People’s Republic of China

Chinese leader of WHO-China joint expert team says 2nd-stage probe should focus on earlier suspected cases around the world

Cao Siqi and Chen Qingqing September 8, 2021

Chinese leader of WHO-China joint expert team says 2nd-stage probe should focus on earlier suspected cases around the world

Editor's note: Three months after US President Joe Biden requested a more in-depth review of the origins of novel coronavirus, the US intelligence community released an unclassified report, which showed that the community was split on the origins and offered no conclusive answers. During the past three months,...more

Coronavirus origins: Science vs. Politics

Left Review Online September 1, 2021

Coronavirus origins: Science vs. Politics

Although the US government has been coercing global scientists lately and pushing forward the lab leak hypothesis as its intelligence community-led 90-day origins probe deadline looms, more scientists spoke out in rejecting the conspiracy without yielding to mounting political pressure and continuing on their scientific path. The latest...more

Politicizing virus origins tracing reflects US’ political inferiority complex: Alexey Mukhin, Russian scholar

Xia Wenxin September 1, 2021

Politicizing virus origins tracing reflects US’ political inferiority complex: Alexey Mukhin, Russian scholar

Editor's Note: The 90th day since US President Joe Biden ordered US intelligence in May to investigate the origins of COVID-19, including the "lab leak" theory that the US administration has been using to smear and attack China, is approaching. It is clear that the US has once again...more

Using Afghanistan as a guide, will US treatment of Taiwan island be any different?

Franz Gayl August 25, 2021

Using Afghanistan as a guide, will US treatment of Taiwan island be any different?

Question: What do Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Lebanon and Vietnam share in common? Answer: Abandonment by an imperialist US. It is quite natural for a gambler to quit and cut their losses when bets and investments go sour. So it was with colonialism, and so it goes again with...more

There should be an international investigation into why the West failed so disastrously: Martin Jacques

Martin Jacques August 8, 2021

There should be an international investigation into why the West failed so disastrously: Martin Jacques

COVID-19 arrived three years after the anti-China crusade began. From the outset the virus was infused with Cold War politics. Imagine if the first case of COVID-19 had occurred at the end of 2012 rather than the end of 2019. Many things would have been the same, but...more

Why human rights violations in Australia’s offshore detention centers are appalling

Guo Chushan August 7, 2021

Why human rights violations in Australia’s offshore detention centers are appalling

"China has launched another furious attack on Australia's human rights record," Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported after Australia's third Universal Periodic Review took place at the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. In fact, Russia, Nepal, Syria, the Marshall Islands, and the UN Refugee Agency...more

China elaborates bottom lines, suggests remedial measures ‘Candid’, intense interaction helps two countries stay in touch

Chen Qingqing and Fan Anqi August 6, 2021

China elaborates bottom lines, suggests remedial measures ‘Candid’, intense interaction helps two countries stay in touch

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi elaborated China's three bottom lines in effectively managing and controlling divergences in China-US relations — the US should not challenge, smear or seek to subvert the Chinese path and system, should not seek to interrupt or disrupt China's development, should...more

How China lends: truth and reality

Huang Meibo and Niu Dongfang August 6, 2021

How China lends: truth and reality

In March 2021, Georgetown Law, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, AidData, Center for Global Development and Kiel Institute for the World Economy of Germany jointly issued a report titled "How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments". Through a comparison of 100...more

China’s trajectory proof that it needs no lecturing

James Smith July 27, 2021

China’s trajectory proof that it needs no lecturing

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). From a small gathering in Shanghai, to a political juggernaut with 95 million members, the CPC has transformed China dramatically over a journey of a century, attaining power in 1949 and creating...more

Nepal values CPC’s enduring lessons: Hon. Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Hu Yuwei July 25, 2021

Nepal values CPC’s enduring lessons: Hon. Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Editor's Note: China's ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) just celebrated its centennial on July 1. With its success in leading China from a poor country into a globally strong state, what can China's neighboring countries learn from the CPC's experience? Krishna Bahadur Mahara (Mahara), former speaker of the...more

China scores well in ‘big exam’ of building Xiakoang under CPC’s spirit of setting, completing bold goals

Left Review Online July 25, 2021

China scores well in ‘big exam’ of building Xiakoang under CPC’s spirit of setting, completing bold goals

Editor's Note: China on July 1 declared that it has reached its first centenary milestone 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 China into a great modern socialist country....more

China has achieved remarkable accomplishments unseen in all of human history

Mario Cavolo July 15, 2021

China has achieved remarkable accomplishments unseen in all of human history

When I consider the momentous occasion and remarkable achievements as we recognize the centennial of the Communist Party of China (CPC), I remember the day I unexpectedly arrived in China for the first time. It was 1999 and my friend in Los Angeles was from Chongqing. He had...more

China demonstrates no military threat toward Europe: EU MP Clare Daly

Li Qingqing July 10, 2021

China demonstrates no military threat toward Europe: EU MP Clare Daly

Editor's Note: "China has displayed no military hostility to the EU. Most Europeans see China as an ally or necessary partner. The EU is spending more on militarization than China. Where is the evidence it's China that is the aggressor?" This was recently tweeted by Clare Daly (Daly), an...more

HK govt’s chief secretary John Lee will lead vetting committee to screen candidacy for local elections

Chen Qingqing July 9, 2021

HK govt’s chief secretary John Lee will lead vetting committee to screen candidacy for local elections

John Lee Ka-chiu, chief secretary for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, was appointed as the chairman of the candidate qualification review committee for local elections. The committee is composed of six other members, among them three are government officials, the government’s chief executive Carrie Lam announced...more

Chinese people’s previous envy of West is over, feel home better

Jerry Grey July 9, 2021

Chinese people’s previous envy of West is over, feel home better

Chinese citizens used to be envious of Western values and ideals, now they know: The grass isn't greener. They're better off at home. Casual observers in China see visible evidence of many lifestyle improvements. In cities this is manifested by large shopping centers, car parks full of cars,...more