Confucius Institutes promote UNESCO vision

By establishing 548 Confucius Institutes and 1193 Confucius Classrooms in 154 countries and regions, China has taken the initiative to spread the Chinese language and culture overseas in a peaceful and mutually beneficial way. And in so doing, China has used its limited resources to put the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity into practice.

Technology one of the solutions to the problem of global hunger

The hunt for technological solutions to global problems usually starts with figures. And in the case of hunger, those figures show us that after progress during the past decade we are slipping back. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2018 tells us that one in every nine people - 821 million human being in total - are hungry; 151 million children below five are too short for their age due to malnutrition and millions of children are at increased risk of dying due to malnutrition.

Terrorism threat in South Asia must be met with joint action

There are clear and worrying signs that the Islamic State terrorist group is seeking to regroup in South Asia: On Friday, it claimed it has established a "province" in India. Prior to this, it claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people.

Its remarkable resilience is key asset of the Chinese economy

ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR INDICATORS of the Chinese economy performed well in the first quarter, which grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year. The resilience of the Chinese economy provides the country with solid material foundation to maintain stable and healthy development, despite the external pressure. Beijing News commented on Monday:

China has not shut door on further trade talks

China has always attached great importance to the trade consultations with the United States, hoping that by engaging in them with sincerity, a final agreement could be reached on the basis of reciprocal respect and equal treatment.

Diets not as bad as data suggests

AT A CEREMONY to mark the start of National Nutrition Week on Friday, the Chinese Nutrition Society said that the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed by Chinese residents had decreased in 2012 compared with that of 2002. China Daily reporter Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

US strong-arms competitors to its firms out of way

Editor's note: In 2014, the United States successfully dismembered Alstom, a French provider of transport systems, equipment and services, through so-called extraterritoriality. A former Alstom executive who ended up in prison in the US wrote a book exposing how the US' public power and state violence, both indirectly and directly, pave the way for its enterprises' global dominance. In a post published on his WeChat account, Qin Shuo, a financial commentator, said:

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How to meet the next big growth challenge

The global economy is undergoing very large structural shifts, driven by three mega-trends. One is the digital transformation of the foundations on which economies are built and run. Another is the growing purchasing power and economic strength of emerging economies, China in particular. And third, there are broad-based political economy trends, which include rising nationalism, various forms of populism, political and social polarization, and a possible breakdown of the multilateral framework within which the global economy has functioned since the end of World War II.

New nuclear deal should be based on reality

Editor's Note: The United States has proposed to work out a three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China to succeed New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) when it expires in 2021. But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made it clear that China will not participate in any negotiation for a trilateral nuclear disarmament agreement. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Working toward shared future of mutual respect

No compromising principles

China and the United States held their 11th round of high-level economic and trade consultations on Thursday and Friday. In their negotiations they have made substantial headway on many issues, but there are core concerns of China that remain unaddressed.