Europe

Fighting for the Russian World

Gennady Zyuganov July 15, 2023

Fighting for the Russian World

The crisis of the liberal model of running the world was inevitable. I warned of its results and alarming challenges that would fill the new century twenty years ago. My book “Globalization and the Destiny of Humankind” which was published at the time has been translated into many...more

Chinese Premier’s EU visit to facilitate bilateral trade, investment relations among businesses: chamber

Yin Yeping June 23, 2023

Chinese Premier’s EU visit to facilitate bilateral trade, investment relations among businesses: chamber

Chinese business communities in the EU have high expectations for the official visit of Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Germany and France from Sunday to Friday, saying the visit comes at a crucial time amid the need for stronger trade relations between China and the two major European...more

Safeguard Humankind Against Fascism

Left Review Online April 30, 2023

Safeguard Humankind Against Fascism

SAFEGUARD HUMANKIND AGAINST FASCISM The document adopted at the International Anti-Fascist Forum in Minsk April 22, 2023 Minsk, Republic of Belarus, Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War We, the participants in the International Anti-Fascist Forum from the countries of Asia, America and Europe, have gathered...more

NATO chief visits Asia, intends to bring ‘bloc-to-bloc confrontation in Europe’ to region

Yang Sheng February 2, 2023

NATO chief visits Asia, intends to bring ‘bloc-to-bloc confrontation in Europe’ to region

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin began separate visits to Asia recently, leaving Chinese analysts concerned about the strategic purpose of these visits. They believed that the US and NATO are trying to bring to Asia the "bloc-to-bloc confrontation," which has already led to...more

EU needs to ‘cooperate with China’ as concerns of trade war with US rise

Yang Sheng and Wang Qi December 7, 2022

EU needs to ‘cooperate with China’ as concerns of trade war with US rise

As concerns of a possible trade war between the EU and the US increase, Chinese analysts said major European economies need to make pragmatic and wise decisions to safeguard their own interests rather than following Washington too closely at their own costs while serving the US hegemony. US...more

Sunak to be UK’s next PM, set to face challenges in leading UK out of economic mess

Chen Qingqing and Wan Hengyi October 29, 2022

Sunak to be UK’s next PM, set to face challenges in leading UK out of economic mess

Rishi Sunak will become the UK's next prime minister as he won the race on Monday to replace Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader, and after former leader Boris Johnson pulled out of the race on Sunday. Chinese experts hold a cautious attitude on the future after Britain's...more

Soaring energy prices ordeal for European leaders as protests erupt in more countries

GT staff reporters September 14, 2022

Soaring energy prices ordeal for European leaders as protests erupt in more countries

More and more European residents are taking to the streets to vent out their anger against the soaring energy prices and inflation, a result of European Union's (EU) sanctions imposed on Russia. European officials are wrong-footed to find a solution, by proposing what Chinese experts described as "scratching...more

Western governments should prioritize the interests of their own people, not their political careers: Former Italian Undersecretary

Left Review Online July 14, 2022

Western governments should prioritize the interests of their own people, not their political careers: Former Italian Undersecretary

Editor's Note: During the past decade, the world has increasingly witnessed a trend of "the East is rising, and the West is declining" in the spheres of economy, security and discourse power. Western countries, particularly the US, plagued by internal woes, have sought the old path of passing...more

Shifting from defensive to offensive, military bloc NATO won’t bring security and peace

Arturo Laguado April 28, 2022

Shifting from defensive to offensive, military bloc NATO won’t bring security and peace

In the Russia-Ukraine geopolitical conflict, there is a very noteworthy phenomenon. Western sanctions against Russia go beyond the level of national governments, and many promoted by private capital and multinational institutions, ranging from international credit cards to ice cream taste, from banning works by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich...more

Nazism: UKraine’s Deadly Disease

Vyacheslav Tetekin, Dr.Sc. (History) April 15, 2022

Nazism: UKraine’s Deadly Disease

Today, as the military operation in Ukraine goes on, it is becoming increasingly evident that the ideological basis of the present Ukrainian government is extreme nationalism, or rather, overt Neo-Nazism. It is the continuation of the pro-Fascist Bandera movement which took the side of Hitler’s Germany during its...more

What is happening in and around Ukraine

Dr. Vyacheslav Tetekin March 24, 2022

What is happening in and around Ukraine

There is a war in Ukraine. Outwardly, it looks like an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All political forces, including Left, have spoken out about these events. The range of assessments: from humanistic-emotional (“people are dying, stop the war”) to purely class (“The West is pushing two...more

China never accepts US coercion on Ukraine, will take strong countermeasures if interests of Chinese companies, individuals violated

Left Review Online March 22, 2022

China never accepts US coercion on Ukraine, will take strong countermeasures if interests of Chinese companies, individuals violated

An anonymous official told the Global Times that at the request of the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will hold a phone call to exchange views on China-US relations and the Ukraine situation; out of considerations of bilateral relations, promoting peace talks and...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

US cannot lead world if trapped by its own democratic mess

Xin Qiang May 10, 2021

US cannot lead world if trapped by its own democratic mess

The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021 is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. The summit comes as US President Joe Biden "prepares a global summit for democracy later this year," reads the official website of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, a Denmark-based nonprofit organization, which is the organizer of the...more

Will S. China Sea issue become setback in China-EU relationship?

He Zhigao April 30, 2021

Will S. China Sea issue become setback in China-EU relationship?

It is acknowledged that the EU is not a stakeholder in the South China Sea issues nor a regional player for that matter. Yet it claims economic, political and strategic interests in the region and keeps pointing its finger at the territorial disputes from time to time. On...more