, in a bid to use funds earmarked for the military to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. Xinhua News Agency comments:

UK's gunboat policy will likely sink its trade hopes

The incumbents of Downing Street and the United Kingdom Treasury are reportedly tearing their hair out at the injudicious words of the UK secretary of state for defense who has ruined a crucial trip by the chancellor of the exchequer to Beijing.

US increasingly isolated denying trend of the times

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "the question now is: do we fall apart into pieces of a puzzle and think everyone can solve the question best for himself alone?" she was denouncing the unilateralism the United States has been pursuing since 2016.

Washington's AI plan creates battlefield

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP signed a presidential decree on Feb 11 requiring the federal government to put more resources and funds into the artificial intelligence research and promotion. Li Zheng, a US studies researcher at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, commented in an article for Beijing News: