Enough room to expand Sino-Spanish cooperation

When most Chinese people think of Spain, they think of good ham, soccer or flamenco dance. They may also think about an old European country, and the origin of one of the most spoken languages and influential cultures in the world: Spain ranks third (just after China) on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.

Transparency best way to quell pollution concerns

It is now clear that on Nov 4, 69.1 metric tons of the petroleum derivative C9 - rather than 6.97 tons as previously reported - leaked into the sea off Quanzhou, the most populous city in Fujian province.

Opening up insurance sector

The German insurer Allianz has been given permission to establish the first wholly-owned insurance holding company in the country, the banking and insurance regulator said in a statement on Sunday.

Malicious spreading of HIV is immoral, it should also be specified as a crime

A POST, reportedly written by a man with HIV, went viral online, because he said he intentionally tried to infect women he had sex with. ThePaper.cn comments:

Force watering cattle is cruel and illegal

SOME OX SLAUGHTER HOUSES in Quanjiao and Laian, East China's Anhui province reportedly force about 60 kilograms water into each ox in order to increase their net weight before slaughtering them. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

West still peddling same old images of Chinese otherness

Editor's note: The Dolce& Gabbana incident raises the question of how the West looks at China. Simply blaming such incidents on the West's "pride and prejudice" is not enough to understand how the stereotyped image of China was constructed, says Feng Zhou, a columnist, in a post published by Beijing News on its WeChat account:

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How can US-China conflict be resolved

With charges flying back and forth between the United States and China ahead of the eagerly awaited meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, resolving the conflict has taken on great urgency.

For quality investment across continents

The world was a very different place in 1991, the year the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development opened for business. And yet the mission our founding fathers defined for us back then has proved as timely and topical today as it was almost three decades ago.

Is Saudi Arabia planning to leave OPEC?

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, a Riyadh-based energy think tank, is studying the potential fallout the dissolution of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries might have on the international oil market, the Wall Street Journal reported, giving rise to speculations in the international community.

DPP's election loss wake-up call for a change of course

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as the chair of the Democratic Progressive Party late on Saturday to take responsibility for the party's defeat in Taiwan's local elections.