Left Review Online June 30, 2021
Editor's Note: The Communist Party of China (CPC), overcoming various difficulties and challenges, has led the remarkable achievements of national construction as well as the colossal transformation of China from a rural, agrarian society to an urban, industrial and post-industrial power. Decoding the CPC's success, scholars from both...more
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, conferred the July 1 Medal, for the first time, on outstanding Party members at a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People Tuesday morning as the CPC marks its 100th founding anniversary this...more
Editor's Note: "Though the CPC's 100-year history has not been linear, there has been a vision, a dedication to bring about that vision, and a commitment to policies required to make it happen," said Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Kuhn), chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the...more
Nuradli Wublikas, a young Uygur man from Kashi of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is seeking to sue Australian think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) for its report on the so-called forced labor in China's Xinjiang, as the ASPI report has hurt the image of the...more
The US deploys military forces in over 150 countries around the world, with approximately 165,000 active-service personnel stationed outside its territories and hundreds of military bases covering nearly all the continents. Contrary to its pompous promises of maintaining peace in conflicted zones, what the US left behind is...more
Recently, 33 former Indian ambassadors signed an open letter defending the Modi administration's current foreign policy, including toward China. They argued that Modi's foreign policy shows "clear continuities" in key areas compared with the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) governments. They even rebuked...more
Editor's Note: Why do some Western politicians and scholars show much more intention to demonize the Communist Party of China (CPC) when they know very little about the largest political party in the world? To understand China today, one must first know more about the CPC. As the...more
In an opinion piece for the journal Foreign Affairs entitled "Washington's Dangerous New Consensus on China" on Thursday, US Senator Bernie Sanders spoke out against a "dangerous" chorus that is pushing for a new Cold War with China. He said it is "distressing and dangerous" that "a fast-growing...more
Editor's Note: The Communist Party of China (CPC) is preparing to celebrate its centenary anniversary on July 1, but it still shines with young vitality, as more than a third of its 92 million members are under 40. How did the centenarian Party, founded by young people, still manage...more
As one Chinese saying goes, "Peaches and plums do not talk, yet a path is formed beneath them." This is apropos to the Communist Party of China (CPC) at 100 years. More and more countries are attaching growing significance to, and learning from, the CPC due to its...more
With eyes fixated on China, the just concluded G7 summit in the UK announced an infrastructure plan, aiming to rival the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) adopted and implemented by China. Though it was entitled as a "Build Back Better World" (B3W) initiative, experts pointed out that it...more
As the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is scheduled to be held in Geneva on Monday, the Global Times learned that Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and some other Western countries have worked to misuse the UN platform to bring topics on...more
While COVID-19 restrictions in India appear to be easing amid a lower rate of new cases in recent days, its hope of re-establishing travel connections with foreign countries may hinge on its ongoing effort in bringing the pandemic under control. New Delhi is in touch with Beijing regarding...more
Responding to a media question over whether the US was seizing the opportunity of the G7 summit to safeguard the so-called rules-based international system, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the UK said on Saturday, "We [China] always believe that countries, big or small, strong or weak,...more
With the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan, Pentagon officials are making last-minutes efforts to pursue basing options with Afghanistan's neighbors for future operations. Washington continues to focus on Pakistan for establishing a military base in the region, despite the fact that some American officials believe the negotiations...more