James Laurenceson August 8, 2020
Amid tensions with the US and Australia, China has accused the two countries of "smearing China on a series of issues" and told them to "stop interfering in China's internal affairs or damaging Chinese interests." The Chinese Embassy in Canberra also joined in to "firmly reject and oppose...more
Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau is reportedly planning to attract US-listed Chinese firms to return by coming up with supportive policies and carrying out pilots in the "New Third Board" or other bourses, after the Nasdaq tightened listing rules for Chinese firms due to the US'...more
China officially began the world's largest tunnel construction under a major river on Tuesday, kick starting the construction of the 1,509-kilometer-long southern Chinese section of the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline. A Chinese oil industry analyst said the project will help cushion rising geopolitical risks. The tunnel under...more
Kathmandu. Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said that the victorious July 27 was the day when all the people born on Korean land celebrate with surging emotions of the great victory in the war that etched in the past history,...more
28 July, 2020 marks the 48th anniversary of the martyrdom of Comrade Charu Mazumdar, founder General Secretary of CPI(ML). It also marks the 46th anniversary of the reorganization of the party after the initial setback suffered by our movement and the party in the early 1970s. On this historic...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting with entrepreneurs in the country on Tuesday, urging efforts to stimulate the vitality of market entities, promoting entrepreneurship, and of "doing everything possible" to protect market players under unprecedented pressure caused by the pandemic. According to a report from CCTV, Xi...more
The US has recently ramped up its engagement with its European allies in an attempt to rally them to confront China. After US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien's three-day visit to Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a flying visit to the UK and Denmark from...more
China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the US for asking China to close its Consulate General in Houston, a reckless and dangerous move which analysts said will further flare-up tensions between the two largest economies in the world. On Tuesday local time, the US abruptly asked China...more
Editor's Note: China-US ties, one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world, are at their lowest point since the normalization of relations in 1979 when the world is battered by a pandemic and economic recession. How will the increased tension between the world's two largest economies develop?...more
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is drawing the attention of the international society as a country free from pollution. This country is free from mental pollution. Such an act as sacrificing others can never be witnessed in the country; on the contrary, people devote themselves for the...more
It is normal juridical activities for local authorities to transfer prisoners, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said in an exclusive response to the Global Times, commenting on a video clip that has been spreading on overseas social media, which was hyped by Western media as "evidence" of...more
China successfully launched its first Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, via a Long March-5 Y4 carrier rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China’s Hainan Province into planned orbit on Thursday. The move heralds a new era in China’s deep-space exploration, which has steadily progressed beyond moon probes...more
Search volumes for group tours and self-guided travel skyrocketed by 500 percent after China announced Tuesday to resume group tours across the country, while overseas tours remain suspended, data from travel agency Trip.com showed. China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a circular on Tuesday resuming group tours...more
The UK's move to ban Huawei may further sour strained China-UK political ties, largely reduce personnel exchanges, and most likely prompt Beijing to take reciprocal measures against London's discriminatory policy, Chinese observers said. The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after December...more
Top Chinese legislators and veteran observers of Hong Kong affairs said they are not surprised to see the US president sign the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, which is considered "a piece of scrap paper" by the Chinese government. Observers said that Washington is shooting itself in the foot...more