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It's time China became self-reliant in chips

Editor's Note: The United States' ban on Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE last year and global 5G leader Huawei in May this year have exposed Chinese enterprises' dependency on US high-tech exports, especially chips which are used in nearly all digital products. How can China develop its chip industry and become self-sufficient in the sector? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Garbage sorting helps develop green lifestyle

Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping recently underlined efforts to cultivate the good habit of garbage sorting to improve the living environment and contribute to green and sustainable development. What are the serious garbage-related problems China faces and how can they be solved? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Trade war will damage East Asia's supply chains

Different countries and regions in East Asia have different advantages. For example, Japan and the Republic of Korea enjoy an edge when it comes to technologies and capital while China has a competitive advantage in market capacity, tech personnel and overall labor force. That's why East Asian economies have successfully built a complete industry chain.

Violence after HK rally clearly premeditated and planned

Both the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and law-abiding residents condemned the violence outside the Legislative Council building after Sunday's rally protesting the proposed amendments to the SAR's extradition laws.

Unwarranted fear-mongering, speculation about the Arctic

Judged solely from the "desired end-state" the United States Defense Department portrayed in its just updated Arctic Strategy, there is nothing wrong with that policy blueprint.

US merely paying lip service with all its talk of free trade

Editor's note: The United States has gone ahead with a series of trade protectionist practices over the past year, all in the name of "free trade". In so doing, its politicians have "given the world a lesson". Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

Space tourism gets boost from NASA

THE US NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION announced on Friday that it will allow private citizens to stay on the International Space Station. The bucket-list trip is likely to be prohibitively expensive for most tourists, though, as a round-trip ticket costs about $58 million. Nevertheless, there are those who can afford it and it could prove a good revenue stream for NASA, which spends billions of dollars operating the space station with Russia. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Washington intent on proving the immoral have no friends

THE US ADMINISTRATION has always blamed other countries for violating the spirit of contract in international affairs. But it has repeatedly resorted to extreme pressure to try and extort unfair gains from China and it is the one that has gone back on its word making the bilateral trade talks a damp squib. People's Daily comments:

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Xi and Putin build achievable future

It is fascinating to contrast the serious, systematic and methodical deepening of ties between Moscow and Beijing achieved this past week between President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg with the sentimental and infantile posturing of Western leaders at their latest D-Day anniversary commemoration in Normandy, France.

Friendly foreign firms not targeted by 'list'

The Chinese government is preparing an "Unreliable Entities List" to counter the unilateral and trade protectionist moves of the United States and safeguard China's economic security, which is an integral part of its national security. China's blacklist, however, will be vastly different from the gratuitous Entity List issued by the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.