Xu Hailin June 21, 2020
Shortly before a Monday talk with US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said the bloc won't ally with the US against China. Instead, Borrell called for a "big, positive agenda for EU-China cooperation" on Sunday. The EU has taken a...more
The Voice of America (VOA)'s two top editors, Amanda Bennett and Sandra Sugawara, resigned on Monday due to concerns over their editorial independence, putting a stop to the months-long clash between the outlet and the White House. Freedom of the press has long been a political tool of...more
US Republican Congressman Michael McCaul on Monday released an interim report titled "The origins of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including the roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization." The report criticized China's alleged concealment of the COVID-19 spread. It also called for "new leadership...more
Chinese and Indian troops were engaged in a serious physical clash in Galwan Valley on Monday. The Indian side said three Indian soldiers were killed. The Chinese military confirmed that clashes between the two sides have led to casualties, but did not release the exact figures. This has...more
On June 19, 1964, 56 years ago, Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, started working on the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. Since then, radical turns were brought about in the work of the...more
On June 19, 1964 Kim Jong Il (1942-2011), the eternal General Secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, started working at the Central Committee of the Party. His start of working at the WPK Central Committee–this was of epochal significance in its development. His leadership enabled the...more
In an event that Chinese experts call the most severe situation China and India have experienced along the border in decades, a fatal physical clash broke out on Monday between the two countries' border defense troops in the Galwan Valley. The clash took place after Indian troops crossed...more
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
Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was possessed of ennobling and warm humane feelings. There are many foreigners who were snatched from the jaws of death and found the delight in life thanks to his love and warm...more
Led by the US, NATO has become what it had sworn to destroy. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday NATO should work more closely with like-minded countries to "stand up for a world built on freedom and democracy, not on bullying and coercion." However, NATO -...more
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
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
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
Momentous events taking place last weekend in the UK remind us that the country was a center of a global economy built on slavery, the trafficking of illicit drugs, and mass inhumanity that many Western countries participated in. UK ministers, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who referred to...more
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