Military drills more than simply 'saber rattling'

The People's Liberation Army held live-fire military drills on Wednesday in the Taiwan Straits sending a clear political message to both the island and the world: The Chinese mainland will never allow Taiwan to secede from the motherland.

Abe's picture of ties overly rosy

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began a three-day visit to the United States on Tuesday and met with President Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Time to end reliance on developed countries for high-tech products

THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE DEPARTMENT has banned US companies selling parts, commodities, software and technology to ZTE up until March 13, 2025. Qianjiang Evening News commented on Wednesday:

Police action was improper in liquor case

A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN GUANGZHOU, Guangdong province, who was detained by police from Liangcheng county in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region because he had accused a local liquor of being toxic rather than having medicinal benefits as its manufacturer claimed, has now been released. Guangming Daily comments:

Exaggeration to say smartphone use is dependency

PEOPLE'S SMARTPHONE dependency should not be exaggerated, but people should be aware of the negative influences of using their devices too much. China Youth Daily comments:

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US using trade to check China's rise

China introduced the Made in China 2025 plan on May 19, 2015, to keep pace with the new industrial revolution, and for upgrading and transforming its manufacturing industry.

Nation's image reflects its growing power

A Gallup World Affairs survey shows US citizens' positive feeling toward China has been consistently rising in recent years. According to Gallup's latest poll, 53 percent of the American respondents have a favorable view of China - the first time in three decades that more than 50 percent Americans have expressed such a view. Surveys conducted by other international organizations, think tanks and media outlets also show an increasing number of foreigners hold a favorable view of China.

Have US and Russia entered a new arms race?

The Donald Trump administration's first Nuclear Posture Review, presented in February, has abandoned former president Barack Obama's nuclear disarmament "promise" and, instead, vowed to enhance the role of nuclear power in the US' security strategy including developing sea-launched nuclear missiles, which in a way lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons.

Syrians continue to suffer as major world powers bicker

Syria and its people continue to suffer as the West continues to play its power game with Russia. The US, British and French air strikes on three Syrian sites on April 14, claiming they are associated with the Syrian government forces' alleged chemical attack in Douma in eastern Ghouta, was without any justification of international law or authorization of the UN Security Council. The West has done it before, in Iraq and Libya for instance, and may do it again.

US should not politicize economic competition

The denial order the United States Commerce Department activated against ZTE on Monday may prove fatal to the Chinese telecommunications company. But the impact of the decision may go beyond the fate of an individual company in the context of the ongoing trade spat and economic competition between the US and China.