More Chinese visa issuing authorities have offered facilitation to visa applicants who have been inoculated with Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, which is believed to be a vital step for China to promote vaccination certificates and resume exchanges while the country still has strict quarantine policies on international arrivals. Chinese...more

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Japan on Monday before heading to South Korea on Wednesday. The US will hold the "2+2" diplomatic and security talks with the two countries. The US has been very lofty in stressing the importance of...more

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently held combat-oriented naval exercises featuring different types of warships in three major sea areas, at a time when the US secretary of defense is rallying allies in the region and attempting to foster "credible deterrence" against China. The PLA Northern, Eastern...more

May 21, 1951 was a defining moment in the history of Pakistan. It is the day when Pakistan established formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China. Over past seven decades, our bilateral ties have grown from strength to strength and reached a pinnacle that finds few...more

It is evident that US Democratic President Joe Biden and his team will pay more attention to the human rights agenda in foreign policy than their Republican predecessors did. It is also clear that Washington will actively use this agenda in dealing with its main geopolitical adversaries -...more

China has recently declared "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty. For a developing country with a large population and uneven geographical development, the reasons for China's achievements are worth exploring. Eradication of extreme poverty has been one of the main objectives of the entire development strategy of China...more

The struggle between China and the West, especially with the US and the UK, on Hong Kong will continue and likely become "a long fight" due to the latest electoral reform plan for the city passed by China's top legislature, Chinese experts say, as China on Sunday, through...more

Zhu Tao, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed accelerating China's mass vaccination program to inoculate 70 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of 2021. Only when herd immunity is realized as soon as possible...more

A number of enterprises and individuals in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have directed lawyers to sue German national Adrian Zenz (who calls himself Zheng Guoen in Chinese), Xinjiang local news outlet www.ts.cn reported. Local people said that Zenz spread "forced labor" and other rumors related to...more

The National Interest magazine published on Sunday an article discussing whether a "Pacific NATO" is the only way to counter China. It said that, "a combined US, Japanese, Australian, and Indian military force might certainly help deter China in terms of sheer numbers, not to mention coordinated air...more

The Chinese version of the international travel health certificate was officially launched on Monday on the WeChat mini program, available for Chinese citizens, according to the official WeChat account of the Department of Consular Affairs under the Foreign Ministry (FM). The health certificate contains an encrypted QR code...more

It is that time of the year again, typically around March, for the two sessions to convene in Beijing. The phrase "two sessions" often conveys (especially to foreigners) the notion that China adopts a bicameral structure for its legislature. This is like the upper senate and the lower...more

China faces a formidable challenge in restoring political stability and direction in Hong Kong. The work has started, but there is a long way to go. From the handover in 1997 until 2014, Hong Kong was marked by relative calm and stability. This was brought to an abrupt...more

A fascinating week in China is upon us with the arrival of the National People's Congress (NPC) annual meeting and, much, much more. Comparing a few aspects of the legislative process and results witnessed in China and the US, the two most important and lately most adversarial countries...more

Nuclear power-related shares rose on Monday after the Government Work Report said that China would enhance nuclear power development, even though domestic stock markets plunged on concerns that the central bank may drain liquidity from the market. The Government Work Report, released during the two sessions, vowed to...more