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At UN, US talks trash, China fortifies truth

Left Review Online September 24, 2020

At UN, US talks trash, China fortifies truth

Editor's Note: Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a virtual address at the General Debate session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Trump groundlessly slandered China from the beginning and nearly half of his speech was directed at China. Xi, by...more

Trump addresses US voters in UN speech

Left Review Online September 24, 2020

Trump addresses US voters in UN speech

The general debate of the 75th UN General Assembly opened Tuesday, with leaders of many countries giving video speeches. Among them, the address by US President Donald Trump is probably the one with the most personal characteristics. He used the discriminatory phrase "China virus" in his speech, and...more

US attempts to turn Mekong into another anti-China battlefield like S. China Sea

Hu Yuwei September 23, 2020

US attempts to turn Mekong into another anti-China battlefield like S. China Sea

With $150 million initial investment, the US claimed to launch a Mekong-US partnership as an integral part of its "Indo-Pacific vision," which observers believe shows its accelerated pace in politicizing the water resources issue in the region to curb China's growing influence in Southeast Asia. US Secretary of...more

While Trump calls for ‘decoupling’ with China, businesses head in other direction

Chen Qingqing, Wang Bozun in Dongguan and Xie Jun in Yiwu September 23, 2020

While Trump calls for ‘decoupling’ with China, businesses head in other direction

With China's irreplaceable industry chains and unshakeable US demand, decoupling from China is just political talk by US President Donald Trump, which is not a workable plan, business representatives from China's manufacturing sector in South China's Guangdong told the Global Times. US companies still see China, especially the...more

It is urgent to reform the UN : Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Left Review Online September 23, 2020

It is urgent to reform the UN : Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, A global pandemic has changed everyday life drastically. From one day to the next, millions of people get infected and thousands die even when their life expectancy was longer thanks to development. Hospital systems with high-level services have collapsed and the health structures...more

Anxiety over China-EU ties illustrates US hurting trans-Atlantic relations

Wang Xiaoguang September 21, 2020

Anxiety over China-EU ties illustrates US hurting trans-Atlantic relations

In the wake of the increasingly tense US-China economic dispute that has spilled over into diplomatic and security dimensions, Europe silently becomes the key player in the stalemate. Speaking of the online EU-China summit, some observers even considered the possibility that China might "play Nixon" to draw Brussels...more

Japan’s plan for building anti-missile ships would undermine regional peace

Du Wenlong September 16, 2020

Japan’s plan for building anti-missile ships would undermine regional peace

Tokyo has told Washington that building specialized ships to counter ballistic missiles is the most viable alternative to the scrapped plan to deploy land-based, US-developed Aegis Ashore systems, a Japanese government sources said on Saturday, Kyodo News reported. Japan announced in June it would suspend the plan to...more

US only satisfied with big countries as satellites: Russian Scholar

Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi September 5, 2020

US only satisfied with big countries as satellites: Russian Scholar

Editor's Notes: Relations between China and the US have hit the lowest point in 40 years amid US efforts to contain China's rise. Some scholars voiced concern there is an ongoing new cold war between China and the US comparable to the 20th century hostilities between the US and...more

US-led NATO-like alliance not reliable for India in border talks with China: Experts

Liu Xin and Liu Xuanzun September 2, 2020

US-led NATO-like alliance not reliable for India in border talks with China: Experts

The US has brought up again the idea of building an alliance, similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with India, Australia and Japan to form anti-China network in the Indo-Pacific region, a move that Chinese analysts said will face obstacles, as the regional countries may prefer to...more

ILPS condemns the brutal murder of Tomas Martinez

Left Review Online August 30, 2020

ILPS condemns the brutal murder of Tomas Martinez

Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' struggle (ILPS) has condemned the brutal murder of Tomas Matinez De La Sierra Sur. ILPS, an international network of anti-imperialist and democratic forces that strives to realize the unity, cooperation and coordination of anti-imperialist and democratic struggles throughout the world, has issued a media...more

Shenzhen thrives amid US tech war

Chen Qingqing and Li Xuanmin in Shenzhen August 27, 2020

Shenzhen thrives amid US tech war

Late Monday night, almost all the interior lights were on at a 50-story skyscraper in the Nanshan district of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province. The headquarters of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, has become a vivid display of how the city can grow into a new Silicon Valley...more

China and US chief trade negotiators hold talks, agree to push for phase one deal

Chu Daye August 27, 2020

China and US chief trade negotiators hold talks, agree to push for phase one deal

The phone call made on Tuesday by chief trade talk negotiators from China and the US and the ensuing announcements showed that there is still enough will from the two sides to implement the phase one trade deal, despite doubts that the deal might be on shaky ground...more

Assassination of Tomas Martínez Pinacho is condemned – ILPS LA

Left Review Online August 27, 2020

Assassination of Tomas Martínez Pinacho is condemned – ILPS LA

Kathmandu. International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Latin America has condemned the assassination of the Veteran Mexican peasant leader comrade Tomas Martínez Pinacho de la Sierra Sur. Florentino López Martínez, National President of the FPR and Vice President of the ILPS for Latin America issued a media statement condemning his...more

US stands in the way of peace and stability in S. China Sea

Li Kaisheng August 26, 2020

US stands in the way of peace and stability in S. China Sea

The foreign ministers of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to sit down for talks with their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea and the US at the Foreign Ministers' Meetings on East Asia Cooperation in the second half of...more

The UAE-Israel accord and betrayal of Palestine

Balram Banskota August 24, 2020

The UAE-Israel accord and betrayal of Palestine

The Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement, or the Abraham Accord, was agreed by Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13, 2020. The UAE last week became the first Gulf state to normalize relations with Israel, in a US - as a broker in the accord...more