Questions to be answered in Hongmao liquor case

It is obviously not sensible for a medical professional to give a sensational title to an otherwise academic article he posted online. Especially when his article accuses the liquor of being toxic rather than having medicinal benefits as its manufacturer claims.

Expanding space for service sector will sustain economic growth

THE ADDED VALUE of the service sector in China reached 42.7 trillion yuan ($6.8 trillion) last year, accounting for 51.6 percent of the country's gross domestic product, 11.1 percentage points higher than the secondary industry. The service industry contributed 58.8 percent of the country's economic growth in 2106, 1.3 percentage points higher than 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Gambling in Hainan not zero-sum game

IN A DOCUMENT on expanding Hainan's opening-up issued by the central authorities on Saturday, the largest special economic zone and the to-be largest pilot free trade zone is encouraged to develop horse racing and lottery industries, particularly the in-play competitive sports lotteries. Beijing News comments:

Oversight must be beefed up to curb spam SMS

MANY SMARTPHONE USERS complain about receiving unwanted messages and that even after they send orders back to block such junk messages as instructed, the junk messages continue. Legal Daily comments:

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Straits drill to deter separatists

Editor's note: The Chinese navy will hold a live-fire drill in the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday, days after it organized a large naval parade in the South China Sea. Two experts share their views on the navy drill with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

US can't decide Latin America's trade policies

Speaking at the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima recently, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Latin America should look to the United States, not China, to promote economic development. To support his claim he said Latin America has a trade surplus with the US while it has a trade deficit with China. He also said Latin America exports manufactured products to the US but only raw materials to China. But what he said is not true, at best it is a half truth (even a lie).

Only reciprocal moves can boost trade ties

In his keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia on April 10, President Xi Jinping elaborated on China's new vision, policies, responsibilities and initiatives to advance opening-up, demonstrating China's commitment to further opening up its economy in the new era.

Will Trump heed the call of US farmers to reduce trade deficits?

The US farming sector is caught in the crossfire of an emerging trade war between the world's top two economies. As US President Donald Trump considers increasing farm subsidies to compensate farmers for the expected decline in their exports and incomes once the US imposes the proposed tariffs on Chinese imports, representatives of the prime agricultural states and lobbying groups declared they prefer "trade to aid".

Neighbors must make the most of new start

A visit by a Chinese foreign minister to a neighboring country and an economic dialogue session between China and a next-door neighbor should not be a big deal. It would not be were that neighbor not Japan, and such visits and dialogues not been respectively postponed for nine and eight years.

National security awareness

China celebrated its National Security Education Day on Sunday. Various kinds of activities aimed at enhancing people's national security awareness were organized in recent days.

US and its allies highhanded action in disregard of multinational system

THE UNITED STATES, the United Kingdom and France carried out military strikes against Syria without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Monday: