On the Korean TV channels, one can frequently see Chairman Kim Jong Un having unceremonious conversations with the people. When they talk to him, they never hesitate to tell their wishes and problems candidly. Someone even asked him a favour of naming her newborn baby. He seems to...more

COVID-19 vaccine cooperation is expected to be the focus of the BRICS summit, observers said, noting that against the backdrop of COVID-19, cooperation on the vaccines has become the highlight of China's diplomacy this year, which offers a glimmer of hope for the world, and further reflects China's...more

Affected by the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 12th BRICS (an acronym coined for the five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit, originally scheduled to be held at the end of July 2020, will be held Tuesday via virtual conference....more

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended a virtual meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video link hosted by Russia, which holds the rotating SCO presidency this year. This marks the first public appearance...more

German defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald that a German naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region would help safeguard the rules-based international order, and "hopes to be able to deploy next year". In the article, the Australian media outlet also mentioned,...more

On November 3, the world's oldest continuous democracy still in existence, the US, will hold not only presidential elections, but also vote for representatives for both houses of Congress. This is a fine time to take a closer look under the hood and see how democratic the US...more

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee released Tuesday the full text of proposals for mapping out a blueprint for China's development in the next 15 years, on which the top leader said the CPC Central Committee will announce the achievement of building of a moderately prosperous...more

In 2009, US scholar Robert Kaplan called the Indian Ocean the center stage for the 21 century, stressing the growing significance of the region in the world politics. After former US president Barack Obama launched the rebalance to Asia-Pacific strategy, and President Donald Trump made a decision to...more

Amid the prolonged standoff with China in the border region, India, which used to seek a balance between China and the US, moved to cozy up to Washington, with the two signing a satellite intelligence pact and vowing to jointly counter the threat of China during Tuesday's India-US...more

Editor's Note: The newly released Asia Power Index by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute shows that the US remains the most powerful country in the Indo-Pacific region but registered the largest fall in relative power of any regional country in 2020, while China comes in as the second most...more

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) Army entering the DPRK to help in the war to resist US aggression, and said that the great spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53)...more

Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea plans everything in a big and bold way and executes it on the highest possible level. The typical examples are modern-style Mirae Scientists Street and Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang, the city of...more

In its third Asia Power Index released on Monday, the Lowy Institute indicated that the US remains the most powerful country in the Indo-Pacific region but registered the largest fall in relative power of any regional country in 2020. China comes in as the second most powerful one,...more

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29. It is expected that the launch of the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25) and the 2035 long-term goal will be the most important contents...more

The buildings that some in Nepal have accused China of encroaching on its land in Humla district falls within Chinese territory and is actually a newly-built village in Burang county in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a Burang county official told the Global Times in an exclusive...more