Have US and Russia entered a new arms race?

The Donald Trump administration's first Nuclear Posture Review, presented in February, has abandoned former president Barack Obama's nuclear disarmament "promise" and, instead, vowed to enhance the role of nuclear power in the US' security strategy including developing sea-launched nuclear missiles, which in a way lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons.

Syrians continue to suffer as major world powers bicker

Syria and its people continue to suffer as the West continues to play its power game with Russia. The US, British and French air strikes on three Syrian sites on April 14, claiming they are associated with the Syrian government forces' alleged chemical attack in Douma in eastern Ghouta, was without any justification of international law or authorization of the UN Security Council. The West has done it before, in Iraq and Libya for instance, and may do it again.

US should not politicize economic competition

The denial order the United States Commerce Department activated against ZTE on Monday may prove fatal to the Chinese telecommunications company. But the impact of the decision may go beyond the fate of an individual company in the context of the ongoing trade spat and economic competition between the US and China.

Questions to be answered in Hongmao liquor case

It is obviously not sensible for a medical professional to give a sensational title to an otherwise academic article he posted online. Especially when his article accuses the liquor of being toxic rather than having medicinal benefits as its manufacturer claims.

Expanding space for service sector will sustain economic growth

THE ADDED VALUE of the service sector in China reached 42.7 trillion yuan ($6.8 trillion) last year, accounting for 51.6 percent of the country's gross domestic product, 11.1 percentage points higher than the secondary industry. The service industry contributed 58.8 percent of the country's economic growth in 2106, 1.3 percentage points higher than 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Gambling in Hainan not zero-sum game

IN A DOCUMENT on expanding Hainan's opening-up issued by the central authorities on Saturday, the largest special economic zone and the to-be largest pilot free trade zone is encouraged to develop horse racing and lottery industries, particularly the in-play competitive sports lotteries. Beijing News comments:

Oversight must be beefed up to curb spam SMS

MANY SMARTPHONE USERS complain about receiving unwanted messages and that even after they send orders back to block such junk messages as instructed, the junk messages continue. Legal Daily comments:

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Straits drill to deter separatists

Editor's note: The Chinese navy will hold a live-fire drill in the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday, days after it organized a large naval parade in the South China Sea. Two experts share their views on the navy drill with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

US can't decide Latin America's trade policies

Speaking at the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima recently, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Latin America should look to the United States, not China, to promote economic development. To support his claim he said Latin America has a trade surplus with the US while it has a trade deficit with China. He also said Latin America exports manufactured products to the US but only raw materials to China. But what he said is not true, at best it is a half truth (even a lie).

Only reciprocal moves can boost trade ties

In his keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia on April 10, President Xi Jinping elaborated on China's new vision, policies, responsibilities and initiatives to advance opening-up, demonstrating China's commitment to further opening up its economy in the new era.

Will Trump heed the call of US farmers to reduce trade deficits?

The US farming sector is caught in the crossfire of an emerging trade war between the world's top two economies. As US President Donald Trump considers increasing farm subsidies to compensate farmers for the expected decline in their exports and incomes once the US imposes the proposed tariffs on Chinese imports, representatives of the prime agricultural states and lobbying groups declared they prefer "trade to aid".