Opinions
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What the U.S. can learn from China
U.S. President Biden has declared that China is an "extreme competitor" and the U.S. has to mobilize to combat it. His statement is rather ironic since the U.S. has historically said its free-market capitalist economic system and representational democratic method of governance were models for the world, which should be emulated by one and all.
2021-02-27 16:39 -
An outlook of US-ROK alliance when thorny issues lie ahead
According to a report from the public broadcaster KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) on February 24, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the US may hold a joint military exercise in mid-March, and the US Department of Defense (DOD) declared its stance on the same day and emphasized the importance of the joint ROK-US military exercise.
2021-02-26 17:59 -
Significance of joint naval drill between China and Singapore in South China Sea
Regarding the significance of the China-Singapore joint naval drill, Snr. Capt. Zhang Junshe, a senior researcher at the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Naval Military Studies Research Institute, said that first of all, the joint drill lays a good foundation for further strengthening maritime security cooperation in the future.
2021-02-26 17:36 -
US habitually bend rules in the South China Sea
The unscrupulous disregard of international law by the US will be harmful to properly manage differences in a constructive manner and promote the healthy and stable development of China-US relations. What's worse, this will ultimately damage the common interests of the international community and the common well-being of humankind.
2021-02-25 17:39 -
Lies over Xinjiang won't stop China's progress
Some anti-China forces in the West have fabricated and mongered a string of lies about China's Xinjiang, ignoring facts on the ground and continuing their vain attempt to contain China's development. They have invented these lies through methods including, but not limited to, data abuse, distortion of information, fabrication of cases, cherry-picking of source materials, and logical contradictions.
2021-02-24 17:25 -
Can US repair relations with Germany by suspending withdrawal of troops?
Recently, the White House announced that US President Joe Biden tasked Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin to conduct a global posture review on US military deployments worldwide, during which the US would suspend the plan to withdraw troops from Germany.
2021-02-23 17:31 -
Is China's poverty cure replicable?
When Mao Zedong stood on Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing to declare the birth of New China in 1949, a Herculean task stood before him and the Communist Party of China (CPC) that he led: feeding and clothing 540 million Chinese people, nearly 90 percent of whom lived in rural areas.
2021-02-25 23:42 -
China takes historic step by eliminating absolute poverty
China, the world's most populous country, on Thursday declared that it has eliminated absolute poverty.
2021-02-25 21:39 -
Japan's balancing act between China and US: A test of Japanese wisdom
Japan always takes the US as an ally and theJapan-China relationship as one of its most important bilateral relations in diplomatic strategy. It may be more in line with Japan's national interests to develop sound US-Japan and Japan-China relations while maintaining a proper balance so that the two bilateral ties will not harm each other and play an active role in the development of the China-US relationship.
2021-02-23 17:18 -
What does China's poverty reduction victory mean to the world?
Ending absolute poverty in the world's most populous country is nothing less than a history-making moment.
2021-02-25 17:34 -
French military has no place in the South China Sea
The presence of extra-regional naval assets in the South China Sea is meant to foster the impression among the many claimants in the territorial disputes that those countries support their claims against China. It's therefore in the best interests of all that France stops trying to appeal to the Quad by provoking China in the South China Sea and instead focuses on mutually beneficial economic engagement.
2021-02-22 09:51 -
Why so-called China and Russia threats rise to NATO's agenda?
NATO believes that highlighting its anti-China and anti-Russia stance will not only cement its internal cohesion but also tighten the ties with the US. What it doesn't see is that such a move may expedite its internal split.
2021-02-22 16:58 -
Strategic intention of Russia-Iran joint naval exercise in Indian Ocean
The joint Iranian-Russian naval drills, codenamed "Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021", were held on February 15, 2021, in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean, with the aim of intensifying regional security and expanding bilateral cooperation, reported Russian news agency Sputnik.
2021-02-20 18:12 -
CPC leads China's transformation
In downtown Shanghai, a historic alley house with a brick and timber structure often catches the eye of passers-by.
2021-02-23 15:41 -
Arms control under Biden administration
Arms control was once an important US approach to safeguarding national security during the Cold War. Since the end of the Cold War, arms control has become a bipartisan ideological label in the US. Unlike its predecessor, Joe Biden's team takes a different approach toward arms control, which can be seen from the tradition of the Democratic Party, Biden’s campaign program and the experience of his cast.
2021-02-19 18:14 -
CPC draws strength from history to advance modernization drive
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will launch a campaign on Party history learning and education, a timely and necessary move for this century-old party not only to review its glorious past but also to draw strength to advance the country's modernization drive despite challenges and risks.
2021-02-22 15:50 -
US peace overtures to European allies may meet cold shoulder
On the one hand, the allies give the cold shoulder to US peace overtures. The deep rift between the US and Europe has existed and been widened over a long time. On the other hand, the rival is vigilant. While the European allies are disappointed, Russia has always been vigilant about America's military moves in Europe, especially in countries around itself.
2021-02-18 18:04 -
PLA Navy commissions final Type 056A corvettes specialized in coastal defense
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently commissioned its last batch of Type 056A corvettes specialized in coastal defense, with the total number of the Type 056 series reaching 72, as analysts predicted on Wednesday that China could then shift focus to produce more larger warships as part of the country's aim to build a blue-water navy.
2021-02-18 01:12 -
China walks the talk in supporting global COVID-19 vaccination
China is continuing expanding its aid and support for other countries, especially the developing and least developed ones, in getting access to COVID-19 vaccination.
2021-02-17 16:04 -
China supports rules, no fear of competing
US President Joe Biden said in a CBS interview on Sunday that China and the US "need not have a conflict but there is going to be extreme competition." Biden also said, "I'm not going to do it the way Trump did. We are going to focus on the international rules of the road."
2021-02-16 16:49 -
Extreme double standards over China reflect irreversible decline of the West
Two COVID-19-related articles recently published by Western and Chinese media outlets have discussed what human rights are from different perspectives.
2021-02-16 16:48 -
Hegemonic Washington tries to use Myanmar situation to restore global leadership
After Myanmar's military detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other elected leaders in early morning raids on Monday, a popular view in the West is that US President Joe Biden should seize the chance to restore the US' global leadership.
2021-02-16 16:39 -
The EU's Russia approach needs realism not reactionism
It did not come as a surprise, but Moscow and Brussels' relations have further deteriorated since Josep Borrell's visit the previous week. After Germany, Poland and Sweden responded in kind, and each expelled a Russian diplomat. Sergei Lavrov is now openly contemplating the Kremlin's readiness to cease contact with the European Union entirely.
2021-02-14 16:10 -
U.S.' continued deception, deflection, politicization
Following the World Health Organization's research into the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, the Western mainstream media has twisted and manipulated the findings. By questioning the authenticity of China's data and discrediting the mission, they hyped up the anti-China narrative in the international discourse.
2021-02-14 17:14 -
Will transatlantic alliance see more cracks over COVID-19 vaccines?
The day after US president Joe Biden announced plans to deliver 100 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses in 100 days to US citizens, the pharmaceutical company temporarily reduced EU vaccine deliveries to focus on demands from the US.
2021-02-16 16:44 -
Breaking the U.S.-Turkey S-400 deadlock
Days after Turkey's defense minister Hulusi Akar sought to advance strategic reconciliation with Washington on the deployment of Russian-manufactured S-400 air defense systems, both parties are set to fall short of a strategic compromise.
2021-02-14 18:20 -
Forces who want to break apart China are daydreaming
There are always certain forces outside of China and a handful of dissidents within China who believe that China is just superficially stable. In their minds, China is so fragile that even a small-scale conflict or protest will trigger a domino effect—and this will lead to the collapse of the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s leadership.
2021-02-16 16:46 -
China-India synchronized border disengagement a positive development
The Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced on Wednesday that "The Chinese and Indian frontline troops at the southern and northern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake start synchronized and organized disengagement from February 10." This follows the outcome of their ninth round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting.
2021-02-13 16:35 -
Development of Xinjiang debunks rumors about human rights abuses, says Egyptian politician
Anti-China forces in the United States and some other countries raised false claims of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region only in a bid to hinder the region's development, an Egyptian politician has said. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Hassan Badawi, member of the political bureau of the Egyptian Communist Party, said that the United States' moves against China are "baseless fabrications."
2021-02-13 15:48 -
Heroic spirit still needed for CPC members today
Those who founded the Communist Party of China (CPC) 100 years ago, and those who joined the Party in its early years, are no longer alive. Today's Party members are late-comers.
2021-02-16 16:53 -
Experts say Xi-Biden call bodes well for potential China-U.S. cooperation
The telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, bodes well for potential cooperation between China and the United States, experts from across the globe have said. Xi on Thursday morning took a phone call from Biden on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
2021-02-12 15:36 -
Disengagement on Sino-Indian border is a step in the right direction
After last year's standoffs on the Sino-Indian border that led to casualties on both sides, the news that Chinese and Indian troops, along the Southern and Northern sides of the Pangong Tso Lake, started a synchronized and organized disengagement on February 10 are positive.
2021-02-12 21:43 -
BBC deserves the penalty it gets
At exactly 12 am on Friday, the first day of the Year of the Ox on the Chinese lunar calendar, the National Radio and Television Administration announced on its official website BBC World News was barred from airing in China.
2021-02-12 19:50 -
Using Taiwan question to politicize WHO unwise and useless: experts
Taiwan's ineligibility to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA) is due to the separatist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority, and the radical politicization of the WHO will only intensify cross-Straits conflicts, experts said.
2021-02-11 20:24 -
Xi-Biden telephone call sends positive signals to world
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, held their first telephone conversation on Thursday since the latter entered the White House in late January, sending a series of positive signals to the world community.
2021-02-11 20:29 -
Indian politician admits India was true aggressor in border area
Tensions triggered by border disputes have been clouding China-India ties since May 2020, and India has been portraying China as the "aggressor."
2021-02-16 16:51 -
"Three cattle spirit" steers China to bullish Year of the Ox
China is ringing in the Year of the Ox, a new beginning of great significance for both the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China (CPC) that has led the whole nation to overcome many challenges, including COVID-19. The new year will also be defined by the "three cattle spirit."
2021-02-11 16:14 -
US should pay more than lip service if it respects science on virus origins
The new US administration announced that "diplomacy is back at the center" of US foreign policy and has rejoined the WHO. However, its politicizing the origin of the coronavirus seems to be the same as Trump's administration.
2021-02-11 17:28 -
Smearing China's Coast Guard Law does maritime security cooperation no good
The Coast Guard Law of the People's Republic of China officially came into effect on February 1, drawing much attention in the international community.
2021-02-10 18:19 -
Atlantic Council won't succeed with its South China Sea scheme
The influential Atlantic Council think tank recently published a scandalous policy proposal titled "The Longer Telegram: Toward a new American China strategy".
2021-02-10 17:40