Left Review Online April 9, 2021
With India having moved closer to the US in recent years, there have been some voices in India saying New Delhi should abandon its non-alignment policy and tie itself firmly to the US in order to cope with the challenges posed by China's development. Will New Delhi completely...more
Pyongyang. The 6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was opened in the capital city of Pyongyang on April 6 amid the great interest and expectation of all Party members and people all out in implementing new strategic line and struggle policy of...more
The Australian media outlet News.com.au reported on Saturday that, "There are concerns from New Zealand Five Eyes' allies that it may be the weak link in dealing with China as the Ardern Government, again, failed to call out Beijing." This is not the sole article delivering grievances regarding...more
April 4 marked the first Tomb-sweeping Day after four People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers were sacrificed in the China-India border clash in June 2020. Chinese people all across China paid their respects to the four martyrs by visiting their tombs, sending flowers, and even sending their favorite foods....more
Kathmandu. The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) condemns the joint US-South Korea War Drill that started on March 8. In the ILPS press statement signed by Chairperson Len Cooper, it states, "The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) joins the Korean people and the people of the...more
Chinese companies are diversifying their exploitation of iron ore in Africa at a record pace amid soaring prices and strained relations with Australia, which experts said signals that China is reducing reliance on "unfriendly" Australia for this key resource. They urged Australia to correct its mistakes and steer...more
China's consumption is firing on all cylinders including tourism and box office in the three-day Qingming Festival holidays to a level that is approaching, or even surpasses that of 2019, industry practitioners and companies said, as Chinese consumers rushed to unleash their spending desires after the country lifted...more
China and Iran have recently signed a major 25-year agreement to enhance comprehensive cooperation in fields such as trade. Given its great scale and implications, the agreement has attracted widespread attention from many Western media outlets, with some already warning China's rising "influence" in the Middle East. Under...more
After a two-day meeting of the Standing Committee of China's top legislative body and rounds of discussions, Chinese top lawmakers have unanimously approved the Hong Kong electoral reform plan, with revised measures for electing the Hong Kong chief executive and the formation of the Legislative Council (LegCo), which...more
Foreign enterprises are welcomed to visit local Xinjiang cotton producing areas and textile companies, talk to cotton growers to make a wise choice, the local Xinjiang government said on Monday, while denouncing Western countries putting "genocide" label on Xinjiang as the "biggest case of a frame-up in human...more
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia are scheduled to hold 2+2 talks on Tuesday in Tokyo. This is the second time of its kind since December 2015. One of the focuses is very likely to be the South China Sea issues. This likely means China...more
The warplane exercise by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) near the island of Taiwan on Friday is not only the largest since the PLA started routine exercises in the region last year, but also a rare one that saw bombers flying to the eastern side of the...more
The #StopAsianHate mass rallies over the weekend in the US reminded people about the BLM movement, and some also tried to create a similar slogan such as "Asian American Lives Matter." But a crucial issue is, do Asian American lives really matter in the US? Compared with the...more
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has started to use virtual reality (VR) technologies in training as it allows officers and soldiers to gain enhanced combat capability more efficiently, analysts said on Monday. A logistics support unit affiliated with the PLA Northern Theater Command Navy recently held a wartime...more
The Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) is likely to be postponed to August as the world is still under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and international travel limit may improve come summer, Chinese film experts and insiders have said. BIFF, one of the most important international film...more