Robust economy resilient to trade attacks

The United States pulled the trigger on 25 percent tariff on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports on Friday, launching a full-scale trade war. And given the ominous signs visible on the global trade firmament, China would do well to prepare to deal with possibly the largest and dirtiest trade war in history.

A social credit system the need of the hour

The "social credit system" exemplifies China's top-level design approach, which is coordinated by the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms. The State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued the "Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System (2014-20)", which says the social credit system will focus on four areas: honesty in government affairs, commercial integrity, societal integrity and judicial credibility.

It's time the EU realized US' anti-free trade characteristics

European Council President Donald Tusk's weekly agenda shows he will discuss only routine affairs with US President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday. And there are no signs yet to suggest the European Union and the Trump administration will hold their first summit in the near future.

Further opening up remains the way forward for China

With the United States having already activated 25 percent tariffs on some $34 billion worth of Chinese imports, the Washington-initiated trade dispute with China has escalated and could worsen.

Trust building is still needed for peninsula denuclearization

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wound up a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the weekend. The first high-level contact between the United States and the DPRK in the wake of the historic meeting between their two leaders signals the two sides' continuing efforts to resolve their differences and promote the denuclearization process.

Thai authorities must strengthen risk management to protect tourists

SEARCH AND RESCUE operations are continuing after two boats carrying Chinese tourists sank off Phuket Island in Thailand. Although all 42 on board one of the vessels were rescued, 41 Chinese tourists died when the other vessel sank and 14 are still missing. Beijing News comments:

Any kind of recruitment discrimination illegal

FRESH HEMA, an emerging chain store for fresh meat, fruit, and vegetables has been heavily criticized because one of its managers reportedly said he wouldn't hire people from Beijing when interviewing job-seekers, because "Beijing people have money, we can't afford them." Beijing News comments:

Local officials can't rush their duties to please superiors

OFFICIALS from Taixing in East China's Jiangsu province demolished over 300 billboards along local highways within two months, even though some of the billboard owners said they have certificates and their billboards are legal. Gmw.cn comments:

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Will China and US enter a new 'Cold War'?

In the past 40 years, the world has seen the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the United States as the sole superpower, prompting it to assume the global competition between political systems had ended without realizing that these changes have been accompanied or followed by multi-polarization and globalization.

China and Arab states set to shine together

Editor's Note: The eighth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum will be held in Beijing on Tuesday. How can China and the Arab states strengthen cooperation? Four experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Trade row will not change manufacturing approach

Trade disputes with the United States will not hamper China's ongoing move to become an advanced manufacturing power with intensified research and development efforts and international cooperation, experts said on Friday.