Wang Yong

Chief Opinion Writer

From a poem to a pouch to an outdoor cafe courtyard, Shanghai's Wukang Road takes on smoking - China Opinion

From a poem to a pouch to an outdoor cafe courtyard, Shanghai's Wukang Road takes on smoking

In nudging smokers toward proper cigar etiquette in public places, nothing may be too small to matter as even a poem or a pouch can help.

Harnessing people's inertia and nudging your way to tame outdoor smoking - China Opinion

Harnessing people's inertia and nudging your way to tame outdoor smoking

If we hate passive smoking, we probably will prefer an outright ban to simple moralization, forgetting that something in the middle may well work wonders in certain contexts.

2025-04-03 19:42 0

Thwarting tariffs! Proper division of labor among nations vital for global trade to boom - China Opinion

Thwarting tariffs! Proper division of labor among nations vital for global trade to boom

Tariffs are all about trade in goods, leaving trade in services largely out of the bigger picture of global commercial exchanges, but that picture – balance of trade – matters.

2025-03-27 20:51 0

Public interest litigation: How procurators help protect consumer rights in a profound way - China Nation News

Public interest litigation: How procurators help protect consumer rights in a profound way

Public interest litigation led or aided by Chinese procurators indeed helps better protect consumer rights and many other collective interests and some major cases prove it.

2025-03-19 20:25 0

More sleep, less homework will make for better, healthy students - China Opinion

More sleep, less homework will make for better, healthy students

Parents and schools should try to bring up children in a way that ensures their health in the first place while effectively advancing their academic achievement.

2025-03-12 20:53 0

A lesson in history! Protectionist tariff as a weapon never works - China Opinion

A lesson in history! Protectionist tariff as a weapon never works

Unilateral US actions, like imposing increased import tariffs on China and other countries, not only run counter to WTO rules, but also risk destabilizing global supply chains.

2025-03-05 20:30 0

Apex court's robust moves to protect corporate rights to reputation - China Opinion

Apex court's robust moves to protect corporate rights to reputation

The Supreme People's Court has warned digital platforms against trying to boost their "popularity" by spreading sensational but false information online about private enterprises.

2025-02-21 20:15 0

Whose voice is it anyway? A growing debate over AI-generated content - China Opinion

Whose voice is it anyway? A growing debate over AI-generated content

The misplaced use of artificial intelligence to generate content, especially people's voices, if left unchecked hardly bodes well for individual or collective ethos.

2025-02-18 22:08 0

Special carriage keeps the peace on a long journey - China Opinion

Special carriage keeps the peace on a long journey

The noisy behavior of children on trains is often a major headache for other passengers when migrant workers return after the holiday with their families, but there's a solution.

2025-02-10 20:23 0

A 'bridge' between modern technology and traditional culture - China In Focus News

A 'bridge' between modern technology and traditional culture

A symbiotic relationship between modern technological development and historic preservation is being formed and reinforced in Jinze, an ancient watertown in western Shanghai.

2025-01-18 21:35 0