International

Facing multiple challenges, next Japanese PM unlikely to make bold moves on Taiwan question

Wang Guangtao September 10, 2021

Facing multiple challenges, next Japanese PM unlikely to make bold moves on Taiwan question

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on September 3 that he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure. The next Japanese prime minister will be under intense scrutiny for how he addresses the Taiwan question and China-Japan...more

India’s parliament farce over spyware scandal shows dysfunctional democracy

Li Tao September 10, 2021

India’s parliament farce over spyware scandal shows dysfunctional democracy

India has long praised itself as the largest democracy in the world. It is therefore favored by the US and the West, allowing itself to enjoy a benign environment for development. However, democratic chaos has been repeated in this South Asian country, making it a target of criticism...more

China develops prototype Mars helicopter

Deng Xiaoci September 9, 2021

China develops prototype Mars helicopter

The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature helicopter drone, a possible means to support China's Mars missions, is designed to become a navigator for the Mars rover. It will greatly boost the latter's ability to explore valuable targets on the surface of the Red Planet, the project...more

Chinese Vice premier Liu He vows unwavering support for private sector

Shen Weiduo and Li Qiaoyi September 9, 2021

Chinese Vice premier Liu He vows unwavering support for private sector

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Monday vowed unchanged and firm support to the country's private sector, a sign from the top of reassurance to businesses, clarified misinterpretations, and also fought back at foreign smearing of China's tightened regulatory measures over a range of sectors. Rather than calling...more

China CDC experts suggest survey on cold-chain suppliers to Wuhan in WHO’s 2nd-phase probe on virus origins

Left Review Online September 9, 2021

China CDC experts suggest survey on cold-chain suppliers to Wuhan in WHO’s 2nd-phase probe on virus origins

Amid the consensus among worldwide scientists that the second phase of the study on coronavirus origins should be carried out in multiple places, officials and experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) suggested that the WHO should take cold chain as a key...more

Subramanian Swamy advocates border war with China without considering consequences

Yu Ning September 9, 2021

Subramanian Swamy advocates border war with China without considering consequences

While China is keen to come to an early and proper settlement of the border issue with India, some political lunatics in India have been advocating a border war with China without considering the consequences. Pro-war political madness will bring nothing but catastrophe to India. As China's national...more

Conflict of interest over US flag officers reflected in Afghan retreat, leaves doubt over US commitment to Taiwan defense

Franz Gayl September 8, 2021

Conflict of interest over US flag officers reflected in Afghan retreat, leaves doubt over US commitment to Taiwan defense

A military guarantee over Taiwan island's split from China is claimed to be vital to US national security. Similar claims were used to justify our 20-year misadventure in Afghanistan. Today we know that a generation of young American men and women sacrificed their lives for a cause US...more

Poverty eradication miracle in numbers

Left Review Online September 3, 2021

Poverty eradication miracle in numbers

Editor's Note: On July 1, China declared that it has reached its first centennial development goal - building a moderately prosperous society, or xiaokang, in all respects and is marching in confident strides toward the second centennial goal of building the nation into a great modern socialist country. To...more

China to offer ‘genuine’ aid in Afghanistan’s economic reconstruction amid chaotic transition

Left Review Online September 2, 2021

China to offer ‘genuine’ aid in Afghanistan’s economic reconstruction amid chaotic transition

As Taliban take steps to stabilize the situation and pursue international recognition, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms are employing different investment strategies in the war-torn country, with the former exercising extreme caution in carrying out new projects and the latter eager to tap into a market...more

Referring to the Global Times exclusive, FM spokesperson condemns US coercing China’s neighbors with vaccines to join virus origins smear campaign as ‘immoral, irresponsible’

Cao Siqi September 2, 2021

Referring to the Global Times exclusive, FM spokesperson condemns US coercing China’s neighbors with vaccines to join virus origins smear campaign as ‘immoral, irresponsible’

Hua Chunying, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday condemned US coercion of China's neighboring countries with vaccines to join the COVID-19 origins smear campaign as "immoral, irresponsible and reprehensible," referring to an exclusive report by the Global Times revealing the US trick. The US has...more

More early COVID-19 cases of humans, animals need to be tested for virus origins tracing

Left Review Online September 1, 2021

More early COVID-19 cases of humans, animals need to be tested for virus origins tracing

While the World Health Organization (WHO) is planning its next phase of COVID-19 origins study, China has made it clear that the next-phase study should be carried out in multiple places worldwide, including places outside China where samples of human and animal before the Wuhan outbreak were tested...more

The US has the moral responsibility over the flood of refugees in Afghanistan

Ding Long August 28, 2021

The US has the moral responsibility over the flood of refugees in Afghanistan

The most turbulent place in Afghanistan since the fall of the Afghan government has been not in Kabul the capital city but at the Kabul international airport. For days, it has witnessed a déjà vu "Saigon moment," with the flood of Afghans desperate, even dying, to get out...more

HRW politicizes human rights with a biased report attacking Cambodian dam project

Suos Yara August 26, 2021

HRW politicizes human rights with a biased report attacking Cambodian dam project

Human rights are for humanity, not for Human Rights Watch (HRW). Human rights must be understood and approached based on the context and the stage of nation building and state building. Above all, human rights must not be politicized in the way HRW has done. To understand the...more

Senator reveals ‘30,000 US troops stationed in Taiwan island,’ equal to ‘declaring war on China’ if it’s true; tweet deleted after wide controversy

Liu Caiyu August 25, 2021

Senator reveals ‘30,000 US troops stationed in Taiwan island,’ equal to ‘declaring war on China’ if it’s true; tweet deleted after wide controversy

A senior US senator, also a member of US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on his social media revealed that the US has 30,000 soldiers stationed in China's Taiwan island. If the tweet is correct, it is a military invasion and occupation of China's Taiwan and equivalent to...more

Newly disclosed germ warfare archives reveal US helped Japanese war criminals escape trial in exchange for bio materials

Liu Caiyu August 25, 2021

Newly disclosed germ warfare archives reveal US helped Japanese war criminals escape trial in exchange for bio materials

More concrete evidence of Japanese troop's atrocity of germ warfare during World War II has been made public, as confessions of a commander of the Japanese germ warfare unit to the US after the war were released in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, which also disclosed the shocking secret...more