Washington gives just stems of thorns rather than flowers

Editor's note: Despite its repeated claim that the United States seeks to build relationships featuring reciprocity and respect for sovereignty based on fairness, in reality, Washington always pursues the goal of benefiting the US while harming other countries. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

Hot words: Garbage classification

垃圾分类 (lājī fēnlèi)

Cartoon

US trade protectionism a triple curse

A series of rules and systems established to safeguard global trade operations lies at the core of the global trading system. It is this global trading system that is being threatened by the trade protectionist moves of the United States.

Investors still have confidence in economy

Wealthy Chinese and other Asian investors are near the top of the league tables for economic optimism worldwide. That makes sense because growth in Asia has outpaced that in the rest of the world for the past 20 years. But it does seem to overlook the intensifying US-China trade dispute, which has weighed on markets and economic activity and which ranks as the top worry for the same wealthy Asian investors who participated in a new UBS study.

Sino-Russian ties can only get stronger in these uncertain times

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Moscow-Beijing diplomatic ties. Over the years, especially in the past 30 years, the two sides have learned to not allow ideological differences to affect their relations and instead build a bilateral partnership - as opposed to an alliance - based on equality, mutual trust, win-win cooperation, and to maintain cooperation without interfering in each other's internal affairs.

Blame lies at Washington's door for talks breaking down

In a quick response to the white paper Beijing released on Sunday elaborating its stance regarding trade negotiations with the United States, Washington said on Monday it "is disappointed that the Chinese have chosen ... to pursue a blame game ..."

5G rollout should not be a zero-sum game

In a sign that China is leading the race for the next generation of wireless services, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced on Monday that it will soon grant 5G licenses for commercial use, making the country the world's first major market to launch 5G services.

Military-to-military relations still stabilizer for Sino-US relations

THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE released a 55-page Indo-Pacific Strategy Report on Saturday, and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan highlighted the key message of the report in his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on the same day. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Think twice before editing human genes

AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED in Nature Medicine on Monday shows that people carrying two CCR5 genetic mutations are 21 percent more likely to die at a younger age than those without them, which has drawn renewed attention to He Jiankui, who genetically edited human embryos on that gene point and allowed two gene-edited babies to be born last year. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

US administration can't keep its hands out of the market

Editor's note: If development of the United States is a miracle, then one of the sources for the miracle is the result of international division of labor. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

Cartoon