GT staff reporters November 24, 2022
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is scheduled to kick off in Qatar on Sunday. Although the Chinese national football team won't be playing, Chinese manufacturing looks set to shine on the stage of the global football extravaganza. China-made products ranging from...More
The Chinese and US sides are "communicating and coordinating" with each other on bilateral exchanges on the sidelines of the upcoming ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), said the Chinese Defense Ministry on Sunday morning, as experts said that to what extent the meeting would bring positive outcomes that...More
In what has been hailed as a "breakthrough" achievement, negotiators from nearly 200 countries agreed to set up a "loss and damage" fund meant to help vulnerable countries cope with climate disasters after two weeks of negotiations at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts said that although the...More
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who dragged China-US diplomatic relations into unprecedented danger after a provocative visit to the island of Taiwan in August, has announced that she will not seek the Democratic leadership again after Republicans secured control of the chamber. However, Chinese observers believe that at...More
Pursuing an agenda of fanning conflicts surrounding the South China Sea and Taiwan questions and containing China, US Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Philippines for a three-day visit after attending the APEC meeting in Thailand and met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday, becoming the...More
Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up the 17th meeting of the G20 Leaders' Summit, the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and his official visit to Thailand on Saturday afternoon and left the country, returning to China, Chinese Central Television reported. The week-long trip, with a packed diplomatic schedule,...More
Editor's Note: China had an epic decade since 2012. Particularly in the last five years, which are truly momentous, extraordinary, the country has successfully dealt with major challenges including turbulent developments in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the COVID-19 epidemic. The 20th National Congress of the Communist...More
As leaders of major countries in the region and the world met in the Asia-Pacific, AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between the US, UK, and Australia, has suddenly become a hot topic for discussion again. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday criticized Canberra's decision to turn to Washington...More
The 2022 midterm elections in the US just wrapped up. And Republicans won control of the US House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington. That would be enough to seal away President Joe Biden's legislative agenda for at least the next two years. This is...More
On November 16, the New York Times (NYT) published an article entitled "What Videos Show About the Extremes of China's 'Zero COVID' Policy." In an attempt to delegitimize and smear China's epidemic control policies, the article stated that the Chinese government had taken extreme measures such as separating...More
The recently concluded international meetings - the ASEAN Summit, the G20 Leaders' Summit and the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting - have once again put Asia in the global spotlight. Asia has become a global geopolitical and economic center. However, peace across the region is facing a growing number...More
In the first face-to-face meeting between top officials from China and Australia in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said while meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that China is ready to meet Australia halfway and work together to promote sustained and healthy ties, amid a series...More
Current state of China-US relations is not in the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and is not what the international community expects, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, which marked the first face-to-face...More
Multiple eye-catching Chinese elements are seen at the 17th G20 summit, which will kick off on Tuesday in Bali, Indonesia, including new-energy shuttle vehicles sponsored by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (SGMW), a joint venture based in Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Global Times reporters observed at the site...More
Bali, Indonesia, used to attract millions of visitors each year from around the world before the COVID-19 pandemic as a globally renowned vacation paradise, is now gearing up to host dozens of special guests, as leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) countries and other world leaders are...More