Shanxi, Jiangsu to establish energy cooperation

Shanxi, China's major coal-producing province, is planning to step up energy cooperation with East China's Jiangsu province.

China's solution to Rakhine crisis practical, constructive

Will finger-pointing and the threat of sanctions help solve the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state? Definitely not. Casting accusations at a sovereign government for how it has been handling its domestic affairs is not constructive in helping to navigate what is a complex issue anywhere near to a final settlement.

Keep kindergarten kids safe

Children at a branch of the kindergarten chain RYB Education in Beijing have claimed they were given unidentified white tablets and injections by their teachers.

Local govts now entrusted with task of controlling house prices

THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Land and Resources and People's Bank of China jointly convened a meeting in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, with the governments of some provincial-level regions to discuss macro-control of the real estate market. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Premature to declare IS fully defeated

IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI declared the end of the Islamic State group on Tuesday, while Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on the same day the terrorist group had been defeated from a "military perspective". Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Different public attitudes allow tarnished star to shine again

A VIDEO CLIP of Edison Chen's speech at the US-China Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Forum, in which he shared his experiences of starting a business, went viral online. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Targeted reform can help revive northeast

In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping re-emphasized the urgency to deepen reform and revive the industrial base of Northeast China.

Hope PUBG won't become a money game

"Winner winner, chicken dinner." When you or your team, having landed on a small island together with your competitors, kill all your rivals and become the only survivor, that phrase will pop up along with the victory sign.

Fulfilling domestic as well as global goals

President Xi Jinping has returned from his first overseas trip after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October. The last leg of his trip took him to Laos, and before that he attended the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, as well as paid a state visit to Vietnam.

Foreign media outlets in US merit bouquets, not brickbats

The recent move in the United States against foreign media organizations that receive government funding has raised serious concerns about press freedom and political bias against certain countries.

US wrong to resort to long-arm jurisdiction

The United States on Tuesday slapped fresh sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and three Chinese companies were blacklisted as part of what US Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin called the US' "maximum pressure campaign" to isolate Pyongyang.