Macy's full retreat reveals harsh retail realities in China

As Macy's raised the curtain on its elaborate window displays of festive cheer in its home market, the US retail giant has quietly brought down the curtain on its business in China ahead of the most important selling season of the year.

Pompeo's Marriott hacking claim simply preposterous

Give a dog a bad name and hang it. That is exactly what the United States was trying to do when it pointed an accusing finger at China on Wednesday, claiming that the country was behind the massive hacking of data from hotel giant Marriott, involving some 500 million of its customers.

Court's Apple injunction normal procedure

ON MONDAY, a court in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, imposed a preliminary injunction ordering four subsidiaries of Apple Inc in China to immediately cease importing, selling or preselling certain kinds of iPhones because they violated two Qualcomm patents. Lin Wei, a lawyer, commented on Beijing News:

Politicized law enforcement Washington's predilection

When US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino remarked that the US condemns "all forms of arbitrary detention" on Tuesday, he was commenting on reports that two Canadians have been detained in China.

Big test for risk control abilities of China and US

Editor's note: Chen Xiaodong, head of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, and Cui Liru, former head of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, discussed Sino-US relations at a forum on Dec 2. The following is a summary of their remarks:

Evaluation system will help build good local business environments

AFTER PILOTING AN ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN 22 CITIES, the National Development and Reform Commission will evaluate the business environment of all cities above the county level from 2020. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

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China - Getting the stimulus dosage right

Standard Chartered Bank maintains its 2019 growth forecast of 6.4 percent for China, above market consensus. The Chinese economy faces downward pressure from sluggish credit growth, a possible property market correction, and trade frictions with the United States.

Tariffs a threat to clean energy future of Asia

Delegates from around the world have gathered in Katowice, Poland, to discuss how to curb greenhouse gas emissions in order to realize the goals enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Income gap an acute issue for many nations

The meeting I was attending in a venue near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday and Saturday last week was abruptly cut short, as expected, due to a gilets jaunes, or yellow vest, protest. The graphic scenes from the previous weekend that were broadcast on TV time and again - burning cars, looting, and police firing tear gas and rubber bullets - were scary.

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.