US should not be baited into breaking its word

In one of the joint communiqués that underpins relations between the United States and China, the two countries state their agreement that Washington can only maintain unofficial ties with Taiwan. It is this recognition that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and the US' upholding of the one-China principle that have served as the foundation for ties since diplomatic relations were established in 1979.

Of course, China's navy is not untoward in blue water

There is a Chinese idiom "lose the axe and suspect the neighbor" that reflects how jumping to conclusions can lead to an innocent person being the target of unfounded suspicions.

Anti-China bias of some Western politicians laid bare by Belt and Road

THE FINANCIAL TIMES has reported that quite a few Western banks and financial agencies show increasing enthusiasm for the Belt and Road Initiative, seeking to secure projects related to the initiative. Xinhua News Agency comments:

No wedding bells for rural young men

THE SPRING FESTIVAL HOLIDAY is always a busy time for matchmakers. But the success rate is quite low. China Youth Daily comments:

Don't let safety barriers have a deadly gap

ON TUESDAY, a young woman fell at a bus stop in Wuhan city, Central China's Hubei province, and her neck got stuck between two bars of the protective roadside isolation barrier. She died of suffocation. Beijing News comments:

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Building a community of shared future

The first sessions of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, will be held soon. Again, the eyes of the world will be on China.

Changed beyond recognition in 40 years

At the end of the 1970s, when China was just starting to reform and open up to the world, China's foreign exchange reserves were barely more than $100 million. At an internal meeting in Beijing, late leader Deng Xiaoping tried to inspire the audience: Imagine! One day China may have a foreign reserve of $10 billion! How much can we do with that much of foreign reserve! Few thought that was possible.

Trump's mixed messages on peninsula issue are dangerous

By continuing to test nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2017, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea raised tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. But equally disturbing have been the contradictory messages from the Donald Trump administration, such as a "preventive war", "bloody nose" and, especially, last week's unspecified "phase two" concept.

Revamping Party and govt institutions for a new era

The approval of a structural reform plan of the Party and State institutions by the third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which concluded on Wednesday, is a significant move by the ruling party to give full play to the advantages of China's socialist system to meet the needs of a new era.

Unacceptable for Tokyo to add insult to injury again

Film footage discovered by a team of scholars from the Republic of Korea at the US National Archives and Records Administration was released by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.

Mobile internet cannot be asylum for advertisements that break law

THE STATE ADMINISTRATION for Industry and Commerce has vowed to crack down on illegal advertisements on the internet and in apps. Thepaper.cn commented on Wednesday: