US real culprit for backdoors on chips

HAVING "REPORTED" THAT US company SuperMicro's hardware had been hacked by Chinese companies on Oct 4, Bloomberg issued another report on Tuesday, citing "new evidence". China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Asia and Europe share onus to rise to challenge

Editor's note: Premier Li Keqiang is to attend the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct 18-19. It is widely hoped that the 12th ASEM will help strengthen cooperation between Asia and Europe to confront protectionism, unilateralism and populism. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Tsai banging her head against a brick wall

Editor's note: In a speech on Wednesday, Tsai Ing-wen referred to the mainland as China instead of the Chinese mainland, which clearly confirmed her denial of the 1992 Consensus on One China and unveiled her intention to separate Taiwan from the motherland. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin and Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

US' tariffs have no legitimacy

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to slap tariffs on an additional $267 billion of Chinese imports if Beijing retaliates for the recent levies the United States has imposed in an escalating trade war.

Yuan's popularity continues to grow steadily, with reason

Marking the first time a new currency has been added since the inauguration of the euro in 1999, the International Monetary Fund's inclusion of the yuan into its special drawing rights basket two years ago was hailed by China as a "milestone" and "affirmation" of the country's financial reform and opening-up.

Inspections are shot in the arm for poverty alleviation

How the targeted poverty alleviation efforts fare is key to the goal of building the country into a better-off society by the year 2020. This is a challenging task as more than 30 million poverty-stricken rural villagers still need to be lifted out of poverty in two years.

Pence's surreal speech was at least good for a laugh

Editor's note: A social media poster, Niutanqin, whose name conveys the meaning talking to a brick wall, responded to US Vice-President Mike Pence's speech attacking China at the Hudson Institute on Thursday last week. The following excerpts were popular and have been widely reposted:

An opportune time for closer Asia-Europe cooperation: new challenges and opportunities

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China-US relationship needs a reset

It seems the China-US relationship has entered a challenging stage. On Oct 4, US Vice-President Mike Pence delivered a speech at the Hudson Institute accusing the Chinese government of orchestrating an aggressive military, economic, and political campaign to expand its influence inside the United States and elsewhere.

Reciprocity key to denuclearization process

Editor's note: After his meeting with Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korean in Pyongyang on Oct 8, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the two countries can make "real progress" on denuclearization at a second summit. Two experts shared their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan on how to achieve further development. Excerpts follow: