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BRI boosts cooperation with Latin America

Since the beginning of the 21st century, economic and trade relations between China and Latin America have seen constant, stable development. Latin America has become one of the most dynamic regions for China's trade cooperation. According to statistics from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, China has been the second-largest partner in goods trade, third-largest export market and the second-largest source of imports for Latin America since 2014.

Helping Asia-Pacific meet development goals

Ministers and senior policymakers across Asia and the Pacific are gathered in Bangkok this week to focus on population dynamics at a crucial time for the region. Their goal: to keep people and their rights at the heart of the region's push for sustainable development. They will review how successful we have been in balancing economic growth with social imperatives, underpinned by rights and choices for all as enshrined in the landmark Programme of Action stemming from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development.

FTZ to deepen cooperation with nearby regions

China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is the country's first domestic free trade pilot zone and shows China's determination to further open up its economy under the new circumstances. The pilot free trade zone, approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, in September 2013, includes seven bonded areas spread over 120.72 square kilometers.

Prejudice, discrimination must be nipped in bud

A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY, surnamed Zhou, returned to school after his successful treatment for cancer. However, the rumor spread among the other children that he suffered from an infectious disease, as a result he suffered from discrimination as the other children feared they would be infected. China Daily reporter Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Belt and Road sign of positive progress in global relations

Editor's note: Some Western countries criticize the Belt and Road Initiative as an example of neo-imperialism, neo-expansionism, neocolonialism and debt-imperialism. Zheng Yongnian, a professor of China studies at the National University of Singapore, commented in his column on Guancha.cn:

Parents in too much of a rush trying to push their kids ahead

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION has launched a campaign to put an end to the trend of more and more kindergartens to teach primary school courses. China Youth Daily comments:

Only certainty of Brexit is it brings more uncertainty

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called it "the best deal possible". British Prime Minister Theresa May said it was the "only possible deal".

Investigation of human gene editing claim justified

That the National Health Commission ordered an investigation into the claim by a Chinese scientist to have done the first human gene editing immediately after the news broke on Monday suggests that the practice itself is problematic.

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Local polls reflect island residents' wishes

Editor's note: Kuomintang won 15 of the 22 seats contested in the local elections in Taiwan over the weekend, but the Democratic Progressive Party will remain the ruling party on the island until the 2020 election for a new Taiwan leader. What will cross-Straits relations be like in the intervening two years? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Rash rush to genetically modify humans