Asia

Chinese firms warn of delay in oxygen shipments to India as orders piled up

GT staff reporters May 2, 2021

Chinese firms warn of delay in oxygen shipments to India as orders piled up

Chinese exporters of personal protective equipment (PPE) are seeing surging demand from India that has their factories working around the clock, as the South Asian country reels from shortages of medical oxygen and other epidemic-related devices amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. However, even as they...more

Wastewater dumping reveals Japan’s aggressiveness hidden behind a smoke screen of politeness

Wang Wenwen April 29, 2021

Wastewater dumping reveals Japan’s aggressiveness hidden behind a smoke screen of politeness

Japan is consuming its reputation as an economic and cultural powerhouse it has strived hard to achieve since the end of World War II, and its efforts to become a political major power and normal country will be questioned strongly by the international community, especially by neighboring countries,...more

India should take sincere vaccine help, not empty Western promises

Lan Jianxue April 29, 2021

India should take sincere vaccine help, not empty Western promises

Pakistan has offered to provide relief support, including ventilators, to India to help fight the deadly wave of COVID-19, according to Indian media reports. In a statement on Saturday, Islamabad said the two countries can explore possible ways to further co-operation to mitigate the challenges posed by the...more

Asia cannot allow US to disrupt robust recovery : GT Voice

Left Review Online April 21, 2021

Asia cannot allow US to disrupt robust recovery : GT Voice

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) kicked off in South China's Hainan Province on Sunday, at a critical time when much of the world remains under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Asian economies led by China are seeing both robust recovery and rising external risks posed...more

Aquaculture, wastewater treatment stocks rise following Japan’s controversial decision to dump nuclear wastewater

Left Review Online April 19, 2021

Aquaculture, wastewater treatment stocks rise following Japan’s controversial decision to dump nuclear wastewater

After Japan's decision to discharge radioactive wastewater into the sea sparked widespread concerns from Chinese consumers over seafood safety, the stocks of aquaculture and wastewater treatment rose on Chinese stock markets on Tuesday morning. The plate of aquaculture - the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae...more

Asia speeds up inclusive 5G push, but Washington poses risk

Left Review Online April 18, 2021

Asia speeds up inclusive 5G push, but Washington poses risk

As the global economy enters a critical point of post-pandemic recovery, Malaysia has shown intention to speed up its 5G network construction, which is expected to greatly help the country win advantages in the market, but the move is also conducive for the whole regional economy in post-COVID...more

Kim Il Sung: A life devoted to the good of people

Left Review Online April 15, 2021

Kim Il Sung: A life devoted to the good of people

President Kim Il Sung is among the students taking part in the construction of Pyongyang in June 1957. On the Day of the Sun, the Korean people feel deep yearning for President Kim Il Sung who always found himself among them and held them in high esteem. His...more

Western media absent as Tokyo is about to dump radioactive water

Li Qingqing April 15, 2021

Western media absent as Tokyo is about to dump radioactive water

The Japanese government "is poised to" release polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, according to Kyodo News. Such an extremely irresponsible act has been strongly criticized by China and other neighboring countries of Japan. However, most major Western media outlets have remained...more

Kim Il Sung’s Noble View on the Rising Generation

Left Review Online April 14, 2021

Kim Il Sung’s Noble View on the Rising Generation

President Kim Il Sung regarded children as the kings or queens of the country, loved them fervently and made them the happiest in the world. This has not been found yet in any other country. The Pyongyang Students and Children’s Palace is the epitome of his love for...more

A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

Zhang Hua April 14, 2021

A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

The situation around the Taiwan Straits has kept escalating. Within the US strategic circle, the debate of whether the US should abandon its decades-long policy of "strategic ambiguity" is going on. According to the US media, some advisors are calling for the US to make a clearer commitment...more

PLA prepared as US, secessionists provoke

Liu Xuanzun April 13, 2021

PLA prepared as US, secessionists provoke

Multiple branches of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) are continuing large-scale military exercises near the island of Taiwan, at a time when Taiwan secessionists insisted on making provocative statements and holding drills, and the US sent a warship through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday and voiced support...more

Chinese FM makes ‘timely reminder’ for Japan to stop heading in wrong direction at crossroads of ties

Xing Xiaojing and Zhao Yusha April 12, 2021

Chinese FM makes ‘timely reminder’ for Japan to stop heading in wrong direction at crossroads of ties

With bilateral relations at a new crossroad, a message sent by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to his Japanese counterpart was a "timely reminder" for Tokyo to stop heading in the wrong direction and pull ties to the right track, Chinese observers said. China hopes...more

India should not seek closer ties with US at expense of relationship with China

Left Review Online April 12, 2021

India should not seek closer ties with US at expense of relationship with China

A view in New Delhi's strategic circle argues that China benefited greatly from its engagement with the US from 1972 to around the year 2000, and thus, India should learn from China to use the US chariot to achieve its own development. There is no problem at all...more

China issues white paper on poverty alleviation to share experiences in eradicating extreme poverty

Hu Yuwei and Xie Wenting April 12, 2021

China issues white paper on poverty alleviation to share experiences in eradicating extreme poverty

China is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other countries on poverty reduction, support international poverty reduction, and make a greater contribution to building a global community of shared future, free from poverty and blessed with common prosperity, according to a white paper on poverty reduction released...more

6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of Workers’ Party of Korea Closes

Left Review Online April 9, 2021

6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of Workers’ Party of Korea Closes

Pyongyang. The 6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which is of great significance in the implementation of the decisions of the historic 8th Congress of the WPK and the organizational and ideological strengthening of the whole Party, closed on April 8 after...more