Does technology offer peace of mind?

TWO PEOPLE IN NINGBO, East China's Zhejiang province, were reported to have stolen a roommate's money from his bank account by unlocking his smartphone via facial recognition while he was asleep. Science writer Zhang Tiankan comments:

Washington's fixation with Iran takes another turn for the worse

Viewed independently, Washington's announced intent to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization may seem to be little more than symbolic.

'Occupy Central' verdicts uphold rule of law in HK

As the day when nine leaders of an illegal campaign launched in the name of "democracy" were convicted of criminal charges ranging from conspiracy to causing a public nuisance to inciting others to do so, April 9, 2019, can be seen as another important milestone in the history of Hong Kong's rule of law.

SMEs must make the most of the help offered by the govt

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA and the State Council, China's Cabinet, recently issued a guiding document to promote the healthy development of small and medium-sized enterprises. A Beijing Youth Daily article comments:

Burden eased on grassroots civil servants

Editor's note: The General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee issued a notice on resolving the prominent problem of formalism to ease the burden on grassroots governments last month. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

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A decade of sweeping economic changes

For the West, the year 2008 marked the beginning of a period of crisis, recession and uneven recovery. The year was an important turning point for China, too, but one that was followed by a decade of rapid progress that few could have foreseen.

Future course of World Bank concerns all

Editor's Note: David Malpass, US President Donald Trump's pick for World Bank president, began his five-year term at the helm of the 75-year-old organization on Tuesday. How will the World Bank perform under Malpass, who until Monday was the US under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Well placed to meet demographic challenges

China faces the challenges of a declining workforce, falling fertility rate and a fast rising aging population. The magnitude of the problem can be gauged from just one set of data: the decline in China's fertility rate in the past four decades equals that of the Western countries in about one century.

ICU for employees working illegal 996

A PROGRAMMER shared a self-made website called"996.ICU" on github.com, a well-known code-sharing platform, to protest against the long working hours required by many internet companies. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Cooperation, coordination can outweigh differences

President Xi Jinping's three-nation visit to Europe last month produced tangible fruits and showed that despite any differences that may exist between China and the European Union, they have the common desire to strengthen cooperation.

Britain still trying to meddle in HK affairs

Subsequent to the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee's report that attempts to tarnish the implementation of "one country, two systems" in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by coining the new term "one country, one and a half systems", a group of British politicians went a step further on Monday by trying to intervene in the SAR's legislative process.