When people were shocked by the European debt crisis triggered by the 2008 financial crisis, no one dared to predict that it was just a start of the tests the West would have to deal with in the 21st century. In just about eight years' time, singled out...more

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region welcomes people from all around the world, including officials from the new US administration, to visit but it opposes any presumption of guilt, senior officials from the region told a press conference in Beijing on Monday. Analysts said that China's attitude toward...more

With the completion of the power transfer between US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump, the international community now has new expectations for the future of China-Australia relations. Some people think that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government, which has been acting as an anti-China vanguard,...more

The extraordinary events in Washington DC will mark a fundamental change in how the world sees the US. America likes to present itself as a model of democracy, an example for every other country in the world to follow. Yet the spectacle of armed demonstrators, with the encouragement...more

US-led coalition forces entered Afghanistan with the narrative of the "war on terror" following the September 11 attacks in New York City in2001. Since then, this nearly two decades old conflict has had a devastating impact on the lives of Afghan civilians. They have bore the brunt of...more

A recent analytical article by The New York Times (NYT) highlighted the current China-Australia cartoon spat as an example of the trepidations many countries are now discussing in relation to diplomacy with Beijing. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's reaction to a cartoon post condemning Australian troops' murder of...more

US lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday over their annual defense bill. The Washington Post reported that the China-focused flagship program in the defense bill is the new Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI), whose aim is to establish a region wide approach to counter China in its immediate area...more

It's been two years since Meng Wanzhou was arbitrarily taken into custody in Canada on December 1, 2018. While her early and safe return to China has been very much on the minds of her fellow Chinese, there have also been growing calls for Meng's release in Canada...more

A two-star Navy admiral overseeing US military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region made an unannounced visit to the island of Taiwan on Sunday afternoon, according to Reuters and Taiwan media. There has been no direct response from Taiwan authorities or the Pentagon yet. Despite the absence of an...more

China has been prepared for a "final act of the madness" from the Trump administration and its staged hysteria on China-related issues, as it is highly likely that the incumbent US president will take much more extreme measures on issues such as the South China Sea, the island...more

Editor's Notes: With Joe Biden being declared the winner of the US presidential election, many have discussed what changes his administration might bring to China-US relations. Policymakers and analysts around the world are speculating what policies and tools Biden will use to deal with China. Global Times (GT)...more

On November 3, the world's oldest continuous democracy still in existence, the US, will hold not only presidential elections, but also vote for representatives for both houses of Congress. This is a fine time to take a closer look under the hood and see how democratic the US...more

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The US State Department agreed to amend its version of Indian Defense Minister's comments at the US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on October 27 after days of protests by the Indian government, reported The Hindu, an Indian newspaper. In the original transcript released by the US, the Indian defense...more

In 2009, US scholar Robert Kaplan called the Indian Ocean the center stage for the 21 century, stressing the growing significance of the region in the world politics. After former US president Barack Obama launched the rebalance to Asia-Pacific strategy, and President Donald Trump made a decision to...more