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A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

Zhang Hua April 14, 2021

A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

The situation around the Taiwan Straits has kept escalating. Within the US strategic circle, the debate of whether the US should abandon its decades-long policy of "strategic ambiguity" is going on. According to the US media, some advisors are calling for the US to make a clearer commitment...more

Equality means no country can view itself as superior

Ai Jun April 10, 2021

Equality means no country can view itself as superior

China does not accept any country in the world that places itself as superior to others, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a press conference on Sunday about his recent meetings in East China's Fujian Province with foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the...more

US-South Korea War Game, Detrimental to Peace

Left Review Online April 7, 2021

US-South Korea War Game, Detrimental to Peace

Kathmandu. The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) condemns the joint US-South Korea War Drill that started on March 8. In the ILPS press statement signed by Chairperson Len Cooper, it states, "The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) joins the Korean people and the people of the...more

A battle between democracy and autocracy, but not as Biden describes

Wang Wenwen April 1, 2021

A battle between democracy and autocracy, but not as Biden describes

More than two months into the Joe Biden presidency, it seems that he still uses the outdated Cold War framework to define the 21st century major power relations between China and the US. In his first press briefing on Thursday since taking office, he said the US-China relationship...more

Global brands should avoid Xinjiang hack-trap

Mario Cavolo March 30, 2021

Global brands should avoid Xinjiang hack-trap

Sometimes in life, the best defense is a strong offense. That time has finally arrived and I for one could not be more pleased that is the case. Several weeks earlier, I had predicted that in the face of an endless barrage of false accusations this past year,...more

US’ dual China, Russia containment won’t work; governance is key, not ideology

Dmitri Trenin March 30, 2021

US’ dual China, Russia containment won’t work; governance is key, not ideology

Throughout the 20th century, strategic wisdom dictated to US statesmen never to allow the world's island - namely, the Eurasian continent - to be dominated by one hegemonic power, or a single alliance. This logic brought the US into the World War II. Germany was then seeking the...more

Americans’ disgust with own govt grows as Chinese officials criticize US human rights

Chen Shasha March 29, 2021

Americans’ disgust with own govt grows as Chinese officials criticize US human rights

A senior Chinese official's sharp criticism of the US' human rights situation has triggered a negative response from the American people toward the US' human rights and democratic systems, a report based on sentiment analysis by Chinese researchers showed. Experts said that the criticism made by Yang Jiechi,...more

China, Russia to break US hold on ‘world order’

Yang Sheng and Fan Anqi March 28, 2021

China, Russia to break US hold on ‘world order’

When the US vowed to return to multilateralism and try to fix its alliance by stressing values of "democracy and human rights" and forming cliques to confront other countries that reject US hegemony, China and Russia have stood up to break the silence and provide their definition of...more

US can’t accept painful fact that China is now its equal: Martin Jacques

Left Review Online March 27, 2021

US can’t accept painful fact that China is now its equal: Martin Jacques

We learnt two things from the China-US high-level dialogue held in Alaska last week. The first was from the session at the beginning when the media were present. This would normally be conducted in a polite and somewhat anodyne fashion dressed up in diplomatic nicety. It could not...more

What can Asian Americans learn from BLM movement?

Wang Wenwen March 27, 2021

What can Asian Americans learn from BLM movement?

The #StopAsianHate mass rallies over the weekend in the US reminded people about the BLM movement, and some also tried to create a similar slogan such as "Asian American Lives Matter." But a crucial issue is, do Asian American lives really matter in the US? Compared with the...more

As US wields sticks, China, Russia to counter dollar hegemony

Wang Cong March 23, 2021

As US wields sticks, China, Russia to counter dollar hegemony

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started a two-day trip to China on Monday, days after senior Chinese and US officials clashed openly during a bilateral meeting, a major topic in talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is how to counter US sanctions --...more

US wants Japan, South Korea to become bigger bargaining chips

Left Review Online March 16, 2021

US wants Japan, South Korea to become bigger bargaining chips

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Japan on Monday before heading to South Korea on Wednesday. The US will hold the "2+2" diplomatic and security talks with the two countries. The US has been very lofty in stressing the importance of...more

Washington ill-prepared to set human rights agenda

Andrey Kortunov March 16, 2021

Washington ill-prepared to set human rights agenda

It is evident that US Democratic President Joe Biden and his team will pay more attention to the human rights agenda in foreign policy than their Republican predecessors did. It is also clear that Washington will actively use this agenda in dealing with its main geopolitical adversaries -...more

Companies, individuals in Xinjiang to sue rumormongering Adrian Zenz for causing reputation damage, economic losses

Left Review Online March 14, 2021

Companies, individuals in Xinjiang to sue rumormongering Adrian Zenz for causing reputation damage, economic losses

A number of enterprises and individuals in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have directed lawyers to sue German national Adrian Zenz (who calls himself Zheng Guoen in Chinese), Xinjiang local news outlet www.ts.cn reported. Local people said that Zenz spread "forced labor" and other rumors related to...more

‘Pacific NATO’ concept aimed at China is self-serving US wolf pack tactic

Song Zhongping March 13, 2021

‘Pacific NATO’ concept aimed at China is self-serving US wolf pack tactic

The National Interest magazine published on Sunday an article discussing whether a "Pacific NATO" is the only way to counter China. It said that, "a combined US, Japanese, Australian, and Indian military force might certainly help deter China in terms of sheer numbers, not to mention coordinated air...more