Left Review Online January 18, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday delivered his first major speech of the new year at a global event at the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he issued stern warnings against acts of containment, confrontation and suppression as well as practices of hegemony and bullying, while calling on...more
Managua, (PL). The integration of the North and South Caribbean zones, after the construction of highways, telecommunications infrastructure and access to health care, education, drinking water and sanitation, currently shows a poverty reduction in Nicaragua. Jose Figueroa, a legislator and executive secretary for the parliamentarian group of the...more
North Korea on Wednesday reported the latest test of a hypersonic missile with the witness of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and missile analysts pointed out related data revealed that North Korea may have acquired the technologies but still needs more tests to demonstrate and enhance the weapon's...more
When Americans in New York, Boston, Las Vegas and elsewhere were celebrating the New Year with shouting, kissing and dancing while ignoring health experts' advice to wear masks and keep social distance, the epidemic in the US is riding a roller coaster going up at speed, breaking daily...more
For the first time, the leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US on Monday issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races, in which China played a powerful leading role, and pushed for the reaffirmation of not aiming nuclear devices at...more
On the occasion of China holding nationwide commemoration services on Monday for the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, Chinese officials warned that Japan's militarism must not be allowed to revive. While today's Japan appears to pose a growing right-wing threat to its neighbors, and confront China on...more
Editor's Note: How many evils have been committed in the name of democracy? Exporting wars, launching "color revolutions," fomenting extremist ideologies, and promoting economic instability... The US has left endless trails of bloodshed and turmoil around the world. While the American "model of democracy" loses its shine, the US...more
Following the opening of the China-Laos Railway, a growing number of cities in China immediately rolled out freight trains to Lao capital Vientiane, providing well-timed transport convenience for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact which will be implemented within a month, while countries in Southeast Asia are...more
Chinese top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has responded to the question on when China can return to normalcy, proposing two prerequisites - if fatality rate of COVID-19 drops to around 0.1 percent, and when R0 (R naught), which is the basic reproduction number also known as basic reproduction...more
India is expected to move forward with the delivery of a Russian S-400 missile defense system despite possible US sanctions as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday in New Delhi. According to Chinese observers, this reflects India's growing uncertainty and confusion...more
"Democracy" is nothing but a tool and disguise for the US. While Washington is about to hold a summit for democracy next week to boast about its status as a "beacon of democracy," it is being accused of interfering with other countries' democratic election process. According to the...more
The military of the Taiwan island said in a news release on Monday evening that five warplanes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) entered the aerial area southwest of the island the same day. One of the five planes is a refueling variant of the Y-20 large...more
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's third Type 075 amphibious assault ship recently embarked on what appears to have been its maiden voyage, media reports said on Sunday. Analysts said on Monday that the sea trial indicates smooth progress in the development of the vessel. Videos circulating...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced new major measures on cooperation with Africa on Monday, charting a course for strengthened economic ties between China and the African continent, while also giving a timely, comprehensive response to the continent's most urgent needs in fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy....more
The Global Times has learned that as the host country of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China never plans to invite US and Western politicians who hype the "boycott" topic to attend the Games and experts said that their so-called boycott is nothing but self-deception. Recently, some politicians...more