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Normal growth can help fight tariff war

Now that US President Donald Trump has actually launched a tariff war against China, some believe the US now considers China a "rival", rather than a "friend", because China abandoned its previous strategy of "keeping a low profile and hiding its brightness".

Trump's trade war to be costlier than feared

US President Donald Trump's trade war with China will be more costly, and more damaging, than even the best forecasters predict. The employment impact in the United States, moreover, is almost surely to be net-negative; that is, more jobs will be destroyed than will be created.

It's illegal to indulge in soccer gambling

The Football World Cup in Russia has been thrilling, to say the least, given the many upsets. And buying a football lottery to try their luck has added to the thrills for millions of soccer fans. But it is illegal to bid on soccer games on so-called soccer lottery websites or phone apps.

Will Trump extort a price from NATO?

US President Donald Trump warned other NATO leaders the United States would alter the military deployment in European countries if they didn't increase their defense budgets, raising worries that the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday could end like the G7 summit in Canada last month - in disorder.

Combined defense against Trump's trade attack needed

Premier Li Keqiang's three-day visit to Germany, which started on Sunday, comes against the backdrop of rising protectionism and unilateralism, as US President Donald Trump's go-it-alone policies have put the rule-based global trade system at risk.

Weapon of the law effective in battle against pollution

That the country's top legislature convened a special meeting on Monday and Tuesday to discuss a report on the results of its inspections to determine how effectively the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law is being implemented, and a draft decision on further ways to strengthen protection of the environment in accordance with the law, speaks volumes about the importance the country's top authorities attach to the issue.

Reform of domestic stock market will adhere to established plan, direction

CHINA SECURITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION said on Sunday that it plans to allow foreigners to open accounts in China's A-share market. Economic Daily comments:

Tragedy shows weak risk awareness

THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM has instructed all online travel platforms, tourism enterprises, and travel agencies to carry out emergency investigations to check the safety of all the services or activities they offer tourists. Beijing News comments:

Being enslaved by electronic devices is ruining kids' eyesight

THE LATEST DATA show that 58.6 percent of all primary and secondary school pupils in Beijing have poor eyesight and have to wear glasses. Gmw.cn comments:

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Trade war will harm all global players

Since the beginning of this year, trade frictions between China and the United States have significantly escalated. And with additional US tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods taking effect on Friday, the US has now launched a full-blown trade war against China.