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Indian border troops’ bravado will backfire: Global Times

Left Review Online September 8, 2020

Indian border troops’ bravado will backfire: Global Times

Indian troops again illegally crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) into the Shenpao mountain region near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday. They then outrageously fired warning shots at Chinese border patrol troops who came to negotiate, and Chinese border patrol troops were forced...more

Record GDP slump ‘ominous’ sign for India, worst may lie ahead: Experts

Wang Cong September 3, 2020

Record GDP slump ‘ominous’ sign for India, worst may lie ahead: Experts

Indian officials and media outlets have been hyping up tensions with China both on the border and in trade and investment, but the latest official data might have revealed a deeper problem for the populous country and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi: its virus-stricken economy. Data from the...more

US-led NATO-like alliance not reliable for India in border talks with China: Experts

Liu Xin and Liu Xuanzun September 2, 2020

US-led NATO-like alliance not reliable for India in border talks with China: Experts

The US has brought up again the idea of building an alliance, similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with India, Australia and Japan to form anti-China network in the Indo-Pacific region, a move that Chinese analysts said will face obstacles, as the regional countries may prefer to...more

China at global forefront in developing digital currency applications

Left Review Online September 1, 2020

China at global forefront in developing digital currency applications

The People's Bank of China (PBC), the central bank, is preparing for a digital currency, with various tests proceeding in different regions of China as the country develops more digital currency applications. Sun Guofeng, an official with the PBC, said Tuesday at a regular press conference that the...more

Tariff battle with China will backfire on India, all-out trade war unlikely: Analysts

Chi Jingyi and Zhang Dan August 30, 2020

Tariff battle with China will backfire on India, all-out trade war unlikely: Analysts

India's overconfidence in its economic strength and its many challenges against Chinese enterprises will hurt itself more in the longer term amid bilateral tensions and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, analysts warned, adding that a tit-for-tat tariff war was unlikely. Such comments came after a report by the Hindustan...more

ILPS condemns the brutal murder of Tomas Martinez

Left Review Online August 30, 2020

ILPS condemns the brutal murder of Tomas Martinez

Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' struggle (ILPS) has condemned the brutal murder of Tomas Matinez De La Sierra Sur. ILPS, an international network of anti-imperialist and democratic forces that strives to realize the unity, cooperation and coordination of anti-imperialist and democratic struggles throughout the world, has issued a media...more

ILPS Philippines condemns the killing of Filipino HR activist Zara Alvarez

Left Review Online August 28, 2020

ILPS Philippines condemns the killing of Filipino HR activist Zara Alvarez

Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Philippines condemns the brutal killing of Filipino human right activist Zara Alvarez. Issuing a statement, ILPS Philipines condemned the killing. Full text of the statement: The International League of Peoples’ Struggle Philippines strongly condemns the murder of human rights worker Zara...more

Shenzhen thrives amid US tech war

Chen Qingqing and Li Xuanmin in Shenzhen August 27, 2020

Shenzhen thrives amid US tech war

Late Monday night, almost all the interior lights were on at a 50-story skyscraper in the Nanshan district of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province. The headquarters of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, has become a vivid display of how the city can grow into a new Silicon Valley...more

China and US chief trade negotiators hold talks, agree to push for phase one deal

Chu Daye August 27, 2020

China and US chief trade negotiators hold talks, agree to push for phase one deal

The phone call made on Tuesday by chief trade talk negotiators from China and the US and the ensuing announcements showed that there is still enough will from the two sides to implement the phase one trade deal, despite doubts that the deal might be on shaky ground...more

Assassination of Tomas Martínez Pinacho is condemned – ILPS LA

Left Review Online August 27, 2020

Assassination of Tomas Martínez Pinacho is condemned – ILPS LA

Kathmandu. International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Latin America has condemned the assassination of the Veteran Mexican peasant leader comrade Tomas Martínez Pinacho de la Sierra Sur. Florentino López Martínez, National President of the FPR and Vice President of the ILPS for Latin America issued a media statement condemning his...more

US stands in the way of peace and stability in S. China Sea

Li Kaisheng August 26, 2020

US stands in the way of peace and stability in S. China Sea

The foreign ministers of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to sit down for talks with their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea and the US at the Foreign Ministers' Meetings on East Asia Cooperation in the second half of...more

Justice for Zara Alvarez and Ka Randy Echanis!

Left Review Online August 25, 2020

Justice for Zara Alvarez and Ka Randy Echanis!

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the people’s movement of the Philippines and international voices of solidarity in demanding justice for the murder of Zara Alvarez, a human rights activist, paralegal and a member of the Negros Integrated Health Program. She was shot down in the street in...more

Meng’s lawyers request Canadian court to release secretly-kept information

GT staff reporters August 24, 2020

Meng’s lawyers request Canadian court to release secretly-kept information

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, is asking the B.C. Supreme Court to order the release of more secretly-kept information related to her arrest at Vancouver airport in 2018 - which observers said that would be key for Meng's extradition case and decisive whether...more

Tibetan livelihood better off relocated from barren land with help of the government

Xie Wenting August 23, 2020

Tibetan livelihood better off relocated from barren land with help of the government

Jiaqu could barely speak any Putonghua, the standard Chinese national language, but he was eager to share with the Global Times reporter his excitement and gratitude for moving to his current home. "I never dreamed that I would one day live in such a nice home," Jiaqu said...more

ANPFa strongly condemns the brutal assassination of “Ka Randy”

Left Review Online August 22, 2020

ANPFa strongly condemns the brutal assassination of “Ka Randy”

Kathmandu. All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa), the largest peasants' federation of Nepal, has strongly condemned the brutal assassination of the Filipino peasant leader and peace activist Randall "Ka Randy" Echanis. Issuing a statement, All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) has said that, "All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) strongly condemns the...more