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Capitalism’s senility and socialism’s vigor are increasingly apparent to world

Global Times October 12, 2022

Capitalism’s senility and socialism’s vigor are increasingly apparent to world

Editor's Note: For the Chinese people, the past decade has been epic and inspirational. The country, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, has made great endeavors in boosting its economy, deepening reforms, improving the rights of its people and...more

Key of China-Japan ties lies in properly handling differences: Chinese Ambassador to Japan

Xing Xiaojing and Fan Anqi September 28, 2022

Key of China-Japan ties lies in properly handling differences: Chinese Ambassador to Japan

Editor's Note: Upon the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between China and Japan, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou (Kong) said that the last 50 years, although only a short fragment of the 2,000-year-long history of the two countries' interaction, is undoubtedly a period when...more

US cannot force politics on technology to coerce decoupling: Chinese scholar

Global Times September 28, 2022

US cannot force politics on technology to coerce decoupling: Chinese scholar

Editor's Note: The Biden administration has ratcheted up decoupling with China despite the fact that the move goes against market principles and causes losses for the US itself. Can the US achieve this goal? Can economies such as India and Southeast Asia replace the Chinese market? Global Times...more

China-Eurasia Expo kicks off in Xinjiang, rebukes US-led crackdown

Chu Daye, Xing Xiaojing and Fan Anqi September 24, 2022

China-Eurasia Expo kicks off in Xinjiang, rebukes US-led crackdown

Over 3,600 companies from 32 countries and regions attended the 7th China-Eurasia Expo, which was launched on Monday in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as the region strives to build itself into a bridgehead of Belt and Road cooperation despite the US' economic suffocation of this...more

SCO’s role in Afghan issue constructive, as US-led West’s involvement detrimental, leaving only devastation

Global Times September 23, 2022

SCO’s role in Afghan issue constructive, as US-led West’s involvement detrimental, leaving only devastation

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has always paid great attention to the Afghan issue. Especially after US' hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, many observers from the international community have focused on how the SCO can and will address the hardship Afghanistan faces. Days before the SCO Samarkand...more

UN General Assembly mired in fiercest confrontations in history, urged not to become US’ tool

Zhang Hui September 22, 2022

UN General Assembly mired in fiercest confrontations in history, urged not to become US’ tool

World leaders and government representatives will for the first time in two years convene in person this week at the UN General Assembly, at a time when the world is beset by many challenges including geopolitical conflicts, economic instability, extreme weather events and food insecurity. Chinese observers said...more

Anti-US base incumbent governor wins reelection in Okinawa, may hamper Kishida’s security strategy, Japan-US security alliance

Zhang Changyue September 14, 2022

Anti-US base incumbent governor wins reelection in Okinawa, may hamper Kishida’s security strategy, Japan-US security alliance

Okinawa's incumbent governor Denny Tamaki, the opposition-backed candidate who firmly opposes the relocation of a US military base on the southern island, won a second term in the prefecture's gubernatorial election on Sunday. The election result reflects local people's unchanged repugnance for the heavy and prolonged US troop...more

Ukraine counterattack a turning point? Conflict likely to be prolonged with the support of the West: experts

Chen Qingqing September 14, 2022

Ukraine counterattack a turning point? Conflict likely to be prolonged with the support of the West: experts

While some Western media outlets applaud Ukrainian forces for regaining control over some major cities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and have described the territorial gains as a "turning point" in the Russia-Ukraine conflict that has lasted for half a year, some Chinese experts said it is...more

Soaring energy prices ordeal for European leaders as protests erupt in more countries

GT staff reporters September 14, 2022

Soaring energy prices ordeal for European leaders as protests erupt in more countries

More and more European residents are taking to the streets to vent out their anger against the soaring energy prices and inflation, a result of European Union's (EU) sanctions imposed on Russia. European officials are wrong-footed to find a solution, by proposing what Chinese experts described as "scratching...more

Xi to attend SCO summit in first foreign visit since pandemic, showing ‘focus on neighborhood diplomacy’

Zhang Han, Chen Qingqing and Wan Hengyi September 14, 2022

Xi to attend SCO summit in first foreign visit since pandemic, showing ‘focus on neighborhood diplomacy’

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in his first foreign visit since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inject more Chinese wisdom to the SCO which remains cohesive...more

Germany’s repeating rhetoric of ‘overdependence on China’ mirrors its impracticality

Wang Shuo September 13, 2022

Germany’s repeating rhetoric of ‘overdependence on China’ mirrors its impracticality

Germany’s economy ministry is considering a range of measures to make business with China less attractive as it seeks to reduce its dependency on its major trading partner, according to a Reuters report. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the measures may include reducing or even scrapping...more

Narrow-minded for Western media to view China as an IMF competitor

Global Times September 13, 2022

Narrow-minded for Western media to view China as an IMF competitor

The US and some Western countries always wear tinted glasses to view China's financial support to other countries and regions with a Cold War and zero-sum game mindset, attempting to undermine China’s influence and provoke conflicts between China and other countries. The Financial Times (FT) on Sunday published...more

The SCO Samarkand Summit: Dialogue and cooperation in an interconnected world

Shavkat Mirziyoyev September 13, 2022

The SCO Samarkand Summit: Dialogue and cooperation in an interconnected world

Editor's Note: The 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will take place in the historical city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15-16. How the SCO member states will work together to address the most pressing global and regional challenges...more

China vows countermeasures against US’ arms sales to Taiwan; provocative move only ‘accelerates’ reunification

Chen Qingqing and Zhang Changyue September 9, 2022

China vows countermeasures against US’ arms sales to Taiwan; provocative move only ‘accelerates’ reunification

China urged the US to stop arms sales and military interactions with the island of Taiwan and immediately revoke the latest approval of $1.1 billion in arms sales to the Chinese region, vowing to resolutely take legitimate and necessary countermeasures against the package, the largest since US President...more

Biden, Trump trade verbal attacks, escalate partisan struggle; ‘democracy fairy tale’ shattered

Yang Sheng September 9, 2022

Biden, Trump trade verbal attacks, escalate partisan struggle; ‘democracy fairy tale’ shattered

In US history, the war of words between Democrats and Republicans normally focuses on differences of policies and political ideas, but now it seems like the two sides are treating each other, and even ordinary voters, as "the enemy of the state," a "threat to democracy," and even...more