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Common cultural ethos key to Chinese identity

[2019-12-19 00:00]

If you switch on the mobile phone of a youngster from Macao, you can see it contains similar, if not the same, apps (or their international versions) that their counterparts on the Chinese mainland use. In August, when I took a group of teenagers from the Macao Special Administrative Region on a "to

Tsai slandering mainland to gain advantage in election

[2019-12-19 00:00]

The election for the next leader of Taiwan on Jan 11 will, to a large extent, determine the political climate on the island and cross-Straits relations in the next four years. Given the trade disputes between China and the United States, and the fact that the Taiwan authorities have willingly become

Washington's defense of hegemony outdated

[2019-12-19 00:00]

The United States has become accustomed to its hegemony in global affairs, and this shapes its way of thinking and acting. Indeed, it puts its hegemony above anything else. And that end justifies any means no matter how debased it may be.

Time to address urban-rural educational divide

[2019-12-19 00:00]

Editor's Note: The average age of China's labor force rose from 32.2 in 1985 to 37.8 in 2017, says a report released by the Center for Human Capital and Labor Economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

VIPs, super-VIPs, what's next?

[2019-12-19 00:00]

DOMESTIC TV AND VIDEO WEBSITE iqiyi.com invited so much criticism over its plan allowing VIP members to watch six episodes of a new TV drama in advance by paying an additional 50 yuan ($7.1) that the TV show had to be rolled back. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

To know China better, make more efforts

[2019-12-19 00:00]

China Global Television Network recently released a documentary film on fighting terrorism in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China, which registered close to 200,000 views on YouTube, a US video-sharing platform. Many of the comments accompanying the "likes" are telling.

No covering up ugliness in ivory tower

[2019-12-11 00:00]

ON MONDAY, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics announced that associate professor Qian Fengsheng had been fired following its investigation into a female student's allegation of sexual assault. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Joint defenders of multilateralism

[2019-12-11 00:00]

In a fast-changing world and against the rising trend of protectionism and unilateralism, the commitment of China and the European Union to enhance cooperation and safeguard multilateralism not only serves the common interests of both sides but also those of the world.

Nail bombs discovery casts dark shadow of terrorism over Hong Kong

[2019-12-11 00:00]

Hong Kong police said on Monday night that they had defused two "complete, fully functional" nail bombs discovered in the grounds of a school by a janitor.

Shun US policy that is racist to the core

[2019-12-11 00:00]

Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward "Eddie" Gallagher is a man of many sins. According to military prosecutors in the United States, Gallagher is responsible for brutally stabbing and murdering a teenage so-called Islamic State fighter, using his sniper rifle on ordinary Iraqis, and boasting about

Frictions drive push for high-quality trade

[2019-12-11 00:00]

Editor's Note: At a recent news conference, a top official from the Ministry of Commerce said China needs to strengthen the overall coordination among various departments to promote high-quality trade development. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Some juvenile offenders will get another chance with seal on their criminal past

[2019-12-11 00:00]

IN 2014, Zhejiang province launched a pilot program to seal the criminal records of juveniles. By 2016, it had enabled 145 offenders to enter college. The provincial people's procuratorate along with 12 other provincial level departments have now issued a document officially rolling out the syst

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