Important lessons to be learned from Sri Lanka blasts

THE DEATH TOLL IN THE EIGHT blasts that hit Sri Lanka on Sunday continued rising on Monday. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Belt and Road transforming vision into rewarding actions

Like it or not, the Belt and Road Initiative, which some have never stopped stigmatizing as a debt trap or a geopolitical tool from day one, has thrived to become the most productive driver of global growth and interconnectivity.

Access to your info written all over your face

Editor's note: Facial recognition, iris scanning and fingerprint verification, scenarios once only seen in science fiction and spy movies, have become part of people's daily lives with the advances of information technology. ThePaper.cn comments:

PLA Navy's 70th birthday shows how far it has come

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy turned 70 on Tuesday. It is a time for reflecting on its beginning and how over the past seven decades it has overcome numerous difficulties to grow into a modern naval force. It is also a time when the country's resolve to build the PLA Navy into a world-class force can be consolidated.

Chance to strengthen naval cooperation

THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY celebrates its 70th founding anniversary on Tuesday. Liu Qiang, a researcher in strategic studies with the National University of Defense Technology, comments:

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Belt and Road Initiative shot in the arm for world economy

That Switzerland may be the second Western European country to sign a referendum of understanding with China for cooperation under the framework of Belt and Road Initiative speaks volumes about it not being a disrupter of the conventional international order.

Stand alongside Sri Lanka, condemn cold-blooded attacks

It was a bloody Easter Sunday for Sri Lanka as eight explosions blasted churches and hotels on the island, killing at least 192 people and injuring 470.

Election result spells the end of Israeli-Palestinian peace process

THAT THE RIGHT WING led by the Likud party won the Israeli parliamentary elections with a comfortable majority means there is little hope of breaking the deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Ma Xiaolin, a researcher in international politics with the Beijing Foreign Studies University, comments in an article for Beijing Youth Daily:

No letup on poverty alleviation efforts

IN HIS INSPECTION TOUR of a previously poverty-stricken rural area in Chongqing last week, President Xi Jinping urged local officials to be vigilant toward villagers who having just bid farewell to impoverished lives might slip back into poverty for various reasons if relevant poverty alleviation measures are relaxed. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

An exemplary leader on front line of politics and justice

Editor's note: Xiao Yang, the former chief justice of the Supreme People's Court, died of illness in Beijing on Friday. He was 81. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

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