Taipei up to its tricks again with WHA farce

Uninvited guests from Taiwan are again staging the three-year-old "Taiwan is being bullied" show in Geneva on the sidelines of the 72nd World Health Assembly, in a bid to help Taipei gain international recognition.

Onus on all to cut plastic waste

ABOUT 180 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, with the notable exception of the United States, recently amended the Basel Convention to include plastic waste in a legally-binding framework which will make the global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Formula does not offer all the benefits of mother's milk

MONDAY WAS THE NATIONAL PUBLICITY DAY for breast-feeding. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Tariff pressure will not force China to yield

Editor's note: It is a simplest fact that any negotiations should be based on sincerity to be meaningful. However, in its economic and trade negotiations with China, the United States lacks sincerity and only wields its tariff stick in an attempt to force China into making concessions. People's Daily comments:

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US' futile quest for a yuan Plaza Accord

The United States recently raised the tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent, while targeting another $300 billion worth of Chinese imports for potential punitive tariffs. As was to be expected, the yuan depreciated from 6.7 toward 6.9 against the US dollar, mainly on renewed trade tensions.

Govt help vital to promoting digital reading

Editor's Note: The recently issued white paper on digital reading shows about 423 million Chinese read on average 12.4 digital books each last year. How does digital reading promote reading in general and influence people's reading habit? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wang Kan. Excerpts follow:

Open-door policy will help sustain qualitative development

China remains committed to further opening up its economy despite the escalating trade frictions with the United States. So those who have doubts about China's future coarse can rest assured that China will stick to the road of reform and opening-up.

No way for Washington to get what it wants by bullying

In a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the United States to mend its ways or bilateral relations will otherwise further deteriorate.

Canberra should show more respect for healthy relations

The surprise victory of Australia's Liberal National coalition on Saturday gives Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party a third term in government. But apart from delivering his campaign promises to the Australian people, of which he made few, Morrison may also need to recalibrate his country's relations with China. Especially as his new government has to work out how to afford tax cuts and pay for a budget based on what are considered fanciful growth forecasts.

American firms gain from tech transfers, which is why they do it

THE UNITED STATES keeps accusing China of "coercive technology transfers", but this claim is neither new nor true. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

'Veggie meat' not just a fast food fad

WHEN IMPOSSIBLE FOODS, a company that develops plant-based substitutes for meat and dairy products, announced on May 13 it had raised $300 million in a new financing round, many media outlets described "vegetarian meat" as if it were a new concept. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments: