It is no exaggeration to say the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un on Tuesday in Singapore could be epoch-making. The denouement to months of diplomatic efforts and the on-off-on-again saga that unfolded after its announcement, the meeting is of great significance. The first between the incumbent leaders of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, it is a face-to-face conversation that can set the course of history - for better or worse.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Saturday and Sunday, which brought together the heads of SCO member and observer states and relevant international and regional organizations, drew a blueprint for the SCO's development.
CHINA EXEMPTED TARIFFS on 28 categories of imported medicines, including some common anti-cancer drugs, on May 1. But the retail prices of these medicines have remained unchanged till now. Beijing News comments:
THIS YEAR MARKS the 10th anniversary of the ban on ultra-thin plastic bags, and it is embarrassing that despite the ban the consumption of plastic bags has continued to grow, and will continue do so in the foreseeable future with the development of e-commerce and online food deliveries. People's Daily comments:
ON THURSDAY, Google released its manifesto of principles guiding Artificial Intelligence, which states it will not support the use of AI for weaponized systems. Thepaper.cn commented on Monday:
In his speech to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping said China aims to become a global leader in innovation by 2035. He underscored the importance of strengthening China's innovation system, including the protection of intellectual property rights, and fostering a culture of innovation.
I have been here before. Yes, I can remember that anticipation on the cusp of a moment when an economy is about to transition and take that tectonic shift from planning to market. I saw it in China in the early 1980s, and again in Vietnam and Laos in the 1990s. That feeling of nostalgia returns with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The pattern is likely to be the same.
Almost five years after President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, the European Union is trying to convince its 28 member states that boosting connectivity across Eurasia continent is crucial for their economies. The EU is expected to announce its strategy on connecting Asia and Europe at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels in October.
The 18th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which concluded in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sunday, offered a new vision for a more just and equitable world order featuring common security and shared growth, along with open and inclusive international cooperation for better global governance.
The huge divide between the United States and its allies over issues such as trade meant the magnitude of discord at this year's G7 Summit was unprecedented for the bloc of leading industrialized nations.
THE CHINA SECURITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION recently approved Xiaomi Group, an electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beijing and the world's fourth-largest smartphone producer, to issue shares in form of depository receipts, the first enterprise to do so in China's A-share market. Beijing News comments:
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