Nation learns lessons from rebuilding Wenchuan

Ten years ago, on May 12, 2008, a devastating magnitude 8 earthquake hit Wenchuan county in Sichuan province. It killed nearly 70,000 people and left around 18,000 people missing. The disaster also left an indelible scar on the collective memory of the Chinese nation.

Project's cascade of corruption was a series of failed supervision

A WATER AND SOIL EROSION TREATMENT PROJECT in Huangyuan county, Central China's Hunan province, was a cash cow for more than 50 officials of county, city and the provincial governments. Guangming Daily comments:

Hard to believe glowing figures were a mistake

THE GOVERNMENT OF NINGSHAN COUNTY in Northwest China's Shaanxi province said its tourism revenue was 1.4 billion yuan ($220 million) over the three-day May Day holiday from April 29 to May 1. But later admitted it had made a mistake and the figure was actually 140 million yuan. Xiaoxiang Morning News comments:

Age not height should clarify who's still a kid

IT IS COMMON for children under a certain height to be able to use public transport and other public services for free. However, this practice is outdated because Chinese children enjoy better nutrition today. Gmw.cn comments:

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Open Door 3.0 heralds a new growth era

Concerns over a looming US-China trade war created tremendous market volatility in the past months. But it appears unlikely that an all-out trade war between the world's two largest economies would break out.

Unilateralism a wall between US and EU

Ignoring the call of an overwhelming majority of the international community that the United States continue to honor the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew the US from the deal and reimposed sanctions on Teheran.

More and better jobs for developing nations

Job creation is an immense global challenge. More than 200 million people worldwide are unemployed, many of them young people. Another 2 billion working age adults - mostly women - remain outside the workforce.

White House up to its tricks with some nonsense quite a lot

In a statement last Saturday, the White House described China's caution that foreign airlines should not refer to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as independent countries as "Orwellian nonsense".

Trump again disregards international consensus

Despite the calls of the overwhelming majority of the international community for the United States to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw the US from the pact and reimpose sanctions against Teheran. His decision is not only a blow to the agreement itself, it also renounces the multilateral efforts that secured the compact.

Three neighbors give added impetus to regional progress

Although ties have been strained in recent times by their territorial and historical disputes, leaders of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea struck a more harmonious note in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Universities' budget rankings not an indicator of how good they are

FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENT of the Education Ministry, 75 universities directly under its administration have disclosed their budgets for this year. Beijing-based Tsinghua University tops the list with an annual budget of 26.95 billion yuan ($4.23 billion), 10 billion yuan more than Zhejiang University (15.47 billion yuan), which ranks second on the list. China Education Daily comments: