People’s Republic of China

Dual circulation model an engine to China’s 14th Five-Year Plan

Fan Peng October 26, 2020

Dual circulation model an engine to China’s 14th Five-Year Plan

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29. It is expected that the launch of the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25) and the 2035 long-term goal will be the most important contents...more

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

Bai Yunyi October 23, 2020

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

The buildings that some in Nepal have accused China of encroaching on its land in Humla district falls within Chinese territory and is actually a newly-built village in Burang county in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a Burang county official told the Global Times in an exclusive...more

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

GT staff reporters October 21, 2020

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

After some cities in eastern China, where many export-driven businesses are located, showed growing demand for coronavirus vaccination, China's top regulators on drug development and epidemic prevention refuted Western media reports that China has expanded its vaccination program and has rolled out experimental vaccines to the general public,...more

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

GT Staff Reporter October 18, 2020

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

The IMF projects that China's GDP will grow by 1.9 percent in 2020, up from 1 percent in its last projection in June, citing a faster-than-expected recovery in China. China will be the only major economy to achieve growth this year, according to the IMF's latest report in...more

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

Left Review Online October 18, 2020

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

China held a grand gathering to mark the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, known as "Silicon Valley of China" on Wednesday, when an advocate of digital currency made a speech as the second guest, sending a strong signal that the city will further promote the...more

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

Editor's Note: Among hundreds of cases involving Taiwan separatists’ espionage activities uncovered by the Chinese mainland’s state security agency recently, Cheng Yu-chin’s case is a typical one for the Taiwan separatist authority to use academic exchanges as a cover for espionage purposes. In this case, Taiwan “intelligence agencies” recruited...more

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

Editor's Note: Taiwan separatist forces have frequently conducted espionage activities against the Chinese mainland within and outside China’s territory in recent years, attempting to disrupt cross-Straits exchanges and resist the reunification of China. To crack down on such moves, the state security agency of the mainland has launched the...more

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

Chen Qingqing and Chi Jingyi October 17, 2020

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Shenzhen - the country's reform pioneer - later this week is expected to send out a clear signal amid growing external uncertainties and US-led geopolitical crackdown that the country will unswervingly adhere to its unique path of development, and its...more

US weapons won’t fill military gap between Taiwan and mainland

Wei Dongxu October 14, 2020

US weapons won’t fill military gap between Taiwan and mainland

The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to the island of Taiwan, sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval, Reuters reported on Tuesday. This bill is much likely to be approved. Now that the White House has...more

Xi calls for concerted int’l efforts to accelerate global poverty relief process

Left Review Online October 12, 2020

Xi calls for concerted int’l efforts to accelerate global poverty relief process

BEIJING, (Oct. 12). President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the international community, including political parties in all countries, to work together to accelerate the global poverty relief process, as difficulties and challenges remain severe. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,...more

New Delhi will be frustrated playing the Taiwan card

Li Qingqing October 12, 2020

New Delhi will be frustrated playing the Taiwan card

The Hindustan Times (HT) on Monday published an editorial titled "A reminder for China: India is free." The editorial attempts to justify some Indian media outlets celebrating the "national day" of the Taiwan island. "India is a proud democracy. It has a free and vibrant media," the article...more

Xi asks young officials to focus on solving practical problems

Left Review Online October 12, 2020

Xi asks young officials to focus on solving practical problems

BEIJING (Oct. 10). Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called on young officials to strengthen their capabilities of solving practical problems, be willing to act, and be able to deliver real outcomes. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of...more

Greening the desert

Yu Jincui in Kashgar, Cao Siqi in Karamay and Hu Weijia in Aksu October 9, 2020

Greening the desert

In Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, where desertification accounts for 43 percent of the region's land mass, local people have never stopped fighting against desertification. With China stepping up efforts in promoting ecological civilization, officials and people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have been carrying out...more

WeChat legal battle far from over in US

GT staff reporters October 7, 2020

WeChat legal battle far from over in US

The legal battle against the Trump administration's WeChat ban will reach a federal appellate court if an upcoming hearing rules in favor of the US government, according to a non-profit group representing US WeChat users, which has insisted on a high-profile challenge against the ban since August. That...more

China to protect TikTok at ‘all cost’

Wang Cong October 5, 2020

China to protect TikTok at ‘all cost’

China is prepared to prevent Chinese firm TikTok and its advanced technologies from falling into US hands at all cost, even if that means the vastly popular video sharing app risks being shut down in the US, because allowing the US to seize the firm and its technology...more