Extradition hearing of Meng Wanzhou, Chinese tech giant Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, is set to begin on January 20 in British Columbia's Supreme Court in Canada. After more than a year since the arrest of Meng shattered China-Canada relations, it is time for Ottawa to reflect on its...more

An Iranian friend of mine asked me what I thought about the killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's elite army Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by a US drone strike in Iraq the day after Soleimani's death. I answered without hesitation - this is an act of state...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

The targeted elimination by the US of a senior Iranian military figure has stirred a hornet's nest in the Middle East, sparking a groundswell of anti-US sentiment in the region already reeling under geopolitical tensions. Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary...more

"There are so many people in China and other countries learning English nowadays. Can this be called genocide of our culture or other countries' cultures?" said Maidingjiang Yilimu, who started a tutorial institute in Artux, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Maidingjiang asked the question in response to...more

Beijing. The year 2020 will see a peak of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal as both countries will further advance economic and trade ties in the new year through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times on...more

The 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the headquarters building of the WPK Central Committee from December 28 to 31, Juche 108 (2019). Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, guided the plenary meeting....more

Comrades, friends, ladies and gentlemen, The year 2020 is arriving. From China's capital Beijing, I would like to extend my New Year wishes to you all! In 2019, we sweated and we toiled as we pressed ahead with concrete efforts for achievements. Thanks to our steady pursuit of...more

Kathmandu. The 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WKP) was held at the headquarters building of the WPK Central Committee in Pyongyang from December 28 to 31, Juche 108 (2019). Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea,...more

In 2006, North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the first time. Obviously, one of the major reasons was the fear to ward off threats to its government from the United States that never spared a regime opposed to Washington. Since sanctions have driven Pyongyang to keep testing...more

Beijing. The allegations that China has detained millions of Uyghur people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region came from unreliable studies and sources backed by US government, based on shoddy methodologies and works of a far-right anti-China and anti-communist researcher, a recently published essay in the Grayzone revealed. "The...more

Chinese companies are definitely investing much more in India than they were a decade ago, but their hopes of replicating China's business success in India may be less certain. As of December 11, Chinese investment in India reached $8 billion, compared with less than $200 million a decade...more

The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing witnessed unusually long lines, with people converging from the whole country to wait outside on Thursday, the 126th anniversary of the late leader's birth. The hall, which normally opens only in the morning, expanded their opening time to...more

Xinjiang, China. Some overseas organizations and media have been hyping China's policy in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by initiating an online campaign to "find missing Uyghurs in China." They posted online that some Uyghurs are missing after China on December 9 announced the graduation from vocational...more

Kathmandu. Former Bolivian President Evo Morales called on leaders of his Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) to meet next week to choose their candidates, in view of the elections expected to take place next year in that country. Morales, who has been very active since he arrived last week...more