US firms attending expo shows how hard decoupling would be

THE 2ND CHINA INTERNATIONAL IMPORT EXPO will open soon, and according to the Ministry of Commerce, 192 US companies will participate in the exhibition, ranking first among participating countries. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

No black mark for officials when poverty a choice

Editor's Note: A short video clip showing a grassroots civil servant in charge of the local poverty alleviation work addressing a group of poverty-stricken villagers in Zhenyuan county of Yunnan province, went viral on the internet, as she admonishes her listeners not to pin all their hopes on government subsidies for improving their lives. China Daily writer Li Yang comments:

Chile's move highlights urgency of action

In a surprise move, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday that his country would withdraw as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting and the Cop 25 climate change conference scheduled for November and December.

Bullying is by no means a children's game

THE MOVIE, BETTER DAYS, which tells the story of a female high school student who is bullied on campus, has been a box office success since it was released on Oct 25. The movie highlights a serious issue. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Improving the governance system

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee released a communique on Thursday highlighting the importance of modern governance. Which shows advancing modern governance is essential for not only facilitating China's modernization but also enhancing the country's capability to meet internal and external challenges.

US cannot shame anti-extremism efforts in Xinjiang

Certain Western countries represented by the United States have concocted a human rights issue in Xinjiang by disregarding the truth and employing the media and what they call "experts" to distort the reality in the region. Some of them have even tried to sow discord between Islamic states and China, albeit to no avail.

US should stop meddling in HK affairs

In his speech on US-China relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center on Oct 24, US Vice-President Mike Pence cited the 1984 China-United Kingdom joint declaration to justify the US' interference in China's Hong Kong affairs.

Unfounded, unwarranted and ill-willed

Maintaining peace and stability in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is in the interests of the people of all the 47 ethnic groups who live there. Which is why that is the government's bottom line. And why it has introduced measures, with vocational education and training centers as the core, to prevent vulnerable Uygurs living in remote areas from being brainwashed by secessionists and terrorists.

UK goes to polls to try and sort out Brexit

After more than three years of political bickering and wrangling over Brexit that have deeply divided the country, the United Kingdom has arrived at what is once again being called a defining moment.

Refusing invalid candidate upholds law in Hong Kong

THE NOMINATION OF JOSHUA WONG, a diehard secessionist from Hong Kong, as a candidate for the South Horizons West Constituency in the general election of the Southern District Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Nov 24, was deemed invalid by the constituency's election regulators on Tuesday in accordance with the Electoral Procedure Regulation of the SAR. China Daily writer Li Yang comments:

Not security concerns, but worries about China's rise trigger US angst

Security concerns are nothing other than a subterfuge some Western politicians use to demonize Chinese companies in a bid to realize their goal of containing China's development.