Wang Wen As Western attacks on China over cotton production in the country’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region garnered world’s attention, I was doing research in about 10 counties and townships located at the border between Central China’s Hunan Province and East China’s Jiangxi Province. It’s where Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising and established […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Chinese Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro Li Yang criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Twitter Sunday. He tweeted, with a photo of Trudeau, that, “Boy, your greatest achievement is to have ruined the friendly relations between China and Canada, and have turned Canada into a running dog of the US. Spendthrift!” His […]
Read MoreChen Weihua While Americans debate whether the March 16 shooting in the three spas in Atlanta, Georgia, that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, constitutes a hate crime, the protests against discrimination of Asian Americans in many US cities showed that people are fed up with a society where such crimes went […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo this week attended a ceremony where Turkish Brigadier General Selçuk Yurtsizoğlu assumed command of the NATO-led Train, Advise, Assist Command-Capital – receiving his flag from Lieutenant General Nicola Zanelli, Deputy Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission.Brigadier General Yurtsizoğlu replaced Brigadier General Ahmet Yaşar […]
Read MoreBeijing: China this week expressed hope that the United States and some of its Western allies can abandon double standards, face up to their own human rights problems, and take concrete actions to improve and protect human rights.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily news briefing when responding to the […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques We learnt two things from the China-US high-level dialogue held in Alaska last week. The first was from the session at the beginning when the media were present. This would normally be conducted in a polite and somewhat anodyne fashion dressed up in diplomatic nicety. It could not have been more different. Secretary […]
Read MoreHu Xijin I was very moved when I listened to a lecture on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 100 years of the CPC have been a century when Chinese people took their destiny back into their own hands. They have fought off external bullying, eradicated poverty, and gained self-esteem. In […]
Read MoreAlexis Konstantopoulos March 25, 2021, marks the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek struggle for independence after roughly four centuries of Ottoman occupation. For Greeks, in Greece and throughout the world, it is a day to celebrate our national identity, millennial culture, arts and traditions, and values and beliefs. It is a day of […]
Read MoreShen Minghui China has become the first country to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. With Thailand, too, ratifying the trade deal and the 13 other RCEP member states stressing they will ratify it before the end of this year to ensure it goes into effect on […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo met Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) this week to discuss the peace process.. They called for peaceful settlement & an end to violence, said an official statement.Abdullah Abdullah, hoped a “tangible progress” towards settlement at the Istanbul meeting scheduled […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million disbursement for the country under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), bringing the total budget support under the arrangement to about US$2 billion. “The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the second through fifth reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility […]
Read MoreYang Sheng, Chen Qingqing and Wang Cong Beijing: As the world turns its eyes to a critical high-level meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, the US picked up a signature Trump era strategy of wielding the stick ahead of talks by issuing on Wednesday sanctions against two dozen Chinese mainland and Hong Kong officials, […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Beijing: President Xi Jinping this week stressed efforts to promote the regulated, healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy and incorporate the peaking of carbon emissions and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of building an ecological civilization.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Gilgit: The Gilgit-Baltistan assembly has unanimously passed a resolution calling to reopen the Pakistan-China border from April 1.The resolution called upon Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to open the border from April 1 and facilitate business community and people across the border, said an official […]
Read MoreSenator Rehman Malik These were testing time for all of us who were in exile when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto introduced me to the then-Senator Joe Biden, who later emerged as vice president of the USA. Benazir Bhutto was struggling for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan besides fighting fake cases initiated in Pakistan against […]
Read MoreWang Wen Picture this. Someone tells you that if you invest 1 yuan ($0.15), you will harvest 100 trillion yuan after 100 years. This means that the yearly return is 38 percent, which is twice that of US investor and business tycoon Warren Buffet over the past 50 years. Given this scenario, would you invest? […]
Read MoreXin Hua Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice president of the European Commission, has asserted that the EU, “needs a strategic approach for the Indo-Pacific” on March 12. With the US ratcheting up efforts to get further involved in the Indo-Pacific region, observers are questioning […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg David Cameron, the former British prime minister, has almost disappeared from the public consciousness since his ignominious departure from politics following the Brexit referendum. Like other former world leaders, he has found solace in writing memoirs, joining the very well-paid speakers’ circuit and concentrating his political activity abroad. In his nearly five years […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that Afghanistan deserved peace.Speaking to NATO in Afghanistan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, he said Afghanistan had suffered a lot and the people were waiting for long lasting peace.They exchanged views about security cooperation and how to support ceasefire and reduction in violence initiatives, […]
Read MoreMoscow: By their actions the Western nations have only precipitated regulation of the internet sphere, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. “It was them to precipitate what we have been stopping short of doing for quite a long time. We felt embarrassed about the necessity to impose regulative measures in the cyberspace. […]
Read MoreYang Sheng, Chen Shasha and Li Sikun Beijing: China and the US released great news that attracted world attention on Wednesday and Thursday, as the world’s two biggest economies decided to take the first step to reset their problematic ties.They announced a “2+2” meeting between the two countries’ chief diplomats next week, which was a […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Government of Japan has awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 to WADA Akiko, representative of Rumbur Development Welfare & Conservation Society, in recognition of her significant contribution towards the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and Pakistan. MATSUDA Kuninori, the Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, on behalf of the Government of […]
Read MoreWang Wen During his press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, it is not surprising that there is competition between China and the US as their interests are intertwined, but the two sides should have healthy competition on the basis of fairness and […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques China faces a formidable challenge in restoring political stability and direction in Hong Kong. The work has started, but there is a long way to go. From the handover in 1997 until 2014, Hong Kong was marked by relative calm and stability. This was brought to an abrupt end with the so-called umbrella […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis an official pandemic. One year later, the pandemic has changed our world in innumerable ways. Some of those changes are reversible; others are not. Most importantly, COVID-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. In the US […]
Read MoreDr Abdellatif El-Menawy The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis has begun to take a different direction, especially as a result of this week’s visit to Sudan by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his meeting with Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, president of the Sudanese transitional Sovereignty Council, and the country’s Prime Minister Abdalla […]
Read MoreFormer captain Michael Vaughan says “Test cricket is dead” if England rest and rotate players in the Ashes. Coach Chris Silverwood has said England may continue to rotate the squad in this winter’s tour of Australia.Under England’s rotation policy, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran and Mark Wood missed parts of […]
Read MoreGerald Imray Cape Town: He’s made speeches alongside Barack Obama and attended business meetings with Donald Trump. He once gave $200,000 to Nelson Mandela as a birthday present. He built a fortune in gold mining and was the first Black African to be listed as a billionaire by Forbes. Patrice Motsepe doesn’t cut the traditional […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has urged all groups in Afghanistan to observe peace for the stability of the country.He said violence contradict commitment to reduce violence until a permanent ceasefire is reached in intra-Afghan talks. “Similarly, describing the violence as unacceptable as efforts are […]
Read MoreTim Korso Washington: One of the first orders issued by Joe Biden once gaining the office of the US president was to revoke Trump’s anti-immigration directives. However, it seems that neither of the main American political parties are content with his decisions regarding immigration. It seems as though US President Joe Biden is able to […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: Celebrations commenced this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of establishment of everlasting Pak-China diplomatic relations.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi formally commenced activities during a virtual ceremony that was simultaneously held in Islamabad and Beijing. Pakistan and China have agreed to hold over 100 events to mark […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Quetta: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would put Balochistan province into a new era, said Governor of Balochistan Amanullah Khan Yasinzai this week. The Governor expressed these views while visiting Gwadar port. He said a “new era” would start across the country including Balochistan with CPEC project.The Governor further said that CPEC is […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed grave concerns over the decision of FATF to keep Pakistan on Grey List for another period of four months under ‘Increased Monitoring’.He has demanded the President FATF to define the parameters of ‘increased monitoring’ as it shows Pakistan to be further […]
Read MoreWang Yi On May 21, 1951, the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan entered into formal diplomatic relations. In the seven decades ever since, the two countries have stood together, rain or shine, and built an exceptional, ironclad friendship. This friendship has become a strategic asset, most dearly cherished by both […]
Read MoreMakhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi May 21, 1951 was a defining moment in the history of Pakistan. It is the day when Pakistan established formal diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China. Over past seven decades, our bilateral ties have grown from strength to strength and reached a pinnacle that finds few parallels in the […]
Read MoreCornelia Meyer The World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally got its new boss. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is highly qualified for the job as a former deputy of the World Bank, two-time finance minister of Nigeria, and outgoing chair of Gavi, the global alliance created to enable access to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for the developing world.The […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Iona Thomas, Acting Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Islamabad, hosted a reception at her residence on Thursday for participants of the inaugural Chevening Mentoring Scheme. The British High Commission launched the inaugural Chevening Mentoring Scheme last year. The project was designed for entry level lawyers and entrepreneurs with leadership […]
Read MoreTokyo: The head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Thursday that how to deal with spectators for this year’s Summer Games amid the coronavirus pandemic may become clearer around March 25.Seiko Hashimoto, who became president of the committee a week ago following a sexism row sparked by her predecessor, said she wants to set […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad : Italy Ambassador, Andreas Ferrarese with wife Madame Albana Ferrarese inaugurated the three-day mega event Millennial Model United Nations (MMUN) 2021 at the Flagship Millennium College Campus, I-9/3, here this week.The MMUN 2021 with the theme World Dynamics during COVID-19 is the outcome of the aspirant and motivated students of Millennium College Campus […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s civilian representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that for dialogue both sides would need to show “flexibility, good faith and determination” to end the deadly conflict. “First and foremost, a significant reduction in violence must top the negotiation agenda to give people confidence in the process and its outcome. Popular […]
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