Talking only way for US and China to get on same page

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to China, which started on Monday, comes at a time when relations between the world's two largest economies are at one of their worst points since they established diplomatic ties four decades ago.

Reserve requirement ratio cut will support real economy

China's cut in the banking reserve requirement ratio, or amount of cash that banks are required to hold as reserves, announced on Sunday, failed to hold back the selling spree in the domestic A-share market on Monday.

Rise in holiday spending shows that consumption engine powering up

OCT 1 IS NATIONAL DAY in China, and the government made the seven days from Oct 1 to Oct 7 a National Day holiday, or Golden Week, 20 years ago in a bid to boost consumption. Beijing News comments:

Kavanaugh reveals widening social divides

DESPITE BEING ACCUSED by three women of sexual misconduct, Brett Michael Kavanaugh was sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on Saturday after the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 50-48 earlier that day. Beijing News comments:

Timely release of information nips rumors in the bud

ON OCT 2, three women violently snatched an 11-month-old baby from her mother in a shopping mall in Fengtai district, Beijing. They were stopped by people in the mall and the police detained the three suspects for three days, without submitting them for criminal charges. People's Daily comments:

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Does Pence's speech signal a new 'Cold War'?

Editor's note: US Vice-President Mike Pence delivered a speech on Thursday in which he criticized China on multiple fronts.

Reform can play positive role during trade war

Last June, The Economist lamented that "Donald Trump is undermining the rules-based international order," as he seeks "short-term wins for America" at the cost of "long-term damage to the world."

Concrete moves needed for denuclearization

Absent the widely anticipated agreement on a second summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's fourth trip to Pyongyang did not produce the widely expected outcome.

Two systems still in place despite claims to contrary

Ungrounded accusations from some foreign governments over the decision by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region not to renew the work visa of a foreign correspondent in the SAR are the latest attempt to undermine the principle of "one country, two systems" and attack the central and SAR governments.

Promote and protect human rights in the process of development

Development is a shared aspiration of humankind and reflects the desire of all nations for a better life. International human rights instruments, such as the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, all enshrine poverty eradication and development as fundamental human rights.