Guangdong in big private push

The Guangdong provincial government has been redoubling its efforts to produce visible benefits from policies supporting the private sector.

China Mobile ready to launch 5G devices next year

China Mobile Communications Corp will launch fifth-generation devices in the first half of next year, a top executive confirmed on Thursday.

High-tech firms hail supportive measures

The tax reduction and capital support policies for nonpublic enterprises' technological projects are encouraging, said Zhang Yunfei, founder and chairman of Yunzhou Technology, a leading Chinese maker of unmanned surface vessels in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

Stock markets reflect mix of rationality, emotion and luck

AFTER TWO DAYS OF STEEP LOSSES, stocks in the United States rebounded slightly on Wednesday, with technology, internet companies and retailers accounting for most of the gains. Beijing News comments:

Efficiency of China's courts thanks to staff, tech and mediation

Editor's note: A British delegation led by Lord Hodge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom attended the Fifth UK-China Judicial Roundtable in Shanghai late last month. Reportedly, Lord Hodge was surprised to hear that the Shanghai Financial Court, which is the first of its kind in China and only established on Aug 20, had already processed more than 1,000 cases involving nearly 20 billion yuan ($2.89 billion), in the first two months after its establishment. Qin Shuo, a columnist, comments in a post:

Is the soccer gold rush at an end?

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, the Chinese Football Association is to stipulate the upper limits for the players' salaries and bonuses, how much clubs can spend on foreign players, as well as the amount that can be invested in the clubs next year. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Online, silence is golden

The Italian fashion company Dolce&Gabbana said on Wednesday that it had nothing but respect for China and the people of China, and it was very sorry for any distress caused by "unauthorized" Instagram posts.

Reform should reinforce primary purpose of WTO

In a sign of the escalating tensions between the United States and its major trading partners, the World Trade Organization agreed on Wednesday to hear complaints from the European Union and countries such as China, Canada and Mexico over new US steel and aluminum tariffs - imposed on national security grounds - as well as complaints from Washington over retaliatory duties.

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DPP playing mainland card to win local polls

Taiwan will hold local elections, or nine-in-one elections, on Nov 24 to elect representatives to nine levels of government including mayors and councilors. Therefore, the elections can be seen as a midterm test for the Tsai Ing-wen administration and her chances of being re-elected the island's leader in 2020.

World at a crossroad on climate action

As negotiators prepare for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice, Poland, the world is at an existential crossroad: it can continue on a path of gradual, but insufficient, progress on climate change, or shift to high gear to avoid the worst effects of rising global temperatures.

Vaccinations can better fight superbugs

Whether you live below the poverty line in the slums of a city or work as a banker on Wall Street, drug-resistant "superbugs" are among the gravest threats to your health. But while the problem is ubiquitous, we are not entirely defenseless; in the race to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the world has a potent if underused tool: vaccines.