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Biden’s foreign policy speech shows no departure from Trumpism

Zhang Tengjun February 19, 2021

Biden’s foreign policy speech shows no departure from Trumpism

In his first foreign policy speech as president on Thursday, US President Joe Biden called China the “most serious competitor” to the US. He said the US will “confront China’s economic abuses; counter its aggressive, coercive action; to push back on China’s attack on human rights, intellectual property,...more

Heroic spirit still needed for CPC members today

Hu Xijin February 18, 2021

Heroic spirit still needed for CPC members today

Those who founded the Communist Party of China (CPC) 100 years ago, and those who joined the Party in its early years, are no longer alive. Today's Party members are late-comers. I myself am also a Party member, but I know I am no match for those earlier...more

Adapting Islam to local conditions best course for development in Chinese society: Yang Faming, President, China Islamic Association

Xie Wenting February 17, 2021

Adapting Islam to local conditions best course for development in Chinese society: Yang Faming, President, China Islamic Association

Editor's Note: Over the decades, China has made great efforts to provide care to Muslim citizens and ensure their normal needs are met. However, some hostile forces in the West have used every means to smear China's efforts in protecting Muslims and kept making groundless accusations including accusing China...more

Indian politician admits India was true aggressor in border area

Ai Jun February 13, 2021

Indian politician admits India was true aggressor in border area

Tensions triggered by border disputes have been clouding China-India ties since May 2020, and India has been portraying China as the "aggressor." Yet on Sunday, a high-level Indian politician slapped his country's face by spilling the beans - he revealed that India has transgressed the Line of Actual...more

China is unafraid of pressure from US’ ‘extreme competition’

Yuan Zheng February 13, 2021

China is unafraid of pressure from US’ ‘extreme competition’

US President Joe Biden said his administration was ready for an "extreme competition" with China in a CBS interview clip published on Sunday. "I'm not going to do it the way Trump did. We are going to focus on the international rules of the road," Biden said. Biden's...more

West’s failure to self-examine exposes cracks in its systematic foundation

Song Luzheng February 9, 2021

West’s failure to self-examine exposes cracks in its systematic foundation

When people were shocked by the European debt crisis triggered by the 2008 financial crisis, no one dared to predict that it was just a start of the tests the West would have to deal with in the 21st century. In just about eight years' time, singled out...more

Top-level Chinese scientists call on WHO to dispatch experts to more countries on studies of coronavirus origins

Left Review Online February 7, 2021

Top-level Chinese scientists call on WHO to dispatch experts to more countries on studies of coronavirus origins

While the team of 13 WHO experts are halfway through their highly anticipated field visits to Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province, a number of predominant Chinese epidemiologists - including those close to the National Health Commission and Chinese CDC, jointly called for similar field studies on...more

Hyping Xinjiang topic to contain China may further damage bilateral ties, experts warn US

Liu Xin and Fan Lingzhi February 6, 2021

Hyping Xinjiang topic to contain China may further damage bilateral ties, experts warn US

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region welcomes people from all around the world, including officials from the new US administration, to visit but it opposes any presumption of guilt, senior officials from the region told a press conference in Beijing on Monday. Analysts said that China's attitude toward...more

Shepherding white-hot global vaccine battle, China injects new energy in the world’s fight against COVID-19: observers

Hu Yuwei and Zhao Yusha February 6, 2021

Shepherding white-hot global vaccine battle, China injects new energy in the world’s fight against COVID-19: observers

Amid a white-hot global vaccine battle, where a row caused by the EU and the UK, and US pharmaceuticals over the delayed delivery continues to flare, another Chinese vaccine, developed by CanSino Biologics, which guarantees dual protection after only one shot, received promising preliminary signs to continue its...more

Will West give up interventionism amid worsening internal problems?

Mu Lu February 5, 2021

Will West give up interventionism amid worsening internal problems?

Expansionist and interventionist moves have long been exploited by Western countries to consolidate their dominance across the world. In such ways, countries in the West have stabilized their relatively superior position. But in recent years, particularly since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many problems accumulated for some...more

PLA Xinjiang Military Command commissions first Type 15 light tanks

Liu Xuanzun February 4, 2021

PLA Xinjiang Military Command commissions first Type 15 light tanks

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command recently received delivery of and commissioned its first batch of China's newly developed Type 15 light tanks, which excels at rapid reaction combat in plateau regions, a Chinese expert said on Monday. With the commissioning, both Xinjiang and Tibet...more

What does a new US govt mean for China-Australia ties?

Zhai Shilei February 4, 2021

What does a new US govt mean for China-Australia ties?

With the completion of the power transfer between US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump, the international community now has new expectations for the future of China-Australia relations. Some people think that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government, which has been acting as an anti-China vanguard,...more

Internet shutdown shows India fears Modi’s governance will be destabilized

Qian Feng February 3, 2021

Internet shutdown shows India fears Modi’s governance will be destabilized

How can a country improve people's livelihood and properly deal with the public opinion while developing the economy and advancing reforms? How to reach a balance between fairness and efficiency? Indian farmers' protests over the past few months have shown that these questions are common issues in maintaining...more

Why Europe gravitates away from US to Eastern power center

Martin Jacques February 2, 2021

Why Europe gravitates away from US to Eastern power center

What will happen to Europe? Will it continue with a broadly pro-American orientation, or will it pursue an increasingly independent position? Either way, the consequences will be far-reaching. At the heart of the West lie the US and Europe. If Europe seeks a more autonomous role, then the...more

Xinjiang official debunks lies, says US ‘commits genocide’ of American Indians

Liu Xin January 14, 2021

Xinjiang official debunks lies, says US ‘commits genocide’ of American Indians

All the policies adopted in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region fit into regional developments and serve local residents' interests, while the US is the country that commits the genocide of American Indians, discriminates against minority races, and severely violates workers' human rights, a senior official from the...more