Cultural exchanges promote understanding

Editor's note: Wang Chen, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Taihu World Cultural Forum on the role of culture in building a community with a shared future for mankind. Excerpts follow:

Onus on Abe to bridge historical divide

At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to pay an official visit to China on Oct 25-27, the first official visit to China by a Japanese prime minister since Yoshihiko Noda's visit in 2011.

Celebrity posts offer food for thought

ON TUESDAY, actress Zanilia Zhao posted a photo of her marriage certificate on her micro blog. Her post received more than 600,000 "likes" within 10 minutes, with the micro blog being forwarded 100,000 times and commented on another 100,000 times. Half an hour later, the server hosting her Sina micro blog failed and many of those wishing to comment found they could not do so until a dozen minutes later. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Harvard case a starting point for Asian-Americans' pursuit of rights

THE OPENING ARGUMENTS in a lawsuit charging the admissions office of Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American students were delivered in court on Monday. China Daily writer Wang Yiqing comments:

Catch the corruption of flies, so they can't become tigers

It is rare for the word "especially" to be used three times to describe the corruption of a high-ranking official. But that is how the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervision Commission jointly announced that Lai Xiaomin, former Party secretary and chairman of the board of Huarong Asset Management, had been removed from office and expelled from the Party.

Asia, Europe can join hands to resist US unilateralism

With the United States intent on continuing with its unilateralism and protectionism, Asia and Europe will seek to strengthen their cooperation at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit being held in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday and Friday.

China has plenty of ammunition to fight its corner in trade war

Editor's note: On Sunday, CBS broadcast an interview with US President Donald Trump in which he said China does not have sufficient ammunition when talking about the ongoing trade war. China Radio International comments on its official social media account:

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Forum focuses on shared future for all

Editor's note: Luminaries from home and abroad in a wide range of fields are exchanging views on how to build a community with a shared future for mankind at the fifth annual conference of the Taihu World Cultural Forum being held in Beijing, Wednesday to Friday. The following are excepts of the views of three participants:

No major change in US-Saudi relationship

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks over a missing Saudi journalist. The final appearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, at the door of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, has left the world a mystery, as well as thrown Riyadh into an international public opinion whirlpool.

Overcoming challenges facing Polar Silk Road

Ballast water is dangerous for the Arctic environment since it contains a variety of invasive species that constitute a menace to the fragile flora and fauna in the Arctic and can displace local organisms and creatures, thus changing the whole structure of the feeding system.

Even when battle is won, war against poverty must continue

On Wednesday, as we celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is also the fifth Chinese Poverty Relief Day, an intensive campaign is under way throughout China to meet the official deadline for lifting all its impoverished people and regions out of poverty by 2020.