NBA's injudicious words compound injury

After the apologetic explanation by Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, admitting the ignorance of his swiftly deleted tweet on Saturday in support of the radical demonstrators in Hong Kong, Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta quickly rebuked his employee's costly knee-jerk tweeting. The National Basketball Association then released a statement on Sunday, saying that the tweet's offending many in China was "regrettable".

Blatant anti-China bias of Western media

A TOTAL OF 93 EXTINCTION REBELLION PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED for pouring fake blood on Wall Street's famous "Charging Bull" statue. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Cautious optimism that Washington may be more reasonable in trade talks

While there is a general feeling that a solution to the long-running trade dispute between China and the United States might be on the cards after both sides made conciliatory gestures ahead of the upcoming high-level negotiations due to begin in Washington on Thursday, it would be rash to consider that a certainty.

Domestic tourism market sees better days ahead

Editor's Note: According to data released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China's tourism consumption reached a record high during the just-concluded National Day holiday, realizing revenues of 649.71 billion yuan ($90.89 billion), an increase of 8.47 percent year-on-year. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

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Unstoppable movement to prevent catastrophe Antonio Guterres

On the eve of the September UN Climate Action Summit, young women and men around the world mobilized by the millions and told global leaders: "You are failing us".

Anti-China bias reinforced by US social media giants

When Nathan Rich first came to China in early 2012 as director of technology for a US visual effects company, he found everything was different. The food was foreign to him, the language was unfamiliar, and even the scenery was strange.

Hong Kong's anti-mask law legal, reasonable, necessary

The vandalism and wanton violence across Hong Kong over the long weekend show why the just-announced anti-mask law, and possibly other emergency measures, are necessary to restore order in the special administrative region.

Knee-jerk tweeting a bad idea

Only Daryl Morey, general manager of Houston Rockets, knows what was going through his mind on Saturday morning when he woke up in Tokyo and tweeted a graphic declaring "fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong" - a slogan employed by radical demonstrators who have been trying to hold the special administrative region hostage for almost four months - before quickly deleting it and sharing a dawn view of Tokyo with the comment: Tokyo wakes up.

Denuclearization ball still in US court

The Korean Peninsula denuclearization process took another hit on Saturday when talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States broke down in Stockholm.

Abe sends two positive signals that Sino-Japanese ties improving

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S RECENT SPEECH on pushing bilateral ties to a new stage shows that the relationship between China and Japan is stepping into a new era. The Beijing News comments:

More paid leave could end holiday jams

EVERY YEAR, AT THE END OF EVERY WEEKLONG VACATION, with tens of thousands of cars rushing in the same direction, traffic jams are almost certain to happen as people head back to the cities. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments: