Abe still trying to flog a dead horse

It must have been a heavy blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he fell short of securing a two-thirds majority in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, which he needed to be able to revise the country's pacifist Constitution.

Trade moves show shared willingness to restart talks

SOME CHINESE IMPORTERS are applying to the government to lift tariffs on imports of agricultural products from the United States, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. On its WeChat account Taoran Note, Economic Daily comments:

No tolerating challenge to bottom line on HK

The vandalizing of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region following a demonstration against the extradition law amendment on Sunday was a blatant challenge to the central government's authority.

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Cut emissions to build ecological civilization

Heat waves across many European countries and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, heavy rainfall and floods caused by climate change have raised the concerns of environmentalists and ordinary people alike.

Content-rich films can revive film industry

Editor's Note: Box office collections fell 2.3 percent year-on-year to 31.2 billion yuan ($4.53 billion) in the first half of this year. What measures should the film industry take to revive its fortunes? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Helping communities to end AIDS epidemic

All countries have committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, which includes the commitment to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat. Yet with just 11 years to go, the results have been mixed.

An integral part of Chinese culture

Xinjiang has been an important hub of economic and cultural exchanges between the East and West, and a place where many civilizations and religions have intermingled since ancient times. The ethnic cultures of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, nurtured in the lap of Chinese civilization, have strengthened exchanges with the culture of the Central Plains over thousands of years. As a result, a unique culture has developed in Xinjiang.

All people in the region have worked for unity

In ancient times, Xinjiang was known as the Western Regions, a Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) term for the area west of Yumenguan in Gansu province. After the incorporation of the Western Regions into China by the Han rulers, Xinjiang began its integration process with the rest of China. That Xinjiang had close economic and cultural links with the rest of China since the Neolithic Age helped this integration.

Many ethnic groups, one nationality

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been home to many ethnic groups since ancient times. Exchanges, contacts and integration among these ethnic groups and between them and other peoples have continued since time immemorial.

West's ranting over Xinjiang goes against historical facts

That some in the West are confused about the history of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the Uygur ethnic group may be understandable. But do these Westerners appear confused because they deliberately misread the facts?

Separatists can never split region

The history of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is an integral and important part of China's history, which shows that stability is a prerequisite for the region's development and prosperity and in the interest of all ethnic groups.