Editor's note: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit China and meet Chinese leaders on Oct 25-27. This is the first official visit paid by Japanese Prime Minister in seven years, and it coincides with the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship on Oct 23, 1978. What can we expect out of this visit? How can the two countries enhance ties? Five experts shared their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:
Editor's note: Xie Fuzhan, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech at the Asia-Europe Economic Forum, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct 17-18. Excerpts follow:
It is to be hoped that United States President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is merely to woo votes in mid-term elections, or to exact concessions from Russia.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just concluded a tour to Latin America in an apparent attempt to mend fences with countries in the region, as ties between Washington and its Latin American neighbors have been on a downward trajectory since Donald Trump became president.
ON FRIDAY MORNING, the heads of the central bank and the banking, insurance and securities regulatory bodies collectively voiced their optimism in the future of the stock market in their respective interviews with the media. ThePaper.cn comments:
THE EUROPEAN UNION autumn summit in Brussels last week yielded no concrete progress on Brexit, one of its key subjects. Beijing Youth Daily comments:
Editor's note: US President Donald Trump has openly expressed his discontent five times with the Federal Reserve's decision to raise the interest rates in December. But the Federal Reserve will not bow to Trump's pressure, which largely stems from his need to beautify the economic data before the midterm elections next month. Zhang Jingwei, a researcher with The Charhar Institute, in his column published by the Beijing Youth Daily commented:
At the end of 2017, Brahma Chellaney, a professor with the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, wrote an article titled "China's Creditor Imperialism" in which he accused China of creating a "debt trap" from Argentina, to Namibia and Laos, mentioning its acquisition of, or investment in the construction of several port hubs, including Hambantota in Sri Lanka, Piraeus in Greece, Djibouti, and Mombasa in Kenya in recent years.
The potential of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which will open on Tuesday, has been underestimated by some experts due to their low expectations with regard to its logistic functions. But on the contrary, the bridge will play a crucial role in promoting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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