Amid the many analyses of and comments on the China-US trade conflict, we have also heard endless strategic debates on whether the United States has begun to engage in "all-round" containment of China. A cool-headed historical and comparative analysis of the issue will help us find the essence of the matter.
Editor's Note: Tensions between the United States and Iran have risen significantly of late, with US President Donald Trump saying a war between the two countries would be the "official end" of Iran and Major-General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responding that although Iran is not pursuing war, it is fully prepared to defend itself. Are the two countries headed for war? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:
The reports by some foreign media outlets that China has been virtually closing the door to economic and trade consultations with the US are both inaccurate and misleading.
Google's suspension of business with Huawei, which it announced on the weekend, is not a surprise after Washington's blacklisting of the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker on Wednesday.
Uninvited guests from Taiwan are again staging the three-year-old "Taiwan is being bullied" show in Geneva on the sidelines of the 72nd World Health Assembly, in a bid to help Taipei gain international recognition.
ABOUT 180 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, with the notable exception of the United States, recently amended the Basel Convention to include plastic waste in a legally-binding framework which will make the global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
MONDAY WAS THE NATIONAL PUBLICITY DAY for breast-feeding. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:
Editor's note: It is a simplest fact that any negotiations should be based on sincerity to be meaningful. However, in its economic and trade negotiations with China, the United States lacks sincerity and only wields its tariff stick in an attempt to force China into making concessions. People's Daily comments:
The United States recently raised the tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent, while targeting another $300 billion worth of Chinese imports for potential punitive tariffs. As was to be expected, the yuan depreciated from 6.7 toward 6.9 against the US dollar, mainly on renewed trade tensions.
Editor's Note: The recently issued white paper on digital reading shows about 423 million Chinese read on average 12.4 digital books each last year. How does digital reading promote reading in general and influence people's reading habit? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wang Kan. Excerpts follow:
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Raymond Zhou
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