Martin Jacques: Biden pushes Europeans on Russia action

US President Joe Biden was busy in Brussels with three summits on Thursday in which he was seeking to rally European allies for more economic action against Russia, but observers believe that a steeper escalation will only make the European Union poorer and weaker.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Pakistan under political turmoil!

According to the Washington Post dated 23 December 2016, the U.S. tried to change other countries’ governments 72 times during the Cold War. According to one study, the U.S. performed at least 81 overt and covert known interventions in foreign elections during the period 1946–2000. Another study found that the U.S. engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War. After the disintegration of the former USSR, the US emerged as the sole superpower in the unipolar world. Its role in the change of regimens around the globe has intensified exponentially.

Ding Gang: Why European integration failed to eliminate war

In 1995, Sweden became a member of the European Union. A Swedish scholar I interviewed at the time told me that if I had asked him then, "What's your nationality?" He would have said without hesitation, "I am Swedish." But after joining the EU, Swedes face a problem of identity transition. He wondered how long it would be before Swedes, when asked this question, would first answer that they were "European."

Kevin Rudd: A U.S.-China War Would Dwarf the Destruction in Ukraine. Both Sides Must Act Now to Avoid It

The world’s attention is rightly focused on the unfolding horror in Ukraine. Images of destruction and death wrought across that nation, and the harrowing experiences of refugees fleeing in their millions, testify to the tragic reality of war. And in the capitals of Europe, something once thought an impossibility—a large-scale 21st century war on the continent—has now become all too real, awakening once idealistic nations to the hard truth that such senselessness violence has not been eliminated from our modern, globalized world.

Wang Yiwei: China’s extraordinary claim about Russian invasion

China has claimed sanctions imposed on Russia are part of a US ‘playbook’ which see western countries benefit from the continued war in Ukraine.

Vijay Prashad: Why is NATO even a thing?

Vijay Prashad talks about the historic role played by NATO as a tool of US strategy. He explains the context in which it was founded, its expansion in Europe that escalated tensions, and its larger orientation against Russia and China.

Cheng Li: Chinese Officials See Dramatic Drop in Job Security Under Xi

China’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine unlikely to have major effect on Asia trade ties

While China’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains a lightning rod for debate around the world, analysts in Asia say the region’s economic dependence on the world’s No 2 economy is too huge to crumble amid the geopolitical rifts caused by the war.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: China contributes to the over-come Afghan crisis

Afghanistan suffered war an imposed war and the nation was victimized for almost four decades. There is a severe sense of responsibility in the international community to end the suffering of Afghans. Especially the neighboring countries have taken few initiatives. One of the most effective initiatives is led by China.

Dong Shaopeng: China makes draft revision to cross-border regulation for overseas listings amid audit talks with US

China's securities regulator on Saturday announced changes to cross-border regulations for offshore-listed Chinese companies in a draft regulatory document addressing confidentiality and document management for overseas listings, which experts said showed China's ongoing good-faith efforts to resolve the audit dispute with the US while pledging to protect national information security.

Zhou Rong: China contributes to build consensus and promote peaceful rebuilding of Afghanistan

A two-day meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbors highlighted the role of the region, especially China as host of the meeting, in building consensus and promoting the peaceful reconstruction of Afghanistan, analysts told the People’s Daily.

Wang Yiwei: EU pressures China over its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine

European Union and Chinese leaders have met for their first summit in two years with Brussels pressing Beijing for assurances that it will neither supply Russia with arms nor help Moscow circumvent Western sanctions imposed over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Parag Khanna: The New ‘End of History’

When Francis Fukuyama’s seminal essay The End of History? was published in 1989, there was a question mark at the end of the title—and rightly so. He was making a tentative hypothesis, not the strident assertion attributed to him in subsequent years. But the apparent stability of the conditions that prompted his inquiry justifiably lulled many in the West into a false sense of superiority. With the Cold War about to suddenly and spectacularly end, Fukuyama was undeniably prescient, but he was also pushing on an open door.

Wang Yiwei: Is Greater Eurasia Possible Without Europe: A Security Perspective?

It is up to European countries, including Russia, to talk through a future European security structure: even though strategically Russia can rely on its Asian partners, it cannot separate itself from Europe geographically. If Russia intends to promote Greater Eurasia eastward smoothly, European stability should be taken into consideration: cooperation with the Belt and Road Initiative, whose route goes to west, is also a major part of Greater Eurasia.

He Weiwen: U.S. reaps huge benefits from Ukraine crisis

The Ukraine crisis has entered its second month, causing massive casualties among Russian and Ukraine soldiers and civilians while creating over 4 million refugees. China, the EU, France, Germany, Turkey, Israel and others have been working hard to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiation table. U.S. President Joe Biden, contrary to China and other countries working for peace, has been busy sending weapons to Ukraine and other NATO countries and fanning fires at the NATO and G7 summits. They are pressing for devastating sanctions on Russia, and reshaping of the world order. It is clear that the U.S. wants the war to continue.

Zhou Rong: Chinese industrial park to be built in Kabul New City

Chinese firms and businessmen are eyeing more opportunities in Afghanistan, with an industrial park to be established in the Kabul New City, providing more jobs and helping train local Afghan workers, the Global Times has learned.

Dong Shaopeng: China, US ‘willing’ to solve audit dispute, but wisdom needed: CSRC

China's top securities regulator said on Thursday that Chinese and US regulators are willing to solve differences on audit dispute regarding US-listed Chinese companies, but the final outcome of the talks depends on the wisdom and sincerity of both sides.

Wang Yiwei: Xi to meet EU leaders virtually at key summit, to inject positive energy to world amid Ukraine crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet EU leaders at the China-EU leaders' meeting on Friday during which the Ukraine crisis is expected to be one of the major topics, some Chinese experts said.

Wang Yiwei: Xi to meet EU leaders virtually at key summit, to inject positive energy to world amid Ukraine crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet EU leaders at the China-EU leaders' meeting on Friday during which the Ukraine crisis is expected to be one of the major topics, some Chinese experts said.

Ding Gang: Regime change is old, dangerous trick of US

On March 26, Biden gave a lengthy speech on the last day of his visit to Poland. At the end of the speech, he suddenly said that Putin "can no longer stay in power."