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East Asia Summit likely a compass for future course

In Hangzhou, at the just-concluded G20 Summit, President Xi Jinping called on the participating global leaders to avoid making the meeting a "venue for empty talk", and instead build an "action team".

Investment talks just first step

During a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province on Sept 4-5, President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama confirmed that the two countries have made significant progress in their talks on a bilateral investment treaty.

Telecom companies must do more to combat fraudsters

FOLLOWING SOME RECENT HIGH-PROFILE TELEPHONE FRAUD CASES, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said telecom enterprises must fulfill their social responsibilities. Beijing News commented:

Preferential policies not equal to fair education

AMONG THE 4,380 students admitted by Peking University this year, more than 700 are from the less developed regions, the highest number in recent years. China Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

Pain of poverty unimaginable to urban residents

A PHOTO of an 8-year-old boy begging with a disabled man in the Beijing subway was posted online on July 29. The attention the photo attracted prompted the police to investigate. After DNA tests and a thorough investigation, the police discovered the boy was sent out to beg with his disabled uncle by his mother. Beijing News comments on Tuesday:

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Mission Global Governance off to a good start

Delivering a speech at the inauguration of the two-day G20 Summit on Sunday, President Xi Jinping emphasized that all G20 members "face the problems squarely" and deliver "real action" not "empty talk" as they seek to resuscitate the global economy. The prescription, as he said in his Saturday speech at the B20 Summit, lies in the joint efforts to build an innovative, open, interconnected and inclusive world economy.

Obama has job cut out to leave behind legacy

US President Barack Obama is going to leave the White House and quite a few legacies, such as the Paris Climate Agreement, nuclear deal with Iran, and the reconciliation with Cuba, in four months. But he will also leave as many controversies behind.

A stalled TPP bad news for liberalization

The prospects for the passage of the US-led 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement by the US Congress look bleak. Both US presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are critical of the TPP. Although US President Barack Obama will try hard to get the TPP ratified before leaving office, the current anti-trade political sentiment in the United States makes the task extremely difficult for the Obama administration.

Japan's overtures to Russia to join its fold bound to fail

Although Japan is aligned with the United States and the two countries have formed a "united front" against Russia, it has not stopped Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from visiting twice this year the country suffering the consequences of the West's sanctions.

US, Russia fail to reach Syria deal

Top diplomats from the United States and Russia on Monday failed to reach a deal to ease fighting in Syria, US officials said, after government troops encircled rebel-held parts of Aleppo and a string of bomb blasts hit across the war-battered country.