Global Times According to some US media outlet, during her visit to Nepal a few days ago, Sun Haiyan, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, publicly said for the first time that some countries are trying to sabotage China-Nepal relations. She did not single out any particular country, but the […]
Read MoreDing Gang Former US president Donald Trump is known for his forthright statements, and his stance on the Taiwan question is no exception. During a recent interview with Fox News, Trump suggested that the US should not come to Taiwan’s defense if the mainland were to attack. He pointed out that Taiwan has taken business […]
Read MoreDavid Dodwell I have always believed there is a simple, one-line aspiration behind meeting the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050: make electricity clean, then electrify everything. The International Energy Agency’s “Electricity 2024” report, released last week, suggests strong progress. It describes a declining role for fossil fuels, and predicts that all additional […]
Read MoreGlobal Times 2023 witnessed a series of highlights and achievements in China’s diplomacy. China’s major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics is expected to inject more stability into 2024, while in contrast, US diplomacy’s uncertainty is increasingly worrying the world. On Tuesday, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi […]
Read MoreGlobal Times According to foreign media reports, US chipmaker Nvidia plans to begin mass production in the second quarter of 2024 of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip it designed for China to comply with latest US export rules. The sources said that it was originally scheduled for launch last November but that plan was delayed […]
Read MoreGlobal Times On New Year’s Day 2024, the presidents of China and the US exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The day before, the leaders of China and Russia also exchanged messages of New Year greetings. These two sets of relationships between major powers, which have […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The Indian Ocean belongs to India alone, and regional countries’ cooperation with extraterritorial states is subject to New Delhi’s discretion – this is the latest message sent by India. Hindustan Times reported on December 31 that Sri Lanka has informed India that it will not allow any Chinese research vessel to dock at […]
Read MoreDing Gang People are eagerly anticipating the arrival of peace in the New Year because it is still something that the world lacks. The term “peace” has two meanings in English: One refers to safety and freedom from war and violence, while the other pertains to a state of tranquility, devoid of worry, problems, noise, […]
Read MoreAndrey Kortunov In his New Year greeting message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that in the face of changes unseen in a century and volatile international and regional situations, China-Russia relations have always maintained healthy and stable development, and moved steadily in the right direction in 2023. Putin sent heartfelt […]
Read MoreDing Gang India has taken a strong stance against Chinese companies by banning Chinese apps, freezing the funds of Chinese companies and arresting their executives. Why is India so emboldened? The reason is that India’s mobile phone market has a lot of potential. Apple plans to shift 25 percent of its production to India by […]
Read MoreDing Gang Was the Chinese Exclusion Act really repealed? Many Chinese people have this question in their minds. The reason is very simple, because we see the shadow of that Act, both in reality and in the US strategy toward China, despite it has been legally repealed for 80 years. On December 17, the 80th […]
Read MoreGlobal Times As the calendar turns from page to page, we stand at the door of a new year, with a glimmer of optimism amid tensions in the US-China relationship. Two recent developments cast a bright light of hope for the future: the advancement of direct US-China military talks and the possible resumption of narcotics […]
Read MoreGlobal Times It was reported by India media that the Indian authorities recently arrested three employees of the Indian branch of the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, vivo, in the name of so-called combating financial crimes. Vivo stated it was “deeply shocked.” This is at least the third time since October of this year that Indian […]
Read MoreDing Gang Once again, I find myself in Foshan, a pivotal industrial hub within South China’s Guangdong Province. My frequent visits to friends here in recent years have allowed me to observe the city’s evolution, particularly in the post-COVID era. New eateries and stores have sprung up, and the familiar hustle of traffic resumes at […]
Read MoreZhang Yansheng From December 18 to 22, 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing, which proposed the task of reform and opening-up, “a crucial move in making China what it is today.” This policy has created the miracle of China’s rapid […]
Read MoreDong Yifan The 24th China-EU Summit, marking the first in-person meeting between Chinese and European leaders in four years, was held on Thursday in Beijing. The significance of this face-to-face interaction cannot be overstated, considering its influential role in guiding China-EU relations. However, the European Union, in its approach to the development of China-EU relations, […]
Read MoreWang Jisi When the tragic news of Dr. Henry Kissinger’s death came, I was very sad, but not shocked. More than 20 hours before, I had heard that his condition was getting critical. On October 11, I was invited to visit Dr. Kissinger in his office in New York. He was still in good spirits, […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian Asia today faces unprecedented security challenges, and the situation in Asia needs to be understood from the perspective of overall international relations. China should think out of the box and consider what it can do for the world. I would like to discuss China’s unique role in world order from the perspective of […]
Read MoreGlobal Times On November 30, a federal district judge in Montana issued a preliminary injunction calling off the state’s ban on TikTok. Montana is the first state in the nation to initiate a ban on TikTok, announced by the state government on May 18 this year to block TikTok completely, with heavy fines for violators. […]
Read MoreChen Weihua Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the European Union, hit the nail on Tuesday when he told a forum in Brussels that for most Chinese including himself, understanding EU’s “holy trinity” of defining China as a cooperation partner, economic competitor and systemic rival is a “mind-bogging exercise”. It has baffled me, too, since the […]
Read MoreChina Daily Politicization of economic and trade issues has proved detrimental to all parties, as has the adoption of protectionist approaches. Such practices only make things harder in what is already a testing time and do a disservice to the settlement of differences. Dialogue and a willingness to overcome challenges together represent the way for […]
Read MoreLau Siu-Kai President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden met in San Francisco, US, on Wednesday to discuss significant issues of concern to both countries. The meeting between the two heads of state attracted worldwide attention because, in the current turbulent international political and economic situation, the future direction of US-China relations is vital […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Recently, the BBC reported that the “Indian capital lags behind Beijing in the battle to breathe.” The article highlights that a range of “command-and-control measures” helped Beijing clean up its air, while Delhi’s battle against air pollution stumbles due to inadequate planning, wrongly designed policies, and partisan politics. On Monday, following the Diwali […]
Read MoreDing Gang Traveling along the Hexi Corridor that connects Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with other regions in China, I was deeply impressed by three aspects. Firstly, the bustling transportation along the corridor caught my attention. Secondly, I noticed that each town has gained its unique specialty. For instance, Zhangye city in Gansu Province […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China has attracted the attention of Asia and the entire West. It is a clear signal that China and Australia have chosen to recalibrate their years-long strained bilateral relations. Australia is the first US ally to make a clear change in its attitude toward China after […]
Read MoreZhai Shilei Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China from Nov 4 to 7, which will provide the two sides with a good opportunity to put bilateral relations back on track. China and Australia established diplomatic relations in 1972 and the next year, then Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam paid an official visit to […]
Read MoreAdnan Hameed Xi Jinping’s monumental work, “The Governance of China,” stands as a testament to a visionary journey that has profoundly reshaped the destiny of the world’s most populous nation. In my two trips to China, first in 2018 and later in 2023, I had the privilege of observing the tangible transformations unfolding under Xi’s […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister, concluded his visit to the US from October 26 to 28. This is the first dedicated visit by a senior Chinese official to the US since the recent series of successive visits by […]
Read MoreThe Friday Times As a deadline looms for undocumented and illegal migrants to leave Pakistan, including a large number of Afghan refugees, Kabul has indicated that it remains in talks with Islamabad on the matter, hoping to find a middle ground on the subject even as it anticipates and prepares for addressing a large responsibility. […]
Read MoreGlobal Times This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Through the lens of foreign pundits, we take a look at 10 years of the BRI – how it achieves win-win cooperation between China and participating countries of the BRI and how it has […]
Read MoreGlobal Times California Governor Gavin Newsom begins his week-long trip to China Monday. He will lead a delegation to visit Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu Province. Even though the visit is not short, the schedule is very full, demonstrating Newsom’s keen desire to make the most of this trip by visiting as […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Due to suspected illegal activities, Xu Jiayin, board chairman of China Evergrande Group, has been placed under mandatory measures by local authorities. Upon hearing this news, my initial reaction was, what will happen to those who have purchased Evergrande properties? This is probably the biggest question for many people. I strongly hope and […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The world seems to have been set ablaze by the flames of war that have broken out in the Middle East. The re-emergence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict demonstrates that the world is still in a transitional phase between the old and new epochs and has not yet moved beyond the post-World War II […]
Read MoreHarvey Dzodin – China Daily I’ve lived in China for most of this century. It was on Feb 20, 2020, that I left for Vienna, Austria, when the COVID-19 pandemic was becoming a serious health threat globally. For much of the time that I have lived in Beijing and traveled around China, millions of foreign […]
Read MoreAdnan Hameed In an era where the flow of information is ceaseless and the media wields an unparalleled influence on public opinion, the role of media professionals has become more pivotal than ever before. It is in this dynamic landscape that I had the privilege of participating in an enlightening seminar designed to nurture the […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian While hostile sentiment against China grows in the US, there is also growing antipathy toward the US among the Chinese general public. This is true, especially on social media, where nationalist sentiment is somewhat elevated among some Chinese people. However, generally speaking, such sentiment is not strong among Chinese people. If we discuss […]
Read MoreGlobal Times September 30 of this year marked the 10th Martyrs’ Day in China. On the morning of that very day, in Tian’anmen Square in downtown Beijing, President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state presented flower baskets to fallen national heroes. Since 2014, when the Standing […]
Read MoreGlobal Times China’s National Day, which falls on October 1, is just around the corner. For the Chinese people, September 30 marks the start of a seven-day holiday following the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the upcoming days, they will enjoy the happiness and joy of the “long holiday,” which they have earned through their hard work. […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The 10th China-European Union High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue will be held on Monday in Beijing. As the highest-level dialogue mechanism in the field of trade and economic cooperation between China and the EU and one of the “three pillars” of China-EU relations, the Dialogue has always been the main channel for the […]
Read MoreHu Xijin The most significance of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro lies in its ability to bypass the US sanctions wall and open up new horizons. The sanctions imposed by the US on Huawei and Chinese companies may now be extended to companies such as Qualcomm, Nvidia, Intel, TSMC, Samsung, and others. If it is […]
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