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US desperate to boost presence in region

The US-ASEAN maritime exercise that started on Monday is the first joint naval drill between the United States and the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. However, the multilateral drill has raised speculation over US involvement in Southeast Asia despite the negotiations between China and some ASEAN members such as Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam making good progress toward resolving their territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Facial recognition app a double-edged sword

Recently, an app called ZAO went viral, as it allowed users to replace the faces of actors or actresses with their own in "deepfake" video clips of popular TV series or movies through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) including facial recognition technology.

China, Germany, and EU partners for cooperation, multilateralism

In a speech delivered in Brussels on Wednesday, outgoing European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom mocked the US president on trade without even mentioning his name. In the speech, titled Truths about Trade, Malmstrom, a veteran at European Union institutions, sighed that "we live in the age of government by Twitter", a reference to the US president, who less than a day ago attacked the EU on Twitter for treating the United States very "unfairly" on trade.

Crying wolf won't help US win trade war

That issuing threats to China will get it nowhere is something the United States refuses to understand. True, the US president might be unhappy that the trade talks with China have been going on for more than a year and yet there are no signs of a deal in sight.

It's time for Cathay Pacific to fasten its seat belt

THAT SECURITY IS SUPREME ON flights is a well-known fact. It is equally well known that no one should tamper with any equipment in an airplane. And flight crew should be the last people to break this rule, comments China Daily writer Zhu Yuan.

Filmmakers make culture industry proud

BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, the total movie ticket sales on the Chinese mainland have reached 17.6 billion yuan ($2.45 billion), a record high. The tireless efforts of the entire film industry have made this possible, writes China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang:

Further opening up to deal with external uncertainties

Editor's Note: China recently launched a series of measures to further open up the economy to the outside world, drawing the attention of the international community. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

Secessionists of a feather flock together

The chaos in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has provided Tsai Ing-wen, the separatist leader of Taiwan, and her Democratic Progressive Party with an excuse to slander the "one country, two systems", which the Chinese mainland practices in order to realize complete national reunification.

HK protesters now have no excuse to continue violence

Hong Kong is expected to be free of any more violence, including rioting, now that the special administrative region's chief executive has withdrawn what was a well-intended bill to amend the extradition law.

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Elites, inequality are HK's real problem

Since China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, the city has prospered economically, but festered politically. Now, one of the world's richest cities is engulfed by protests, with demonstrators blocking roads, paralyzing the airport, and at times unleashing violence. Far from a uniquely Chinese problem, however, the current chaos should be viewed as a bellwether for capitalist systems that fail to address inequality.