Time-honored Silk Road partnership renewed

Relations between China and Turkey can be traced back to the time of the ancient Silk Road, as records show friendly trading ties between Turkish ancestors and Han people on the Central Plains began to flourish more than 1,000 years ago.

China, US must talk their way out of trade trouble

Editor's note: The leaders of China and the United States agreed on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, to restart the economic and trade consultations between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual respect. Xinhua News Agency comments:

Changes in financial sector show that opening-up is accelerating

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019, also known as Summer Davos, in Dalian, Liaoning province on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed China's commitment to further open up the economy to foreign investment. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

Oil industry reform enters deep water

ON SUNDAY, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce issued two regulations that provide policy support for foreign capital to enter the oil and mineral industries. Beijing News comments:

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Cease-fire raises hope of trade truce

Editor's Note: The much anticipated meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday helped restart the trade talks to settle bilateral trade disputes, which have roiled the global market and dimmed its growth prospects. Three experts share their views on the meeting and China-US trade negotiations with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

By keeping its word, Japan can improve bilateral ties

President Xi Jinping's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Osaka last week produced a number of consensuses, with both sides agreeing to build Sino-Japanese relations by meeting the needs of a new era so they can jointly safeguard world peace and promote common development.

US will fail in its evil design even by using Taiwan as a tool

The United States seems intent on playing the dangerous "Taiwan card" again by allowing Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen to stop over in the US on her way to "visit" some Caribbean countries this month. The US has already made a series of moves, especially the passing of the Taiwan Assurance Act by the House of Representatives, which has raised tensions across the Taiwan Straits.

Helping each other succeed in new era of globalization

China's development and its contribution to global economic growth since it looked outside to the wider world, particularly after it became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2001, highlights the reciprocal benefits that are realized in the transition from isolation and exclusion to openness and integration.

Marijuana culture in other countries no excuse for breaking China's drug laws

IN A REPORT ON DRUG CONTROL in China last year, the China National Narcotic Control Committee points out that after Canada and some states of the United States legalized marijuana, the amount of marijuana smuggled from North America to China has increased. China Youth Daily comments:

Manipulated protests harming Hong Kong

The celebrations to mark the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as well as its image as Asia's World City were marred by a large mob of anti-government protestors who stormed and vandalized the Legislative Council complex in Admiralty.

No immunity for vaccine profiteers

ON SATURDAY, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, adopted the country's first national law on vaccine management, which will come into effect on Dec 1. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments: