Currency manipulator claim another unwarranted attack on China

The decision by the United States Department of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator is the latest sign that Washington will resort to any possible means, no matter how unreasonable, to force China into agreeing to its trade terms.

Improving city clusters' ability to function as regional boosters

THE POLITICAL BUREAU of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has set a new orientation for China's urbanization based on improving the function of city clusters. This is a significant change in China's urbanization policy. Beijing News comments:

Donate blood, but not to mosquitoes

INSTEAD OF KILLING MOSQUITOES, people should let them take "blood donations" because they need to fertilize eggs - That's what French animal-rights activist Aymeric Caron advises people to do. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

US meddling in South China Sea to destabilize promising progress

Anyone seriously concerned about the contested South China Sea should note this: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have finished the first reading of the Code of Conduct Single Draft Negotiating Text ahead of schedule.

US trashes global system for its own privilege

Editor's note: Only one day after the conclusion of the 12th round of trade talks between China and the United States, the US threatened on Thursday that it would levy 10 percent tariffs on the remaining $300 billion worth of Chinese goods starting from Sept 1, in total disregard of the "constructive tone" in bilateral negotiations in Shanghai. Zhong Sheng, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

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US tariffs will do more damage to ties

Editor's Note: On Aug 1, the day after the 12th round of China-US trade talks concluded on a "constructive" note, according to US negotiators, the United States threatened to slap 10 percent additional duties on another $300 billion of Chinese goods starting Sept 1. And on Tuesday the US designated China as a currency manipulator and China announced to partly suspend purchase of US farm produce. Why has the US gone back on its words again? And is there a threat of a breakdown in the talks? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

China's contributions to global health considerable

For most of the 19th and much of the 20th century, China was called, "the sick man of Asia". But those days are over. As President Xi Jinping observed, "China has bid farewell to the problems that plagued its people for thousands of years, including hunger, shortages and poverty." In a matter of decades, China has successfully transformed itself from a closed and relatively backward country into a global economic and political power.

Fed's rate cut to have limited impact on China

The US Federal Reserve cut the interest rate by 0.25 percent on July 31 for the first time since the 2008 global financial crisis. The Fed said the rate cut is in light of the implications of the global economic outlook and muted inflation pressure. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, on his part, said the rate cut is a mid-cycle adjustment to policy rather than the beginning of a series of rate cuts.

Border town opens gateway to region

Editor's note: As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Oct 1, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on the role regions have played in the country's development and where they are today.

Student exchanges break down barriers

A Thai teacher with limited understanding of the Chinese language, Jariya Unthong reversed roles to enroll in Guangxi University in 2017 to study Chinese international education.

Law-breaking demonstrators must be held to account

As a way of expressing their indignation over the desecration of China's national flag by some radical protesters on Saturday, a group of Hong Kong residents voluntarily organized a flag-raising and anthem-singing ceremony on Sunday morning in the place where the national flag was removed from the pole and tossed into the sea.