Four major phases have supported globalization of Chinese companies

CHINA HAS BEEN A MAIN SUPPORTER of economic globalization since it launched reform and opening-up 40 years ago. And during the process, Chinese enterprises have accelerated their integration into the global market, which has strengthened China's connection with the rest of the world. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Missing court materials case must be solved

IN DECEMBER 2017, the Supreme People's Court made its final verdict on a case involving disputes over ownership of a coal mine in Shaanxi province. However, according to a recent report all the materials relating to the case have been "lost". Beijing News comments:

Emerging industries are the real economy that requires support

Editor's note: A forum on the Chinese economy, co-hosted by People's Daily, China Economic Weekly, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and Alliance of Industrial Internet of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, was held in Beijing on Dec 29. The following are excerpts of the speakers' points of view.

Hot word: Factory livestreaming

工厂直播 (gōngchǎng zhíbō)

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Reconciling growth and national security

At a conference last month to commemorate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up, President Xi Jinping underscored the tension between the continuation of that process and the imperative of protecting national security.

Disruption, concentration marks the new economy

The growing dominance of leading technology companies has occasioned an intense debate on the tradeoffs between efficiency and market power, while raising questions about what the changing structure of markets will mean for innovation and the distribution of wealth in the future.

NASA goes where no ship has gone before

TAMPA - A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule about 6.4 billion kilometers away.

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Boy whose mom fought US travel ban dies aged 2

LODI, California - The father of a 2-year-old boy who was separated from his Yemeni mother until she successfully fought the Trump administration's travel ban to see him in the United States laid his body to rest on Saturday, a day after the child was taken off life support at a hospital.

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China allows US milled rice imports

China has begun to allow imports of milled rice from the United States to meet domestic demand, with experts saying on Friday the move will enhance bilateral trade in agricultural products.