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India needs to rid two misjudgments on border situation: Chinese Media

Left Review Online June 19, 2020

India needs to rid two misjudgments on border situation: Chinese Media

Chinese and Indian troops were engaged in a serious physical clash in Galwan Valley on Monday. The Indian side said three Indian soldiers were killed. The Chinese military confirmed that clashes between the two sides have led to casualties, but did not release the exact figures. This has...more

DPRK and June 19

Left Review Online June 19, 2020

DPRK and June 19

On June 19, 1964, 56 years ago, Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, started working on the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. Since then, radical turns were brought about in the work of the...more

WPK and June 19

Left Review Online June 19, 2020

WPK and June 19

On June 19, 1964 Kim Jong Il (1942-2011), the eternal General Secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, started working at the Central Committee of the Party. His start of working at the WPK Central Committee–this was of epochal significance in its development. His leadership enabled the...more

China urges India to restrain

Liu Xuanzun and Liu Xin June 18, 2020

China urges India to restrain

In an event that Chinese experts call the most severe situation China and India have experienced along the border in decades, a fatal physical clash broke out on Monday between the two countries' border defense troops in the Galwan Valley. The clash took place after Indian troops crossed...more

Kim Jong Il and Lucky Persons

Left Review Online June 15, 2020

Kim Jong Il and Lucky Persons

Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was possessed of ennobling and warm humane feelings. There are many foreigners who were snatched from the jaws of death and found the delight in life thanks to his love and warm...more

State terrorism in the Philippines is one signature away to becoming law

Left Review Online June 12, 2020

State terrorism in the Philippines is one signature away to becoming law

The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) slams the blatant railroading of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Its passage would further endanger the lives of rural peoples and food sovereignty advocates in the Philippines. Prior pandemic, state-perpetrated peasant killings are already taking place, and they never stopped amid...more

DPRK Warns US against Interference in Inter-Korean Relations

Left Review Online June 11, 2020

DPRK Warns US against Interference in Inter-Korean Relations

Pyongyang. Kwon Jong Gun, director-general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK, gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on Thursday over the recent obtrusive moves of the U.S. to interfere in the inter-Korean relations: On June 9, an...more

High-quality transformation in China’s economy attracts international interest

Huang Ge June 8, 2020

High-quality transformation in China’s economy attracts international interest

Chinese and foreign firms are showing increasing enthusiasm toward China's new infrastructure plan as it accelerates the move toward new emphases and is expected to bring new drivers for the economy and help hedge against the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. Chinese tech giant Tencent recently announced it...more

China’s efforts to bring citizens back from India should not be over-interpreted

Left Review Online June 2, 2020

China’s efforts to bring citizens back from India should not be over-interpreted

The Chinese government will help arrange special flights for its citizens that are willing to fly home but are stuck in India due to the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, according to a notice the Chinese embassy in New Delhi published on its website on Monday. The voluntary repatriation...more

Nixon’s China translator views ‘decoupling’ as foolish

Yu Jincui June 1, 2020

Nixon’s China translator views ‘decoupling’ as foolish

Editor's Note: "Sino-American relations are clearly the worst they have been" since former US president Richard Nixon reached out to top Chinese leaders in the early 1970s, said Charles W. Freeman Jr., a former senior US diplomat who has witnessed the establishment and development of China-US diplomatic relations. He...more

Flight tit-for-tat will hit many US firms

Tu Lei May 29, 2020

Flight tit-for-tat will hit many US firms

US airlines might be taking the most direct and biggest blow from the suspension of flights to China, but other US businesses in a wide range of sectors such as Apple and Qualcomm are also taking a hit. Those companies have become an important driving force in pushing...more

The DPRK Seen through Questions

Left Review Online May 25, 2020

The DPRK Seen through Questions

Those who visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea often encounter surprising realities. Are the Workers Really Living Here? There are sky-scraping apartment houses on Changjon Street with modern architectural beauty and workers’ dormitories...more

How should China deal with regional challenges toward its rise?

Left Review Online May 24, 2020

How should China deal with regional challenges toward its rise?

Editor's Note: As East Asia's largest economy, China encounters economic competition from regional powers such as Japan and India. It also faces US hegemonic aggression. These pressures lead to profound questions. How can China balance them to continue its rise? Is Japan or India a bigger threat in the...more

China paves way for countermeasures against US crackdown

Left Review Online May 21, 2020

China paves way for countermeasures against US crackdown

Beijing. China published sweeping guidelines to improve the country's "socialist market economy," which include instructions for accelerating market reform and opening-up as well as refining national security reviews and setting up an "unreliable entity list", to better supervise foreign companies' investment in the country. The guidelines, released Monday...more

World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes shines after visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chen Xi May 20, 2020

World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes shines after visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping

The Yungang Grottoes, the more than 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, continued to shine amid the COVID-19 pandemic following a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. Located in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, the Yungang Grottoes were built along a section of the ancient Silk Road...more