Infrastructure ideal for Sino-US cooperation

US President Donald Trump and Congressional Democratic leaders recently agreed to work out an infrastructure package worth $2 trillion.

Olympics demonstrates what a better future could be

Humanity has never lived under a single unified world order. Order, when maintained, has only been achieved within the shifting bounds of limited regions. Today, the several orders that govern our world impact each other with increasing frequency and magnified effects.

Writing a new chapter for Sino-DPRK relations

President Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of strengthening communication, cooperation and coordination with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea when he met with DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday.

China has the right to pursue its goal of high tech progress

Robert Lighthizer, trade representative of the United States, was right when he told the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday that he thinks "it's in the interests of both China and the United States to have some kind of successful agreement".

Women's national soccer team gives men's a lesson in professionalism

IN THE ON-GOING FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP in France, the Chinese women's national soccer team entered the knockout stage after advancing from a group of Germany, Spain and South Africa. China Daily writer Li Yang comments:

Kids waste too much time on short videos

A RECENT SURVEY of 1,974 parents shows that 92.1 percent of them think that kids like to watch short video clips, and 66.3 percent worry their children might imitate bad behavior they see. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Innovation should be cooperative, not isolated pursuit

Editor's note: Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, recently met with two US scholars, George Gilder and Nicholas Negroponte, for talks over afternoon tea in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in which he stressed how openness and cooperation, not isolation and confrontation, can promote human welfare and progress. In a post published on his WeChat account, Qin Shuo, a financial commentator, revealed some of Ren's remarks:

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Innovations can solve talent shortage

The opening of the Hong Kong-Macao-Zhuhai Bridge last September was a key step in the development of the Pearl River Delta region. The 26-kilometer-long bridge and tunnel complex has improved the flow of goods between all ports and increased the flow of tourists across the border.

Fighting terror to protect human rights

That some Western media outlets are criticizing UN counter-terrorism chief for visiting the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region last week is outrageous. Perhaps they are censuring Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov because, influenced by their prejudice against China, they assume China has been violating human rights in Xinjiang. But the fact is that the central and regional governments have been making sincere efforts to improve the lives of the people in Xinjiang.

Nations should join hands to explore outer space

Last week's announcement that 17 countries would conduct nine experiments on board China's planned space station as part of the first round of projects has sent a strong signal for international cooperation and peaceful use of outer space.

Prejudice, not patriotism, gets pride of place

Editor's note: According to a recent Reuters report, US Senator Marco Rubio proposed a bill on Monday calling for amending the US National Defense Authorization Act to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei seeking royalties and damages from US companies through US courts. A CRI.cn article comments: