Left Review Online May 18, 2019
Havana. Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs condemned the occupation of Venezuela's embassy in Washington, which he described as shameful and illegal. The illegal entry and occupation of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington is a brutal violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Shameful. #USA tramples...More
White House Chief Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday that both the US and China will suffer when questioned about who would pay the tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese imports in an interview on Fox News. Although he also argued that the effect on the US...More
The trade talks will continue between China and the US, but they are full of uncertainty. Clearly China's development, prosperity and entire destiny cannot depend on US goodwill. Growing stronger is the chief ingredient for China to defuse strategic pressures from the US and to safeguard the strategic...More
Beijing. Beijing Daxing International Airport, a new mega-airport in northern China, witnessed four test flights on Monday morning, a milestone before the airport begins operations at the end of September. The successful tests show airport authorities have moved their focus from infrastructure to flying and upon completion the...More
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping refuted the clash of civilizations theory and warned that it was "foolish to believe that one's race and civilization are superior to others, and it is disastrous to willfully reshape or even replace other civilizations." Xi delivered a keynote speech at the opening...More
Beijing. An exhibit featuring 451 cultural relics from 47 Asian countries and Greece and Egypt opened on Monday at Beijing's National Museum of China ahead of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC), which organizers said aims to highlight the time-enduring communication and "harmony in diversity" of...More
Beijing. China on Wednesday night hit back at repeated threats by US officials to slap higher tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese goods, vowing that it will take "necessary" countermeasures if forced. "If the US side implements the tariff measures, the Chinese side will have no...More
The US will raise tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports effective Friday, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register. The announcement was made at 8:45 pm on May 8 (Beijing time). At 11:23 pm, the Chinese Ministry of...More
It has been 100 years since the May Fourth Movement, but to this day, the movement is still reminding Chinese people of the history while influencing today's China. However, some have deliberately divided patriotism from other keywords in the May Fourth Movement, an obvious deviation from the direction...More
GT: What is China's role within the IPU? Chen: China's role in the IPU is simple and clear-cut. We work with other members of the IPU to put things in place and ensure that the aim of IPU - peace, development, cooperation, mutual understanding, friendship and the defense...More
Former US vice-president and Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden recently said China is not "bad folks" and China is not "competition for us." His remarks have sent waves across the US. People from President Donald Trump to core members of his team, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,...More
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping said the May Fourth Movement's patriotism is the core spirit of the milestone event in 1919 which ought to be continuously pursued by all Chinese people. The May Fourth Movement, with its mighty force, inspired the ambition and confidence of the Chinese people...More
Havana. Following the massive May Day march through Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, was awarded the Lenin Prize by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation’s Central Committee, "for his exceptional contribution to the construction...More
Havana. Millions of Cubans from different generations marched on the island's main squares and thoroughfares to celebrate International Workers' Day. This year, Cuban workers and their relatives are voicing their support for the Revolution, their rejection of the U.S. economic blockade, their solidarity with Venezuela and the commitment for...More
The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) ended Saturday in Beijing. Leaders who attended the forum signed a joint communiqué and reached several achievements. The forum further expanded the influence of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and boosted people's confidence in this cooperation mechanism....More