Op-Ed Blog
Ending the trade war with or without Trump
After initially friendly talks between China's President Xi and America's President Trump when the latter was newly elected, how did this trade spat become so fierce, so fast? What is the true motive of the United States? And how long will it last?
US should be working, not warring, with China and others
US President Donald Trump is on record saying that "trade wars are good and easy to win" and that he's a "very stable genius."
Is the deficit as big as Trump says?
There appears to be no relationship between the value of the Yuan and the trade between the US and China.
America can’t deny the surplus of interest in its trade with China
One of the American complaints is that the U.S. has a huge trade deficit with China, and as a result it has suffered a loss. But is it true – has the U.S. really suffered because of its trade with China?
Global response needed to trillion dollar problem of cyber crime
Coordinated, multilateral action is needed to deal with the massive threat posed by cyber crime. Because when it comes to cyber crime, the only people who benefit from a unilateralist approach are the criminals.
White paper lays out facts about China-US trade frictions
A White Paper issued by the Chinese government lays out the facts about the China-US trade frictions and points a way forward to resolve the dispute.
Corporate America in China in need of help
Notwithstanding if Trump is going to be successful or not, putting corporate America's operations in China on the chopping board as a retaliatory means is precisely what Trump intends to achieve.
Did China manipulate its currency?
The bigger the trade partner is, the greater its currency's weight will be. The trade-weighted method of calculation is theoretically a truer value of a currency relative to others because it represents the actual cost of exports and imports.
Three fundamentals for the reform of the global trading system
Revitalizing the multilateral trading system and promoting the sustainable development of global prosperity will require major world economies to agree on three things.
Showcasing the promise of the new industrial revolution
As long as economic globalization continues to move forward, innovation can continue to thrive, and we can all hope for a better life in a more developed future.
Trade dispute raises questions about governance fundamentals
The U.S.-China trade dispute has bought to the fore several weighty issues about how the global trading system works.
Stand up for multilateralism and own opening-up
The convincing progress in China will undoubtedly support the world multilateral mechanisms and help fight off a possible world trade and economic downturn.
Trump administration sinking an All-American pastime
The Trump administration could better achieve its laudable goal of protecting American workers by finding less problematic ways of doing so.
The US trade war upgrade solves nothing
The essence of Sino-US economic and trade is mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. Cooperation is the only correct choice for both sides.
Translating Trump on trade
Trump's vague trade demands confuse not only China, but also other major US trading partners that have been targeted.
What the world has seen by looking at China from 30,000 feet
Continually advancing reform and opening up is a consensus among the Chinese government and all levels of society.
What to expect from China-US trade tensions
If the talks are conducted with realistic and pragmatic propositions, reasonable achievements can still be expected although much-observed apathy and indifference from the US as shown in Trumps' tweet: "If we meet, we meet?"
Do Swedish human rights concerns extend to welfare of Chinese?
Could it be that it has double standards in relation to the protection of human rights? Whereby it only protects the civil rights of its own people, and is happy to randomly abuse the human rights of civilians from other countries?
Made in America again? Not just yet
US manufacturing production reached its all-time peak in 2007. Employment in US manufacturing began to decline even before the peak. Therefore, whether measured in terms of production or of employment, no expansion of US manufacturing has taken place.
Xi and Putin friendship a sign of the strong China-Russia ties
Under the guidance and leadership of the two heads of state, the social and public opinion base of Sino-Russian friendship is becoming more and more solid.