Chinese President Xi Jinping described opening-up as China's "fundamental national policy" in a Monday speech, a statement that economists read as setting the tone for higher-standard opening-up despite rising US protectionism and its bid to squeeze Chinese high-tech companies. The focus on opening-up is indispensable for China to...more

Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Philippines condemns the brutal killing of Filipino human right activist Zara Alvarez. Issuing a statement, ILPS Philipines condemned the killing. Full text of the statement: The International League of Peoples’ Struggle Philippines strongly condemns the murder of human rights worker Zara...more

Kathmandu. International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Latin America has condemned the assassination of the Veteran Mexican peasant leader comrade Tomas Martínez Pinacho de la Sierra Sur. Florentino López Martínez, National President of the FPR and Vice President of the ILPS for Latin America issued a media statement condemning his...more

On Tuesday, 28 July, 10 Turkish communists were convicted in a German court as large crowds of over 500 people demonstrated outside to express strong solidarity with the activists, accused of supporting the TKP/ML (Turkish Communist Party – Marxist-Leninist) While the TKP/ML is labeled a “terrorist” organization by...more

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the people’s movement of the Philippines and international voices of solidarity in demanding justice for the murder of Zara Alvarez, a human rights activist, paralegal and a member of the Negros Integrated Health Program. She was shot down in the street in...more

Recently in our country, several areas including Kangwon Province, North and South Hwanghae Provinces and Kaesong City suffered severe damage due to disastrous heavy rains and floods. More than 730 single-floored houses and 600-odd hectares of rice field were inundated and 179 blocks of dwelling houses were destroyed...more

The Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement, or the Abraham Accord, was agreed by Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13, 2020. The UAE last week became the first Gulf state to normalize relations with Israel, in a US - as a broker in the accord...more

Kim Jong Un: Attractive Leader Many people around the world are unstinting in their praise of Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, calling him a man to whom everyone cannot but be attracted. Beloved Leader of the People...more

The 3rd China-LAC Foreign Ministers Forum is not due until January of 2021. But in July, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-hosted with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, the pro tempore chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a teleconference with...more

Jiaqu could barely speak any Putonghua, the standard Chinese national language, but he was eager to share with the Global Times reporter his excitement and gratitude for moving to his current home. "I never dreamed that I would one day live in such a nice home," Jiaqu said...more

Kathmandu. All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa), the largest peasants' federation of Nepal, has strongly condemned the brutal assassination of the Filipino peasant leader and peace activist Randall "Ka Randy" Echanis. Issuing a statement, All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) has said that, "All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) strongly condemns the...more

The US government's latest crackdown on chip supplies for Huawei Technologies Co sparked widespread backlash from Chinese officials and industry leaders on Tuesday, underscoring the force of mounting opposition against an increasingly erratic US administration whose reckless words and deeds could cause deep disruptions and losses for global...more

After China's leading government think tank the China Academy of Social Sciences published its Rural Development Report (2020) on Monday, a number of media outlets have misread the "food supply gap" it mentions. In actual fact, an appropriate domestic supply gap can be made up by imports and...more

Kathmandu. The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) campaigns for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, which mobilizes the Cuban Doctors in the service of poor and needy people in other countries without any self-interest. The global network of the Trade Unions all over...more

As more signs emerge that TikTok, the video-sharing app developed by ByteDance, will pick Europe as the next battleground for its global expansion following frustration in the US and Indian markets, analysts said the software will survive and thrive in the region, despite weakening momentum. Media reports have...more