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China’s population to remain at 1.4b in following years despite decline in newborns: Official

Zhang Hui January 22, 2022

China’s population to remain at 1.4b in following years despite decline in newborns: Official

China's population has entered a zero-growth period, Chinese demographers said, as the number of newborns in the Chinese mainland dropped to 10.62 million in 2021, close to the number of deaths, but they noted China is developing from quantitative growth in the workforce to quality growth as record-high...More

Rich countries hoarding vaccines in disregard of poorer regions breathes life into new variants, worsens economic disparity

GT staff reporters January 22, 2022

Rich countries hoarding vaccines in disregard of poorer regions breathes life into new variants, worsens economic disparity

As the world tries to counter Omicron and bumps up booster shot campaigns, vaccine supply has once again come under discussion, as the World Economic Forum (WEF) rang the alarm bells recently of the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing gap, and the Davos Agenda virtual event is set to discuss...More

Latin America and Caribbean are nobody’s playground, says Cuba

Elsy Fors Garzon for PL January 22, 2022

Latin America and Caribbean are nobody’s playground, says Cuba

Havana (PL). Latin America and the Caribbean are not anyone's backyard or front yard, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, said yesterday, after statements on the matter by the President of the United States, Joe Biden. In his official Twitter account, the foreign minister pointed out that...More

Together we can build well-being and prosperity: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Pedro Jorge Velazquez January 22, 2022

Together we can build well-being and prosperity: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

With many teachings and collective deepening, the integral visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party and its auxiliary structure to Sancti Spíritus culminated, where the fulfillment of the agreements after the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. The First Secretary of the...More

Russia, Venezuela discuss on cooperation fighting Covid-19

Ileana Ferrer Fonte for PL January 22, 2022

Russia, Venezuela discuss on cooperation fighting Covid-19

Moscow, (PL). Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, about cooperation in the fight against Covid-19 and the supply of vaccines, the Kremlin revealed on Friday. During the conversation, occurred on Thursday, the two leaders talked about several current issues of cooperation,...More

Omicron cases in Beijing, Shenzhen suspected of links to packages from North America

Liu Caiyu January 20, 2022

Omicron cases in Beijing, Shenzhen suspected of links to packages from North America

China's postal administration on Monday vowed to "build a barrier" against COVID-19 cases imported through international express mail, after at least two Omicron cases, one in Beijing and another one in Shenzhen, were suspected of tracking back to packages from North America. Virologists warned of the high risk...More

China, North Korea resume rail freight, to facilitate normal trade

Left Review Online January 20, 2022

China, North Korea resume rail freight, to facilitate normal trade

Rail freight between China and North Korea has resumed after the pandemic caused it to be suspended for some time, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. After friendly consultations between the two countries, freight transportation at the rail port between China's Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju has...More

China’s GDP growth beats expectations; efforts still needed: Chinese Media

Left Review Online January 20, 2022

China’s GDP growth beats expectations; efforts still needed: Chinese Media

The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) released data on the national economy in 2021 on Monday, with the country's gross domestic product (GDP) expanding 8.1 percent year-on-year, which was well above the government target of "above 6 percent" set at the beginning of 2021, and the...More

NYT’s ignorance of 800,000 American COVID deaths is real ‘banality of evil’

Hu Xijin January 19, 2022

NYT’s ignorance of 800,000 American COVID deaths is real ‘banality of evil’

As the COVID-19 epidemic takes away hundreds of lives every day in the US, that country's propaganda machinery is engaging in vicious smears against China's dynamic zero-case policy of epidemic prevention. For example, The New York Times published a typical article on Wednesday, written by Li Yuan, a...More

China’s GDP grows 8.1% in 2021, fastest in 10 years, spurring confidence despite challenges ahead

Chu Daye and Li Xuanmin January 19, 2022

China’s GDP grows 8.1% in 2021, fastest in 10 years, spurring confidence despite challenges ahead

China on Monday posted an 8.1 percent GDP growth in 2021, defying market expectations and further cementing the world's second-largest economy's leading position in the global economy's recovery from the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, as major growth drivers, particularly exports, saw remarkable improvements in the face of mounting...More

No ‘countercurrents’ can stop globalization trend: Chinese President Xi Jinping

Left Review Online January 18, 2022

No ‘countercurrents’ can stop globalization trend: Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday delivered his first major speech of the new year at a global event at the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he issued stern warnings against acts of containment, confrontation and suppression as well as practices of hegemony and bullying, while calling on...More

Nicaragua reports poverty reduction under the Sandinista Government in last 15 years

Ileana Ferrer Fonte for PL January 18, 2022

Nicaragua reports poverty reduction under the Sandinista Government in last 15 years

Managua, (PL). The integration of the North and South Caribbean zones, after the construction of highways, telecommunications infrastructure and access to health care, education, drinking water and sanitation, currently shows a poverty reduction in Nicaragua. Jose Figueroa, a legislator and executive secretary for the parliamentarian group of the...More

What’s next for China-US after phase-one trade deal?

Shen Weiduo January 15, 2022

What’s next for China-US after phase-one trade deal?

Nearly two years ago on January 15, 2020, China signed what is termed "phase-one" agreement with the US in the hope of ending the 22-month-old US-initiated trade deadlock, defusing a costly trade war, giving relief to businesses and reassuring the global economy. Over the past two years, while China...More

North Korea reports new hypersonic missile test

Liu Xin and Liu Xuanzun January 14, 2022

North Korea reports new hypersonic missile test

North Korea on Wednesday reported the latest test of a hypersonic missile with the witness of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and missile analysts pointed out related data revealed that North Korea may have acquired the technologies but still needs more tests to demonstrate and enhance the weapon's...More

Ideal and Perfect Political Identity

Left Review Online January 12, 2022

Ideal and Perfect Political Identity

The collapse of socialism, a great political earthquake, which started in the late 1980s ended with the red flag pulling down at Kremlin, Moscow, in December 1991. The continuous collapse of socialism in the USSR and other eastern European countries made people expect the “end of socialism” in...More