Thunberg injects fresh momentum into climate fight

The star on the world stage this week was clearly 16-year-old Swedish girl Greta Thunberg, not the US president, who was under impeachment inquiry just hours after speaking at the UN General Assembly attacking globalism and multilateralism and continuing to tout his nationalist "America first" ideology.

China's experience offers successful model for global poverty reduction

CHINA HAS MADE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS in poverty reduction, especially in recent decades, according to the Asia Poverty Reduction Report recently released by the Boao Forum for Asia. This experience provides a "Chinese plan" for the global poverty reduction cause. China Daily writer Wang Yiqing comments:

Opening up of financial market continues

Editor's note: Monday marked a milestone for the internationalization of China's A shares as FTSE Russell, a leading global multi-asset index, data and analytics provider, completed the second step of its first-phase inclusion plan, and their inclusion in the S&P Dow Jones Indices took effect. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

Dialogue and cooperation only way to end trade war

The China-US trade talks are to be resumed; tariff exemptions have been announced; and both administrations are working to ease the trade tensions. These positive developments would seem to suggest that China and the United States are seeking to prevent bilateral relations from deteriorating further and trying to create a positive atmosphere for their upcoming trade talks.

US support of Uygurs opportunistic

To some US politicians, it seems that simply being a Uygur is enough to provide a true picture of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Brexit exposes flaws in UK democracy

For those that like a good farce, Brexit is a gift that keeps on giving, with the government stumbling from one pratfall to another.

Students more important than papers

AN OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION at the Ministry of Education has said the ministry will issue a new regulation, according to which professors and associate professors will be expelled from the teaching profession if they do not teach undergraduates for three successive years. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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Commitment to peace, not to conflicts

Five-year and 10-year anniversaries have always been of great importance to the Chinese people. No wonder a grand parade has been planned for Oct 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

China takes the lead in UN peacekeeping

Despite China's considerable contributions to United Nations peacekeeping, some foreign analysts downplay their significance, claiming its participation in peacekeeping is largely driven by a long list of pragmatic needs or interests, ranging from access to natural resources to reshaping the world order.

Urbanization has helped greatly improve people's living standards

China has urbanized at a rapid pace since the founding of New China in 1949, especially in the past 40 years. Seventy years ago, China's urban population accounted for only 10.6 percent of the total, much lower than the global average of 29 percent at that time.

Desert reclamation builds a green and pleasant land

Editor's note: To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we are publishing a series of stories reflecting changes and developments in fields such as law, education, transportation and the environment. This is the sixth in the series.