Virginia exposes face of racism in US

Editor's note: US President Donald Trump condemned white supremacists by name on Monday, two days after a white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and shocked the country. One woman was killed and more than 20 people were injured in a car attack, with over 30 being injured in clashes between white supremacist groups and counter-protesters. And two police officers trying to quell the unrest died when their helicopter crashed. Two scholars share their views on the incident with China Daily's Cui Shoufeng. Excerpts follow:

China can help WHO improve global health

A few weeks ago, as the newly elected director-general of the World Health Organization, I undertook one of my first official country visits, to Yemen. That country, after two years of conflict and the complete collapse of basic public services, is now suffering from the largest cholera outbreak in the world, in one of the greatest humanitarian crisis anywhere. Malnutrition is rampant, and famine appears imminent. Some 15 million people have no access to healthcare or to clean water and sanitation.

Refusing cash not an option for mobile payment firms

China is becoming increasingly digitalized, with people, especially the youth, preferring to use mobile apps to pay for almost anything, from food to air tickets. No doubt, mobile payment platforms, notably WeChat Pay and Alipay, are responsible for making possible this trend. But despite that, recent efforts by Alipay to promote cash-free living in some cities have created controversy after some participating merchants refused to accept cash, or payments made in renminbi in China's case.

Abe still driving wedge between Japan and China

Over the past five years, the world has waited and hoped for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to acknowledge the truth in his perception of history. However, he has constantly let the world down.

Redefine pyramid schemes

It is tragic that three energetic college students eager to find jobs to ease their families' economic burdens died after being lured into pyramid selling schemes.

US must not link trade with DPRK issue

One day before US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum allowing the US Trade Representative to consider launching an investigation into "unfair Chinese trade practices", National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said China's help was vital to resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and the United States was not looking for a trade conflict.

Boycott of Chinese goods will hurt India

Amid the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Donglang area of the Sikkim sector of the China-India border, several ultranationalist Indian politicians of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and some right-wing Hindu organizations are trying to incite Indian citizens to boycott Chinese goods. The call to boycott Chinese goods is a frog-in-the-well kind of perspective, which will not help India but could deter Chinese enterprises from investing in India and thus harm bilateral cooperation.

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Unique role in building strong bond

Editor's note: The China-Africa Media Forum hosted by the Information Office of the State Council and co-organized by Xinhua News Agency and Independent Media Group of South Africa was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday. Below are excerpts from the speeches of the participants.

Great potential for media cooperation

Working together for better mutual understanding

We must never lose sight of our role as society's watchdogs. We must hold our communities, our nations, BRICS, to account. We tell the stories wanting them to succeed, it is only right that we be vigilant in exposing cases where these stories have not succeeded because of individual greed or the corruption of officials.

Sickness in US society will not be easy to cure

For a long time, people in the United States took pride in the belief that one of the things that made their nation great was a system that was designed to encourage principled disagreements so that people could achieve consensus through reasoned debate.