Marco Fernandes: Latin America and Caribbean in the two sessions

Martin Jacques & Yury Tavrovsky: Two sessions perform through representatives with expertise

China's ongoing two sessions, the annual gatherings of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, offer international observers a window into the idea and practice of whole-process people's democracy. How does this style of democracy fit into China's reality? How does it differ from the US-style democracy? The Global Times interviewed two experts on their understanding of this concept.

Wang Yiwei: China welcomes positive step of Russia-Ukraine ministers' talks toward goal of peace

The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers held talks in Antalya, Turkey on Thursday, their first meeting since the military conflict between the two countries started, though the meeting failed to reach meaningful consensus, an analyst said high-ranking negotiations between the two sides are a positive signal, and the majority of the international community, including China, will welcome and encourage relevant parties to continue to make diplomatic efforts.

Wang Wen【Washington Post】: In China, a battle for public opinion over Ukraine pits facts against propaganda

Russian troops are in Ukraine because of a “special military operation” provoked by NATO aggression. Their soldiers avoid civilian deaths and share food with Ukrainian children, while the Ukrainian military has been overrun by neo-Nazis who were also behind the protests in Hong Kong. These neo-Nazis also bury civilians alive or harvest organs.

WKZO Analysis – Russian risk recalibration a wake-up call for investors

For funds undeterred in their investment choices by the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi or China’s treatment of the Uyghurs, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is proving a wake-up call.

Vijay Prashad: Understanding the War in Ukraine

The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022—the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine, the war actually started in the spring of 2014 and has never stopped since.

Ding Gang: Why the US is addicted to using economic sanctions

The US and its allies have imposed unprecedented economic and financial sanctions on Russia after Russian troops rolled into Ukraine. President Biden on Tuesday announced to ban Russian oil and other energy imports to the US.

Wang Wen: Forces behind fiction US politicians, Western media, Taiwan online trolls co-orchestrated disinformation campaign against Chinese mainland amid Russia-Ukraine conflict: GT investigates

False claims targeting China have seen a new wave of proliferation after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as the Global Times discovers that the usual suspects in the disinformation war - senior US officials, Western media outlets, internet trolls from the island of Taiwan - have ganged up to campaign against and scapegoat China.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: The beauty of Chinese democracy

The world is now witnessing a key moment in China when representatives from all its provinces and regions, all its ethnic groups, and political parties, gather together in Beijing for the “Two Sessions,” an annual event usually held in March every year.

Gideon Rachman: Russia is once again behind an iron curtain

Vladimir Putin is a keen student of Russian history. Last summer, he self-published a long essay, “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, that was also a manifesto for war. But, amid all his historical musings, Putin missed one crucial recurring pattern: the role that failed wars have played in bringing about regime change in Russia.

Francis Fukuyama: American Weakness?

In writing about Ukraine, I’ve tried to avoid referring everything back to American domestic politics. This generally feeds a syndrome that Robert Lieber referred to in this journal as “strategic narcissism,” in which Americans believe that everything turns on what American politicians say and do. However, in the current Ukraine crisis, a lot does hinge on perceptions of American power and likely actions, so reference to our trouble politics is in fact merited.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: The Ukraine crisis is a tragedy of the modern world

I believe that the human being is the most precious thing in this universe, everything else serves the human being. Invasions, wars, are total disasters for humanity. In any religion, culture, civilisation, killing is never preached nor appreciated.

Zhao Minghao: US hardly leads the West out of helplessness, but is in fact the cause

The Munich Security Conference 2022 was held under the shadow of multiple challenges including the Ukraine crisis. The Munich Security Index 2022 shows perceptions of risk that pervade the societies of G7 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, domestic political polarization, and rising inequality. As the Munich Security Report 2022 points out, many Western people believe that they are living in a "new era of successive and interconnected disruptions," and there is a growing "collective helplessness."

Huang Yi: China charts path to a green future

Yuri Tavrovsky: Xi-Putin meeting in Beijing: eye to eye, back to back

Beijing Winter Olympic Games will open on February 4, and a new stage of China-Russia relations will begin. President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin will meet face to face for the first time in two years on the sidelines of a major global sporting event. Of all the Olympic sports, the biathlon is best suited to express the meaning of this meeting.

John Ross: China's economic growth, technological upgrades bring dynamic FDI inflows, says British economist

The rapid growth of the Chinese economy and its technological upgrades have explained the very dynamic inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, British academic John Ross has said.

John Ross: China's 'Two Sessions' to build on success against COVID-19

Editor's note: The Two Sessions, a major event on the Chinese political calendar, is underway. We've invited experts from various fields to write articles about hot issues that help us better understand today's China. This is the third piece of our "China's Road to Development" series. John Ross is a senior fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He is a former director of economic and business policy for the mayor of London. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily those of RDCY.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Media may act as a true medium of facts conveying

We make decisions based on available information. If we have not completed formation, it is very much possible to make the wrong decision. Unfortunately, in today’s world, the West controls the world’s major media, especially the Internet companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple in the United States, they control the global Internet public opinion. Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the West has been hanging Russia in the field of public opinion. In early February, Bloomberg reported fake news that Russia had invaded Ukraine.

William Jones: China Will Maintain a Steady Course in a Challenging Time

China has begun the annual “two sessions” of its national legislature and top political consulative body in a very unsettled global environment. The Russian military action in Ukraine as well as the massive sanctions regime imposed by the West on Russia, a major producer of the world’s energy supply, has created a challenging environment for any country to make plans for the future. Nevertheless, in his government work report, which traditionally begins the legislative period, Premier Li Keqiang expressed confidence that China would remain on a course of stable development. This is also the year for the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which will determine the leadership team going forward and lay out the blueprint perhaps for the next decade or longer.

Vijay Prashad: Russian invasion of Ukraine sparking more outrage than any other war

Surprise and horror have defined the reaction to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. That's likely because although the intervention has followed the contours of a modern land war, it has also marked a break with the past in a number of ways. The world has become used to military interventions by the United States. This is, however, not a U.S. intervention. That in itself is a surprise - one that has befuddled reporters and pundits alike.