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Hong Kong Education System Fails to Teach Real Democracy

Ai Jun November 27, 2019

Hong Kong Education System Fails to Teach Real Democracy

What is a child supposed to do at the age of 11 or 12? The answer should be a list of beautiful things. But in Hong Kong, a child that young could be arrested for illegal acts in unlawful assemblies carrying offensive weapons such as Molotov cocktails or...More

Yuan-Ruble Alliance to Reduce Reliance on US Dollar

Shen Weiduo November 25, 2019

Yuan-Ruble Alliance to Reduce Reliance on US Dollar

Beijing. China and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Shanghai on Tuesday to deepen financial cooperation and push for direct trading between the yuan and the ruble, a move in line with both countries' demand for diversifying reserve assets and reducing dollar reliance amid rising global...More

Big gaps remain in China-US trade talks

By Wang Cong for Global Times November 24, 2019

Big gaps remain in China-US trade talks

Beijing. China and the US may still have a long way to go to end the trade war, with major differences remaining over the nature of the bilateral relationship, despite ongoing talks on a possible phase-one deal to defuse tensions, officials, business leaders and top experts said on...More

Alibaba’s Jack Ma drives digital economy enthusiasm in Africa

Zhang Hongpei for Global Times November 23, 2019

Alibaba’s Jack Ma drives digital economy enthusiasm in Africa

Beijing. Alibaba's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma Yun had a busy day over the weekend in Africa - attending a digital economy summit in Nigeria, participating in an entrepreneurs' dialogue in Togo and being a judge for an African business heroes show in Ghana. Ma has turned his attention...More

As China and US try to iron out military differences, challenges remain

Left Review Online November 22, 2019

As China and US try to iron out military differences, challenges remain

The face-to-face meeting between Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday morning in Thai capital Bangkok was necessary now more than ever. As the trade war simmers, speculations about possible US missile deployment in Asia and the US...More

NCP decides: KP Sharma Oli as PM and Prachanda as Executive Chairman

Left Review Online November 20, 2019

NCP decides: KP Sharma Oli as PM and Prachanda as Executive Chairman

Kathmandu. Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided on the responsibilities of its two chairpersons: Chairman KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' as the Executive Chairman of the party. Meeting of the Secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has made the...More

Western media shifts tone on Hong Kong riots

Left Review Online November 20, 2019

Western media shifts tone on Hong Kong riots

Beijing. As the months-long violence in Hong Kong entered a deadly level in the past two weeks, with radical rioters turning university campuses into "terror camps" to engage in clashes with police, a public opinion battle reached a turning point with more Hong Kong residents, media outlets and...More

The Korean war was a state policy of the US and a war of aggression.

Jo Yong Man November 19, 2019

The Korean war was a state policy of the US and a war of aggression.

Left Review Online: Many people, especially the youths in Nepal want to know about the history of Korea. How was the situation of Korea and Korean people before the independence and socialist revolution? Jo Yong Man: The Japanese imperialists fabricated the aggressive “Ulsa Five-Point Treaty” by Brigandish means...More

Sincerity of US charm offensive in Indo-Pacific questioned

Cheng Hanping November 17, 2019

Sincerity of US charm offensive in Indo-Pacific questioned

At the recently held 35th ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, the absence of top-level US representatives made news. However, Robert O'Brien, the US special envoy and White House national security adviser representing US President Donald Trump surprised everyone by inviting the heads of...More

Foreign diplomats learn about Chinese path via CPC plenum

Yang Sheng & Sun Haoran for Global Times November 15, 2019

Foreign diplomats learn about Chinese path via CPC plenum

Bijing. The International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (IDCPC) held a thematic briefing on the fourth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on Friday, and invited more than 210 senior diplomats from more than 130 countries to the event. Guo Yezhou, vice...More

BRICS empowers cooperation among emerging countries

Jiang Shixue November 14, 2019

BRICS empowers cooperation among emerging countries

Shortly before the 11th BRICS summit in Brazilian capital Brasilia on Wednesday and Thursday, Bloomberg published an article - "BRICS Is About Geopolitics, Not Economics," saying "The acronym no longer makes much financial sense. But the idea is more politically relevant than ever." Such a view does not...More

Russia to throw weight behind China’s concept of BRICS+

Pavel Tarasenko November 13, 2019

Russia to throw weight behind China’s concept of BRICS+

The 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is approaching, but we can guess what will be discussed among leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. They are expected to offer their ideas on upholding the multipolar world order and challenge Western dominance and...More

We must save nature to save ourselves and to our future generation: Chairman Prachanda

Chairman Prachanda November 12, 2019

We must save nature to save ourselves and to our future generation: Chairman Prachanda

Mr. Chairperson, Hon. Minister for Forests and Environment, Hon. Chief Minister, Province 3, Hon. Parliament Members, Distinguished Guests and participants, Media Persons, Ladies and Gentlemen ! First of all, it gives me great pleasure to be here with you at this Unique historic gathering. Please allow me to...More

US State Secretary Pompeo slammed for slandering CPC

Xie Wenting for Global Times November 10, 2019

US State Secretary Pompeo slammed for slandering CPC

Beijing. Mike On the day celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo viciously attacked China in his speech in Berlin, trying to build a new Cold War wall, which observers find ironical. Experts slammed him for neglecting his...More

Pompeo’s attacks on CPC show his hysteria – Chinese Media

Left Review Online November 09, 2019

Pompeo’s attacks on CPC show his hysteria – Chinese Media

Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a speech at an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on Friday, took a swipe at China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). He claimed the CPC "is shaping a new...More