A global network of various grassroots groups of small food producers and food sovereignty advocates urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples...more

Lu Qun is regarded by many on China's social media as an "anti-corruption hero." In his verified Sina Weibo account, China's equivalent of Twitter, Lu, as an anti-graft official, dared to accuse the country's top-level officials of bribe-taking and he exposed corruption to the public. His outspoken manner...more

When He Wei was attentively digging debris with a shovel to save people buried by a devastating earthquake, a building next to him started to fall due to aftershocks. He had to temporarily leave the site. But several minutes later, observing the building didn't completely fall, he returned,...more

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in Beijing on Friday and called for more efforts to advance the long-term, healthy and steady development of bilateral relations. China supports North Korea in seeking development routes that suit the country under the leadership of Kim...more

At least 20 million people have been killed in 150 (one hundred and fifty) armed conflicts since 1945. Casualties: ‘First world war 5% civilian was killed. In the second world war, 50% of civilians were killed and in the Lebanon war, 90% of the deaths were woman and children.’1...more

China will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up this month. Its neighbour Vietnam has a similar political system and is implementing its own version of economic reform (Doi moi, in Vietnamese). For Vietnamese Ambassador to China H. E. Mr Dang Minh Khoi, reform and opening-up...more

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies Heads of International Organizations, Your Excellencies Heads of Delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, In May 2017, I announced China’s decision to hold the China International Import Expo (CIIE) starting from 2018. Today, after more...more

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho will visit China from Thursday to Sunday to enhance China-North Korea communication on the Korean Peninsula issue, China's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday. Ri will meet with Chinese...more

China has released a trial regulation requiring workplaces and farmers' organizations to establish branches of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as part of efforts to consolidate the organizational foundation of the Party's long-term governance. The regulation was reviewed by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee...more

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday kicked off his visit to Spain, the first state visit to the country by a Chinese president in 13 years. The visit is expected to further promote the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) and consolidate ties with the continent. According to Chinese...more

"It's Official: China's E-Commerce King Is a Communist," claimed The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, as if it unveiled a startling discovery. Earlier the same day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) published a list of 100 individuals who made outstanding contributions to China's reform...more

The National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries and the National Front of Brazilian Mayors warned rightwing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro of the imminent, irreparable damage to the population’s health, as a consequence of Cuba leaving the More Doctors program. In a joint statement, the two organizations lamented the suspension...more

Boticario is a town lost in the vast northeast of Brazil, in the municipality of Santo Amaro de Brotas, close to the Aracaju coast in the State of Sergipe, more than 1,600 kilometres from the capital, Brasilia. It is hard to say if the President-elect of the country,...more

It was September of 1973, in the province of Quang Tri, Vietnam. The “land of steel” smelled of gunpowder; you could still feel the war’s cruelty. The Vietnamese people continued to struggle for independence and freedom, but Quang Tri was liberated territory and Fidel, in the name of...more

The men and women who study medicine in Cuba do not focus mainly on curing disease, as is customary around the world, but rather on preventing it, preserving the health of individuals, families, and communities, as well as the environment; and wherever they work, they win the respect...more