Dialogue to boost relations with Italy

Constructive dialogue on economic and financial policies will help promote closer ties between China and Italy, especially at a time when the latter is determined to further open up its financial and goods markets, a top Italian official said.

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Will the Nobel Prize winners speak at the forum - does it matter?

IN THE PAST MONTHS, dozens of Nobel Prize winners in economics, medical science, physics and chemistry have attended forums and conferences in China at the invitation of companies, media and local governments. Science and Technology Daily comments:

Mollycoddling of boys also to blame for feminization trend

MALE STARS with feminine looks have become popular, but it is part of a trend among boys, whose lack of masculinity has long been a problem discussed online. Thepaper.cn comments:

Laws must have teeth in regulating business

THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES initiated a special investigation into the car hailing companies on Wednesday, beginning with Didi Chuxing, the largest player in the industry. Legal Daily comments:

UK should try to have more than one friend

In what the Foreign Ministry described on Thursday as a "provocative" move that has infringed on China's sovereignty and violated Chinese and international laws, a British Royal Navy warship entered Chinese territorial waters around the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on August 31, triggering strong complaints from China.

Reciprocation now key to Korean Peninsula peace

It is always good to hear Pyongyang vow to denuclearize. Even better when it comes with a timeline.

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Partners walking toward prosperity

President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the just concluded summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, themed "Walk Together Toward Prosperity", provided the road map for China-Africa cooperation in the new era. China looks forward to a world of greater openness, devoid of isolation, because it has learned from its four decades of reform and opening-up that prosperity only comes to those who embrace the world with open arms.

On way to improving resource management

The just concluded summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation drew global attention, and there is widespread agreement that successful South-South cooperation mechanisms can promote mutual development, and enable the participating countries to better respond to global challenges. But that success is not coming easily.

China and Africa natural partners for development

When covering the Seventh Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing earlier this week, attention focused on the $60 billion in aid and financing China pledged to African nations.

Xi's speech blueprint for greater synergy

President Xi Jinping's speech at the summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation reverberated not only in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, but also in the whole of Africa and the world at large.