Left Review Online October 28, 2020
Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea plans everything in a big and bold way and executes it on the highest possible level. The typical examples are modern-style Mirae Scientists Street and Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang, the city of...more
In its third Asia Power Index released on Monday, the Lowy Institute indicated that the US remains the most powerful country in the Indo-Pacific region but registered the largest fall in relative power of any regional country in 2020. China comes in as the second most powerful one,...more
The PLA soldier, who went missing while helping herdsman find yak near China-India border on Sunday, was returned to Chinese border troops by Indian army early on Wednesday, PLA News reported. The Indian army's decision to return the Chinese soldier is viewed as a positive sign ahead of...more
The Chinese economy bounced back into positive territory - growing 0.7 percent - in the first three quarters of the year after the country has put COVID-19 epidemic under control, official data showed on Monday, as analysts predicted a further recovery would be sustained in the upcoming fourth...more
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29. It is expected that the launch of the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25) and the 2035 long-term goal will be the most important contents...more
The buildings that some in Nepal have accused China of encroaching on its land in Humla district falls within Chinese territory and is actually a newly-built village in Burang county in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a Burang county official told the Global Times in an exclusive...more
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun met with senior Bangladesh government officials during his trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh from Wednesday to Friday. The visit is viewed as part of Washington's attempt to raise its visibility in South Asia. However, US' new South Asia strategy has some...more
After some cities in eastern China, where many export-driven businesses are located, showed growing demand for coronavirus vaccination, China's top regulators on drug development and epidemic prevention refuted Western media reports that China has expanded its vaccination program and has rolled out experimental vaccines to the general public,...more
The IMF projects that China's GDP will grow by 1.9 percent in 2020, up from 1 percent in its last projection in June, citing a faster-than-expected recovery in China. China will be the only major economy to achieve growth this year, according to the IMF's latest report in...more
China held a grand gathering to mark the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, known as "Silicon Valley of China" on Wednesday, when an advocate of digital currency made a speech as the second guest, sending a strong signal that the city will further promote the...more
Editor's Note: Among hundreds of cases involving Taiwan separatists’ espionage activities uncovered by the Chinese mainland’s state security agency recently, Cheng Yu-chin’s case is a typical one for the Taiwan separatist authority to use academic exchanges as a cover for espionage purposes. In this case, Taiwan “intelligence agencies” recruited...more
Editor's Note: Taiwan separatist forces have frequently conducted espionage activities against the Chinese mainland within and outside China’s territory in recent years, attempting to disrupt cross-Straits exchanges and resist the reunification of China. To crack down on such moves, the state security agency of the mainland has launched the...more
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Shenzhen - the country's reform pioneer - later this week is expected to send out a clear signal amid growing external uncertainties and US-led geopolitical crackdown that the country will unswervingly adhere to its unique path of development, and its...more
In an essay co-published by my colleagues and me in the latest edition of the renowned Chinese journal Contemporary International Relations, we revealed our findings that the US is becoming a "financial zombie." If we took the US as a company, it would be on the verge of...more
The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to the island of Taiwan, sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval, Reuters reported on Tuesday. This bill is much likely to be approved. Now that the White House has...more