Appeal of Chinese market undiminished: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

These are difficult times for countries economically, China included. With economic activities suspended in numerous places as the country implements prevention and control measures to curb the spread of the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus, there has been growing pessimism over the Chinese economic outlook.

Dynamic clearing policy helps deliver certainty for economy: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

The lockdowns and mobility control measures that are in place in some of the countries' most economically active areas do not change their economic fundamentals nor do they change the resilience, potential and space of the national economy.

India's wheat ban alert of global famine: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

India banned wheat exports on Saturday with immediate effect, citing food security risks. Indian Commerce Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said the ban has been imposed "in order to manage the overall food security of the country and to support the needs of the neighboring and other vulnerable countries".

Banking on getting illusory US protection ruinous gamble for Taiwan secessionists

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

In recent years, the annual "Han Kuang" military exercises staged by the Taiwan island's "defense forces" have been plagued by embarrassing mishaps. Last year, the command center even caught fire. It remains to be seen what will bedevil this year's exercises, which began on Monday.

Global security predicament now acute: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "unusually calm response" to the bids of Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization seems to have left many Western observers puzzled.

Tilted balance of social justice behind hate crimes: editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

The mass shooting in a Black-dominated community in Buffalo, New York, on Sunday once again highlighted the threat from the indoctrination of white supremacists in the United States, with 10 people killed and another three injured.

White House blind to babies with focus on Russia: editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

Having already lasted for nearly three months, and with no sign of easing, the increasingly serious baby formula shortage in the United States has at last prompted US President Joe Biden to act. He met with retailers and manufacturers on Thursday last week to discuss ways to increase supplies and restock, and he has ordered the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to monitor price gouging and deal with predatory behaviors and instructed the Food and Drug Administration to increase imports.

It is toxic Cold War mindset that threatens global supply chains

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

At the second meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council held on Sunday and Monday in Paris, officials from the two sides pledged to strengthen their transatlantic bonds and cooperation on issues related to trade and technology, and work together to mitigate risks and advance the resilience of their supply chains. Which is somewhat understandable, given the battering of supply chains by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington's liaisons dangerously imprudent: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

Relations between China and the United States are in a very bad shape now. Perhaps the worst they have been since diplomatic relations were established in 1979.

Asian countries should heed risks of being a cat's paw of Washington

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

While conflicts have cropped up elsewhere in the world in the past decades, casting long shadows over regional peace and stability, Asia on the whole has maintained peace, stability and economic development.

Shame on smearers of dynamic clearing policy: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

That the world has recovered from previous pandemics is by no means a reason that people should do nothing and simply wait for the current pandemic to run its course. It should not be forgotten that people did what they could to save lives during previous pandemics despite their lack of medical know-how and the means. So why are so many countries today throwing in the towel when they still can fight against the novel coronavirus that is killing thousands of people a day?

Ugly sympathy with suicide bomber: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-22 17:19

While almost the entire world has condemned the suicide bomber, whose attack killed three Chinese language teachers and their Pakistani driver on April 26 in Karachi, the BBC Urdu Service dedicated two stories to the suicide bomber, detailing her family background, ideology, mission and vision.