GT staff reporters December 16, 2022
US President Joe Biden has been peddling bullish views of the US economy, which he claimed could grow “faster than the Chinese economy this year”, the first time since 1976. But some Chinese observers pointed out that his rhetoric is false, based on the manipulation of “nominal GDP”,...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
In US history, the war of words between Democrats and Republicans normally focuses on differences of policies and political ideas, but now it seems like the two sides are treating each other, and even ordinary voters, as "the enemy of the state," a "threat to democracy," and even...more
Due to the failure to troubleshoot an engine problem, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion capsule remained on the ground at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, disappointing people who gathered at the center and those who tuned in live to watch US'...more
The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) on Tuesday released a report, revealing a series of crimes committed by the US in the Middle East and surrounding areas that have seriously violated the basic human rights of people and caused permanent damage and irreparable losses to countries...more
Upon ending her Asia trip on August 5, 2022, including China's Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she returns to the US "inspired," however, her ill-conceived visit has left a trail of anger and frustration in the Asian-Pacific region, with such negative emotions also sweeping across the...more
Editor's Note: "The lowest I got paid was nothing. The highest that I got paid was 75 cents an hour. And then they would take 55 percent of that. If I said no, I would be given another 15 years in prison." This is how Samual Brown (Brown),...more
Maybe the empire thought that we would not honor our word when, during days of uncertainty in the past century, we affirmed that even if the USSR were to disappear Cuba would continue struggling. World War II broke out on September 1, 1939 when Nazi-fascist troops invaded Poland...more
Donald Trump's election as US president in November 2016 marked the end of over four decades of relative stability in US-China relations. Ever since, it has been downhill all the way with barely a pause. Five years have passed and we have seen two US presidents. It would...more
Over the Easter holiday weekend in the US, there were at least 10 mass shootings across the country that left eight people dead and dozens injured. This adds to an estimated 144 total mass shootings that have taken place this year alone, according to data from Gun Violence...more
Editor's Note: Inmates in prisons are subject to labor exploitation, minors working as child laborers are abused, and human trafficking remains rampant: Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the US, the above-mentioned problems still exist in the country. Some American politicians have racked...more
Sri Lanka is grappling with the deepest economic crisis it has ever seen. The country has defaulted on its $78 billion worth of payments to international creditors, the first time in its history since its independence. Its debt obligations for this year alone exceed $7 billion, yet Sri...more
The ninth enlargement of the NATO alliance is perhaps the most vivid illustration of the ongoing consolidation of the Collective West. A change in the political and military-strategic status of the two formerly neutral countries in Europe, Finland and Sweden, not only completely flips the geopolitical situation in...more
Editor's Note: The US has ignited a war between Russia and Ukraine for its own selfish interests, the flames of war have also unveiled a darker side of the US' secret biological experimentation activities around the world. Although the US government has repeatedly claimed that it is not...more
As the Ukraine conflict goes on, the US has escalated its censorship of speech. Among those censored is Chris Hedges (Hedges), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a former host for RT America. Coincidentally, he left the New York Times 17 years ago due to his vocal opposition to...more