Import expo a milestone for China's opening-up

The expos and fairs China has held at different times in history serve as milestones in its development journey.

Sanctions on Iran unlikely to get what White House wants

As the US president indicated Saturday, he wants a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Only he wants "a new, more comprehensive" one. One that suffices to not only freeze Iran's nuclear program, but also reduces that country's influence across the Middle East.

Inequality in US-ROK ties makes Washington key to peninsula issue

THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA and the Republic of Korea stopped all forms of hostile military operations against each other in the air, and on the sea and the land from Nov 1, as required by the Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula that they adopted during the inter-Korean summit in April. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

More must be done to improve road safety

A HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK carrying a dismantled tower crane crashed into a line of 31 automobiles at a toll station on the Lanzhou-Haikou expressway in the suburb of Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Saturday evening. By Sunday morning, 15 people were confirmed dead and 44 injured, among whom 10 are severely wounded. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Vow of support for private firms lays questions to rest

Editor's note: The meeting between some representatives of private business owners and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Beijing on Thursday has reinforced the message that China will unswervingly support its private economy, comments ThePaper.cn in its editorial. Excerpts:

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Import expo a harbinger of progress

For many years, China has occupied the pole position in international trade rankings as the world's biggest exporter.

Why it's vital to save the Iran nuclear deal

For all practical purposes, Iran has been driven to a corner since the United States withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions on the Middle East country. The first phase of sanctions targeting Iran's non-energy trade went into effect on Aug 6. In the second phase, the Trump administration announced on Friday that it will reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the historic Iran nuke deal.

Phone call could be beginning of change in Sino-US ties

The phone talk between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Thursday was probably the most positive signal in the past months in China-US relations haunted by tit-for-tat tariff retaliations and concerns over a new Cold War.

Beacons of distinction

The stories behind three of the foreigners who were conferred the Shanghai Magnolia Silver Award this year, Alywin Chew reports.

Shanghai ready to host guests

From the revamp of landscape lighting along a 20-kilometer section of the Huangpu River, to the training of 5,000 volunteers ready to greet the crowds, Shanghai is ready to impress the world with the inaugural China International Import Expo.