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Tourists eye Cambodia's new heritage site as country hopes for economic lift

[2017-07-18 07:00]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Tourists flocked to Cambodia's newest World Heritage site at the weekend after it was added to the United Nations cultural list last week.

Disney villains to feature on US stamps

[2017-07-18 07:00]

LOS ANGELES - The US Postal Service released a sheet of 20 Forever stamps featuring 10 classic Disney villains.

Growth momentum even stronger with reforms

[2017-07-18 07:03]

Early this year, China watchers expressed concerns that the country's economy might start to weaken in the second quarter. However, the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics show such concerns were unfounded, and the world's second-largest economy remains resilient.

Financing the real economy

[2017-07-18 07:03]

That the evolution of the supply side lags behind that of the demand side is the hard nut to crack for China's economy to develop in a healthy manner.

Time to change the minimum wage system in line with current realities

[2017-07-18 07:03]

AS OF SATURDAY, 11 provincial regions, about one-third of the total, had raised their minimum wage this year. But the average growth rate of about 5 percent is a record low in recent years. Gmw.cn comments:

Weigh the pros and cons of new things

[2017-07-18 07:03]

URBAN PATROL OFFICERS IN NANCHANG, East China's Jiangxi province, have impounded a total of 26,000 short-time hire bikes illegally parked on the city's streets. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Monday:

Authorities should keep an open mind about sleep cabins

[2017-07-18 07:03]

A BUSINESS in Zhongguancun, a technology hub for startups in Beijing, which offered capsule-like rooms on a short-term basis, has been ordered to suspend operations, raising questions about the future of such hotels. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Guarding against risks for a sound financial sector

[2017-07-17 07:31]

The two-day National Financial Work Conference, which ended in Beijing on Saturday, made containing financial risks one of the country's top priorities.

India should not turn deaf ear

[2017-07-17 07:31]

India has repeatedly ignored China's calls for it to withdraw its troops that crossed the Sikkim section of the border and entered Chinese territory.

New type of urbanization is not a justification for grabbing funds

[2017-07-17 07:31]

THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOWNS with distinctive local features must not center on demolishing old buildings and makeshift rebranding, said a recent circular issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Saturday:

Road signs betray poor management

[2017-07-17 07:31]

THE NAME SIGNS ON A ROAD were removed on Thursday four years after a 27-year-old graduate of China Central Academy of Fine Arts found the road had no name signs and put up ones bearing his name. Thepaper.cn commented on Friday:

Efforts required so that dialects do not go extinct

[2017-07-17 07:31]

A 10,000-WORD ESSAY, co-written by four senior middle school students in Chongqing, has been widely praised for its call to protect the local Chongqing dialect and slang. West China Metropolis Daily commented on Friday:

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