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MCC threatens National and People’s Sovereignty – LVC South Asia

Left Review Online July 16, 2020

MCC threatens National and People’s Sovereignty – LVC South Asia

Kathmandu. La Via Campesina South Asia strongly opposes the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) which is currently underway on two South Asian Countries: Nepal and Sri Lanka. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States’ foreign assistance agency’ established by the US Congress in 2004. The South...More

US peace destroyer in the South China Sea

Wei Dongxu July 16, 2020

US peace destroyer in the South China Sea

Disputes in the South China Sea seem to have escalated recently. The US has frequently come to the region trying to demonstrate its military strength. On Sunday, Foreign Secretary of the Philippines Teodoro Locsin stated the country's tough claim regarding the South China Sea. US Secretary of State...More

Is there a way forward for China-Australia relations?

Allan Behm July 14, 2020

Is there a way forward for China-Australia relations?

Editor's Note: Amid mounting tensions between China and Australia, Allan Behm (Behm), head of the International and Security Affairs program at The Australia Institute, Canberra, recently published a paper suggesting the tensions between the two countries were largely caused by Australia's lack of understanding of China. Compared with ever...More

US threatens world’s epidemic control with ‘low human rights advantage’

Mu Lu July 14, 2020

US threatens world’s epidemic control with ‘low human rights advantage’

The US has been repeatedly shocking the world with its COVID-19 data - It registered over 2.88 million infections and nearly 130,000 deaths as of press time. Many people are wondering what is wrong with the US. The self-proclaimed defender of human rights has attached no importance to...More

Release All Political Prisoners on Bail: CPI

Left Review Online July 14, 2020

Release All Political Prisoners on Bail: CPI

The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India has issued the following statement today (on July 13, 2020): The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India expresses serious concern over the deteriorating health conditions of several jailed political and human rights activists including Varavara Rao and...More

Insensitive article about China underscores West’s inevitable decline

Shen Yi July 12, 2020

Insensitive article about China underscores West’s inevitable decline

Mark Beeson, a professor of international politics at the University of Western Australia, in late June published an article titled "China's charmless offensive" on The Interpreter, an online journal of the Sydney-based Lowy Institute. In this piece, the author tried to seek evidence from the writing of an...More

No need of the DPRK-US summit unless the US changes itself – Kim Yo Jong

Left Review Online July 11, 2020

No need of the DPRK-US summit unless the US changes itself – Kim Yo Jong

Kathmandu. Kim Yo Jong, senior leader of the DPRK, says that the DPRK and USA have serious contradictions and under such circumstances, there is no need of the DPRK-US summit unless the USA changes itself. In a press statement issued on July 10, Kim Yo Jong, the first...More

China can deal with the US: Scholars

Yang Yuntao and Zhang Tingting July 11, 2020

China can deal with the US: Scholars

Some people in both China and the US are worried that the trade war the US launched against China since 2018 will soon impact other areas - investment, education, science and technology, judicial matters, the Hong Kong and Xinjiang questions and more. They are concerned that it will...More

India wrong to fear losing regional countries to Chinese clout

Wang Wenwen July 11, 2020

India wrong to fear losing regional countries to Chinese clout

B R Deepak, a Sinologist and chairperson at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said in an interview with me that "China's focus is not about consolidating its ties with India. It instead is concentrating on smaller countries in the vicinity. This is reflected in...More

Do China-India relations need a reset?

B R Deepak July 10, 2020

Do China-India relations need a reset?

Editor's Note: It has been two weeks since the clash between Indian and Chinese troops at the border. Despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acknowledgment that no troops intruded into the Indian side of the border, there has been sweeping nationalism in India that has led to the boycott...More

Central govt’s natl security office in HK inaugurated, hailed as ‘envoy, gatekeeper’ for security

Chen Qingqing July 10, 2020

Central govt’s natl security office in HK inaugurated, hailed as ‘envoy, gatekeeper’ for security

The central government’s office for safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was inaugurated on Wednesday morning. The office is located at Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, according to news site hk.on.cc. During the inauguration ceremony, the central government’s liaison office director...More

President Kim Il Sung: Liberator of the Korean Peasants

Left Review Online July 08, 2020

President Kim Il Sung: Liberator of the Korean Peasants

The demise of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on July 8, 1994 was a great loss and gave indelible pain to the whole of Korean nation and the progressive people of the world. President Kim Il Sung made immortal achievements for the country, nation and people...More

The Most Precious Heritage of President Kim Il Sung

Left Review Online July 08, 2020

The Most Precious Heritage of President Kim Il Sung

The Juche idea, the guiding ideology of socialist Korea and the cause of global independence, is exerting a great influence on the developing era and the shaping of the destiny of human beings beyond the limits of time and space. This ideological and practical wealth can be called...More

National Security Law for Hong Kong: Bane to Subversives, Boon for Citizens

Thomas Hon Wing Polin July 08, 2020

National Security Law for Hong Kong: Bane to Subversives, Boon for Citizens

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, will imminently enact a National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong. For many in the Special Administrative Region, especially patriots, this will be the most hopeful day in the life of Hong Kong since its return to...More