Global Times October 23, 2023
US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday against any country or organization thinking of taking advantage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while indicating that the US is surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors, to Israel. Also on Tuesday, the first plane carrying American ammunition for Israel's strikes...More
A couple of days ago, a Quad summit meeting in Sydney scheduled for May 24 was abruptly canceled. The US president had to pull out of his long-anticipated trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Instead, the heads of the four Quad member states got together on the...More
On the day that Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui visited Moscow on the last leg of his European trip, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran an article that completely contradicted the facts and even fabricated stories. Such behavior that attempted to impose...More
Recently, the General Administration of Customs China (GACC) agreed to add the port of Vladivostok in Russia as a transit port for domestic transportation of goods in Jilin Province, which has attracted attention and interpretations from both domestic and international public opinion from different perspectives. This is certainly...More
The Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue to be the dominant flashpoint for 2023, both in terms of conflict resolution and sorting out the security consequences for Europe. There are three aspects to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, or as sometimes described the Russian conflict against the collective West. The first is...More
Editor's Note: From many perspectives, the world is in danger of being drawn into long-term trouble right before our eyes. Greater risk of outbreak of new conflicts bubbles amid a lingering pandemic, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the plague of soaring inflation and an energy crisis. Against this...More
When a powerful and deadly storm swept North America, blacking out cities and freezing Christmas enthusiasm, Europe is engulfed by strikes due to skyrocketing prices as well as more crises including hate crimes and unemployment. The West is set to conclude 2022 and greet 2023 in a gloomy...More
Editor's Note: The 2023 Global Times Annual Conference themed on "China and the World after the 20th CPC National Congress" was held in Beijing on Saturday. To understand the importance of China's stability to the changing world and explore what China should do to better grasp opportunities amid...More
By smearing China and sowing discord between it and other countries, US politicians often undisguisedly show their desire to continue US hegemony. Delivering a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed that his country will not let China reshape "its...More
Chinese financial sector officials and analysts on Monday warned of global financial security risks posed by rising geopolitical tensions and the US-led aggressive monetary policies, urging various measures to identify and tackle risks. Amid growing global financial turmoil, tackling financial security risks became a hot topic at the...More
The forthcoming G20 meeting reflects both positives and negatives in the current global situation. That it is being held in Indonesia, one of the largest developing countries, sends a positive signal to the world. As does the fact that ASEAN, of which it is a member, is non-aligned,...More
Editor's Note: During the past decade, the world has increasingly witnessed a trend of "the East is rising while the West is declining" in the spheres of economy, security and discourse power. Western countries, particularly the US, plagued by internal woes, have sought the old path of passing...More