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Court accepts lawsuit of Xinjiang enterprise suing Adrian Zenz over ‘forced labor’ rumor

GT Staff Reporters April 27, 2021

Court accepts lawsuit of Xinjiang enterprise suing Adrian Zenz over ‘forced labor’ rumor

A local court in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has accepted the case of a Xinjiang local textile enterprise suing the notorious anti-China German scholar Adrian Zenz for fabricating "forced labor" rumors against the enterprise, a local news website reported on Friday. Xinjiang Shache Xiongying Textile...more

What role will new US ambassador to China actually be able to play?

Li Haidong April 22, 2021

What role will new US ambassador to China actually be able to play?

Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat, is in the final stages of vetting to serve as US ambassador to China. Burns could be among the first batch of diplomatic nominees announced in the coming weeks, according to AXIOS on Friday. Burns is an ideal choice for the position of...more

Asia cannot allow US to disrupt robust recovery : GT Voice

Left Review Online April 21, 2021

Asia cannot allow US to disrupt robust recovery : GT Voice

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) kicked off in South China's Hainan Province on Sunday, at a critical time when much of the world remains under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Asian economies led by China are seeing both robust recovery and rising external risks posed...more

China’s answer to US’ overbearing actions: Equal-footing diplomacy

Ai Jun April 21, 2021

China’s answer to US’ overbearing actions: Equal-footing diplomacy

If there is any change in China's diplomacy in the new era, the answer would be China has switched on equal diplomacy, Zhang Weiwei, director of the China Institute of Fudan University in Shanghai, said in a recent TV show. He further explained that equal diplomacy means China...more

First viral strain of coronavirus isolated and shared by WIV with WHO as early as Jan last year

Left Review Online April 19, 2021

First viral strain of coronavirus isolated and shared by WIV with WHO as early as Jan last year

The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) isolated the first viral strain of the novel coronavirus and handed it over to the World Health Organization (WHO) as early as January 12, 2020, media reported. On the evening of December 29, 2019, doctors from Jinyintan Hospital received seven cases of...more

Aquaculture, wastewater treatment stocks rise following Japan’s controversial decision to dump nuclear wastewater

Left Review Online April 19, 2021

Aquaculture, wastewater treatment stocks rise following Japan’s controversial decision to dump nuclear wastewater

After Japan's decision to discharge radioactive wastewater into the sea sparked widespread concerns from Chinese consumers over seafood safety, the stocks of aquaculture and wastewater treatment rose on Chinese stock markets on Tuesday morning. The plate of aquaculture - the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae...more

Sinovac vaccine effective against virus variants in Brazil; efficacy rises if injection interval is more than 21 days

Hu Yuwei April 19, 2021

Sinovac vaccine effective against virus variants in Brazil; efficacy rises if injection interval is more than 21 days

China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has 50.7 percent efficacy and has proved to be effective against the variants known as P1 and P2 that are prevalent in Brazil, latest data showed. Moreover, the Sinovac vaccine's efficacy rate can climb to 62.3 percent with an interval of more than 21...more

Low-carbon economy war new power games

Wang Wen April 19, 2021

Low-carbon economy war new power games

US President Joe Biden has invited 40 heads of state to the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 and 23. This has heated up the global competition over the low-carbon economy. This new competition could even be called "a new global green and low-carbon economy war." As...more

US sends mixed signals on China policy

Chen Qingqing and Wang Qi April 18, 2021

US sends mixed signals on China policy

The latest mixed messages from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concerning certain core issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang and the coronavirus show that the Biden administration has been facing challenges in clearly defining its China policy, struggling to keep a hard-line stance to respond to domestic anti-China...more

Asia speeds up inclusive 5G push, but Washington poses risk

Left Review Online April 18, 2021

Asia speeds up inclusive 5G push, but Washington poses risk

As the global economy enters a critical point of post-pandemic recovery, Malaysia has shown intention to speed up its 5G network construction, which is expected to greatly help the country win advantages in the market, but the move is also conducive for the whole regional economy in post-COVID...more

Will Australia interfere with NZ’s China policy?

Qin Sheng April 17, 2021

Will Australia interfere with NZ’s China policy?

Voices that accuse New Zealand of not being tough enough on China-related issues have been lately emerging in Western countries, especially Australia. New Zealand was even referred to as the "soft underbelly" of the Five Eyes alliance in a report written by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service as...more

Western media absent as Tokyo is about to dump radioactive water

Li Qingqing April 15, 2021

Western media absent as Tokyo is about to dump radioactive water

The Japanese government "is poised to" release polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, according to Kyodo News. Such an extremely irresponsible act has been strongly criticized by China and other neighboring countries of Japan. However, most major Western media outlets have remained...more

A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

Zhang Hua April 14, 2021

A clearer commitment to Taiwan would risk strategic miscalculation for Washington

The situation around the Taiwan Straits has kept escalating. Within the US strategic circle, the debate of whether the US should abandon its decades-long policy of "strategic ambiguity" is going on. According to the US media, some advisors are calling for the US to make a clearer commitment...more

PLA prepared as US, secessionists provoke

Liu Xuanzun April 13, 2021

PLA prepared as US, secessionists provoke

Multiple branches of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) are continuing large-scale military exercises near the island of Taiwan, at a time when Taiwan secessionists insisted on making provocative statements and holding drills, and the US sent a warship through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday and voiced support...more

Chinese FM makes ‘timely reminder’ for Japan to stop heading in wrong direction at crossroads of ties

Xing Xiaojing and Zhao Yusha April 12, 2021

Chinese FM makes ‘timely reminder’ for Japan to stop heading in wrong direction at crossroads of ties

With bilateral relations at a new crossroad, a message sent by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to his Japanese counterpart was a "timely reminder" for Tokyo to stop heading in the wrong direction and pull ties to the right track, Chinese observers said. China hopes...more