Left Review Online April 15, 2022
Editor's Note: As a country with a population of approximately 1.4 billion, China attaches great importance to food security. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has pushed up food and fertilizer prices, and some impacts on global grain supplies have been witnessed. Though China has assured its food security,...More
Editor's Note: The US has ignited a war between Russia and Ukraine for its own selfish interests, the flames of war have also unveiled a darker side of the US' secret biological experimentation activities around the world. Although the US government has repeatedly claimed that it is not...More
Editor's Note: The escalated conflict between Russia and Ukraine didn't just expose problems between the two countries. It also revealed the realities of other major players in the global geopolitical arena: China, the US, and Europe… How will the ongoing Ukraine crisis end? What should Europe learn from it?...More
As the Ukraine conflict goes on, the US has escalated its censorship of speech. Among those censored is Chris Hedges (Hedges), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a former host for RT America. Coincidentally, he left the New York Times 17 years ago due to his vocal opposition to...More
Editor's Note: Since the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the international community has grown increasingly aware of the roles the US and NATO have played behind the crisis. From funding biological labs to creating ethnic division and ideological confrontation around the world, from imposing sanctions on "disobedient...More
Domestically developed seeds, a crucial part of China's food security, have gained the attention of the top leadership, as security of agricultural "chips" tops the government agenda along with various other aspects of economic security ranging from energy supplies to tech self-sufficiency. President Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed...More
The overwhelming assumption in the West is that the world, with a few exceptions, is strongly opposed to Russia's military actions in Ukraine. The West itself, including the great majority of Europe, seems to be of one voice in its condemnation. But worldwide the picture is rather more...More
The special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine makes us think about the socio-cultural aftermath of this event that may influence Russian foreign policy and its geopolitical role in the world. Some experts say Russia will inevitably turn into a more "Asian" country as Europe almost...More
Based on the noble ideals and principles laid down in the July 4 North-South Joint Statement, and taking into consideration the actual situation in our country in which different ideologies and social systems exist in north and south, we must seek the shortest and surest way to national...More
Editor's Note: "This man cannot remain in power." US President Joe Biden made this remark about Russian leader Vladimir Putin on March 26, 2022 during a speech he made in Poland. Though the White House had tried to explain away the utterance for the president, the real purpose of...More
It's ridiculous that Australia, on one hand, has closely followed the US in condemning what it perceives Russia's "brutal and unprovoked invasion" of Ukraine, but on the other, its elites bluntly threatened to invade its neighbor in the South Pacific and foster a regime change. A Reuters report...More
Earlier this month, the US government named Joseph Yun, who served as US special envoy for North Korea under former US presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, to lead talks with three Pacific Island countries - the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia...More
A Forbes article on Sunday noted that while the world is "distracted by Russia," China is taking the opportunity to "violate" its neighbors' sovereignty. It then hyped Beijing's "violations" of Manila's sovereign rights in the South China Sea (SCS), claiming that China intends to "spy on a US-Philippine...More
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to pose risks and concerns over the social and economic costs of the protracted epidemic grow, several major Chinese cities have embarked on a quest for an improved anti-epidemic approach that can both ensure dynamic zero-COVID targets and minimize disruptions to...More
After US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," both the White House and some US lawmakers hurried to put out the fire set by their president. But no matter how well Biden's propaganda machine works, it cannot downplay the...More