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Is US a ‘financial zombie’ going bankrupt?

Wang Wen October 15, 2020

Is US a ‘financial zombie’ going bankrupt?

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

US weapons won’t fill military gap between Taiwan and mainland

Wei Dongxu October 14, 2020

US weapons won’t fill military gap between Taiwan and mainland

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

Xi calls for concerted int’l efforts to accelerate global poverty relief process

Left Review Online October 12, 2020

Xi calls for concerted int’l efforts to accelerate global poverty relief process

BEIJING, (Oct. 12). President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the international community, including political parties in all countries, to work together to accelerate the global poverty relief process, as difficulties and challenges remain severe. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,...more

New Delhi will be frustrated playing the Taiwan card

Li Qingqing October 12, 2020

New Delhi will be frustrated playing the Taiwan card

The Hindustan Times (HT) on Monday published an editorial titled "A reminder for China: India is free." The editorial attempts to justify some Indian media outlets celebrating the "national day" of the Taiwan island. "India is a proud democracy. It has a free and vibrant media," the article...more

Xi asks young officials to focus on solving practical problems

Left Review Online October 12, 2020

Xi asks young officials to focus on solving practical problems

BEIJING (Oct. 10). Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called on young officials to strengthen their capabilities of solving practical problems, be willing to act, and be able to deliver real outcomes. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of...more

Greening the desert

Yu Jincui in Kashgar, Cao Siqi in Karamay and Hu Weijia in Aksu October 9, 2020

Greening the desert

In Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, where desertification accounts for 43 percent of the region's land mass, local people have never stopped fighting against desertification. With China stepping up efforts in promoting ecological civilization, officials and people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have been carrying out...more

WeChat legal battle far from over in US

GT staff reporters October 7, 2020

WeChat legal battle far from over in US

The legal battle against the Trump administration's WeChat ban will reach a federal appellate court if an upcoming hearing rules in favor of the US government, according to a non-profit group representing US WeChat users, which has insisted on a high-profile challenge against the ban since August. That...more

China to protect TikTok at ‘all cost’

Wang Cong October 5, 2020

China to protect TikTok at ‘all cost’

China is prepared to prevent Chinese firm TikTok and its advanced technologies from falling into US hands at all cost, even if that means the vastly popular video sharing app risks being shut down in the US, because allowing the US to seize the firm and its technology...more

India’s border fire may lead to ‘unbearable consequence’

Left Review Online October 4, 2020

India’s border fire may lead to ‘unbearable consequence’

Chinese observers warned on Saturday that India's latest tricks of doubling troops at the border and authorizing frontline soldiers to fire in clashes with the Chinese army, all while agreeing to de-escalate tensions at the negotiating table with China, could further increase the risk of conflict at the...more

Lifeblood of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)

Left Review Online October 4, 2020

Lifeblood of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)

The Workers’ Party of Korea has been the ruling party in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since the first days of its founding on October 10, 1945. The 70-odd-year history of the WPK is the history of the people-first principle, in which it has believed in the people as in heaven and served...more

Beijing to strike back at new US actions against Chinese diplomats

Left Review Online October 3, 2020

Beijing to strike back at new US actions against Chinese diplomats

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the New York Post in a recent interview that China's New York consulate general is being used as a major hub for the nation's US espionage efforts, and more Chinese diplomats and agents will likely be arrested. This is the latest...more

Martyrs return home with state’s highest greeting ceremony

Cao Siqi October 3, 2020

Martyrs return home with state’s highest greeting ceremony

Transported via China's domestically developed strategic cargo plane Y-20, which was greeted by arcing jets of water as it taxied to a halt at Taoxian international airport in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the War to Resist US...more

China will prevent US TikTok ‘takeover’

Ma Jingjing and Shen Weiduo October 1, 2020

China will prevent US TikTok ‘takeover’

China will resolutely take actions to prevent TikTok and its technologies from falling into the US' hands to protect its national security and the interests of its enterprises, experts said on Sunday, as a hearing continues as of press time in the US over whether the US government's...more

US loses global appeal despite so-called democracy and freedom

Li Qingqing October 1, 2020

US loses global appeal despite so-called democracy and freedom

The New York Times (NYT) on Friday published an article in which political analyst in Myanmar U Aung Thu Nyein said the US "is a first-world country but it is acting like a third-world country." Mike Bradley, mayor of Sarnia, a Canadian city, said in the report that...more

Freight rate of American routes rises with more orders from US

GT staff reporters September 30, 2020

Freight rate of American routes rises with more orders from US

On Saturday morning, lines of container lorries were waiting to discharge cargo at the Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG), while there were also many empty trucks and ships ready to load goods. Transport vehicles were moving around frequently, and about three or four cargo ships of super-large...more