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William Jones: Submarine deal presages a new round of 'gunboat diplomacy' against China
Did anyone imagine that the British Empire was a thing of the past? The latest moves by the Biden administration clearly indicate that it has been reincarnated under U.S. leadership and that the old "gunboat diplomacy" which in the 19th century was led by Her Royal Majesty Victoria is now being led by an American President. President John Quincy Adams warned long ago that the United States should never become "a cockboat in the wake of a British man-of-war".
2021-09-18 -
Long Xingchun: Being a staging post for US' strikes against Afghanistan is a bad choice for India
According to Indian media reports, the US is in touch with India about using it as a staging post for aerial strikes in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during a hearing on Monday.
2021-09-18 -
Yuri Tavrovsky: Chinese investments could unlock potential of Russia’s Far East, boost trade
Chinese companies could help quicken the pace of economic development in the Russian Far East, as both China and Russia have laid a solid foundation in policy support and cross-border infrastructure projects in the region, though a faster development in the region needs a little more Russian passion, Chinese experts said on Friday.
2021-09-18 -
Simon Zadek: Financing a sustainable global food system
The global food system is unsustainable. While it is worth approximately $8 trillion annually, its negative impact is valued at roughly $12 trillion. This is not the system's only contradiction. Around the world, food systems are both affected by climate change (owing to disruptive weather and rising temperatures) and make significant contributions to it (through greenhouse-gas emissions and biodiversity destruction). The millions of jobs they provide are often low-quality and poorly paid. Most significantly, they fail in their ultimate purpose of delivering affordable, healthy food to all.
2021-09-17 -
Ding Gang: US knows it cannot benefit at China's expense. But will it stop?
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, many academic institutions in China and the US held seminars to summarize the changes in the US, China and the world in the past two decades.
2021-09-16 -
Djoomart Otorbaev: Iran is joining the SCO, which is good news for both
September 15 marks the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the SCO summit is scheduled September 16-17. Besides the events marking the anniversary, another event will be of equal importance: Iran's addition to the SCO.
2021-09-16 -
Djoomart Otorbaev: SDRs should be used by governments, not central banks
At the very beginning of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that its impact on the world's affairs would be unprecedented. Among the first to realize the scale of the impending danger of pandemics were international financial institutions.
2021-09-14 -
William Jones: Is there a new beginning for U.S.-China relations?
The phone call on September 10 between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping was an important encounter that has the potential of setting into motion a new direction in the deteriorating U.S.-China relationship.
2021-09-13 -
Zhou Rong: Chinese firms eye resumption of freight train to Afghanistan, after $31m in emergency aid
After Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced 200 million yuan worth of aid to Afghanistan, Chinese merchants are hopeful that the China-Central Asia freight trains could be re-opened as soon as possible, which could be a major step in helping bring much-needed humanitarian aid to the war-torn country as well as pave the way for its future reconstruction.
2021-09-13 -
Martin Jacques: US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact
In historical retrospect, America's reaction to the 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers was breathtakingly disproportionate. Tragic though it was, a death toll of 2,977 barely registers on the Richter scale of military conflict and acts of terrorism. If the same had happened to the magnificent Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, it might have been on the front pages of Western newspapers for a day or two, and then it would have been forgotten. But 9/11 happened in America.
2021-09-10 -
A World Reshaped
US' withdrawal from Afghanistan adds to the tally of world powers that have failed in the heart of Eurasia. The war in Afghanistan, which started in 2001, seems to have come to an abrupt end in 2021. What does this mean for the world?
2021-09-10 -
Liu Ying: New Beijing Stock Exchange to accelerate decoupling of US-China financial markets
China’s new stock exchange in Beijing will likely accelerate the decoupling of financial markets between the U.S. and China, experts say.
2021-09-09 -
Ding Gang: Why US so obsessed with ideas of changing others?
There is a crucial element for the stable development of US-China relations: US policymakers need to restrain and abandon their intrinsic impulse to change China's political system.
2021-09-09 -
Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. needs to work with China against COVID-19
The U.S. needs to cooperate with China to "find a global solution in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic," Malaysian news outlet The Star reported on Sunday, quoting Jeffrey Sachs, head of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission.
2021-09-08 -
Kevin Rudd: Speech on The 9th World Peace Forum
Thank you President WANG Chao for your kind introduction. It's good to be back at the World Peace Forum, and to say a few words here with friends and colleagues.
2021-09-08 -
Liu Zongyi: Indian think tank report fabricates unwarranted charges to discredit China
As India has reportedly launched an information war against China and Pakistan, some Indian think tank has proactively fired false countercharges.
2021-09-07 -
Djoomart Otorbaev: What is happening in Chinese fintech sector?
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.
2021-09-07 -
Wang Wen: Has world economy walked out of darkest moment?
Some people say the year 2021 is witnessing the world economy obviously walking out of its darkest moment.
They are perhaps right if we look at the numbers. Based on the predictions of multiple agencies, world economic growth is expected to stand at 6 percent this year, with the growth of China, the US, the Euro zone, the UK and emerging economies at 8.1 percent, 7 percent, 4.6 percent, 7 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively.2021-09-07 -
William Jones: Why is BRI an ideal choice for Afghanistan's future development?
As the world waits to see the shape of the new Afghan government and whether the Taliban are really prepared to fulfill their commitments to the international community, Afghanistan is rapidly plunging into poverty and starvation. In their wait-and-see stance, the Western countries have cut off access to Afghan government funds and even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is withholding any major funding to Afghanistan.
2021-09-06 -
Liu Zongyi: China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’
As the United States rushed to evacuate people from an Afghanistan that is once again controlled by the Taliban, China has crowed over America’s failure in nearly every conceivable way. A former high-ranking member of the People’s Liberation Army has written a jubilant op-ed. State media have published scathing editorials. Chinese officials have circulated jingoistic tweets and nationalist cartoons.
2021-09-06
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