William Jones: Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy will finally fail

If there was any doubt in anybody's mind regarding the policy of the U.S. government toward China, the issuance of the formal "Indo-Pacific Strategy" by the White House on February 11 makes the point crystal clear: the Joe Biden administration intends to build a wall of containment around China.

William Jones: Fostering the Olympic spirit in a strife-ridden world

While NATO and the Western countries have sent more troops to the borders of Russia and phony rumors of war proliferate in the Western media, reminiscent of the gladiatorial spirit of the ancient Roman Empire, in China the humanist spirit of the ancient Greeks is being revived in the Beijing Winter Olympics, that successor to the noble Greek pastime in which athletes from all Greek city-states would come together under the Olympic Truce to demonstrate their physical prowess in peaceful endeavors attempting to achieve the wreath of victory based on the highest achievements.

William Jones: All eyes on China during Winter Olympics

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Beijing Winter Olympics promoted global understanding and harmony

Sports are to promote understanding and harmony among nations and cultures. Sportspersons are true ambassadors of friendship, peace, and global unity. Olympics started with the same spirit. Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, were no exception. It was witnessed at Beijing Winter Olympics that there is no better translation of the friendship and universal vision and dreams of mankind than the Olympic spirit of friendly competition and respect among the nations.

Jean-Guy Carrier: Beijing 2022 Olympics and Paralympics: Win-win for participants and all

The achievements of athletes such as Gu Ailing and her counterparts from around the world at Beijing 2022 are a testament to the enduring spirit of the Olympic Games, and their ability to inspire us all.

John Ross: US calls for China to adopt policy to kill millions of Chinese by Covid in name of “human rights”

Few issues show more clearly the real difference between the pro-human oriented policies of socialism in China and pro-capital oriented policies of the U.S. than the two countries response to the Covid pandemic. The U.S., while verbally proclaiming support for “human rights”, is actively campaigning for a policy that would already have led to 3.6 million Chinese people being dead and would result in more than two million more dying in 2022. That is the factual meaning of the U.S. call for China to abandon its “Zero Covid” policy. To be more precise, the U.S. in the name of “human rights” is calling for a policy that would kill 6.4 million Chinese people by the end of this year – that is, the U.S. is calling for a slaughter of millions of Chinese people in the name of “human rights”

Ding Gang: Olympics showcase China as a green development trailblazer

The wonderful appearance of LEDs during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics reminded me of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. That opening ceremony used a ground-level LED screen, 3,234 square meters in area, but many parts, especially key components, were imported from abroad.

【BOL】Zhou Rong: China eyes Central Asian stability

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is ready to work with Central Asian countries and pledged to build a cooperation belt for high-quality development, strengthen the shield for defending peace, diversify interaction mechanisms and offer assistance to advance the Global Development Initiative.

Wang Wen: Interview with Eurasia EXPERT

Eurasia EXPERT：Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an article for the Chinese news agency Xinhua, in which he spoke about partnership and the future in relations between Russia and China. The article "Russia and China: a strategic partnership oriented towards the future" was published on the eve of the Russian leader's visit to Beijing. How would you evaluate the article of the President of Russia? How was this article received in China? What main theses could you single out from his article?

Liu Yuanchun: China's capital market to see more development opportunities in 2022

China's capital market is expected to see sound development with more opportunities this year, experts said.

Martin Jacques: All eyes on the Beijing Winter Olympics witness a weakened US

2022 is not 2008. In 2008, the West was warming to China. It had growing expectations of their relationship. Since then, the warmth has been replaced by a cold chill. China did not westernize in the manner that the US expected and required. Worse, China got stronger as the US grew weaker. By 2016, the US was disillusioned that its hopes had not been fulfilled. It turned against China and sought to ostracize it. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics take place in a very different atmosphere to the Summer Olympics in 2008. No doubt the US wishes it wasn't taking place at all. There is nothing it can do about that; so it resorted to a "diplomatic boycott." But this has been a damp squib. Who really cares whether or not US diplomats attend; sure, it is better if they are present, but if they aren't, the price of their absence is very small. It is a weak gesture made all the weaker by the fact that the boycott has remarkably few backers, 14 in total.

Vijay Prashad: Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates

In November 2020, the Moroccan government sent its military to the Guerguerat area, a buffer zone between the territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The Guerguerat border post is at the very southern edge of Western Sahara along the road that goes to Mauritania. The presence of Moroccan troops “in the Buffer Strip in the Guerguerat area” violated the 1991 ceasefire agreed upon by the Moroccan monarchy and the Polisario Front of the Sahrawi. That ceasefire deal was crafted with the assumption that the United Nations would hold a referendum in Western Sahara to decide on its fate; no such referendum has been held, and the region has existed in stasis for three decades now.

Djoomart Otorbaev: The center of the global winter sports industry is moving to China

Editor's note: Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.

【GT】Ding Gang: Attacks on Xi’an lockdown show Western media ignorance, ruthlessness

On January 25, Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, lifted a month-long lockdown, with the lives and work for more than 12 million people going back to normal. Thanks to the joint efforts of thousands of medical and grassroots community workers, the total number of confirmed cases was kept around 2,000 with zero COVID-19 deaths in this outbreak.

【CGTN】William Jones: The West must return to Westphalian principles

As the state of the world seems to be on the brink of serious conflict based on a wrong-headed and biased view by the leading Western nations of the global changes not seen in a century, and particularly by the United States, we must begin to examine the erroneous principles on which the recent actions of Western governments have been based in order to avoid catastrophe. The most acute crisis today is that between the U.S. and Russia, but with the U.S.-China relationship also experiencing serious tensions, stability on the entire planet is threatened.

John Ross: China’s economy faces more negative global trends in 2022; avoiding US errors key

China’s 8.1 percent GDP increase in 2021, following on from 2.2 percent in 2020, exceeded that of any other major economy. However, as is well known, China’s year-on-year growth rate fell to 4.9 percent in the third quarter in 2021 and 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter, showing downward economic pressure.

【CGTN】Liu Zhiqin: One year on, a crown of thorns awaits Biden, lest he acts fast

Editor’s note: Liu Zhiqin is a senior researcher at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. The article reflects the author’s opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

【GT】Ding Gang: Apple’s success mirrors China-US relations

On January 6, Apple filed a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showing that Tim Cook's total compensation as CEO in 2021 reached $98.7 million. It came after Apple's market capitalization surpassed $3 trillion during mid-day US stock trading on January 3, making it the world's highest market capitalization. This amount is close to China's foreign exchange reserves of $3.25 trillion (at the end of December 2021).

【GT】Zhou Rong: China to aid 5 Central Asia countries with additional 50 million vaccines, to continue 'high-level political mutual trust'

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China is ready to work with Central Asian countries in building a closer community with a shared future and pledged to build a cooperation belt for high-quality development, strengthen the shield for defending peace, diversify interaction mechanisms and offer assistance to advance the Global Development Initiative.

【GT】John Ross: China's economy faces more negative global trends in 2022; avoiding US errors key

China's 8.1 percent GDP increase in 2021, following on from 2.2 percent in 2020, exceeded that of any other major economy. However, as is well known, China's year-on-year growth rate fell to 4.9 percent in the third quarter in 2021 and 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter, showing downward economic pressure.