Reassure HK, remind Britain SAR no longer a British 'colony'

The ongoing distress of Britain over the loss of Hong Kong as a "colony" can be attributed to some British politicians not sufficiently examining their own history and trying to incite Hong Kong residents against Beijing. So much is borne out of the evidence.

Stability essential for Hong Kong's well-being

To bring an end to the protests sparked by the proposed amendments to the special administrative region's extradition law, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced on Tuesday her administration's decision not to restart the suspended legislative process for the amendments, saying the "bill is dead".

US arms sales to Taiwan only worsen cross-Straits relations

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and other secessionists on the island may feel exhilarated about the US State Department on Monday approving the potential sale to Taiwan of $2.2 billion in arms, considering the move to be a sign that they will be able to count on the United States for help should there be a military confrontation with the Chinese mainland.

Benefits of sharing economy must not be exaggerated

Editor's note: The cost of using a sharing bicycle for the first 30 minutes has increased from about 1 yuan ($0.15) to 1.5 yuan from this month in most cities in China. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

'Beijing Bikini' not an attractive sight

ONE CITY AFTER ANOTHER has introduced local bans on the so-called Beijing Bikini, which refers to men who roll up their T-shirts to expose their bellies in the street in summer. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Countryside doctors deserve due respect and recompense

A COLLECTIVE RESIGNATION letter recently submitted by 36 village doctors in Zhusha town, Tongxu county, in Central China's Henan province, has attracted extensive attention. Beijing News comments:

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Trade talks no reason to drop guard

President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump may have agreed at the G20 summit in Osaka to resume trade negotiations, but the path to ending the trade war remains far from clear. After all, the two leaders had reached a similar agreement at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in December 2018 and that agreement ultimately failed, not least because the United States administration mistook China's conciliatory attitude for weakness.

China, Japan and ROK can all benefit from FTA

Editor's Note: The Center for Northeast Asian Studies at Pangoal Institution, a Beijing-based public policy think tank, released a report on China-Japan-Republic of Korea Free Trade Area negotiations in June. Excerpts follow:

White cannot be called black in Xinjiang

The China-skeptics in the United States are at it again. This time they are using the pretext of human rights violation to criticize China's policy of combating terrorism and separatism in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and improving the livelihoods of the people there. But by so doing, they have exposed their ulterior motives, not least because they have no evidence to prove their allegations, and thus become the target of both ridicule and anger.

Life on Mars? That'll be us

AT A RECENT CONFERENCE, Ouyang Ziyuan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that China will launch a mission to Mars with Martian satellite, Martian lander, as well as Martian rover. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Common prosperity will help bridge the understanding gap

Editor's note: Beijing rebuked Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary, and Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong for their remarks about the violent protests in Hong Kong recently. China Daily writer Li Yang comments: