War anniversary statement a big test for Abe

In the last minute of the seminar in Washington on Tuesday, moderator, Victor Cha, an expert on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former director for Asian affairs on the White House's National Security Council, asked the panelists to use one sentence to talk about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming August statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II.

BRICS summit will coordinate cooperation

The seventh BRICS summit, which began in the Russian city of Ufa on Wednesday, is expected to strengthen the bilateral and multilateral partnerships and help the bloc make further contributions to world economic development.

Key role in anti-fascist victory

Seventy-eight years ago near Beijing's Marco Polo Bridge, Chinese people, facing the threat of their nation and people being subjugated by Japanese militarists, fired the first shots of resistance against Japan's aggression on July 7.

Policymakers should focus on curbing risks and check underground trading

About half of the companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges have temporarily suspended trading their shares, as the Chinese stock market continues to tumble. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on Wednesday declined sharply to 3,507.19 points. Comments:

Concerns about over-development of heritage sites

The three most representative Tusi sites, the remains of an ancient political system adopted by Chinese emperors to govern the ethnic minority regions in south-central and southwest China, were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites on Saturday. Comments:

Lawsuit against pre-installed apps to help consumers

The problem of unwanted pre-installed applications on smartphones has been widely reported and the Shanghai Consumer Council has filed China's first public interest litigation against two mobile phone brands to protect consumers' rights. Comments:

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BRICS a builder of more inclusive global order

For the second time in two months, President Xi Jinping is visiting Russia, this time to attend the BRICS summit and the 15th meeting of the Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State in Ufa, capital of Russia's Bashkortostan republic, on July 8-10.

How to help Beijing reduce its urban woes

With the "urban disease" becoming increasingly evident in Beijing, relocation of departments with non-capital functions outside the city has become a serious issue.

Turkey should restrain anti-China protests

Following a protest in Istanbul on Saturday against the alleged "mistreatment of Muslim Uygur people in China", China's embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara has warned its residents traveling in the country to be careful and stay away from the protestors. A group of Korean tourists were reportedly mistaken as Chinese and attacked by the protesters outside the Topkapi Palace.

Green cars can drive forward green economy

The ongoing surge in China's production of new energy cars is more than welcome. Although the total number of green cars is far from enough to ensure a substantial change in China's energy consumption pattern anytime soon, its accelerated growth should give a huge boost to policymakers at home and abroad who are desperate to find ways to slow global warming and spur economic growth.