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Apple acknowledges Huawei's prowess

APPLE RELEASED ITS NEW SERIES of products on Tuesday, with the focus being on iPhone11. Interestingly, during the presentation, an Apple employee compared iPhone11 with Huawei smartphones. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Bolton's exit doesn't signify policy change

The dice were loaded against him, for he was not only opposed to letting up the pressure on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and against the US president's suggestion of a possible meeting with the Iranian leadership, but also a likely cause of the failure of Washington-Taliban talks.

Rational move aimed at fighting US trade bullying

Unveiling the first list of goods to be excluded from the first round of additional tariffs imposed on US imports, China said on Wednesday that the exemption would be effective from Sept 17 for a year and allow the affected enterprises to seek refund of the additional tariffs.

Brussels must fight protectionism with Beijing

With the United States indiscriminately wielding the baton of trade protectionism, no country including its allies is immune to the toxic effects of the US' policies. Therefore, it is a relief to see the incoming European Union leadership determined to buttress multilateralism and oppose US protectionism.

RRR cut to ease firms' financing problems

Editor's Note: China's central bank will cut the reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions by 0.5 percentage point and an additional 1 percentage point for some urban commercial banks from Monday. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

Annulled talks with Taliban should spur Washington to rethink its foreign policy

LAST WEEK, Washington halted the peace talks with the Taliban and canceled a planned meeting with the organization at Camp David, Maryland. Niu Song, a researcher in Middle East studies at Shanghai International Studies University, explained the issue in an article published in Beijing News on Wednesday:

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Hoopsters can still slam-dunk critics

To say basketball is popular in China is to state the obvious. Despite the popularity of basketball, however, the Chinese men's basketball team's chances of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been all but dashed.

How much money does a student need per month?

Editor's Note: A first-year undergraduate student in Chengdu, Sichuan province, recently complained online that her mother refused to raise her monthly allowance to 4,500 yuan ($633) even when she said her current allowance 2,000 yuan was not enough to cover her expenses, sparking a debate on how much money a college student needs per month. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Sino-Russian ties apt example of win-win partnership

Beijing-Moscow relations went through many ups and downs before beginning to dramatically improve in the early 1990s, proving that a resilient and robust Sino-Russian partnership is of vital interest to both sides.

HK demonstrators banging their heads on a brick wall

Not content at building a "wall" dividing Hong Kong into a normal metropolis and an anarchic city, rabble-rouser Joshua Wong compared Hong Kong to Berlin during the Cold War. However, his remark may impress his Western backers, particularly the United States which has openly supported the rioters in Hong Kong, not those who see through the demonstrators' ploys.