Wang Cong, Yin Yeping and Li Xuanmin November 1, 2023
The curtain has come down on the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing, one of China's most important diplomatic events this year, but its profound significance is set to reverberate across the world for years to come. The momentous event, marking the 10th...more
The Biden administration has doubled down on its persistent drive to "decouple" from China and hobble China's high-tech advance, as a US Congressional committee is reportedly targeting California-based venture capital investor Sequoia Capital as part of the government's efforts to block its investment into high-tech sectors in China....more
Israel's deepening attacks in Gaza for what it has called the "next stage of the war" are likely to embroil more regional military forces, such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, in the conflict which has lasted for more than two weeks, as well as increase the spillover risk and escalate...more
The US finds itself sponsoring two conflicts that are at the center of global attention. In Ukraine, the US leads its European allies in supplying weapons, ammunition and economic assistance to the Ukrainian government against Russian forces. And now, in the Middle East, the US is the primary...more
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), consisting of 15 member states, voted on October 18 on a draft resolution regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. The US cast the sole dissenting vote, leading to the resolution's failure to pass. China expressed shock and disappointment at this decision, which is not...more
The US' "China Military Power report," like its previous editions, ignores the facts and is filled with bias, spreading the "China threat" theory which only serves as an excuse to maintain its military hegemony, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday, in response to a Pentagon report...more
The Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Shanghai, one of China's most renowned "red tourism" attractions, is flooded with visitors from across the country all year round. During this year's eight-day National Day holidays alone, the memorial received more...more
The Sinopec Primary School of Baingoin is dubbed as "the school closest to the sky." The school, built by state-owned Sinopec as an aiding project, sits 4,700 meters above sea level in the small, remote county of Baingoin in Nagqu in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region. It...more
Green development truly matters, said Zafar Uddin Mahmood, former special assistant to the prime minister of Pakistan, adding that "Thanks to China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),significant changes have driven Pakistan's green transformation, including the solar and wind power facilities from scratch." Mahmood was interviewed by Global Times...more
US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday against any country or organization thinking of taking advantage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while indicating that the US is surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors, to Israel. Also on Tuesday, the first plane carrying American ammunition for Israel's strikes...more
Representative Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to lead the US House of Representatives on US local time Friday, after Steve Scalise announced Thursday that he was dropping out of the speaker's race. However, Chinese analysts on Sunday predicted that Jordan would continue to face great obstacles in...more
Despite a recent climate of detente between China and the US, a US report by a congressionally mandated panel hyped "threats" from China and Russia, urging Washington to prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Moscow and Beijing and enhance its already formidable nuclear arsenal. Analysts said Friday that...more
A simultaneous war with China and Russia is a strategic nightmare that sober American strategists such as Henry Kissinger have been warning the US to avoid at all costs, and it is also a topic that some US media outlets have become more and more fond of talking...more
Despite rising worries that its action may exacerbate the situation and involve additional parties in the Israel-Gaza conflict, the US is reportedly considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East region while more countries attempt to deescalate tensions as the war has reportedly claimed at least...more
China has issued a white paper on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Tuesday, highlighting the role that the iconic "project of the century" has played in global development during the past decade as well as its achievements in living up to its ultimate goal of building...more