Groundless to accuse Beijing of stalling Korean progress

United States President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that his secretary of state is postponing a planned visit to Pyongyang until the "trading relationship with China is resolved". Considering the lack of progress in China-US trade talks, that could be quite a while.

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How to clean up bike-sharing firms' mess

Editor's Note: Mobike, one of the biggest bike-sharing startups, recently launched a complete bicycle maintenance measure and began recycling the "lite 1.0 version" of its bikes with poor durability. Although building a circular economy was the original goal of the bike-sharing startups, thousands of broken-down bikes abandoned on the streets show the huge waste of resources. Two experts share their views on how to solve this problem with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Who'll be Japan's conscience-keeper after Akihito abdicates in April?

Living in anguish in his final years, late Japanese Emperor Hirohito was haunted by talks holding him responsible for Japan's war with China (and other countries) before and during World War II, as his close aide Shinobu Kobayashi wrote in his diary.

US itself to blame for trade deficits

Holding China responsible for the US' trade deficits and unemployment, US President Donald Trump has launched what could turn into a full-blown trade war against China, by imposing high tariffs on Chinese products and strictly restricting technology transfer. But data show the US itself is responsible for its trade deficits, and cannot solve the problem without undergoing a radical economic transformation.

Google intensifies efforts on mainland

International technology giant Google Inc is accelerating efforts to rebuild its presence in the Chinese mainland market by introducing more of its parent company's Alphabet Inc's business into the local market.

5G initiative to boost industrial internet reach

China's intensified efforts to commercialize the fifth-generation mobile communication technology will lay a sound foundation for the development of industrial internet in the country, experts said on Friday.

Mavic 2 drone series unveiled in Beijing

DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer by market share, unveiled its Mavic 2 series of drones on Friday, amid sluggish growth in China's consumer drone market.

Chinese startups, investors looking at India

India is now an important startup destination, and even small and medium-sized Chinese enterprises, venture capital firms and angel investors are eyeing it, and seeking local insights, experts said at an entrepreneurship forum in Beijing on Tuesday.

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BoComm H1 profit up 4.61%

Bank of Communications Co Ltd posted 4.61 percent net profit growth year-on-year in the first half of this year, hitting a record high since 2015.

Meituan-Dianping wins approval for HK float

Meituan-Dianping, an online food delivery and booking platform, is said to have won approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange for its planned IPO, in what would be the second listing under the city's new dual-class share system.