The Chinese version of the international travel health certificate was officially launched on Monday on the WeChat mini program, available for Chinese citizens, according to the official WeChat account of the Department of Consular Affairs under the Foreign Ministry (FM). The health certificate contains an encrypted QR code...more

It is that time of the year again, typically around March, for the two sessions to convene in Beijing. The phrase "two sessions" often conveys (especially to foreigners) the notion that China adopts a bicameral structure for its legislature. This is like the upper senate and the lower...more

China faces a formidable challenge in restoring political stability and direction in Hong Kong. The work has started, but there is a long way to go. From the handover in 1997 until 2014, Hong Kong was marked by relative calm and stability. This was brought to an abrupt...more

A fascinating week in China is upon us with the arrival of the National People's Congress (NPC) annual meeting and, much, much more. Comparing a few aspects of the legislative process and results witnessed in China and the US, the two most important and lately most adversarial countries...more

Nuclear power-related shares rose on Monday after the Government Work Report said that China would enhance nuclear power development, even though domestic stock markets plunged on concerns that the central bank may drain liquidity from the market. The Government Work Report, released during the two sessions, vowed to...more

Editor's Note: "When future historians write the chronicles of our time, a close-up story is likely to be China's targeted poverty alleviation," said Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal (2018), who has long been researching the poverty...more

US President Joe Biden will hold a virtual bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday. As this will mark Biden's first (online) official meeting with a foreign leader since taking office, the event has attracted significant attention and interest from all sides. During Biden's first...more

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation provoked a question over the just concluded weekend: will China-Australia ties settle into a "new normal" with a prickly diplomatic relationship? It's certain that China-Australia relations have become thorny. And the responsibility falls squarely on Australia. In spite of the differences in political systems,...more

Patriotism and profound respect toward the People's Liberation Army (PLA) martyrs who sacrificed their lives to defend China's territory in the Galwan Valley conflict with India in June 2020 have been the hottest topics trending on Chinese social media networks in recent days, but Chinese authorities and the...more

China's central government unveiled the "No. 1 document" for 2021 on Sunday evening, renewing its emphasis on the country's rural area and agricultural sector, while also bringing in more urgent issues such as tackling core bottlenecks in agricultural technologies, strengthening the homegrown breeding system as well as the...more

Stating that he was "fervently Sinophile," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed ambitious to strengthen economic and trade links with China despite the "occasional political difficulties." When joining with Chinese businesses at a 10 Downing Street roundtable earlier this month, he also signaled that he wanted to resume...more

The State Post Bureau (SPB) issued a notice on Monday asking that security precautions taken by all courier channels be heightened, with all express mail entering Beijing to be checked twice before delivery. All enterprises are urged to implement comprehensive controls by strengthening the inspection, real-name acceptance, and...more

The 10th round of the China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on Saturday on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point, according to a joint press release published by China's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday. The two sides positively appraised the smooth completion of...more

Friday's G7 summit and Munich Security Conference were seen as US President Joe Biden's debut on the international stage, and one of his brightest slogans was "America is back." Bringing US allies together to meet the "challenges posed by China" has been a feature of the new US...more

The Party chief of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region defended China's policy and debunked accusations of "forced labor" and "genocide" in the region at a virtual event on Monday, while representatives from foreign political parties at the event condemned some Western countries for using human rights as...more