Xi gives best birthday gift to Hong Kong

President Xi Jinping paid an inspection tour to Hong Kong recently to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China on July 1. During his three-day tour, he witnessed the signing of agreements to establish the Hong Kong Palace Museum and deepen cooperation on Greater Bay Area development. Some people said the "gift" brought by Xi this time was unsurprising and therefore they fear it implied Hong Kong was losing its importance for the central government.

Initiative looks beyond infrastructure

The Belt and Road Initiative is generating a symphony of development worldwide. The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing in May, and attended by more than 1,500 representatives from 130 countries and regions, achieved 270 deliverables.

G20 must put actions to its words if it is to deliver on its consensus

A comparison of the outcome documents from the G20 summit in Hamburg that concluded on Saturday and those produced at the Washington gathering, the first such meeting between the leaders of the 20 major economies held two months after the fall of financial giant Lehman Brothers in 2008, leads to both encouraging and worrisome observations.

India should not expect China to compromise

Ever since India sent its troops across the Sikkim section of the border into Donglang area of China on June 18, sparking a tense face-off between soldiers of the two countries, no progress has been made in dissolving the tensions.

Building a bridge of cooperation

'It is a great pleasure to be with you in Hamburg, the City of Bridges, to discuss ways of building a bridge of cooperation to advance our shared prosperity," President Xi Jinping said in his speech at the G20 Leaders Summit in Hamburg on Friday.

World heritage listing is not a green light for exploitation

GULANGYU, A PEDESTRIAN-ONLY ISLAND off the coast of East China's Fujian province, and the Kekexili National Nature Reserve in Northwest China's Qinghai province, were recognized as part of the world's heritage at the ongoing 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Poland. Beijing News commented on Sunday:

School's enrollment methods unfair

KNOWN FOR ITS SUCCESS IN PREPARING STUDENTS for the national college entrance examinations, or gaokao, Hengshui No 1 High School in North China's Hebei province is being criticized for its policy of seeking out high-performing of students nationwide. The Mirror commented on Saturday:

Local alcohol ban might be going too far

A PROPOSED BAN on sales of alcohol in Dulongjiang township, Southwest China's Yunnan province, has raised questions over whether such a prohibition is feasible. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Friday:

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India's moves demand strict vigil

For the past three weeks, China has been demanding that India withdraw its troops that have crossed into Chinese territory to avoid "further consequences". The Sikkim section of the China-India border, where the Indian troops trespassed on Chinese territory and have remained since June 16, was demarcated by the Convention Between Great Britain and China Relating to Sikkim and Tibet in 1890 and has been acknowledged by successive Indian governments.

Traditionalist gives a huge culture shock

A video clip of a man wearing traditional Chinese dress and cloth shoes leading a buffalo carrying his son home from school has gone viral online, and made the man an instant internet "celebrity". The resident of Chengdu, Sichuan province, has said he practices "traditional Chinese culture" and wants his son to follow in his footsteps. And that's why he usually uses a donkey or a buffalo as a vehicle.

'Four Comprehensives' light up the future

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party's Central Committee with Xi Jinping as its core has been advancing the "Four Comprehensives" or the "Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy" to inject new impetus into the pursuit of the Chinese Dream.