Huawei shouldn't be made a victim in technology competition

China and the US are locked in a strategic competition in the telecommunications sector, especially in 5G technology. That the United States has drawn global 5G leader Huawei in the Sino-US trade disputes, saying it threatens its national security, suggests a complex game to determine global governance, reshape the regional order, and political and economic institutions might be underway.

In 5G market, China puts money where its mouth is

CHINA MOBILE, one of the four licensed 5G operators in China, recently signed some large-scale purchasing deals on 5G equipment and facilities with Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson and Nokia. Beijing News comments:

Extreme pressure on Iran risks opening Pandora's box

The Pentagon announced on Monday the United States is sending 1,000 troops to the Middle East, citing a rising threat from Iran. The same day, Teheran announced that in the next 10 days it would break the limits on how much enriched uranium it can stockpile, which it agreed to as part of the multilateral nuclear deal. Both moves will no doubt further strain the already tense atmosphere in the Middle East.

Washington needs more holistic view of the world

A lot is happening as the world counts down to the anticipated meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan between the US president and the leaders of countries with which his country is at or threatening a trade war.

US drapes its paranoia with righteousness

Editor's note: The ongoing economic and trade frictions between China and the United States have made many people talk about the two countries being caught in the Thucydides trap. A People's Daily article comments:

Legal cannabis undermines drug fight

ON MONDAY, China National Narcotics Control Commission released a report on the fight against drugs in 2018, which showed that the amount of cannabis smuggled from North America has seen a sharp rise. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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China has to reshape global value chain

As the world undergoes unprecedented changes, China faces risks it has not encountered in its four decades of reform and opening-up. The trade war the United States has launched against China is set to disrupt and reshape the global industrial chain, value chain and supply chain. As a result, China has to make a new plan to further integrate with the world market - currently dominated by multinationals - in a bid to achieve industrial upgrading.

It's vital to save our forests to save ourselves

What if no forests are left by 2050?

There should be no place for illegal actions, radicalism in HK

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's social development and economic prowess can be attributed to social harmony and stability, which risk being undermined by the large-scale demonstrations against the proposed changes to the region's extradition laws. Perhaps this threat to social harmony and stability prompted Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Saturday to suspend the process for amendments to the SAR's Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance.

Xi's trip to Pyongyang positive, timely move

Courtesy demands reciprocity. After Kim Jong-un visited China four times in less than 10 months, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday. This would be the first visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by China's top State leader since 2005.

Hong Kong people should reject violent radicalism

Social harmony and stability have been crucial to sustaining the social development and economic vitality of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. These are now at risk of being undermined by the controversies surrounding changes to the SAR's extradition laws.