Global Times January 18, 2023
A dramatic scene recently took place in US politics - the country's former and incumbent presidents have simultaneously fallen into cases of classified documents. Their scandals over handling classified documents have been used as a tool for partisan struggle, which refreshed the international community's awareness of how bottomless...more
Just after Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang concluded his visit to Africa on Monday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit three African countries this week. It has been the 33rd consecutive year in which Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers' annual first overseas visits,...more
The Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue to be the dominant flashpoint for 2023, both in terms of conflict resolution and sorting out the security consequences for Europe. There are three aspects to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, or as sometimes described the Russian conflict against the collective West. The first is...more
Beijing, Chongqing, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan……a number of provinces and regions across China report that they have already past the first peak of COVID-19 infections as number of patients at fever clinics in these regions continues to fall. Beijing has past the infection peak with new...more
Visiting the exhibition on the fight against terrorism and extremism, talking with religion groups, and interacting with local residents at the bazaar… a group of Islamic figures and scholars are paying a visit to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to get a clear and better understanding of...more
China and Argentina have expanded a currency swap deal, which experts said will help the Latin American country hedge against shocks brought about by the US' financial policy tightening while promoting its own industrial development. It is likely that more Latin American countries will increase the use of...more
After China lifted most of its entry restrictions on Sunday, many Chinese people have rushed to make travel plans and renew their travel documents ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival holidays for a vacation abroad, foretelling the great potential of Chinese tourists ushering in a recovery of the...more
On Friday, China released the 10th edition of the COVID-19 prevention and control protocol. Moreover, starting from Sunday, the country downgraded the management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B and lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travelers. The policy shift indicates that the focus of the country's...more
Editor's Note: The Pakistan Navy plans to host the AMAN-23 multinational maritime exercise in February 2023, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, having taken part in previous editions, are again expected to participate. China and Pakistan have been maintaining close naval and maritime exchanges and cooperation...more
What the Brazilians had feared happened. But when the shoe dropped, it still shocked Brazil and the rest of the world. On Sunday afternoon, thousands of demonstrators who were dissatisfied with the results of the presidential election invaded institutions such as the Congress, the Supreme Court and the...more
What to focus on in a global public health crisis? Saving lives or chasing profit? Different countries and interest groups have given different answers. One latest example has happened in China. Pfizer's COVID treatment drug, Paxlovid, did not make it into China's national medical insurance program, as the...more
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. will pay a state visit to China from Tuesday to Thursday, which experts believe will promote China-Philippines relations to enter a "golden era" and fully demonstrates that China and the Philippines have embarked on...more
China will unswervingly deepen economic reform and focus on solving prominent problems faced by private enterprises in order to promote the growth of the private economy, said a leading official with the country's top economic planner, as government agencies express support for the healthy development of the private...more
Shanghai has detected the Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB that have been prevailing in some overseas countries but experts said the two mutant strains were found in imported cases placed under closed-loop management which has not caused local transmission, saying there is no need to hoard Montmorillonite powder...more
Officials from the National Health Commission (NHC) said that the government has anticipated increased demand for medical treatment while optimizing epidemic prevention measures, and is trying to delay peak infections as much as possible by increasing the number of fever clinics and medicines. The remarks were made as...more