Left Review Online February 18, 2020
Kathmandu. China Media Group (CMG) seriously objected over a content of The Kathmandu Post as an attempt to demoralize Chairman Mao Zedong and blasted it as an insult to the Chinese people, their sovereignty and the Peoples' Republic of China herself. On Tuesday, Zhang Yue, Chief of Nepal Office...more
As the coronavirus outbreak has caused serious disruptions to the business and production plans of manufacturers in China, great uncertainty now hangs over the country's manufacturing sector. The effectiveness of the efforts to curb the spread of 2019-nCoV will, to a large extent, determine when manufacturers can resume...more
Guatemala. International League of Peasants' Struggle (ILPS) Guatemala demands to stop the imperialist aggression against Iran. Releasing a statement on February 01, IPLS Guatemala condemned the US imperialist aggression in the Middle East and stated that such aggression can only lead to death and poverty. ILPS reports the...more
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic in China, people have wondered if the US, the world's superpower, has provided substantial assistance to China, and just how much aid it has offered. Although US President Donald Trump on February 2 said the US has offered help to...more
After weeks of attempting to sow chaos and spread fear about the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus in China, some media outlets and individuals have shifted focus to another battlefield - the Chinese economy. The shift comes as Chinese officials have moved swiftly to minimize the potential...more
As a large number of Chinese people return to work, airports and train stations at major Chinese cities have become busy again. The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection outside of Central China's Hubei Province, the epicenter, are decreasing every day. Will the back flow of...more
The people of Yemen suffer man-made starvation. According to UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, 14 million people are now at risk of famine. Of a population of 29 million, more than 22 million are in need of humanitarian assistance, and nearly half of children under the...more
Kathmandu. Over 300 people came out in Montréal on January 25 to join with protesters in 18 different Canadian cities to oppose the war and the sanctions against Iran. The International League of Peoples' Struggle, Canada country chapter (ILPS Canada) organized the event. Women were present in large numbers-...more
Beijing. Greece and Nepal will not restrict Chinese nationals from entering their countries due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Envoys from both countries also told the Global Times on Monday that economic cooperation with China had not been disrupted. "All Chinese nationals wishing to travel to Greece are...more
Kathmandu. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, sent a message of solidarity to the Chinese President Xi Jinping and expressed his confidence that China will win the fight against the coronavirus. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea...more
In solidarity with the people of Iran and West Asia, 16 organizations from 12 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and West Asia issued a unity statement denouncing the warmongering of the US with Iran and its aggression in the whole of West Asia. Through the statement, the...more
Beijing. The Chinese government is taking resolute and effective measures to effectively prevent and control the novel coronavirus epidemic through scientific approaches and maintaining close cooperation with the World Health Organization and other international partners. "We have full confidence that we can get it under control soon and...more
We express our solidarity with the Iranian people and the world in denouncing the escalating US aggression against Iran and in the whole of West Asia. We issue these calls in support of the global call to stop the US war on Iran, a step forward toward achieving...more
The year 2020 will be the "early harvest year" for China and Nepal to implement their leaders' consensus, with economic and trade ties further developing through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times. Hou noted that...more
The CNN report about "government destroying Uygur cemetery" was apparently biased and partial, the Global Times found, after visiting the "cemetery" mentioned by the CNN. CNN reported last Thursday that "more than 100 Uygur graveyards were demolished by Chinese authorities," showing satellite images of the Sultanim "cemetery" and...more