Committed to safeguard Chinese Dream

In response to a move proposed by Taiwan education authorities to scale down classical Chinese content in Chinese language textbooks for senior high schools, An Fengshan, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that any attempt to distance the island from Chinese culture will not gain public support.

Education reform progressing strongly

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has spoken about the importance of education on several occasions, highlighting many aspects including fairness in the admission and examination procedures.

Proposed EU regulation will harm foreign investors

Last week, the European Commission proposed a draft regulation to assume greater power in approving foreign direct investment in the sectors which could affect security and public order. The regulation will come into effect only after the European Union member states and the European Parliament approve it.

Give sanctions time to bite, and leave door open to talks

Every time the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducts a nuclear test or missile launch, it is followed by a chorus of condemnation and a package of UN sanctions. Then everything goes back to "normal", with Pyongyang and Washington continuing their brinkmanship and the rest of the world helplessly looking on.

No room for HK separatism

The Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, Matthew Cheung Kinchung, reiterated on Saturday that any advocacy of separatism, including that undertaken on university campuses, is unacceptable and an abuse of freedom of speech.

Outbound investment principles will ensure ventures are rational

ON THURSDAY, the Ministry of Commerce released data showing that China's outbound investment dropped by about 40 percent in the first eight months of 2017. The ministry said this shows irrational outbound investment has been further curbed. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Micro blog content creators hold copyright

ON SATURDAY, Sina Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter, sent all its users a notice that prohibits them from authorizing any third party to quote what they publish on a micro blog without written approval from Sina. The notice sparked fierce debate, which later prompted Sina to announce that users still held the copyright to the content of their micro blogs. Beijing News comments:

Smoking emojis not the focus of tobacco control

ON WEDNESDAY, some of China's social media deleted emojis representing a person smoking from their platforms, because there were concerns that it might mislead young people into linking being "cool" with smoking. Thepaper.cn comments:

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HK can learn national security from Macao

The election to the Legislative Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region on Sunday will ensure that "Macao people govern Macao" under the "one country, two systems" principle.

Have overseas degrees lost their value?

Editor's Note: During the past few decades, the social opinion on overseas education has changed. News reports about youths returning after studying abroad, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, but ending up with low-paying jobs have made people wonder whether it's still worth sending their children overseas for education. Two education experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wu Zheyu.

Born in China but good for the whole world

People today often emphasize differences, such as those between countries, races, cultures and social systems. It's the existence of such differences that has given rise to contradictions, conflicts and even wars.