Global Times In the face of China’s rise, the US is incapable of promoting itself, but can only rely on maximum suppression of its opponents to maintain a narrow lead. The launch of a unit focused on China by the US State Department is the latest example. The unit will be in a scale of […]
Read MoreDing Gang There have been two major industrial news stories recently. One is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s investment of $40 billion in the US to build an advanced chips factory, with Biden attending the groundbreaking ceremony; The second is the US and EU using the carbon emission issue to propose new tariffs on steel […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled on Friday local time that the US tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum products in 2018 on the grounds of national security contravened the organization’s regulations, recommending the US to bring its actions into conformity. Moreover, the US defended itself by invoking the WTO national security exception. […]
Read MoreMaha Akeel The significant Saudi-Chinese summit taking place in Riyadh this week indicates that the bilateral relationship between Saudi Arabia and China is solidifying and expanding in various sectors and on different levels, whether political, economic or social. While the signing of trade and investment deals will capture headlines, the cultural exchange projects will cement […]
Read MoreDavid Malpass Earth’s biodiversity and the services provided by healthy ecosystems are under massive pressure from climate change and the challenge of supporting eight billion people in a sustainable way. Key ecosystem services such as timber from forests, pollinators, and ocean fishing must be conserved and cherished, yet they are being rapidly eroded. The 2022 […]
Read MoreDing Gang When restructuring supply chains becomes a policy priority for the major industrial powers, international relations among them and those formed after the World War II will inevitably begin to reshuffle. The dramatic changes in China-US relations in recent years started with an adjustment of trade and supply chains. The process of restructuring the […]
Read MoreGlobal Times China has had an epic decade since 2012. Particularly in the last five years, which have been momentous and extraordinary, the country has successfully dealt with major challenges including turbulent developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the COVID-19 epidemic. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Many headlines have been made this year by the intensified US focus on the Asia-Pacific region, including at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Thailand. Meanwhile, the increasing attention that the EU is devoting to the world’s fastest-growing economic region is often overlooked. A new signal of intent from Brussels toward the […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg From each COP environmental summit to the next, the window of opportunity to save our planet from ecological catastrophe gets smaller and smaller. This, evidently, is not sufficient incentive for the world’s leaders to agree on any measures that are far-reaching enough to stop the rot. Instead, they continue to make a few […]
Read MoreDing Gang NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Monday about “growing Chinese efforts to control” critical infrastructure, supply chains and key industrial sectors. Like some European politicians who have pushed the “China threat” theory, Stoltenberg is using his fertile imagination to create false reasons to hide the looming recession across Europe in both economy […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian The recently concluded international meetings – the ASEAN Summit, the G20 Leaders’ Summit and the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting – have once again put Asia in the global spotlight. Asia has become a global geopolitical and economic center. However, peace across the region is facing a growing number of challenges. Among them, what […]
Read MoreSinem Cengiz When the Italian referee Daniele Orsato blew his whistle to start the match between the host country Qatar and Ecuador at Al-Bayt Stadium last Sunday evening, the FIFA World Cup for 2022 officially kicked off. After that whistle, Qatar was a different place than I had seen it a day before. History will […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Rishi Sunak this week celebrated the end of his first month as UK prime minister, yet many of his fellow Conservative MPs are already looking beyond his time in office to the next leader and the party’s future direction. Sunak has not had the disastrous start to his leadership that Liz Truss did. […]
Read MoreHu Xijin US President Joe Biden will be absent on Friday at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand. He returned home directly after the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, to attend his granddaughter’s wedding. Such an arrangement would generally be understandable in Western culture, but the discussion has emerged in media outlets, […]
Read MoreDing Gang The last two names on the list of the US delegation to meet with President Xi Jinping were Rush Doshi and Jonathan Czin, both of whom are members of the Biden-chaired US National Security Council, which is responsible for China affairs. These two men should not be overlooked as we make predictions about […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have pledged not to return the UK to the financial austerity of the years from 2010 to 2019, but he announced collective tax rises and spending cuts of £55 billion ($64 billion). Hunt was appointed to the Treasury last month following the debacle of the Truss government’s emergency […]
Read MoreIshtiaq Ahmad COP27, being held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, started well. For the first time, the UN climate change conference’s official agenda included the issue of a loss and damage fund, over which the developed world — that produces the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions — has dithered for decades. […]
Read MoreDing Gang Donald Trump recently said that he will make an important announcement. Most people believe that he will announce his candidacy for the 2024 US elections. Trump has chosen to send this signal before the US midterm elections, apparently to garner more support for a Republican victory. It also shows that he still has […]
Read MoreGlobal Times G20 Leaders’ Summit took place place on November 15 and 16 in Indonesia’s Bali. Some media outlets have labeled it as “possibly the most stressful G20 ever.” By all accounts, this is no exaggeration. To be honest, Indonesia’s job as chair of the summit is not easy. Ahead of the summit, an article […]
Read MoreChristopher Phillips Rishi Sunak’s attendance at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, in Cairo last week was his first major appearance on the global stage as UK prime minister. He has sought to portray himself as a reliable, safe pair of hands after the relative chaos overseen by his two predecessors, Boris Johnson and Liz […]
Read MoreLuke Coffey After months of suspense and expectation, the results of the US midterm elections surprised a lot of people. While many were expecting the Republican Party to sweep the board in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the so-called “red wave” never materialized. Instead, while votes are still being counted, the Republicans […]
Read MoreHu Xijin General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China has achieved remarkable results. Ties between China and its neighboring countries are mainly supported by inter-governmental relations and huge trade volumes. But when it comes to China and Vietnam, the ruling parties of the two have maintained […]
Read MoreDing Gang US President Joe Biden talked about the China policy of the US during a meeting with Defense Department leaders on October 26. Biden said the US has to “responsibly manage the increasingly intense competition with China,” and “we have to maintain our military advantage by making clear that – that we do not […]
Read MoreMaria Maalouf As the date approaches for the US midterm elections for Congress — in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of Senate seats are up for grabs, in addition to 39 state gubernatorial votes — the battles between Republican and Democratic candidates are getting fiercer. While the Democrats […]
Read MoreHafed Al-Ghwell The 31st Arab League summit concluded in Algiers this week in a manner expected of a hopeless gathering strangely touted as a great reunion of the Arab world after a two-year hiatus. There was little expectation that this year’s convention would defy the odds and become an avenue for decisive or transformative shifts, […]
Read MoreDing Gang In a recent New York Times article (published on October 21) analyzing the new US chip strangulation strategy against China, two words are used. The first appears in the headline, “Biden Just Clobbered China’s Chip Industry.” The English dictionary explains the word “clobber” as “defeat decisively or strike heavily.” Another word, “devastate,” appears […]
Read MoreIshtiaq Ahmad With Europe and the US facing a mounting economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war, China and Russia have geared up the process of economic and security integration across Asia. Not only are the current regional networks in Eurasia and Southeast Asia being consolidated, but their mutual nexus is also being reinforced and […]
Read MoreOussama Romdhani Tunisian officials breathed a sigh of relief on October 15 after the International Monetary Fund announced preliminary approval for a $1.9 billion loan package. The country’s politicians viewed it as a vote of confidence for their policies, while government technocrats felt vindicated in the way that they negotiated the deal. The protracted talks […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The report delivered to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) further pointed out the direction of the cause of the Party and the country. In the report, “striving in unity” emerged as a very important phrase. Striving in unity is the only road the Chinese people can take […]
Read MoreGlobal Times China’s development has amazed the world in many ways. One of the world’s most recognized achievements in China is the great sense of safety its people enjoy. China is widely acknowledged as one of the safest countries in the world, Xu Ganlu, an official from China’s Ministry of Public Security, said at a […]
Read MoreAlistair Burt The resignation of Liz Truss after just 44 days in office means that by next week the UK will have had three prime ministers in two months, four finance ministers in four months, and for most of 2022 a government working on autopilot thanks only to its hard-working civil service and diplomats. The […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla Governments can never be too relentless in attracting and retaining talent. Now considered as powerhouses of global economies, exceptional talents have been instrumental in injecting innovation, productivity and economic growth across multiple industries, making them a valuable currency. But even as employers scramble to hire talents from all over the world, the post-pandemic […]
Read MoreDing Gang At a time when Europe is on the brink of a nuclear war crisis, it may make sense to look back at that white house on the beach in Reykjavik. On October 11-12, 1986, then US president Ronald Reagan and leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev held their talks in the Hofdi […]
Read MoreWen Sheng As the world’s eyes are focused on Beijing, where the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is being held, strategic observers and thinkers worldwide will parse the meeting for clues on what could be upcoming Chinese policies that will guide and drive the growth of the country’s economic, technological, […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, there was an extraordinary reminder of the game-changing impact that climate change could have on this agenda. In the last year, the UN has asserted there were some 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide, with an estimated $252 billion of economic damage reported, […]
Read MoreZaid M. Belbagi In June 2009, when President Barack Obama sought a “new beginning” between the US and the Arab world, it seemed that Washington would engage in the region in a more meaningful way. However, his speech actually reflected another watershed moment, whereby the US steadily began disengaging from the region as it sought […]
Read MoreKang Bing – China Daily After being removed from Chinese school textbooks 20 years ago, the article on a fierce battle between US troops and the Chinese People’s Volunteers during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) found its way back into textbooks last year. The article, titled “Who Are the Most […]
Read MoreChen Weihua – China Daily The Russia-Ukraine conflict shows no sign of easing largely due to a lack of diplomatic efforts by, and political will of, countries involved to help the two sides resolve their differences. In particular, the developments over the past few days should worry everyone, for the conflict could further intensify, even […]
Read MoreMaria Maalouf It is widely felt that the US midterm congressional elections on November 8 are not just about the election of 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 members of the Senate, but also a replica of the presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump two years ago. They are the […]
Read MoreKhaled Abou Zahr In today’s political landscape, the best way I have found to describe the far right and its leftist equivalent is the following: The supporters of a far-right agenda have nostalgia for a time they have never lived through or known, while the far left have rage and indignation against an oppression they […]
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