US will fail in its evil design even by using Taiwan as a tool

The United States seems intent on playing the dangerous "Taiwan card" again by allowing Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen to stop over in the US on her way to "visit" some Caribbean countries this month. The US has already made a series of moves, especially the passing of the Taiwan Assurance Act by the House of Representatives, which has raised tensions across the Taiwan Straits.

Helping each other succeed in new era of globalization

China's development and its contribution to global economic growth since it looked outside to the wider world, particularly after it became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2001, highlights the reciprocal benefits that are realized in the transition from isolation and exclusion to openness and integration.

Marijuana culture in other countries no excuse for breaking China's drug laws

IN A REPORT ON DRUG CONTROL in China last year, the China National Narcotic Control Committee points out that after Canada and some states of the United States legalized marijuana, the amount of marijuana smuggled from North America to China has increased. China Youth Daily comments:

Manipulated protests harming Hong Kong

The celebrations to mark the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as well as its image as Asia's World City were marred by a large mob of anti-government protestors who stormed and vandalized the Legislative Council complex in Admiralty.

No immunity for vaccine profiteers

ON SATURDAY, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, adopted the country's first national law on vaccine management, which will come into effect on Dec 1. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Senior US officials should respect the Osaka consensus

Editor's note: The top leaders of China and the United States recently reached an important consensus on resuming economic and trade consultations on the basis of equality and mutual respect at their Osaka meeting, sending a positive signal to the international community and global market. However, shortly after the meeting, certain senior officials in the US once again voiced their old complaints casting a shadow over the prospect of the talks. Wu Yuehe, a columnist for People's Daily, comments:

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Xi offers hope to global economy at G20

The just concluded G20 Summit in Osaka witnessed President Xi Jinping achieving diplomatic success in terms of upholding multilateralism, partnerships, mutually beneficial cooperation and providing directions for global growth and global governance.

Keeping a close watch on peninsula talks

Donald Trump became the first incumbent US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as well as set foot in the Demilitarized Zone between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea on Sunday. And his meeting with DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un was their third since they first met in Singapore in June last year to start talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

High-tech can't develop under hawkish rules and regulations

The United States House of Representative has decided to launch antitrust investigations against some high-tech companies including Google, Apple and Amazon, which have been accused of illegal and abusive practices. But since any probe against these companies, which enjoy unparalleled power and influence in the telecom and internet fields worldwide, could affect the development of the digital economy, the US House' decision has aroused concern.

Each time it has been tested the CPC has emerged stronger

MONDAY MARKS THE 98TH ANNIVERSARY of the founding of the Communist Party of China. China Daily writer Li Yang comments:

Law and order bedrock for Hong Kong's prosperity

Following on from the earlier violence that erupted during protests against the proposed amendments to the territory's extradition laws, there were more clashes between police and demonstrators on Monday, when Hong Kong celebrated the 22nd anniversary of its founding as a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997.