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US should not ‘commit suicide’ by pushing decoupling with China

GT staff Reporters June 17, 2020

US should not ‘commit suicide’ by pushing decoupling with China

A looming steep US recession is sending a warning to Washington to rekindle its relations with Beijing and avoid "committing suicide" by pushing a decoupling between the world's two largest economies, experts said. Amid the coronavirus outbreak and raging protests, the world's largest economy is in earnest need...more

Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors continues to gain supporters

Milagros Pichardo Perez June 17, 2020

Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors continues to gain supporters

More than 40 European organizations are backing a proposal to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban Doctors (medical brigades) of the Henry Reeve Contingent, for their contribution to the global battle against COVID-19. Launched April 28 by the associations Cuba Linda and France Cuba, the initiative has...more

Restraint in South China Sea needed against US inflammatory opinions

Ge Hongliang June 15, 2020

Restraint in South China Sea needed against US inflammatory opinions

Some Western media outlets have launched a new wave of public opinion offensive against China. A CNN report on Monday hyped up a standoff between China and Malaysia in the South China Sea that has lasted more than a month. Even though this was old news that took...more

Imperialist Blockade: Conspiracy against Socialism

Nahendra Khadka June 13, 2020

Imperialist Blockade: Conspiracy against Socialism

Weapons of all kinds are the tools of war and genocide. They cause destruction and deterioration. Among them, nuclear weapons are the most destructive ammunition for which they are called the 'Arms of Genocide' or the 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'. Until the arms and ammunition exist on this...more

State terrorism in the Philippines is one signature away to becoming law

Left Review Online June 12, 2020

State terrorism in the Philippines is one signature away to becoming law

The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) slams the blatant railroading of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Its passage would further endanger the lives of rural peoples and food sovereignty advocates in the Philippines. Prior pandemic, state-perpetrated peasant killings are already taking place, and they never stopped amid...more

Plots and Hopes from COVID-19

Pramesh Pokhrel June 12, 2020

Plots and Hopes from COVID-19

The humanity has an encounter with the biggest challenge of the 21st century. The pandemic of coronavirus, COVID-19 has challenged the world as the number of infections and deaths toll accelerate daily. While a few countries like China have been very efficient in fighting pandemic, it has created...more

Famine at the shores

JC MERCADO June 11, 2020

Famine at the shores

Most fishing communities depend on a slew of traditional and modern forecasts to see a storm coming. At the best times, this gives them ample time to secure their boats and houses, get loans to stock up food, and brace themselves for at most a week of skipped...more

Chinese netizens hail HK police’s restraint compared with US police in law enforcement

Left Review Online June 9, 2020

Chinese netizens hail HK police’s restraint compared with US police in law enforcement

A video pointing out the differences between the Hong Kong and US police on how they handled the riots went viral, with many Chinese netizens hailing HK law enforcement for showing restraint during the 2019 riots and condemning US police for being violent and the US government for...more

High-quality transformation in China’s economy attracts international interest

Huang Ge June 8, 2020

High-quality transformation in China’s economy attracts international interest

Chinese and foreign firms are showing increasing enthusiasm toward China's new infrastructure plan as it accelerates the move toward new emphases and is expected to bring new drivers for the economy and help hedge against the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. Chinese tech giant Tencent recently announced it...more

Inept US leadership fuels racial fires

Brian Becker June 8, 2020

Inept US leadership fuels racial fires

Mass protests in the US have spread like wildfire in the week since the graphic and gruesome images of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis went viral. Bystanders begged the police to stop. With little regard for this black man's life, the police didn't stop crushing...more

Why are Chinese partaking in ‘revenge observation’ on US riots?

Chen Qingqing, Liu Xin and Yang Sheng June 8, 2020

Why are Chinese partaking in ‘revenge observation’ on US riots?

When the Western media depicts Chinese media coverage of the ongoing social unrest in the US as a "propaganda win" with a mixture of glee for the Western media's double standards on the Hong Kong protests, which has now backfired on its own, few of them are taking...more

China’s efforts to bring citizens back from India should not be over-interpreted

Left Review Online June 2, 2020

China’s efforts to bring citizens back from India should not be over-interpreted

The Chinese government will help arrange special flights for its citizens that are willing to fly home but are stuck in India due to the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, according to a notice the Chinese embassy in New Delhi published on its website on Monday. The voluntary repatriation...more

Nixon’s China translator views ‘decoupling’ as foolish

Yu Jincui June 1, 2020

Nixon’s China translator views ‘decoupling’ as foolish

Editor's Note: "Sino-American relations are clearly the worst they have been" since former US president Richard Nixon reached out to top Chinese leaders in the early 1970s, said Charles W. Freeman Jr., a former senior US diplomat who has witnessed the establishment and development of China-US diplomatic relations. He...more

Flight tit-for-tat will hit many US firms

Tu Lei May 29, 2020

Flight tit-for-tat will hit many US firms

US airlines might be taking the most direct and biggest blow from the suspension of flights to China, but other US businesses in a wide range of sectors such as Apple and Qualcomm are also taking a hit. Those companies have become an important driving force in pushing...more

The DPRK Seen through Questions

Left Review Online May 25, 2020

The DPRK Seen through Questions

Those who visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea often encounter surprising realities. Are the Workers Really Living Here? There are sky-scraping apartment houses on Changjon Street with modern architectural beauty and workers’ dormitories...more