Ai Jun September 26, 2020
Europe is undergoing a rebound of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Top British scientific advisors warned Monday that the country could witness up to 50,000 COVID-19 cases per day by mid-October, and a WHO official noted that the spread of the virus in Europe now is worse than it...more
A viral video of an H-6K bomber released by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force on Saturday has made headlines in many Western media outlets. They allege that the video shows "simulated attack on a US Air Force base on Guam." This is over-interpretation. The video actually...more
In a typhoon-stricken area in South Hamgyong Province on the east coast of Korea, Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent an open letter to all the Workers’ Party of Korea members in the capital city of Pyongyang...more
In stark contrast to the US who apparently turned the UN General Assembly - a multilateral dialogue platform - into a battlefield to attack and defame China, China stressed putting people and lives first in battling COVID-19, and that major countries should act like major countries by taking...more
Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, leftist youth organizations across the world have been in the forefront of both providing relief and resisting attempts to attack the rights of people. An instance of this has been the ‘Recycle Kerala’ initiative launched by the communist Democratic Youth...more
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
An international movement of grassroots groups of small food producers and food sovereignty advocates warned Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday that the rampant killing of farmers and indigenous peoples have grave consequences. The group also expressed its support to the European Parliament’s resolution for an independent probe...more
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has secured its position as China's largest trading partner in the first eight months of the year. According to statistics from China Customs, trade between China and ASEAN totaled $416.6 billion during the period, $16 billion more than China's second-largest trading...more
In a speech before the Indian parliament on Tuesday, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the border dispute with China remains "unresolved" for now, and blamed China for "violating" the border agreement with India. Chinese experts warned on Tuesday that such a hard-line attitude may see border...more
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh addressed parliament on Tuesday. Singh bragged of how righteous and brave Indian troops were, while emphasizing the importance of peacefully resolving the border crisis to China-India ties. The latter part was the keynote of his speech. Indian military's moves on border areas have...more
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is paying lip service, again, and this time in the Mekong River region. The US on Friday announced initiatives worth $156.4 million under the Mekong-US Partnership, which the US claims will help combat transnational crimes and strengthen water security for partner countries...more
The Chinese navy on Saturday successfully escorted an Indian oil tanker carrying 31 Indian crew members to a designated sea area in the Gulf of Aden and received a thank-you note from the tanker's captain, the Global Times learned on Monday. The escort came amid the recently strained...more
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
China on Tuesday slammed Indian troops for firing first in the Monday border clash and illegally crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) again, which it said had destroyed tranquility on the China-India border since 1975, demanding India punish personnel who fired the provocative shot and avoid similar...more
As of Monday, China had suspended imports from 56 cold-chain food companies of 19 countries and regions where workers have been infected with COVID-19. China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Tuesday that 41 of the companies had voluntarily stopped exports to China. Packaging and containers of...more