William A. Haseltine Once again, COVID-19 is rampaging unchecked through the US population because there are no longer any public health measures in place to adequately protect against infection. I myself have taken extraordinary precautions to avoid infection for the last two-and-a-half years because I met three of the qualifications for severe COVID-19: I am […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla One of the most poignant tales in children’s literature is “The Little Match Girl” by Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen. It is New Year’s Eve and a young girl is forced to venture out into the wintry night to sell matchsticks, otherwise she will face a beating from her father. She […]
Read MoreWang Wen US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered his much awaited policy speech toward China on May 26. The address has brought heated debates in China’s academic circles. Some scholars said the speech had positive aspects. For example, Blinken said the US is not “looking for conflict or a new Cold War” with China […]
Read MoreAndrey Kortunov The US hosted the Summit of the Americas only once – it was the very first meeting of the forum conveyed in Miami in December of 1994. These were the heydays of the post-Cold War US international hegemony and the US global triumphalism. Not surprisingly, the Clinton administration fully dominated in setting both […]
Read MoreAlistair Burt The UK this weekend celebrates the unprecedented achievement of Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee with genuine affection and warmth. Whatever the questions surrounding other elements of the UK constitution at present — and indeed the prospects for the monarchy itself, as set out by Andrew Hammond in his Arab News piece of May […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond As final preparations were made for World Environment Day, the Earth is facing a triple emergency. While pollution poisons much of our air, land and water, we are also discovering that habitat loss and other related pressures mean an estimated 1 million species are threatened with extinction. Yet, as important as these twin […]
Read MoreWang Wen When China was underdeveloped, it chose to keep silent and exercise restraint when the US criticized it. Nowadays, more and more human rights problems in the West are coming to light. In the meantime, the Chinese people have become more confident in sharing the vital contribution of China’s human rights cause toward global […]
Read MoreWang Wen Recently, many international financial institutions have continued to downgrade China’s economic growth forecasts. Badmouthing China is not something new, and China’s economy is indeed facing a lot of downward pressure due to factors like the COVID-19 epidemic. But objectively speaking, these pessimistic opinions are based on either groundless accusations or exaggeration to deliberately […]
Read MoreDalia Al-Aqidi Top US administration officials were caught off-guard last week by President Joe Biden’s assertion that the country was ready to take military measures in defense of Taiwan if China tried to seize it by force. This caused a great deal of confusion and raised questions about whether Washington has decided to change its […]
Read MoreAntonio Andreoni & Rainer Quitzow While the COVID-19 crisis has brought much suffering and many socioeconomic burdens, it has also shown how targeted cooperation between the state and business can speed innovation. Addressing the climate crisis calls for similarly creative collaboration. In both cases, accelerating innovation and experimenting with local solutions is necessary but not […]
Read MoreIt is with great difficulty and a heavy and burdensome heart that I lift my pen today to write a few lines in the memory of my late father, senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Abdul Rehman Malik. From a humble background, he rose to serve Pakistan in the capacity of the Director General […]
Read MoreDing Gang Finland and Sweden have announced that they will apply for NATO membership. This move will remove the brands of “neutrality” from the two Nordic countries. It may seem like a major change in European geopolitics, but there is a certain inevitability in the essence – the two countries originally belonged to the old […]
Read MoreWang Wen The world is facing the worst development dilemma in more than 70 years, a human crisis with five parallel disasters. Pandemic, climate change, food shortage, war and inflation – the five factors that could lead to human disasters – broke out in the same period. This is the direct reason why the world […]
Read MoreDr Theodore karasik The monkeypox outbreak is drawing attention from international medical surveillance professionals and health practitioners because of key elements present in this latest event, originating from the African continent. Indeed, the international environment is heated and weary of disease and warfare. News reports say that about 130 confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox, […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that bolstering resilience should be a priority for governments in the coming years. In an unfortunate series of events, what began as a localized outbreak quickly rippled around the globe, unfolding rapidly and creating devastating economic chasms that burdened social protection and healthcare […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The hysteria toward China has risen to a new peak in the US. Political climate in Washington is increasingly weird in terms of China-related topics. Why is there so much irrationality on China in the US? How to view China-US relations from a constructive perspective? The Global Times (GT) interviewed several Chinese and […]
Read MoreDing Gang Thirty-six years after his father was deposed, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son of former Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos, is set to be the next president of the Philippines. Before the presidential election even began, the Western media rushed to label it a decision of the democratic future. The New York Times called […]
Read MoreIbrahim Shukralla In 2017, a man showed up at the White House dressed in a white thawb and ghutra and an off-white bisht, exchanging smiles and shaking hands with the president of the most powerful country in the world, the US. Two years later, The New York Times labeled the same man “the most powerful […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg Election results are supposed to give us clarity about the will of the people. Well, they used to, but not anymore. Today, we are at best left with a trail of clues wide open to interpretation, mainly because results are becoming increasingly indecisive, reflecting a sociopolitical fragmentation that has taken hold of our […]
Read MoreDing Gang There are reasons why some countries, especially some large developing countries, haven’t joined the US and the EU in sanctioning Russia. For example, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, and of course China. The West has portrayed their unprecedented sanctions against Russia as a democratic struggle against totalitarianism and […]
Read MoreWang Xu Pakistan is the only all-weather strategic cooperative partner of China. The political instability in Pakistan is always a cause for concern. However, with the time-honored history and solid foundation of friendship, and having just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties, the two countries are confident enough to maintain […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson Elon Musk’s plan to purchase Twitter and take the company private has prompted speculation about the social media platform’s future. Musk has offered $44 billion for Twitter, raising questions about the company’s value and sparking concerns that he will roll back content moderation policies. A fundamental question underlies the controversy that often […]
Read MoreZaid M. Belbagi Amid a cost of living crisis, recurring scandals and a mixed response to the pandemic, Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was always ripe for defeat in last week’s local elections. After 12 years in Downing Street, polling gave the public an important opportunity to register their disappointment with the current government. London’s affluent […]
Read MoreBy Wang Yiwei and Liao Huan The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict appears to be a confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, but it mirrors the Western civilization’ crisis of expansion. This crisis stems from the inherent duality of Western civilization – the West can only accept the existence of its homogeneity, and the non-homogeneous is either assimilated […]
Read MoreBy Bradley Blankenship May 4 marks the Youth Day in China. Year 2022 also marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China. This generation of Chinese youth not only have more opportunities than their predecessors, but have interacted more with their peers elsewhere across the world. For this reason, […]
Read MoreRANVIR S. NAYAR In 2021, the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to their highest ever level of 36.3 billion tons, according to the International Energy Agency, citing the strong recovery in the global economy and the wider use of coal for power generation. Coal accounted for more than 40 percent of the overall growth […]
Read MoreAlistair Burt UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made her first Mansion House speech last week, the diplomatic set piece of the year in London. She may not make many more. Since William Hague understudied the role in opposition for five years and then occupied Britain’s premier diplomatic seat for a further four years, the average […]
Read MoreHu Xijin This wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing may have been spreading covertly for a week, and many fear the virus will spread further. It’s also unknown when Shanghai will be able to contain the outbreak, and if there are large infections in Beijing, the impact will be unimaginable. The ability to effectively control […]
Read MoreWang Wen Because of my occupation, I often come into contact with many foreigners. Recently, I participated in many webinars with think tanks from the US and Europe, and also communicated with diplomats from a number of Western embassies in China. They put forward some common views on sensitive issues such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict […]
Read MoreDimah Talal Al-Sharif Saudi Arabia’s newly implemented electronic invoicing system aims to transform the issuing of paper invoices and notices into an electronic process. The electronic invoicing system allows the exchange of invoices, debit and credit notices, and all their related processes to take place in an electronic format between the seller and the buyer. […]
Read MoreTala Jarjour The coronavirus pandemic has not yet left the headlines, but it is no longer all doom and gloom. Infection numbers are falling, steadily in some countries, and restrictions on life and work have been reduced or lifted altogether in many parts of the world. The travel sector is gearing up for a busy […]
Read MoreWang Wen If a few years ago, someone said that China’s rise had ended and China was declining, no one would have believed it. But this argument has resurfaced in the last half of the year. American scholars Michael Berkley and Hal Brands published long articles on this topic in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy […]
Read MoreMu Lu “Russia should lose its permanent seat on the UN Security Council,” Dave Sharma, a member of Australia’s House of Representatives who chairs the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, recently said in an article in Nikkei Asia, saying “Moscow has voided its moral claim to such a privilege.” Previously, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s […]
Read MoreFuad Al-Zayer The UN’s third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was published earlier this month with a stark warning that climate change is causing more frequent severe storms, floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. It said that current plans by governments around the world to address climate change are not enough to limit […]
Read MoreDr Dania Koleilat Khatib Everyone in Europe is tense watching the elections in France. Though Emmanuel Macron is taking the lead, a Marine Le Pen win is more likely than in the last elections. A Le Pen victory would be catastrophic for the EU and even endanger its existence. Le Pen inherited her father’s National […]
Read MoreHu Xijin According to reports from Taiwan’s United Daily News, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lead a delegation to visit Taiwan on April 10, the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the so-called “Taiwan Relations Act.” If the reports are true, this will be an extremely serious event, the most serious provocation by Washington […]
Read MoreTang Jingtai In recent years, Western public opinion has often been subject to mistranslations, omissions, additions and twisted interpretations of some key issues and events related to China. There are two prominent examples of this phenomenon. First, objective constraints, especially mistranslations in the absence of appropriate political and economic contexts and professional backgrounds, make it […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg The era of low prices, especially where food and energy are concerned, is evidently well and truly over. Inflation is engulfing the global economy and much of it can be attributed to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, various domestic factors and, more recently, the war in Ukraine. However, while the economic impact […]
Read MoreDr Azeem Ibrahim The US State Department’s determination that the persecution of the Rohingya minority by Myanmar meets the criteria of a genocide is regarded by scholars as one of the most obvious and clearest genocide determinations they have seen. But the persecution of the Rohingya is not yet a historical event. A small proportion […]
Read MoreDing Gang On March 26, Biden gave a lengthy speech on the last day of his visit to Poland. At the end of the speech, he suddenly said that Putin “can no longer stay in power.” The world was stunned. Is the White House going to officially declare war on Russia? Two days later, Biden […]
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