Yuri Tavrovsky: China, Russia jointly celebrate V-Day amid shared WWII view and need to counter Japanese aggressive resurgence

To mark the 76th victory anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), China and Russia - two major contributors to wining WWII - jointly held memorial activities, which analysts said intends to urge Japan to truly reflect on its military mistakes instead of binding itself increasingly tighter with the US and endangering regional peace and stability. This is the latest and vivid example of the highly accordant values and mutual trust shared by China and Russia.

Peter Koenig: Afghanistan is a vital pivot for China’s Belt and Road

The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the bombing via Amaq Media, the official Islamic State (ISIS) news agency. The perpetrators, the message says, were members of the ISIS-Khorasan, or ISIS-K.

Vijay Prashad: The discovery of natural gas in Mozambique has produced tragedies, not economic promise

While one Mozambican tragedy — an insurgency against poverty that has opportunistically taken on the mantle of Islamic State — faces the opposition of SADC troops, another tragedy — the theft of billions of dollars from a desperately poor country — is being settled in courtrooms and backrooms.

Ding Gang: ‘Why do they hate us?’ This question haunts US 20 years on

"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." This saying has been repeatedly come into my mind as the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches.

Jeffrey Sachs: The "enormous evidence" of the "lab-leak incident" were false

After the release of the report done by the U.S. intelligence community on COVID-19 origins, Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University believes the statements of Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo about the "enormous evidence" of the "lab-leak incident" were false. They set this path to be a blame game rather than a true scientific investigation.

He Weiwen: The Malicious and Futile US IC Report Has Wasted the World Chance of Origin Tracing

The US National Intelligence Council released on August 27 the unclassified summary of the US intelligence agencies’ COVID-19 origin report (IC report). As widely expected, the report found nothing but a repetition of the scientists’ findings thus far: still two hypotheses — infected by animal and lab accident, with the former most likely.

CCTV exposes and criticizes the Eight ‘No.1’ of the US deserves

CCTV exposes and criticizes the Eight ‘No.1’ of the US deserves, talking with Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and international scholar Diao Daming, who provides an in-depth analysis of the report--

Djoomart Otorbaev: In what direction could the Afghan economy develop?

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. This is the second piece of his series on the economy of Afghanistan.

RDCY fellows interviewed by Hunan TV regarding with US Eight No.1

The CPC: Its Mission and Contributions

The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Thursday released a key publication titled "The CPC: Its Mission and Contributions."

Chen Dingding: Kamala Harris’ Southeast Asia Visit Shows Biden’s Southeast Asia Policy Still Lacks a Clear Roadmap

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris just closed her trip to Southeast Asia,her second foreign visit since taking office. Following several high-level engagements with Southeast Asian countries in the past two months – including Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s travel to Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand; Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines; as well as Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s participation in ASEAN-related ministerial meetings – Harris’ visit is so far the most high-profile demonstration of the United States’ commitment to “stay” in the region.

Martin Jacques: G7 no longer able to order world around

Fine words will accompany the G7 summit this week. Much will be promised. And little will be delivered. It has long been like this. The G7 is no longer fit for purpose. Comprising the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, in the 1970s the G7 was the overlord of the global economy. Today, the G7 is but a pale shadow of what it once was, reduced to the role of a declining faction within the global economy. It still talks in grandiose terms about its intentions, but the world has learnt to discount them. It is entirely appropriate that this week's summit will be chaired by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a grandmaster of verbal exaggeration and empty gestures.

John Ross: US smearing of China's efforts against COVID-19 only hurts the entire world

The COVID pandemic in the US is rapidly worsening again. This is in striking comparison to China. As this trend develops the dominant sections of the US media are becoming more strident in their attempts to conceal this situation. Looking at both the comparison of the COVID-19 situation situation in the US and China, and US media reactions to this, shows the threat to the US own people, other countries, and to China from US policy and propaganda.

Martin Jacques: Defeat in Afghanistan a complete humiliation for the US

The US is confronted with a historic defeat in Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban. America's longest war, which began in 2001, is ending in complete humiliation. The Taliban has captured the countryside, every major city and now Kabul has effectively fallen. This is Saigon in 1975 all over again, except the US withdrawal from Vietnam took place in 1972 and its puppet government managed to survive another three years. America's puppet government in Kabul has fallen only four months after the announcement in April that the US would withdraw. It tells us that the Kabul government, and the American occupation, had only a tiny sliver of popular support: The condition for the former's survival was America's troops and airforce. In contrast, the Taliban clearly enjoys considerable backing amongst the people.

Ding Gang: Back to where it was 20 years ago, will US go through Afghan nightmare all over again?

What exactly did the terrorist attacks in the US two decades ago bring to the world? The recent withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is only part of the answer.

The New York Times: Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S.

When a conspiracy theory started circulating in China suggesting that the coronavirus escaped from an American military lab, it had largely stayed on the fringe. Now, the ruling Communist Party has propelled the idea firmly into the mainstream.

Liu Zongyi: China to offer 'genuine' aid in Afghanistan's economic reconstruction amid chaotic transition

As Taliban take steps to stabilize the situation and pursue international recognition, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms are employing different investment strategies in the war-torn country, with the former exercising extreme caution in carrying out new projects and the latter eager to tap into a market where "a thousand things wait to be done."

Liu Zongyi: Why China is best positioned to help Afghanistan reconstruction

While the shock over the US' astonishing failure in Afghanistan continues, global attention has been shifting to the newly empowered Taliban's plan to rebuild the country from the ruins left behind by the US military invasion, with Taliban officials vowing to start rebuilding the country. Considering all the profound uncertainty and difficulties the country faces, China has emerged as arguably the best partner that could help the country's reconstruction endeavors going forward.

Chen Dingding: Can America’s Withdrawal From Afghanistan Help Its China Strategy?

U.S. President Joe Biden has been severely criticized from all fronts in recent weeks as the United States’ supposedly peaceful and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan turned into a classic fiasco in front of the whole world. As a consequence, Biden’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since his inauguration, with increasing numbers of both Democrats and Republications disapproving of his handling of the Afghanistan situation. Internationally, Biden has not received much support from the publics in many U.S. allies either. For example, half of Britons believe that Biden’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan is wrong. U.S. allies and partners in Asia have expressed similar concerns as to the U.S. commitment to the region, particularly as China’s influence is rapidly increasing.

Vijay Prasad&John Ross: China and the US offer competing visions for Ecuador’s debt

With the arrival of Guillermo Lasso to the presidency of Ecuador in May, the South American country is seeking to open up the economy to attract investors and turn black the red numbers inherited from past governments.