From discounts to real shopping experience

Editor's note: This year marks the 10th anniversary of Singles 'Day (Nov 11), when people can avail of the special discounts offered by online shopping platforms. What was new this year? And what are the prospects for China's e-commerce? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Tailored support can boost private economy

Editor's note: President Xi Jinping's recent speech on the private economy has boosted confidence in the private sector as well as China's economy. But what difficulties nonpublic enterprises face and how can they be resolved? Four experts share their views on the issue with China Daily. Excerpts follow:

China, ASEAN set good example for cooperation

As a champion of interdependence among countries and regions, and common interest and sustainable development, President Xi Jinping has proposed the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, in order to promote common progress of the international community. China is already in the process of establishing a community of shared future with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In fact, cooperation between China and ASEAN has become a model of regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

Midterm polls show polarized US

Editor's note: The Democratic Party regained control of the House of Representatives and the Republican Party retained the Senate in the US midterm elections. What do the election results suggest? And what influence the results will have on the US' domestic affairs and diplomacy? Four experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Learn from mistakes that led to World War I

A century ago, on Nov 11, 1918, at 11 am Paris time (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month), the armistice confirming the total surrender of Germany to the Allies came into effect, putting an end to World War I. It had been signed five hours before at Rethondes in the forests of Compiègne near Paris inside a railroad wagon.

EU should work harder to foil US disruptive policies

After learning that my new assignment is to cover the European Union, an economist friend, who holds Dutch and US dual citizenship, told me that the EU, with all its current problems and uncertainties, remains one of the more hopeful and positive political forces in today's broken world.

China, US should seize chance to resolve dispute

Relations between China and the United States are widely believed to be the most consequential of bilateral ties, so there has been growing concern as their interplay has become seemingly ever more intractable this year.

Reconciliation of Beijing, Canberra good for region

In his meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Thursday, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China's development is not a threat to Australia but an opportunity. This is an important message that should be well received by the Australian side as it holds the key for Canberra to repair the previously strained relations.

Technology must aim to be life-improving

NOT ALL THE ACTIVITIES at the ongoing Fifth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, involve successful entrepreneurs or technology geeks. Qianjiang Evening comments:

Midterm results blocked two core economic plans

Editor's note: After the midterm elections in the United States, the Democrats have control over the House of Representatives while the Republicans have control of the Senate. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Purgatives required to eliminate health scams targeting the elderly

ROBERT O. YOUNG, author of the book pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health has been ordered by a US court to pay more than $105 million in medical expenses and damages to a woman who said he falsely promised to cure her breast cancer. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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