G20 should recognize that developing countries hold the key to leading the world out of economic stagnation.
With the theme "Shape an Interconnected World," the G20 Hamburg organizers have kept consistent with the Hangzhou Summit`s themes of sustainable development and inclusive growth. As the premier forum for international economic cooperation, the upcoming Hamburg Summit is widely expected to address global issues such as Brexit, the refugee crisis, climate change and trade protectionism.
The "Belt and Road" initiative – which is aimed at boosting trade and infrastructure investment in neighboring countries – is one of the programs that will help continue this drive.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s visit to the US last week has become a hot topic among media outlets in India, the US and China over the past few days.
China celebrates a great victory - the return of Hong Kong to its rightful historical place as part of China. That victory is even greater because, as President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed, it was Hong Kong`s peaceful return to China, a rare case in Chinese and foreign histories, where lost lands were mostly recovered by force.
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went in for a bear hug with his US counterpart Donald Trump during their first in-person meeting, what did US scholars think?
It seems strange for a development economist to talk about what the western media called “the national strategy”. But Cheng Cheng would like to call the Belt and Road an initiative rather than a strategy.
Although China’s high-level Belt and Road summit concluded in Beijing two weeks ago, the debate it has generated will continue for quite a while — especially in countries like the United States, where attitudes toward the initiative are ambivalent at best.
The first Sino-US Diplomatic and Security Dialogue (DSD) kicks off in Washington on Wednesday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and their Chinese counterparts State Councilor Yang Jiechi and General Fang Fenghui, a member of China`s Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of the CMC Joint Staff Department, will chair the dialogue.
This episode once again reflects the two sides of a coin of this giant developing nation - it is moving fast to modernization while it is returning to religious traditions.
The US can play a more constructive role on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a group of Chinese experts visiting New York.
Theresa May`s loss of the Conservative Party parliamentary majority in the British general election is not only a result in an important European country with impact on the global situation, but has important lessons for international politics.
On June 1, 2017, US President Donald Trump announced his country`s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Not surprisingly, in his White House speech, he referred to China many times as an excuse for the US pullout. He said that the Paris Agreement was unfair to the US, and that he would begin negotiations to re-enter the agreement or an entirely new deal on terms more beneficial to the US.
Indians attach great importance to spiritual matters while Chinese are more concerned about material matters. Such different worldviews are the source and explanation of all differences between China and India as well as the misunderstandings the two peoples harbor toward each other.
Amid fears and confusion over the London Bridge terror attack, in which seven people were killed and 48 injured, the United Kingdom is set to go to the polls on Thursday. Undaunted by the three terror attacks in the UK in less than three months, Prime Minister Theresa May said her administration will step up the fight against Islamist extremism and complete the UK`s divorce with the European Union on schedule.
Many historic changes are due to globalization and global governance, with uncertainties rising in geopolitics adding to the tensions between major powers. Therefore, many ask the question like what could be done to re-calibrate global governance to fix the woes plaguing the world economy.
China announced it would set up the Xiongan New Area in northern Hebei province on April 1, as part of measures to advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The central government said that the concept of green development will also be emphasized during the whole process of design and construction of the area.
The two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in mid-May held in Beijing attracted more than 130 countries. Even the US and Japan sent high-level delegations to participate in China`s biggest diplomatic event of the year. India was the only country among those along the Belt and Road that skipped the meeting on this signature project.
Quite unexpectedly, US President Donald Trump chose the Middle East as the destination for his first foreign trip as sitting president. The improved relations between the US and Saudi Arabia have led people to wonder whether the Trump government will resort to a "rebalancing strategy" in the Middle East.
The two countries should better align their strategies according to the principle of equality and mutual benefits, and China is ready to steadily advance major cooperation projects with Turkey under the initiative.