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US loses WeChat case for 3rd time

Yin Yeping November 1, 2020

US loses WeChat case for 3rd time

A US court of appeals in San Francisco on Monday rejected the US Justice Department's request and decided to maintain a preliminary injunction, preventing the government from banning Apple and Google from listing WeChat on their US app stores, and marking the third time the Trump administration has...more

Dual-circulation strategy becomes new road map of growth

Wei Jianguo November 1, 2020

Dual-circulation strategy becomes new road map of growth

The fifth plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, which began on Monday in Beijing, has attracted global attention. As the world experiences a once-in-a-century shake-up caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the headwind of anti-globalization, the achievements of China's 13th Five-Year Plan...more

China commemorates war against US aggression in Korea

Yang Sheng and Zhang Han October 31, 2020

China commemorates war against US aggression in Korea

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) Army entering the DPRK to help in the war to resist US aggression, and said that the great spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53)...more

Malabar drill exposes India’s oceanic ambitions

Wei Dongxu October 31, 2020

Malabar drill exposes India’s oceanic ambitions

The Exercise Malabar 2020 will witness the participation of all four QUAD countries - the US, Japan, Australia and India. This piece of news came on Monday when New Delhi announced that it had invited Canberra to participate, with the latter immediately affirming it would join. Australia's participation...more

Xinjiang people’s employment rights guaranteed; Religious practices respected: Investigation

Zhang Han October 31, 2020

Xinjiang people’s employment rights guaranteed; Religious practices respected: Investigation

Field research involving 70 companies inside and outside Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and in-depth interviews with 800 people involved showed that the employment rights of local people, including ethnic minorities, are fully respected and guaranteed, and there is no forced labor as some Western "think tanks"...more

Return of PLA soldier bodes well for talks between China, India

Wang Qi October 28, 2020

Return of PLA soldier bodes well for talks between China, India

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

Strong Q3 GDP results leave ample policy options to ensure whole-year growth of 2-3% despite COVID-19

Chu Daye October 27, 2020

Strong Q3 GDP results leave ample policy options to ensure whole-year growth of 2-3% despite COVID-19

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

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

Bai Yunyi October 23, 2020

Buildings ‘occupying Nepalese land’ fall within Chinese territory, repeated surveying shows

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

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

GT staff reporters October 21, 2020

Cities in Zhejiang abide by rules in emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines

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

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

GT Staff Reporter October 18, 2020

IMF lifts China’s GDP forecast to 1.9% in 2020

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

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

Left Review Online October 18, 2020

Key speaker at Shenzhen SEZ’s 40th anniversary signals greater development of digital yuan

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

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

Taiwan spy used Europe academic post to infiltrate mainland, harm Chaina-Europe ties: Sources

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

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

Fan Lingzhi October 17, 2020

State security agency uncovers hundreds of Taiwan espionage activities against mainland China

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

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

Chen Qingqing and Chi Jingyi October 17, 2020

Xi’s visit to Shenzhen attaches significance to China’s growth path

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

UN rights expert pledges to amplify rural voices in upcoming UN Food Systems Summit

Left Review Online October 17, 2020

UN rights expert pledges to amplify rural voices in upcoming UN Food Systems Summit

OCTOBER 14, 2020. Rural groups and food sovereignty advocates from around the world organized an independent digital dialogue to engage with UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri and his predecessor Hilal Elver on the demands and recommendations they want to raise in the 2021...more