Education must cross the divide

WU YISHU, a high school graduate in Shanghai famous for becoming the champion at the 2017 Chinese Poetry Conference, made a buzz again because she got 613 points out of a possible 660 in this year's annual national college entrance exam. Confounding the expectations of many, Wu will study natural science at Tsinghua University. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Globalization still the trend

Leaders attending the 34th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday and Sunday reached a consensus on wrapping up the negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership this year.

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US soybeans may lose China's market

In his book The Revenge of Geography, American international relations expert Robert D. Kaplan says that in the 19th century, Americans found "a flat of rich farmland without geographical impediments" outside the Appalachians, where "wealth could be created". That is the place where American culture gradually developed.

You never miss the water till the well runs dry

The situation is stark, to say the least. Scenes of thousands of people queuing up to fetch drinking water are all over social media in India. The worst fears of environmentalists and water conservationists have come true.

Uncertainty remains as UK awaits a new leader

After a series of failures to negotiate a Brexit deal in parliament, Theresa May resigned as British prime minister on June 7, triggering a contest for the Conservative Party's leadership.

FedEx getting itself in a fix over Huawei

As the world's largest express transportation company, FedEx claims that it holds itself to a very high standard of service. But its track record over the past month in relation to serving Chinese telecom giant Huawei would suggest not.

Gaokao an important stop on a person's lifelong journey

This week will be joyful for those who have gotten high scores in their national college entrance examinations, but miserable days for those whose scores may deny them the opportunity to study in a university.

Ongoing urbanization will help consolidate economic resilience

ACCORDING TO JD.COM, the second largest e-commerce platform in China, the initial total billing amount in its annual mid-year promotion season from June 1 to 18 reached 201.5 billion yuan ($29.3 billion), up 26.57 percent year-on-year. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Better support for real economy

ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DATA from the Ministry of Finance, the national general public budget income in the first five months is 8.99 trillion yuan ($1.3 trillion), up 3.8 percent compared with that of last year, but the growth is slower than that of the first four months. Rednet.cn comments:

Responsibility for world rests on all countries' shoulders

Editor's note: Disregarding international rules, the United States has stirred up trade frictions around the world, and it is the rules-based multilateral trading system that has been the biggest victim of Washington's unilateralism and protectionism. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

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