President Donald Trump renewed fears of a global trade war after he vowed to slap steep tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel. The tariffs haven’t even been formally proposed, yet other countries are already threatening countermeasures. The European Union, for example, promised to impose tariffs on iconic American products like Harley-Davidsons, Kentucky bourbon and blue jeans, while China, Australia and Canada all promised a response.

China's tectonic shift toward IoT adoption, innovation and R&D has seemingly happened overnight. Inspired by the successes of internet giants such as Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba, numerous IoT startups, together with large service and technology providers, exhibited a new entrepreneurial zeal I didn’t see during my visit three years ago.

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in late 2012, the Party Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core, based on the problem-resolving principle, has deepened the Party and State institutions' reform, and achieved significant progresses in important fields.

The political system must be consistent with the cultural and social environment of the Eastern countries. That's why Chinese leaders always take Singapore's experience very seriously and send many middle-level officials to the country for training. Singapore's Chinese newspaper ZaoBao once reported that Xi had visited Singapore four times when he served in Fujian Province.