Name change needs handling carefully

HAINAN PROVINCE RECENTLY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS for a total of 84 communities or high-rise buildings to change their names. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Social reasons for baby boy bias must be eliminated

STATISTICS FROM THE HEILONGJIANG provincial bureau of statistics indicate that the gender ratio at birth last year in some of its counties was far beyond the 107:100 upper limit of the normal range. For instance, the male to female ratio at birth in Tongjiang county in the province hit 116.9:100. China Youth Daily comments:

Xi-Trump meeting can get trade talks moving again

Following what US President Donald Trump described as "a very good telephone conversation" with Chinese President Xi Jinping, both Beijing and Washington confirmed the two will meet on the sidelines of next week's G20 summit.

HK youth should look to seize opportunities of Bay Area plan

There are two sides to Hong Kong's youth protesting against the move by the government of the special administrative region to plug some loopholes in the SAR's legal system with necessary legislative amendments to its extradition laws.

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Xi's visit to DPRK to stabilize peninsula

Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping will pay a two-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from Thursday. How should we evaluate the significance of the visit? Two experts share their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

Gulf conflict could spell disaster for world

Editor's Note: Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated with Washington sending 1,000 troops to the Middle East and Teheran threatening to break the limits of how much enriched uranium it can stockpile according to the multilateral Iran nuclear deal, from which the US has withdrawn. This comes on the heels of the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman a week ago. Are the heightened tensions a prelude to war, and how will the global oil market react to the developments? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Huawei shouldn't be made a victim in technology competition

China and the US are locked in a strategic competition in the telecommunications sector, especially in 5G technology. That the United States has drawn global 5G leader Huawei in the Sino-US trade disputes, saying it threatens its national security, suggests a complex game to determine global governance, reshape the regional order, and political and economic institutions might be underway.

In 5G market, China puts money where its mouth is

CHINA MOBILE, one of the four licensed 5G operators in China, recently signed some large-scale purchasing deals on 5G equipment and facilities with Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson and Nokia. Beijing News comments:

Extreme pressure on Iran risks opening Pandora's box

The Pentagon announced on Monday the United States is sending 1,000 troops to the Middle East, citing a rising threat from Iran. The same day, Teheran announced that in the next 10 days it would break the limits on how much enriched uranium it can stockpile, which it agreed to as part of the multilateral nuclear deal. Both moves will no doubt further strain the already tense atmosphere in the Middle East.

Washington needs more holistic view of the world

A lot is happening as the world counts down to the anticipated meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan between the US president and the leaders of countries with which his country is at or threatening a trade war.

US drapes its paranoia with righteousness

Editor's note: The ongoing economic and trade frictions between China and the United States have made many people talk about the two countries being caught in the Thucydides trap. A People's Daily article comments: