Hu 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 […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Starting from Monday, the high-level week of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will begin and last until September 26. Compared to previous ones, this year’s UNGA has placed a greater emphasis on the “Global South” countries. Several high-level meetings to be held during the General Assembly will focus on the priorities […]
Read MoreDing Gang At the end of 2019, I accompanied an American and German media delegation to the offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Although it was only for one day, this brief encounter gave me a deeper understanding of this company. In May of the following year, when Washington imposed a severe embargo to cut […]
Read MoreDing Gang Whenever I chat online with my friends in the US, we always end up discussing inflation. In a recent conversation, a friend told me that the price of organic eggs has increased. At the beginning of the year 24 eggs cost $6.69, and now they cost $6.99. Building materials for remodeling have roughly […]
Read MoreZhao Huanxin The trade friction between the United States and China does not signify a tipping point in the Sino-US relationship, experts have said, even though the two countries have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars of each other’s goods. After the conclusion of the hearings on the US administration’s proposal to impose 25 percent […]
Read MoreChen Weihua US President Joe Biden wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on August 26 that “after Vietnam, we learned how the harmful effects of exposure to Agent Orange took years to manifest in veterans, leaving too many unable to access care when they needed and deserved it”. “The PACT Act means today’s veterans and their […]
Read MoreChina Daily The tourism industry’s recovery, which started with the lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in December 2022, has gathered momentum with the summer vacation witnessing a boom in domestic tourism and a slight rebound in outbound tourism. On the one hand, there is a surge in the number of passengers at airports and […]
Read MoreChina Daily A video clip published on social media by his office on Wednesday shows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida purportedly savoring food from Fukushima with three of his ministers. “Safe and deliciously crispy,” he contentedly purrs after eating a slice of raw octopus tentacle seasoned with soy sauce and mustard. But many people will […]
Read MoreDing Gang “Will China, under deflation, go the way of the Soviet Union?” I laughed when I saw this title.This title was given by Professor Xu Chenggang, a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center on China’s Economic and Institutions.Decades after China has developed from a poor and backward country to the second-largest economy in […]
Read MoreHu Xijin US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday restricting investments in China, intended to further stymie China’s advances in three cutting-edge technology areas: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies and certain artificial intelligence systems. The “decoupling” of high tech from China began under Donald Trump, and the Biden administration has continued […]
Read MoreChina Daily Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing. [Photo/Agencies] China and the United States are arguably each other’s No 1 partners in scientific research, with collaborative research between people of both countries being among the most-cited papers across fields. This is what Ohio State University Professor Caroline […]
Read MoreChina Daily The 15th BRICS summit is scheduled to take place in South Africa on Aug 22 to 24, with the theme “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism”. The upcoming summit will push the global agenda to refocus on development issues and prompt the international community to return […]
Read MoreChina Daily The pressure toward the diversification of world currency reserves is longstanding. It intensified after 2008, but has escalated since 2022. It is a prime topic in the next BRICS Summit that’s likely to further intensify the trend. In 2016, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cautioned that “the more we condition the use of […]
Read MoreChina Daily As a veteran on bilateral friendship and cooperation, I cannot help but feel a profound sense of melancholy upon learning of Italy’s reported consideration to no longer extend the cooperative agreement for the Belt and Road Initiative. This decision, if implemented, would undoubtedly have far-reaching implications for the future of Italy-China relations. It […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Building a Beautiful China plays a huge part in building a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation. At a recent national conference on ecological and environmental protection, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China should support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment and promote modernization featuring the harmonious co-existence between human […]
Read MoreGlobal Times A South Korean research team recently claimed to have created room-temperature superconductor, and the news quickly spread beyond the scientific community, sparking heated discussions at the societal level in multiple countries. It also triggered a chain reaction in the international capital market, causing stocks related to superconductor technology to soar. The physics community […]
Read MoreChina Daily The draft amendment to the Criminal Law deliberated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, has made further improvements to the provisions on curbing crimes related to bribe-giving. “Investigating both bribe-takers and bribe-givers” is the principle repeatedly emphasized by the top authorities in the fight against corruption. In […]
Read MoreGlobal Times This year marks the 70th anniversary of the “Icebreaking Mission” of China-UK trade, which broke the ice in the West’s trade with China in the 1950s. As some Western countries seek “de-risking” with China, their major trading partner, it becomes even clearer how precious the pioneering spirit of openness and cooperation is. In […]
Read MoreChina Daily China and Europe have generally been on good terms with each other in recent decades. Their close economic interdependence and friendly overall relations have formed a virtuous circle that has made bilateral ties particularly resilient. In spite of all the geopolitical factors disrupting their constructive engagement, such historical resilience, coupled with the existential […]
Read MoreChina Daily Thousands of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or desecration of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark. Similar protests have been reported from across the Islamic world. On Friday, a man torched a book purported to be the Quran at a square across the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. The […]
Read MoreGlobal Times ASEAN-plus Foreign Ministers’ Meetings will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday and Friday. Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, will attend the gatherings, demonstrating China’s high regard for the meetings and China’s relationship with ASEAN. The meetings will focus on several topics related to regional […]
Read MoreWang Yan At a recent press conference on China’s achievements in reform and development in education since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China’s Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng was challenged by a sharp question raised by a young journalist from the Wall Street Journal: “Does 20 percent of youth […]
Read MoreHu Xijin During US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s China visit, his meetings with China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Qin Gang appear to have resulted in some consensus. President Xi Jinping’s meeting with him on Monday afternoon was prominently covered by the world media. In my view, China has sent three major […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The 14th Summer Davos Forum, held from June 27 to 29 in Tianjin, has returned to the offline format after a three-year hiatus, generating great anticipation from various parties. Unlike the Winter Davos, known as the “weather vane of world economy,” the Summer Davos focuses more on “new leaders.” Participants primarily consist of […]
Read MoreDing Gang On June 14, I attended a forum on global human rights governance in Beijing. While listening to guests from nearly 100 countries discussing human rights issues, I wondered what those Western human rights experts would think of such a meeting. For a long time, Western countries have been accusing China of human rights […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques – Global 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 countries along the Belt and Road […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian The concept of “Chinese modernization” has received strong reactions from other countries since its introduction. The definition and the five characteristics of Chinese modernization specified in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China are significant. That is, it is the modernization of a huge population, of common […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The rumor made up by the Wall Street Journal that China would spend billions of dollars to build an “electronic eavesdropping facility” in Cuba is still fermenting in the US. This has been enough to confirm the previous assumptions of many people, including us, that there is a direct and close relationship with […]
Read MoreDing Gang In June last year, a cargo train departed from Pu’er City in Yunnan Province via Xinjiang land port and headed for Europe. The train carried 12 containers of 307 tons of raw coffee beans, making it the first train of coffee beans sent from Pu’er to Europe via land. Pu’er City has a […]
Read MoreGlobal Times On Sunday, the last day of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Li Shangfu delivered a speech on “China’s New Security Initiative.” In his speech, Li emphasized “a new path to security featuring dialogue over confrontation, partnership over alliance and win-win over zero-sum.” He put forward a four-point proposal: Mutual […]
Read MoreDing Gang I sat in front of the window of a rural inn in Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, sipping local cloud tea while chatting with two girls at the front desk. Outside the window was a fantastic view of terraced rice fields. Under the setting sun, the fields were like irregularly cracked mirrors, reflecting their glorious […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The domestically-manufactured aircraft C919 successfully completed its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, marking its official entry into the civil aviation market. This is a historic moment for China’s aviation manufacturing industry, and a milestone for the entire Chinese high-end manufacturing industry. From the approval of the project in 2007, to the assembly line […]
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