Progress in Human Rights over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China

Editor's Note: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China issued a white paper titled "Progress in Human Rights over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China" on Wednesday. Full text below:

40 years of diplomatic ties should not be squandered

On Jan 1, 1979, China and the United States issued their joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations. Since then the general trend has been for their ties to be strengthened.

Probe loan collusion between property developers and banks

SOME HOMEBUYERS IN SHENZHEN, Guangdong province, complain the mortgage interest rates settled by the banks which the real estate developers earmark for their deals are markedly higher than those offered by other banks. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Attack on Huawei part of US bid to open second front

Editor's note: Canada detained Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, on Dec 1 as requested by the US judicial authorities, which claims Huawei has violated the sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran. Wen Yang, a researcher of politics with the Shanghai-based Fudan University, comments in a post published by Guancha.cn:

UK's Brexit frolics only aggravate global gloom

It has been generally concluded that British Prime Minister Theresa May postponed a parliamentary vote on Brexit scheduled for Tuesday as she anticipated a crushing defeat.

Time to end pay-for-placing searches

THE CHINESE INTERNET COMPANY BAIDU has once again come under fire for its search engine listings, this time for promoting unofficial online visa agencies. ThePaper.cn comments:

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Huawei case shows US twists laws at will

Editor's note: At the behest of the United States, the Canadian authorities detained Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, while she was in transit at Vancouver airport on Dec 1. Calling for Meng's release, China has urged the US and Canada to explain the case. What impact will the case have on China's ties with the US and Canada? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Solving Asia's waste problem the green way

If there's one item that epitomizes our modern world, it's plastic. It's easy to make and use but does untold damage, especially in Asia where rivers, lakes and oceans are literally choking on it.

Maldivian people will suffer most without Chinese investments

After newly elected Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih accused China of raising his country's debt by investing in it, some media outlets have been sensationalizing the issue of China creating "debt traps" in the countries along the Belt and Road.

Change of treatment does not mean waste industry is being scrapped

IMPORTS OF 16 TYPES OF SOLID WASTE, including compressed car scraps and scrapped ships, will be banned from Dec 31, and another 16 types of solid waste, including stainless steel scraps and wood, will be banned from the end of next year. China will completely stop importing solid waste by the end of 2020. People's Daily comments:

US stoops to new low with its dirty trick

Editor's note: Canada detained Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, on Dec 1, when she was transferring at Vancouver airport, as requested by the US judicial authorities, which claim Huawei violated US sanctions against Iran. Columnist Qin Shuo comments in a post: