Lessons from India in digital disruption

Digital technology can rapidly transform how countries provide services such as education and health for their citizens. Public services in the future should be effective, efficient, fair, data-driven and responsive to individual needs. And the groundwork to turn this vision into reality needs to be laid now.

Abe's visit to Iran may not produce desired results

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded his first state visit to Iran, also the first by any Japanese prime minister in 41 years, on Friday at a time when Teheran is at loggerheads with Washington and dark clouds are gathering over the Persian Gulf. Acting as an intermediary between the United States and Iran, Abe hoped to reduce the tensions between the two countries and facilitate dialogue, according to Kyodo News Agency.

Regional cooperation essential to healthy development of Asia

At the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Saturday, President Xi Jinping promised that China will follow a road of peaceful development, continue opening up to share its development opportunities with other countries and uphold multilateralism to safeguard the international order based on international laws.

Stench of hypocrisy accompanies foreign meddling in Hong Kong

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has put on hold the legislative process for the extradition law amendment bill so as to remove the excuse for the violence being instigated by those who do not have the SAR's best interests at heart.

Trade war proponents should heed voices of those being hurt in US

Editor's note: On Friday, major US retailers Walmart Inc and Target Corp, along with more than 600 other companies and organizations, issued a letter to the US president and his trade advisers urging them to resolve the trade dispute with China, saying tariffs hurt American businesses and consumers. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Washington wrong to believe trade relations zero-sum game

ON SUNDAY, the magazine Qiushi published an essay analyzing the ongoing trade frictions between China and the United States. Excerpts below:

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US trade war based on miscalculation

Just when a trade agreement between the United States and China appeared to be in sight, negotiators found themselves back at square one. The apparent reason for the disruption was China's insistence on a substantially rewritten draft agreement, which, according to the United States administration, reneges on previously agreed terms. But the root cause of China's changes to the draft - the reason behind its reluctance to meet US demands - lies in a fundamental miscalculation by the US.

China on right track to becoming greener

China may be the world's largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, but it is also the world leader in energy production from renewable sources. It has also and has increased its budget for environmental protection to about 1.2 percent of its GDP - a figure in line with that of Western European countries.

Belt and Road a path to clean governance

Although the international community acknowledges the Belt and Road Initiative has been yielding tangible results, some say there is widespread corruption in Belt and Road projects, claiming Chinese-funded enterprises are the main exporters of corruption.

Marxism is nation's basic guiding ideology

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China. In the seven decades since then, China has made remarkable achievements and moved closer to realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. To stay true to its mission of realizing the Chinese Dream, the Communist Party of China needs to apply Marxism according to China's actual conditions.

A regional body working for global security, trade

Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. In the spirit of this proverb and in stark contrast to some countries' beggar-thy-neighbor policies, President Xi Jinping's four-day trip to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has driven home the point that equality, respect and trust can turn good neighbors into good brothers.