Hot spot posts bestow celebrity status

Editor's note: Wanghong are scenic spots, or tourist destinations, that have won themselves a name after being repeatedly mentioned online. And the craze for visiting such cyber celebrity destinations shows no sign of waning. During the National Day holiday, people were willing to line up for hours to taste food or see sights that had become hot talk on social media. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Going green with Chinese characteristics Stephen S. Roach

In the here and now of climate change, it is easy to lose sight of important signs of progress. China, one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is a case in point. By changing its economic model, shifting its sources of fuel, developing new transportation systems, and embracing eco-friendly urbanization, China has set an example of global leadership in sustainability strategy that the rest of the world needs to consider very carefully. In the rush to demonize China over trade, the West has missed this point altogether.

2nd China International Import Expo bigger, and more significant

THE SECOND CHINA INTERNATIONAL IMPORT EXPO will be held in Shanghai on Nov 5, demonstrating the country's resolve to further open up. Xinhua News Comments:

'Peace Spring' puts further stress on Syria

The situation in Syria risks being plunged into a new round of chaos and conflict that may cause a humanitarian crisis after Turkey launched a broad assault against Kurdish fighters in the north of the country on Wednesday.

US would benefit from taking less-is-more approach to talks

Reports suggesting Vice-Premier Liu He, head of the Chinese delegation to the ongoing trade talks with the United States on Thursday and Friday, will leave Washington earlier than planned have fueled pessimism over the outcome of the negotiations. This shows how eagerly the world awaits the two largest economies laying their frictions to rest.

Better education for competitive boost

As expected, China is the best performer among the five BRICS economies in terms of competitiveness. Its position in the global competitiveness ranking remains unchanged from last year in the latest report of the World Economic Forum, ranking 28th among 141 economies.

Author Can Xue forges her own artistic path

Editor's Note: On the newly-published odds list for the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature, Chinese writer Can Xue is ranked third, one place higher than Haruki Murakami, a best-selling contemporary Japanese writer. Deng Xiaomang, philosopher, aesthetician and critic, and Can's elder brother commented in a book co-authored by him and Can:

Thanks Huang, but there's no gift C919

HUANG SHICONG, a TV commentator in Taiwan who was widely ridiculed after saying that people on the mainland could not afford to eat zhacai, or pickled mustard root, in August, became the media focus again by uttering exciting words to laud China's first passenger airliner the C919. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Try to make a better life for the people

Two questions have always popped up when I do interviews with the US media. In what way has Communist rule in China over the past 70 years been a success? And, strategically what is China's intention?

China and India can fight poverty together

In light of the white paper, China and the World in the New Era, published by the Chinese government to respond to the world's questions about China, and in anticipation of the upcoming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is appropriate to reflect on the nature of Sino-Indian relations.

EU's focus on cooperation not conflict

Many European politicians have long been skeptical about the Belt and Road Initiative, but they might be more willing to change their minds after reading a report released on Tuesday that urges the European Union to copy China's Belt and Road Initiative to better channel the billions of euros it sends as aid each year to Africa.