Green light for cooperation in third-party markets

DURING JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S visit to Beijing last week an agreement was reached on further cooperation between China and Japan in various industries and in third-party markets. China Watch, a think tank affiliated to China Daily, comments:

Renminbi gains ground as global reserve currency

Editor's note: The Philippine Renminbi Trade Dealer Association was established in Manila on Tuesday. This is another important step in the renminbi's internationalization after China and Japan signed a currency swap agreement last week. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

China cannot rest on its laurels, it must continue to make doing business easier

ON THURSDAY, the World Bank released a report Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform, which ranks China 46th worldwide on its "ease of doing business" list. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Sanctions backtrack shows US out of step with the world

In a surprise move, the United States has said that it will likely give waivers to some allies that rely on Iranian oil supplies.

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Private economy's position is assured

The private economy has played (and continues to play) a key role in China's economic development. China has more than 70 million individual businesses and more than 30 million private enterprises, which account for more than 50 percent the country's fiscal revenue, over 60 percent fixed-asset investment, more than 70 percent innovations and over 80 percent urban employment.

How best to protect wild tigers, rhinos?

Editor's note: The State Council, China's Cabinet, has released a notice on strictly regulating the use of rhinoceros and tiger products, in which only those from "farms" or dead animals in captivity for purposes such as scientific research, life-saving medical treatment and cultural exchanges can be used under stringent requirements. Why have the authorities revised the regulation? And how will this decision affect wildlife protection? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

US using fake cyberattacks to cry wolf

Editor's note: Some Western media outlets have alleged China might be trying to use cyberattacks and surveillance to influence the results of the US midterm elections. Such baseless charges will only widen the trust deficit between the United States and China. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan on the issue. Excerpts follow:

China takes the world stage in fighting hunger

With hunger on the rise over the past two years because of conflict and the impact of climate change, the world needs some success stories to keep all of us optimistic and encouraged. China is one of those stories, not just for what it has achieved in the past, but what it is doing now and will do in the future to help the world achieve "Zero Hunger".

Immigration the Trump card for midterms

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has strengthened his anti-immigration stance ahead of the midterm elections by declaring that he plans to end the right to citizenship for babies of noncitizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States. People's Daily overseas edition comments:

Nation needs own tech know-how to control its own fate

Editor's note: Some Chinese entrepreneurs no longer regard the Silicon Valley as the Holy Land for innovation, because of the flourishing of dozens of innovation centers at home, comments Niutanqin, a popular columnist, in a post. Excerpts:

Ideological bias keeping Australia mired in the past

Suspicion, mistrust and hostility are the messages that China continues to receive from Australia. Admittedly this could be a legacy of the poisonous atmosphere which was fostered by the previous administration of prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. But the longer this climate of prejudice persists, the more it will erode the basis for ties between the two countries.