Martin Jacques October 17, 2021
There is growing interest in the West about the present wave of reforms in China, which began with the defrocking of Ant, then the regulatory moves against the anything-goes behavior of the tech giants, and the more recent criticism of the glaring inequalities in Chinese society. The initial...more
Comrades, Today we will have an opportunity to see with our own eyes how the defence capability of our glorious motherland, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has developed. I extend warm congratulations to you, who are participating in the Defence Development Exhibition, an epitome of the advanced,...more
China expressed a strong ambition to further strengthen biodiversity protection at the first global meeting convened by the UN on ecological civilization on Monday, and analysts who highlighted China's achievements in and contributions to the global biodiversity agenda believe many of China's practices, such as its ecological red...more
As India has reportedly launched an information war against China and Pakistan, some Indian think tank has proactively fired false countercharges. The think tank Law and Society Alliance launched its report on Friday, entitled "Mapping Chinese Footprints and Influence Operations in India." The 76-page study report enumerates "the...more
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on September 3 that he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure. The next Japanese prime minister will be under intense scrutiny for how he addresses the Taiwan question and China-Japan...more
India has long praised itself as the largest democracy in the world. It is therefore favored by the US and the West, allowing itself to enjoy a benign environment for development. However, democratic chaos has been repeated in this South Asian country, making it a target of criticism...more
Editor's Note: On July 1, China declared that it has reached its first centennial development goal - building a moderately prosperous society, or xiaokang, in all respects and is marching in confident strides toward the second centennial goal of building the nation into a great modern socialist country. To...more
More concrete evidence of Japanese troop's atrocity of germ warfare during World War II has been made public, as confessions of a commander of the Japanese germ warfare unit to the US after the war were released in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, which also disclosed the shocking secret...more
Following US President Joe Biden's decision to bring US forces in Afghanistan home, NATO also started withdrawing its own mission from the country. Twenty years after the war in Afghanistan began under former US president George W. Bush, the US-led NATO pullout is leaving a devastated, broken and...more
Recently some Western countries have been insisting that the “north Korean human rights issue” should be treated by the United Nations Security Council. In retrospect, the UNSC discussed the DPRK’s “human rights issue” and passed “human rights resolutions” against it every year from 2014. However, since 2018 it...more
The UN Security Council (UNSC), with China as the president for May, held an open debate on Sunday to discuss the Palestine-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip, which has caused more than 180 deaths and more than 1,000 wounded on both sides so far. Chinese State Councilor and...more
Kathmandu. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle commemorated Nakba Day in remembrance of the genocide perpetrated by the war criminal David Ben Gurion on May 15, 1948, for the creation of the state of Israel. Issuing an official statement on May 14, ILPS has strongly condemned the gruesome violence...more
Nowhere is the difference between China and the West more evident than in their systems of governance. Since 1945 the typical form of Western governance has been universal suffrage and a multi-party system. This has been the West's main calling card for over 70 years. It believes that...more
Kathmandu. All Nepal Peasants' Federation (Revolutionary Centre) demands justice for comrade Joseph Canlas aka Ka JC, vice chairperson of the Peasants Movement of the Philippines (KPM), who lost his life due to the COVID complications acquired during the detention period and lost his life and strongly condemns his...more
The application of China's Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP), also known as digital yuan, which has already been on a fast development track since last year, is taking another critical step forward with new scenarios in the business-to-business segment and wage payments. JD.com Inc, the country's second-largest online...more