Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Soaring home prices generate high anxiety
A resurgence of house price hikes in big Chinese cities has caused public panic. It's believed the price rally will continue in China's booming real estate market. What effects it will have on the lives of Chinese? Is it a warning signal that a real estate bubble is inflating to a bursting point? The Global Times collected three opinions on the issue.
Presidential debate exposes decaying US democracy
The first televised US presidential debate on Monday night left people with a clear impression that the US has become a drifting superpower. Be it Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, both failed to come up with solutions to internal and external challenges the US is grappling with. Trump in particular has exposed his faulty world views and the fact that he is far from being sophisticated in policymaking.
Hanoi’s approval delay a slap in the face of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Delaying the TPP can give Vietnam more time to brace for impact. The TPP is not playing an essential role in Vietnam's economy, not to mention the trade pact now meets multiple objections even by US presidential candidates. Vietnam's "wait and see" is a sensible attitude.
China, US can explore tripartite cooperation
The confrontation between China and the US over the South China Sea issue has constrained bilateral ties from deepening. But the issue is far from the entire Sino-US relationship. At a broader global and regional level, there are plenty of opportunities for the two to boost ties.
Tokyo has responsibility to reveal truth of Fukushima
The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster that concerns the lives of millions has failed to prompt the Japanese government to assume responsibility actively on a massive scale.
Clinton-Trump debate falls into trite format
The first US presidential debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates concluded Monday night, drawing unprecedented attention from around the world. No previous two contenders have displayed more differences in personality, vision and background than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, making this year's race to the White House all the more enthralling.
Slipping approval
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen's slipping approval rate
Chinese outrage over American rapper YG’s “Meet the Flockers”
Whatever else YG's song means, fundamentally it is about a problem that has seen examples all around the world. The situation is in fact dire enough that Chinese should probably thank the rapper for bringing attention to it at all, since few non-Chinese, especially corporate Western media, are.
Obama’s foreign policy a wide failure
The foreign policy legacy of US President Barack Obama is one of failure. His failure is not entirely personal because it is also the failure of the US foreign policy elites that guided him.
Japan no competition to Sino-Cuban ties
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to Cuba after attending the 71st session of the UN General Assembly last week, the first ever Japanese leader to visit Cuba. When meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, Abe announced Japan would write off Cuba's unpaid debt of 120 billion yen ($1.2 billion) and donate nearly 1.3 billion yen of medical equipment to the country.
Dark hand boosts risk for Chinese business in Canberra
The sale of the Melbourne Port to a consortium of global and domestic funds on Monday, partly backed by Chinese investors, is widely seen as a gesture made by Australia to ease relations with China, but it cannot dispatch the worries of Chinese investors toward Australia. The rising fears stem from an anti-China wave launched by some mainstream Australian media outlets and radical right-wing politicians.
‘Paper cat’ Australia has real fears for China to address
Nations can choose their friends - and their enemies - but they can't choose their geography. Australia is fortunate to enjoy one of the most strategically benign locations in the world, but this hasn't stopped generations of policymakers from being anxious about Asia generally and the region to their north in particular.
Why is university still "ground zero" for China's AIDS problem?
Over the last few years, the proportion of university students in China infected with AIDS has increased significantly. The city of Nanchang, located in China's southeastern Jiangxi province, has seen a 43 percent increase in the number of university students infected.