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Dual circulation model an engine to China’s 14th Five-Year Plan

Fan Peng October 26, 2020

Dual circulation model an engine to China’s 14th Five-Year Plan

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29. It is expected that the launch of the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25) and the 2035 long-term goal will be the most important contents...more

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

Bai Yunyi October 23, 2020

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

The buildings that some in Nepal have accused China of encroaching on its land in Humla district falls within Chinese territory and is actually a newly-built village in Burang county in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a Burang county official told the Global Times in an exclusive...more

South Asian nations not convinced by empty US promises

Qian Feng October 22, 2020

South Asian nations not convinced by empty US promises

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun met with senior Bangladesh government officials during his trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh from Wednesday to Friday. The visit is viewed as part of Washington's attempt to raise its visibility in South Asia. However, US' new South Asia strategy has some...more

Why Do the Korean People Respect Their Supreme Leader?

Left Review Online October 22, 2020

Why Do the Korean People Respect Their Supreme Leader?

The world admires the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for their boundless reverence to and respect for their Supreme Leader. Why, then, do they respect their leader so ardently? Carrying forward the cause of President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) and Chairman Kim Jong Il (1942-2011),...more

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

GT staff reporters October 21, 2020

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

After some cities in eastern China, where many export-driven businesses are located, showed growing demand for coronavirus vaccination, China's top regulators on drug development and epidemic prevention refuted Western media reports that China has expanded its vaccination program and has rolled out experimental vaccines to the general public,...more

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

GT Staff Reporter October 18, 2020

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

The IMF projects that China's GDP will grow by 1.9 percent in 2020, up from 1 percent in its last projection in June, citing a faster-than-expected recovery in China. China will be the only major economy to achieve growth this year, according to the IMF's latest report in...more

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

Left Review Online October 18, 2020

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

China held a grand gathering to mark the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, known as "Silicon Valley of China" on Wednesday, when an advocate of digital currency made a speech as the second guest, sending a strong signal that the city will further promote the...more

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

Editor's Note: Among hundreds of cases involving Taiwan separatists’ espionage activities uncovered by the Chinese mainland’s state security agency recently, Cheng Yu-chin’s case is a typical one for the Taiwan separatist authority to use academic exchanges as a cover for espionage purposes. In this case, Taiwan “intelligence agencies” recruited...more

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

Editor's Note: Taiwan separatist forces have frequently conducted espionage activities against the Chinese mainland within and outside China’s territory in recent years, attempting to disrupt cross-Straits exchanges and resist the reunification of China. To crack down on such moves, the state security agency of the mainland has launched the...more

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

Chen Qingqing and Chi Jingyi October 17, 2020

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Shenzhen - the country's reform pioneer - later this week is expected to send out a clear signal amid growing external uncertainties and US-led geopolitical crackdown that the country will unswervingly adhere to its unique path of development, and its...more

WPK – A Party That Translates Its Decisions into Reality

Left Review Online October 8, 2020

WPK – A Party That Translates Its Decisions into Reality

The Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) carries out without fail whatever it is determined to do. What is the secret then? First, it solves all the problems relying on the people. It is its will that nothing is impossible as long as it believes the people and relies...more

India’s border fire may lead to ‘unbearable consequence’

Left Review Online October 4, 2020

India’s border fire may lead to ‘unbearable consequence’

Chinese observers warned on Saturday that India's latest tricks of doubling troops at the border and authorizing frontline soldiers to fire in clashes with the Chinese army, all while agreeing to de-escalate tensions at the negotiating table with China, could further increase the risk of conflict at the...more

Lifeblood of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)

Left Review Online October 4, 2020

Lifeblood of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)

The Workers’ Party of Korea has been the ruling party in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since the first days of its founding on October 10, 1945. The 70-odd-year history of the WPK is the history of the people-first principle, in which it has believed in the people as in heaven and served...more

China-India border skirmishes may become a new normal

Huang Kangrui October 2, 2020

China-India border skirmishes may become a new normal

In 2020, China and India have gone through a series of border conflicts. The governments and military officials from both countries have held multiple meetings on different occasions discussing the border crisis. The sixth round of military commander-level meetings between the two sides was held on Monday to...more

Chinese observers remain cautiously optimistic on border issues with India after latest military talks

GT staff reporters September 28, 2020

Chinese observers remain cautiously optimistic on border issues with India after latest military talks

Chinese observers said Wednesday they remained cautiously optimistic about the latest development in border issues between China and India, as they believe the latest military talks have sent a positive signal, but the two sides still remain divided on many concrete issues and continue to prepare for possible...more