Owners ought to be deterred from abandoning dogs

ON MAY 7, a dog attacked eight persons one after another in Chaoyang district of Beijing. Some of the victims, such as a 5-year-old boy who suffered facial injuries, had quite bad wounds. Gmw.cn comments:

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New aircraft carrier a boon to navy

Editor's note: China's first domestically built aircraft carrier 001A started its maiden voyage on Sunday. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang on the aircraft carrier and the Chinese navy as a whole. Excerpts follow:

Nursing leave for only child a nationwide necessity

China's population has been rapidly aging, and the parents of the first generation "only child in the family" are getting old. But many an only child is finding it difficult to take care of their parents, especially those who migrate from villages to cities and towns in search of better livelihoods and higher studies.

Will the Wuhan 'reset' lead to 'Asian Century'?

The recent "informal" summit between President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, was historic. It was aimed at "resetting" Sino-Indian relationship, which goes back more than two millenniums.

US ought to use reason to settle trade disputes

A trade war between the United States and China will also hurt Africa, because it will undermine growth not only in those two countries, but also in Africa as an emerging market, where Washington and Beijing both are competing for trade and investment.

Mutual understanding key to trade talk success

China and the United States have agreed to start fresh talks in Washington "at an appropriate time", which is a positive development to avert an all-out trade war. Now the two need to think thoroughly how to achieve more consensus in the talks to push forward the healthy development of bilateral trade relations.

Carrier's sea trials show navy 'stands up in the East'

Although, as the navy said, the trial is only to test the reliability and capacity of its propulsion system, the maiden sea trials of China's first domestically designed aircraft carrier on Sunday morning stirred the emotions of many Chinese.

Better China-Japan ties shot in the arm for regional cooperation

ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Tokyo last week has brought the estranged relations between China and Japan back onto the right track, Li's visit, the first by a Chinese premier in eight years, was of practical importance in helping the two countries begin to rebuild their long lost mutual trust. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Car-hailing firm may be liable in killing

DIDI CHUXING, a car-hailing service company headquartered in Beijing, has suspended its car-hailing operations for a week to conduct thorough rectification after a 21-year-old flight stewardess, was allegedly murdered by the driver of a car she ordered in Zhengzhou, Henan province, last week. Beijing News comments:

Meat scavenging exposes loopholes in disposal system

VILLAGERS living near a landfill in Jinping county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, have been collecting and selling the expired or shoddy meat products that the authorities have disposed of there. Thepaper.cn commented on Sunday:

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