President Kim IL Sung March 12, 2021
Esteemed Comrade Gustav Husak, Esteemed Comrade Lubomir Strougal, Esteemed guests from Czechoslovakia, Dear comrades and friends, The people at all levels in Pyongyang City have gathered here today, overjoyed to welcome you, goodwill envoys from the brotherly country of Czechoslovakia. In the name of the Central Committee of...more
It is that time of the year again, typically around March, for the two sessions to convene in Beijing. The phrase "two sessions" often conveys (especially to foreigners) the notion that China adopts a bicameral structure for its legislature. This is like the upper senate and the lower...more
China faces a formidable challenge in restoring political stability and direction in Hong Kong. The work has started, but there is a long way to go. From the handover in 1997 until 2014, Hong Kong was marked by relative calm and stability. This was brought to an abrupt...more
A fascinating week in China is upon us with the arrival of the National People's Congress (NPC) annual meeting and, much, much more. Comparing a few aspects of the legislative process and results witnessed in China and the US, the two most important and lately most adversarial countries...more
Nuclear power-related shares rose on Monday after the Government Work Report said that China would enhance nuclear power development, even though domestic stock markets plunged on concerns that the central bank may drain liquidity from the market. The Government Work Report, released during the two sessions, vowed to...more
Editor's Note: "When future historians write the chronicles of our time, a close-up story is likely to be China's targeted poverty alleviation," said Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal (2018), who has long been researching the poverty...more
Patriotism and profound respect toward the People's Liberation Army (PLA) martyrs who sacrificed their lives to defend China's territory in the Galwan Valley conflict with India in June 2020 have been the hottest topics trending on Chinese social media networks in recent days, but Chinese authorities and the...more
Kathmandu. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle Philippines extends its solidarity with the Indian farmers protesting in the Indian capital city, New Delhi, against the anti-peasant Agriculture Laws and Policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a solidarity statement on 26 February 2021, the ILPS Philippines says, "The International...more
China's central government unveiled the "No. 1 document" for 2021 on Sunday evening, renewing its emphasis on the country's rural area and agricultural sector, while also bringing in more urgent issues such as tackling core bottlenecks in agricultural technologies, strengthening the homegrown breeding system as well as the...more
Stating that he was "fervently Sinophile," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed ambitious to strengthen economic and trade links with China despite the "occasional political difficulties." When joining with Chinese businesses at a 10 Downing Street roundtable earlier this month, he also signaled that he wanted to resume...more
The 10th round of the China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on Saturday on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point, according to a joint press release published by China's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday. The two sides positively appraised the smooth completion of...more
On February 10, Chinese and Indian troops have started simultaneous and planned disengagement in the Pangong Lake area. On Wednesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, "We do believe that in the next two or three days this process would have come to a conclusion." The withdrawal...more
Friday's G7 summit and Munich Security Conference were seen as US President Joe Biden's debut on the international stage, and one of his brightest slogans was "America is back." Bringing US allies together to meet the "challenges posed by China" has been a feature of the new US...more
The Party chief of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region defended China's policy and debunked accusations of "forced labor" and "genocide" in the region at a virtual event on Monday, while representatives from foreign political parties at the event condemned some Western countries for using human rights as...more
In his first foreign policy speech as president on Thursday, US President Joe Biden called China the “most serious competitor” to the US. He said the US will “confront China’s economic abuses; counter its aggressive, coercive action; to push back on China’s attack on human rights, intellectual property,...more