Left Review Online March 13, 2020
Kathmandu. Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has remarked the UK, France, and Germany followed the footstep of the USA. This was mentioned in a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the DPRK Ministery of Foreign Affairs on Saturday responding to a "joint...more
Instead of making an all-out effort to fight the coronavirus, some countries in the West have exploited the crisis to attack China's prevention measures, which are proving more than effective. And now that the virus has now gone global, some mainstream Western media have shifted their attacks to...more
The inspection tour by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has greatly inspired Chinese society. People interpret the visit in their own simple way, and optimism has blended with the atmosphere of spring. The Chinese stock market, contrary to European and US stock markets,...more
Amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, over 480 US public health and legal experts jointly signed an open letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and other federal, state and local officials, calling for a "fair and effective COVID-19 response." Chen Zhuo (Chen), an associate professor at the...more
China' s annual exports of $100 billion worth of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to the US are encountering disruptions as the coronavirus assault continues, industry insiders said. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement on Thursday, saying "a (US) manufacturer has alerted us to a...more
China is not facing a financial system crisis, despite mounting pressure from the coronavirus epidemic on the economy and global stock market routs, but further macro stabilizing measures, including more liquidity injections, might be necessary, analysts said on Sunday. Ominous signals have begun to suggest that the epidemic...more
COVID-19 is spreading worldwide, and many countries are facing a big test of their governance systems and ability. The US is also facing the threat of the epidemic, and the most worrying situation in the country is that of the poor. The epidemic shows the world the widening...more
Using cyberspace weapons, a hacking organization affiliated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been attacking Chinese organs for over a decade, involving aerospace sector, scientific research institutions, internet companies, oil industry and government agencies, a report from a Chinese security company revealed on Tuesday. Cybersecurity experts...more
Officials and residents in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday refuted claims hyped in a US congressional report, which alleged local people have been tortured and foreign nationals have been detained in vocational education and training centers. At Monday's press conference in Urumqi, local officials responded...more
The latest figures on the spread of the coronavirus in China clearly indicate the country is starting to gain control over the outbreak, even as cases continue to rise worldwide, including in the US. Despite the extensive ban US President Trump has imposed on people travelling from China,...more
While the US criticizes China for "suppressing freedom of speech," Washington is actually authorizing espionage activities against Chinese media on US soil, said Chinese experts, after the US State Department announced it would designate five Chinese media outlets as foreign missions. While protesting against the US latest move,...more
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic is spreading around the world and testing many countries' disease prevention system. There is still a high risk of a flash point of the epidemic spreading globally, but some countries have been slow in responding. The US is one of them. The...more
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic is spreading in countries like South Korea at a surprising rate. As of press time, 833 infected cases have been confirmed in South Korea, with eight deaths; the number of confirmed cases in Italy climbed to 219, with five deaths; and Iran's...more
Fifty-three reporters and editors at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) have signed a letter asking top executives of the paper to consider changing its controversial headline "China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia" and apologize. The Global Times also learned that senior executives of the WSJ wrote...more
The COVID-19 is spreading globally, and Pakistan is also facing the impact. Although no cases have been confirmed in Pakistan as of press time, the COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan's neighboring country Iran is worsening, and Pakistan has closed its borders with Iran. China, as an all-weather strategic cooperative...more