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Afghan tragedy proves US a humanitarian disaster maker

Yu Ning May 12, 2021

Afghan tragedy proves US a humanitarian disaster maker

When the US says it will bring democracy to other countries, what those countries eventually get are explosions and civil wars - many Chinese people think and say so following the latest bombing in Afghanistan. The bomb attacks outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul Saturday evening...more

Why Chinese system can offer more choices than Western democracy

Martin Jacques May 12, 2021

Why Chinese system can offer more choices than Western democracy

Nowhere is the difference between China and the West more evident than in their systems of governance. Since 1945 the typical form of Western governance has been universal suffrage and a multi-party system. This has been the West's main calling card for over 70 years. It believes that...more

Duterte regime accountable for the death of detained peasant leader Joseph Canlas – KMP

Left Review Online May 12, 2021

Duterte regime accountable for the death of detained peasant leader Joseph Canlas – KMP

Kathmandu. The Peasants' Movement of the Philippines (KMP) has claimed that the Duterte Administration is accountable for the death of the veteran peasant leader comrade Joseph Canlas aka Ka JC and demanded justice for him. Releasing an official statement yesterday (May 11), the KMP has expressed its sincere...more

US cannot lead world if trapped by its own democratic mess

Xin Qiang May 10, 2021

US cannot lead world if trapped by its own democratic mess

The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021 is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. The summit comes as US President Joe Biden "prepares a global summit for democracy later this year," reads the official website of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, a Denmark-based nonprofit organization, which is the organizer of the...more

Does Blinken know what the rule of law is? : Global Times

Left Review Online May 9, 2021

Does Blinken know what the rule of law is? : Global Times

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pointed his finger at Hong Kong affairs again on Friday. He raised a very ridiculous request on Twitter demanding "all those imprisoned for nonviolent exercise of guaranteed freedoms should be freed immediately." We cannot help but want to ask Mr Blinken: Do...more

Chairman Mao’s former residence reopens to bigger crowds as pilgrims arrive from across China amid CPC’s centenary

Chen Shasha May 6, 2021

Chairman Mao’s former residence reopens to bigger crowds as pilgrims arrive from across China amid CPC’s centenary

The former residence of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Central China's Hunan Province, saw a hot reopening after a closure of more than 50 days for renovation, as people from around the country arrived and made pilgrimages to the residence amid celebrations for the centenary of the...more

Stop the Fascist Attacks against the People of Colombia, Long Live the Colombian Peoples’ Struggle – ILPS

Left Review Online May 5, 2021

Stop the Fascist Attacks against the People of Colombia, Long Live the Colombian Peoples’ Struggle – ILPS

Kathmandu. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) along with its member organizations, country chapters, and allied networks have called for urgent international solidarity with the people of Colombia who are currently suffering from massacres, violent police brutality, arrests and disappearances over mass demonstrations against the government’s tax,...more

China’s 2nd aircraft carrier group holds 1st drill in 2021 in S.China Sea, ‘training for combat preparedness’

Liu Xuanzun May 4, 2021

China’s 2nd aircraft carrier group holds 1st drill in 2021 in S.China Sea, ‘training for combat preparedness’

An aircraft carrier group led by China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known voyage of the year, almost immediately after the country’s first carrier, the Liaoning, left the region, and Chinese analysts said on...more

America, it’s time to cleanse your own stains

Zhang Qian May 4, 2021

America, it’s time to cleanse your own stains

Cheer of excitement and joy erupted from the crowds gathered outside the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, when the judge read out the verdict from the jury, finding that Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd with his knees, was guilty of murder and manslaughter. Celebration...more

China’s digital yuan expands from consumer payments to business scenarios

Zhao Juecheng and Zhang Hongpei May 3, 2021

China’s digital yuan expands from consumer payments to business scenarios

The application of China's Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP), also known as digital yuan, which has already been on a fast development track since last year, is taking another critical step forward with new scenarios in the business-to-business segment and wage payments. JD.com Inc, the country's second-largest online...more

Biden inherits some problematic Trump legacies, makes 100-day score ‘unsatisfied’

Yang Sheng and Wang Qi May 2, 2021

Biden inherits some problematic Trump legacies, makes 100-day score ‘unsatisfied’

The majority of Americans say they approve of US President Joe Biden's job performance near his first 100 days in office, according to US media, and Chinese experts also weighed in on Biden's performance from China's perspective, saying that Biden's efforts on fixing ties with not only China,...more

Chinese firms warn of delay in oxygen shipments to India as orders piled up

GT staff reporters May 2, 2021

Chinese firms warn of delay in oxygen shipments to India as orders piled up

Chinese exporters of personal protective equipment (PPE) are seeing surging demand from India that has their factories working around the clock, as the South Asian country reels from shortages of medical oxygen and other epidemic-related devices amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. However, even as they...more

US makes U-turn on aiding India, motivation questioned

Chen Qingqing and Liu Xin May 2, 2021

US makes U-turn on aiding India, motivation questioned

Under tremendous pressure, the US, which has remained silent in face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in India, an important partner to Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy, over the weekend, finally responded positively, pledging medical aid such as raw materials for vaccines and oxygen concentrators. Such a U-turn in attitude...more

Australia inflates presence on Taiwan question to show loyalty to US

Li Qingqing May 1, 2021

Australia inflates presence on Taiwan question to show loyalty to US

Australia continues its attempt to stamp its presence on the Taiwan question. Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday that a conflict with China over the island of Taiwan "should not be discounted," adding that Australia wants to continue being "a good neighbor in the region" that...more

Cuban ICAP’s president Gonzalez appealed to condemn the US blockade

Left Review Online May 1, 2021

Cuban ICAP’s president Gonzalez appealed to condemn the US blockade

Kathmandu. Fernando Gonzalez, the president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), appealed to the people of goodwill around the world to condemn the US blockade against Cuba on Friday. Speaking at a virtual forum on International Workers' Day, Gonzalez recalled that the US blockade...more