Left Review Online February 24, 2019
According to media reports, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left Pyongyang by train for Vietnam on Saturday for his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, which reportedly will be held on February 27 and 28. The upcoming second summit sends positive signals, indicating that Pyongyang...more
Beijing. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was reportedly to spend over two days traveling via China to Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, for an "official goodwill visit" to Vietnam and the upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump, a move Chinese analysts said showed his full trust in China...more
The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place in Hanoi on Wednesday and Thursday. Hosting such an event will increase Vietnam's influence in regional and international affairs and boost its international standing. Hanoi can prove that it can play...more
Li Rui, former deputy head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, died in Beijing on Saturday. His death grabbed the headlines in many Western media outlets. A report by The New York Times called Li "standard-bearer for liberal values in China."...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top US trade officials on Friday, after the latest round of China-US trade negotiations concluded in Beijing, offering support from China's top leadership for the ongoing talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the world's two largest economies. While the negotiations...more
Beijing. Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to release a trial regulation on the supervision of military training, the first of its kind in the country. A military expert said the move provides a systemic guarantee. The regulation, which takes effect on...more
Kathmandu. International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Asia Pacific Chapter denounced the US-backed attempt of a coup in Venezuela and called for the solidarity with the people of Venezuela. In a press statement released by the ILPS Asia Pacific chapter clearly denounced, "We offer our strongest condemnation to the...more
Kathmandu. International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) stands with Constitutionally elected President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and denounces the counter-revolutionary usurper backed by the USA and ultra-reactionaries. In a press statement published by Jose Maria Sison, Chairman of the League on 24 January, 2019 quotes, "We, the International...more
GT: Forty years have passed. What do you think of the changes brought about by the Iranian Revolution to the politics, economy, culture, society and other areas in your country? Keshavarz-Zadeh: We will celebrate our national holiday on February 11. Our most important achievement in the past 40...more
China. A video produced by the government of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region revealed cases in the region where local Communist Party of China (CPC) members violated CPC regulations on religion, anti-separatism and anti-corruption. The Tibetan authority attaches great importance to Party discipline consistent with a nationwide campaign...more
An article by President Xi Jinping on building an ecological civilization was published in the flagship magazine of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Friday. The article, in the third issue of semimonthly Qiushi Journal in 2019, was a speech Xi delivered at a tone-setting meeting on...more
Kathmandu. Following the US recognition of Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela, India has refused Washington’s call to recognise the opposition leader, saying that crisis should be resolved by the “people of Venezuela” through “constructive dialogue”. On Wednesday, the US, Canada and several Latin American countries recognised...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau visited the headquarters of People's Daily in Beijing on Friday, and Xi said that boosting integrated media development and the construction of all media has become an "urgent topic." Xi,...more