Home visits temper justice with mercy

SPRING FESTIVAL is traditionally a time for family reunions, and four prisons in Shanghai are allowing 10 inmates to visit their families from Thursday to Sunday. Beijing News comments:

Fire safety lessons to be learned from nanny's arson case

ON FRIDAY, Mo Huanjing, a nanny with heavy gambling debts, was sentenced to death by Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court after being found guilty of starting a fire that killed her employer's wife and children. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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China's winter sports industry set to boom

While bidding for the right to host the Winter Olympics, Beijing solemnly promised the international community to set an example for the development of winter sports.

Neoliberalism 2.0 may lead to greater crises

In the day and age when it seemed to some people that neoliberalism - having led to a widespread financial and economic crisis, followed by the social and political turmoil - had been consigned to where it belongs, that is to the trash bin of history, the economic and political theory is rearing its ugly head again.

Valuing the small joys of life can add a few more years

Consumer inflation slows

China's consumer inflation is set to strengthen this month after slowing in January, but will not be a cause for concern for the rest of the year as it will remain largely stable at low levels, analysts said on Friday.

Cross-border e-commerce deals increase 80.6%

Cross-border e-commerce trade rose 80.6 percent year-on-year in China to 90.24 billion yuan ($14.33 billion) in 2017, top officials said on Friday.

Didi banking on SoftBank alliance for Japan foothold

Didi Chuxing, the largest ride-hailing company in China, is entering the Japanese market through a taxi-hailing joint venture with SoftBank Corp.

Banks set to put greater focus on 'real economy'

Tighter financial regulations have prompted Chinese banks to apportion greater resources to the real economy, the part that produces goods and services, and improve the overall quality of financial services while keeping risks at controllable levels, said an official of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

SOE reforms get Chengtong boost

China Chengtong Holdings Group Ltd, an asset manager under the State Council, plans to bring in more private capital to finance the mixed-ownership reform of the country's State-owned enterprises, a top official said on Friday.

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