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Wuhan battles to create jobs

Zhao Yusha in Wuhan and Wang Cong in Beijing April 23, 2020

Wuhan battles to create jobs

As many in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, are gradually returning to work after a lockdown due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, some are facing quite a predicament: They have no jobs to return to. That was on vivid display Monday, as job seekers in the city, undeterred...More

Navarro hits new low with vaccine conspiracy theory

Left Review Online April 23, 2020

Navarro hits new low with vaccine conspiracy theory

The last thing the world needs in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic is groundless conspiracy theories, which are not only misleading but also interfere in global efforts to combat the virus. But some US politicians, turning a blind eye to what people in the US really...More

COVID-19 pushes world to a turning point

Jeffery Sachs and Michael D. Swaine April 18, 2020

COVID-19 pushes world to a turning point

The spreading coronavirus pandemic is having far-reaching effects on the world and it's believed the black swan event will change the world forever. How will the pandemic affect China-US relations, globalization and global leadership? Michael D. Swaine (Swaine), a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,...More

DPRK and Public Health: A Major Criterion of the Image of the Socialist System

Left Review Online April 16, 2020

DPRK and Public Health: A Major Criterion of the Image of the Socialist System

In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea public health is regarded as a major criterion of the image of the socialist system, through which its people personally feel the advantages of their system. In this country free medical care is an important state and social policy. The benefits...More

Kim Il Sung and Self-supporting Economy

Left Review Online April 15, 2020

Kim Il Sung and Self-supporting Economy

As is well known, countries liberated from colonial rule after the Second World War followed the road of relying on big and developed countries for their “aid” or copying their economic models. But the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea aspired after the construction of a self-supporting economy from...More

Even Travel Expenses by Aircraft Not Counted

Left Review Online April 15, 2020

Even Travel Expenses by Aircraft Not Counted

In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the birth of triplets or quadruplets is regarded as an auspicious event, a sign of fortune, for the country, and the government pays special attention to bringing them up and providing them with medical services. This reality draws the attention of...More

President Kim Il Sung and His Humanity

Left Review Online April 15, 2020

President Kim Il Sung and His Humanity

President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), eternal leader of the Korean people, was a peerlessly great man who attracted the world with his ennobling affection for mankind and virtues. All his life he met over 70 000 foreigners including political and social figures. All those who met him were...More

Nepal extends the lockdown till April 27

Left Review Online April 14, 2020

Nepal extends the lockdown till April 27

Kathmandu. The Government of Nepal has decided to extend the lockdown till April 27 and to seal the border till April 30. After reviewing the Novel Coronavirus situation in the country, the meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar, decided to...More

China still needs to hold onto US Treasuries

Zhang Anyuan April 14, 2020

China still needs to hold onto US Treasuries

There has been no short of calls for sell-off of US Treasuries in China over the past decade, but such a decision should by no means be a political one. The foremost reason why China cannot consider selling its massive US debt is that other markets - spot,...More

End the blockade – for life and solidarity

Left Review Online April 14, 2020

End the blockade – for life and solidarity

Havana. In a letter addressed to the United Nation, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC), Organization of American States (OAS), the World and Pan American Health Organizations (WHO, PAHO), the Sao Paulo Forum and others have requested the lifting of unilateral coercive sanctions against several countries,...More

Wuhan offers a glimpse of hope for Milan, New York

Left Review Online April 13, 2020

Wuhan offers a glimpse of hope for Milan, New York

After 76 days in strict lockdown, Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province, which was the first to bear the brunt of what has become a global pandemic, reopened to the outside world on Wednesday morning. While much work remains to be done to restart the economy and prevent...More

Chinese firms accelerate production of hydroxychloroquine

Ma Jingjing and Yin Yeping April 13, 2020

Chinese firms accelerate production of hydroxychloroquine

Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturers in China are going full speed ahead to produce what US President Donald Trump has called a "game-changer" as well as other APIs to help countries around the world combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as India moves to partially resume exports of two crucial...More

COVID-19 and Refugees in Nepal

Dr. Geeta Kochhar Jaiswal April 12, 2020

COVID-19 and Refugees in Nepal

As the spread of COVID-19 pandemic becomes critical in many countries of the world, Nepal is also placed on a high-risk radar. In an address to the nation on April 7, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli accepted that the next two weeks are crucial for Nepal as it...More

Those in West indifferent to China’s early pain now blame China for their loss

Yu Lei April 10, 2020

Those in West indifferent to China’s early pain now blame China for their loss

At a critical moment when global cooperation is direly needed to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, some Australian media outlets and personnel have been fabricating facts, groundlessly accusing China of being responsible for the spread of the virus and demanding China pay for the losses the pandemic would...More

Let’s contribute more to save human lives acting responsibly – Cuban President

Left Review Online April 10, 2020

Let’s contribute more to save human lives acting responsibly – Cuban President

Kathmandu. The President of the Socialist Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez insisted on the importance of social distancing to contain COVID-19. Addressing the daily meeting for evaluating the epidemiological situation in the country and implementation plans to control the propagation of the new coronavirus in the country...More