Ma Jun: Chinese green finance solutions prove their worth

Shifting to new environmentally friendly growth drivers has helped set the country on the path to sustainable growth. China has become one of the biggest economies in the world, but the economy is under pressure to adopt a new development model given that environmental issues such as air, water and soil pollution can hit sustainable development. A business-as-usual approach, which involves high energy consumption and high carbon emissions, has become untenable in the wake of global warming. Hence, the transition toward a low-carbon future is inevitable for a responsible stakeholder such as China.

Strengthened China-Nepal ties could help Nepal go further

Wang Wen: Xinjiang deserves respect from the world

A man called Muztagata, so goes the tale, always went to distant places to fight enemies, and when he finally came home, he found his wife and nine children, who had been waiting for him to come back, had turned into icebergs. Then Muztagata himself turned into a high mountain to accompany his family and safeguard what is now Bulungkol township, Akto county in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, the westernmost part of China. At the foot of Mount Muztagata, Li Wenjuan, chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC) local township committee in Bulungkol, told me the tale about love, home and country. But to me, the story of Li herself is more touching. The petite 29-year-old woman is as powerful as Muztagata.

Long Xingchun: Xi’s India and Nepal visits bring trilateral ties in focus

Chinese President Xi Jinping's informal meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made waves with bilateral ties getting a fillip amid a new warmth pervading the relationship. Xi's ensuing visit to India's northern neighbor Nepal is the first by a Chinese president in 23 years and has lifted the bilateral relations to a new level. Since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1955, China and Nepal have maintained good relations.

William Jones: Global competitiveness report a wake-up call on the economy

It was a rather gloomy picture presented in this year's Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum. The report is said to be an indicator of how close an economy is to the "frontier" of competitiveness in the various areas of the economy. While the definition of "competitiveness" is somewhat elusive, and perhaps rather subjective, it does include as a basic element the notion of productivity increases, and in that sense has a real basis in reality.

He Yafei: Great-Power Awareness of Crisis and Tragic Sensibility

American scholars have recently trumpeted a geopolitical “tragic sensibility.” They believe that the United States has been reluctant to squarely face the challenges posed by China and Russia – a result of the loss of its tragic sensibility and awareness of crisis needed to create a collective sense of responsibility and take decisive action.The so-called tragic sensibility originates from the obsession and reflection of tragedies in ancient Greece.

The Confucius Institute in the eyes of a President

Recent news about the proposed closure of a number of Confucius Institutes in the U.S. and Australia carries an unpleasant scent of a negative political attitude towards China. This change of attitude deserves attention and concern. For years now the Confucius institutes have played a very useful role of providing opportunities for learning Chinese, for cultural exchanges and general communication with China, much needed in our time.

John Ross: US economy slowing but not in danger of recession

Will the US enter a recession in 2020, a US presidential election year, or will its economy only slow further without entering actual recession? That is the discussion among the overwhelming majority of US economists. To illustrate this, Bloomberg asked on October 5, "Is the US Headed for a Recession?" Its analysis began, "Through all the noise around US data this week, a clear signal is emerging: The world's biggest economy is slowing down. The question now is, how badly?"

Ding Gang: K-pop strikes the right chord in East Asia

Korean pop (K-pop), which found birth in South Korean culture, represents a symphony of various styles and genres of music. Observing how K-pop developed and thrived can help us reassess cooperation in East Asia. As we learn to perceive young people - understand what they want, what makes them sad and happy, and how they see each other - we will definitely find ways to increase trust. Cultural phenomena like K-pop are resonating among the young in East Asia and finding favor during cultural interaction.

Zhao Minghao: Diplomatic Dance Step May Help Ease China-US Tension

The vice ministerial-level trade talks between China and the United States have concluded in Washington, making necessary preparations for the high-level talks to be held in the coming weeks. A statement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative described the talks as “productive,” but concerns are growing about the prospects of the larger trade negotiations. Before the start of the talks, U.S. officials were said to have discussed the possibility of reaching an interim trade deal with China.

Srikanth Kondapalli: 70 years of the PRC – Directions, achievements and prospects

To mark the PRC's 70th founding anniversary, CGTN has introduced a special series "70 Years through Foreigners' Eyes." In the fifth episode, Srikanth Kondapalli, Chairman of Centre for East Asian Studies of School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University at New Delhi, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, shared his views on how China has been struggling ahead to make the country prosperous.

Liu Zongyi: China-India bid can forge united Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are slated to hold the second informal meeting in the South Indian coastal town of Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu later this week after the two leaders held an informal summit in Wuhan in April 2018, according to Indian media reports. Mamallapuram is a UNESCO world heritage site recognized for being the home to exquisite Hindu statues and stone-carved temples belonging to the Pallava Dynasty.

William Jones: The BRI promotes the dialogue of cultures

Much has been written recently in the Western media about China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Numerous Western think-tanks have devoted units of their establishments to study the BRI. And even many of those individuals and institutions that have taken a positive view of the project (and many have not), there is still an undertone of suspicion that somehow, for all the good it has achieved, it is still motivated primarily by Chinese political interests and should, therefore, be approached cautiously.

Wang Wen: Africa has a lot that China can learn from

I often write on the flight. This habit makes me more productive, but it carries huge risks. For example, it is easy to forget the laptop on the cabin seat. Two weeks ago, when I was transferring flights in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the risks finally boiled over. It happened on my way back to Beijing from a visit to Zimbabwe. When a friend who works for a Chinese company in Harare heard that I was on the same plane as his parents, he asked me to help the aging couple to find their way around the Addis Ababa airport for a transfer to Shanghai.

William Jones: Beware of the doomsday prophets

As little Greta Thunberg was making her prime-time appearance at the UN Climate Summit, in an almost hysterical state, railing against world leaders who were talking about "fairy tales of eternal economic growth" while the world was facing "mass extinction" because CO2 levels have not been brought down to "net zero," I could not but feel a little sorry for this poor child from Sweden. But psychologically, she is undoubtedly in a very fragile state. I don't know who put her there, but it is well-nigh criminal that they have done so. Even more criminal is the attempt to put her on a world tour to spread her irrational fears of "mass extinction."

Zhao Minghao: No need to overreact as Quad ups gear

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue - known as Quad - between the US, Japan, India and Australia was held Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the foreign minister's level. Since its revival in November 2017, the Quad had met only at the joint-secretary level. This first foreign-minister-level meeting may suggest that the framework is upgrading. Speculation is swirling on whether it would move toward a NATO-like group in Asia.

William Jones: “Right to Develop”—Center of Human Rights

The release of China’s White Paper on Human Rights comes at an important time when the world has been witnessing to the recent violence in Hong Kong, where many of the activists are claiming that their lawful rights were being endangered by a proposed draft law for extraditing criminals. In the course of this turmoil, time and again the claims were made that China was a “human rights violator” and this by the very people who were shutting down the Hong Kong economy and making it impossible for many Hong Kongers to even learn their livelihood.

William Jones: Don’t Draw the Wrong Conclusions from “American Factory”

The recently released documentary film “American Factory” by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar is another one in the genre of films that are aimed at depicting the life and the trials of the American working class and the travails of modern capitalism. Reichert has done a number of these films, but “American Factory” has gained a greater amount of notoriety because it depicts a Fuyao auto-glass factory in Ohio which was set up by a Chinese entrepreneur, Cao Dewang, on a site of a closed General Motors assembly plant, hiring many of the American workers who had been laid off from their GM jobs after the 2008 financial crisis.

Hisham El-Zimaity: China and Egypt – ancient civilizations leading the way in modern times

To mark the PRC's 70th founding anniversary, CGTN has introduced a special series "70 Years through Foreigners' Eyes." In the fourth episode, Hisham El-Zimaity, former Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, shared his views on lessons from China's rapid development and Egypt's relationship with China.

Jean-Guy Carrier: China-Canada ties, A forerunner of China's relationship to the West

To mark the PRC's 70th founding anniversary, CGTN has introduced a special series "70 Years through Foreigners' Eyes." In the third episode, Jean-Guy Carrier, non-resident senior fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY); executive chairman, Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC) , shares his views on Canada's historic relations with China.