Global Times Daily Newsletter 20180502

2018-05-02

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Editor's Picks

China forges new relations

China and the Dominican Republic signed a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic ties on Tuesday in Beijing, after the Caribbean nation, which had been Taiwan's largest "diplomatic ally," ended "diplomatic relations" with the island.

• Why wearing qipao to prom aroused heated debate
• Solution to China-US trade row must be fair
• Trump needs to grasp the momentum of Korea summit

In-Depth

Pigging out

Chinese web users are baffled that Peppa Pig has been removed from popular short-video platform Douyin. Many users discovered Saturday that video clips containing Peppa Pig have been deleted and an online search of the popular cartoon produced no results.

China

• City steps up security after school deaths
• China launches project to build largest birth defect risk database
• Three's a Crowd

Op-Ed

• China, India must strive for harmony
• A small quick step for China's PLA Navy

Business

• China, North Korea must devise strategy to draw investment based on SEZ model
• Preparation will boost China's chip progress
• More efforts still needed to secure financial sector

World

• Insurgents start leaving south Damascus pocket, release hostages
• EU demands US create permanent exemption on steel, aluminium tariffs
• Netanyahu's Iran nuclear trove fails to convince deal backers

Life

• Global problem
• Tasty memories
• Beijing Performance & Arts Group kicks off performance season

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Daily Quote:

China highly values the imminent trade talks. But several Chinese experts who were interviewed by the Global Times believe the two sides will unlikely clinch a deal soon and may continue the trade confrontation and the talks. A solution to China-US dispute must be a fair one.

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