Left Review Online April 26, 2025
Kathmandu. The Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) has strongly condemned the horrific terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow, Jammu & Kashmir, on April 22, 2025. The attack, described as one of the deadliest civilian-targeted assaults in recent years, claimed the lives of at...More
Editor's Note: In the spring breeze of the Pamir Plateau, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a lingering chill still hangs in the air. However, at the entrance of the Paiyike Border Police Station in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, a heartwarming encounter unfolds. Beijing traveler Chen Dawei had journeyed...More
China's financial markets are attracting international investors amid growing global economic uncertainty, with multiple foreign financial institutions including Neuberger Berman and DBS Bank maintaining an overweight position on China. "We are maintaining an overweight stance on China," said Raheel Siddiqui, senior analyst of global equity research at New...More
Recently, multiple media outlets have reported that the US government plans to use ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure its trade partners, demanding that they limit trade with China in exchange for tariff exemptions. On Monday, in response to a reporter's question, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce...More
Many US businesses and consumers reportedly have already felt negative impact from the US' sweeping tariffs due to rising prices and supply issues of various consumer products. Yet, the negative impact goes far beyond this - US pet owners could soon see significant challenges in buying food and...More
Editor's Note: "At present, China's relations with its neighboring countries are at their best in modern times, and are also entering a critical phase of deep linkage between the regional landscape and the world changes" - the recent Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries held in Beijing made such a profound judgment. Chinese President...More
China's private sector showed strong resilience in the first quarter of 2025, with new business registrations rising steadily, according to a report released by the State Administration for Market Regulation on Monday. In the first quarter, 1.979 million new private enterprises were registered, up 7.1 percent year-on-year and...More
The substantial losses incurred by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's (TSMC) factory in the US state of Arizona illustrate both the consequences of ignoring market logic and the deep-seated difficulties the US faces in its attempt to forcibly restructure global semiconductor supply chains through political intervention. TSMC's Arizona facility...More
Editor's Note: The US administration's decision to temporarily pause tariffs for most countries while keeping the import levies targeted at Chinese goods has frustrated small American traders who do businesses with China. Analysts have already predicted that the tariffs will soon cause irreversible damage to American businesses. Beth Benike...More
The implementation of US tariffs has further sparked domestic opposition as the negative impacts become more apparent, with American scholars and economists calling to "reject harmful tariff policies" along with multiple sectors already buckling under the strain. A Chinese expert on Sunday said that the intensified tariff-induced negative...More
On April 6, Maggie Xu, a Maryland resident, took her college-bound daughter to their local Best Buy - a major North American retailer - only to find chaos caused by confusion over the "reciprocal tariffs" recently imposed by the US government. "The store was packed by people, way...More
A recent CNBC article spotlighted growing concern among investors regarding a potential exodus from US assets, as both US Treasury debt and the dollar experience a downturn. The April sell-off in financial markets has been wider and more volatile than typical pullbacks, fueling concern that the aggressive and...More
"Though we are unaware of how bad it could get, we are holding our breath for what could come from it." In the heart of Muscatine, Iowa, 21-year-old Katharina Scholze, a full-time nanny, captures the growing unease that has gripped American consumers. "The price of eggs, seafood, sugar,...More
In recent days, the fallout from the US so-called "reciprocal tariff" policy has continued to intensify: The global financial market has fluctuated, panic buying and hoarding have taken hold among American consumers, and the international community has voiced strong condemnation. All of this once again underscores the unpopularity...More
South China's Hainan Province, host to the country's first commercial spacecraft launch site and also to the coastal national Wenchang spaceport, on Monday released a government document aimed at promoting the region into a crucial practice site for the building of new quality productive forces, with a focus...More