____ (2022-08-21). Xinjiang's foreign trade up 38.1 pct in first seven months. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region recorded nearly 115.5 billion yuan (about 17 billion U.S. dollars) in foreign trade in the first seven months of this year, up 38.1 percent year on year.

____ (2022-08-21). (W.E. Talk) In the face of disruptors, why is cooperation the only way to achieve long-term stability in the South China Sea. ecns.cn Wu Shicun, the founding president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service's "W.E. Talk" that U.S. policies and actions on the South China Sea, as well as its allies' military actions there, will become a destabilizing factor that will cause the situation to deteriorate. The only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the South China Sea is for neighboring countries to focus on functional cooperation, seeking common ground while shelving differences.