Zhou Rong: Why some people keep rubbing salt in China-Pakistan ties

May 21 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Islamabad is Beijing's all-weather strategic cooperative partner. In the words of Pakistanis, the time-tested strategic partnership is higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the Arabian Sea, sweeter than honey, firmer than steel, and more precious than eyes. In Chinese words, it is "iron friend."

Wang Wen: Green finance key to China-US collaboration

US President Joe Biden held a two-day virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders with the aim to address the global climate crisis. China was one of the participants. Indeed, China and the US are jointly shouldering responsibilities as major powers for climate change, laying the foundation for cooperation in the field of green finance.

He Weiwen: Biden’s 100 days in office: China-US ties remaining fraught

US President Joe Biden will cross the 100-day mark of his presidency on Friday. As his China policy gradually takes shape, it seems he has adopted much of the Trump administration's wrong path, pushing the bilateral relationship further toward dangerous confrontation.

Liu Zongyi: Will US ‘crocodile tears’ prompt Indian elites to reflect on who their allies are

The US’ image among the Indian public is crumbling as India’s conoravirus cases soar, yet the US failed to offer any solid assistance. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday, “Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government…” But the rhetoric was defined by Indian netizens as “crocodile tears.” Most Indian net users who commented under the tweet share one consensus – the US is no friend in times of need.

Zhou Rong: Pakistan blast underscores mutual mistrust with US for counterterrorism

A powerful explosion struck the parking lot of a luxury hotel in Quetta, Balochistan province in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday. Officials said at least four people were killed and 12 others wounded. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong was leading a visiting Chinese delegation that stayed at the hotel. The Chinese delegation was safe and all casualties were of Pakistani nationals, officials said.

Decarbonization transition should leave no one behind, say experts at Rome meeting

Themed as "Sustainable Recovery for a Green Future," the event was organized by the Institute for International Political Studies -- Italy's national coordinator of the Think20, the G20 body bringing together major think tanks -- and the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. A panel of experts addressed climate change, energy transition and sustainable growth.

William Jones: Congress' Strategic Competition Act will come back to bite America

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed the Strategic Competition Act of 2021 on April 21. The mastodon legislation will be further the attempts by the U.S. government to monitor and restrict China's technological development with the explicit goal of slowing it down or, indeed, sabotaging it completely.

Wang Yiwei:Why China, EU should jointly resist US’ decoupling push

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday had a virtual meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and they reached consensus on opposing economic decoupling. Wang said that major economies like China and Germany should jointly resist decoupling, and Maas noted that decoupling is not in any party's interests, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Ding Gang: Why US can’t emulate China’s lessons on infrastructure building

After the US identified China as a strategic competitor, US President Joe Biden announced his plan to invest more in chips, infrastructure and many other areas to maintain US' advantages over China.

Scholars from China, US discuss how to get bilateral ties back on track

Former officials, top scholars and a dozen of young scholars from China and the US had in-depth discussions on how to get China-US relations back on track at a forum held in Beijing on April 10.

Soaring China-US trade points to ‘political chill, economic heat’

There is a high likelihood that China and the US will post a bilateral trade record this year, experts said, as their industries and economies are closely intertwined and cannot be decoupled, despite ongoing geopolitical spats and some US politicians' hue and cry intended to stem China's rise.

Zhai Yongping: Momentum builder

By scaling up carbon capture, use and storage, China can play a leading role in achieving the global ambition of climate neutrality

Wang Wen: China-US game shifts into long stalemate

China and the US issued a joint statement on climate change on Sunday following US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry's visit to Shanghai and meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua.

William Jones: Appointing Japan as Quad 'enforcer' raises dangerous specter in the Asia-Pacific

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's visit to Washington as the first world leader to meet personally with the newly elected U.S. president no doubt had its appeal for the new leader of Japan, but uniting the with the U.S. President Biden in his concerted effort to contain China will have its problems. The Joint Statement issued from the meeting reveled in these two major powers joining hands to assure a "free and open Indo-Pacific."

Analysis: Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture U.S.-led ‘clique’

China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it.

He Weiwen: Robust start indicates a promising 2021

China's GDP increased by 18.3 percent during Q1 2021 compared to a year ago. It is a remarkable performance as Q1 GDP also registered 0.6 percent growth over Q4 2020.

William Jones: Readings of China-France-Germany video summit on climate change

On April 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping participated in a video summit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Also participating was German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The meeting was a cordial discussion between the leaders on the climate change issue as well as other issues of importance. During the summit, President Xi reiterated China's commitment to achieve carbon emissions peak in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060.

Ant Group’s pulled IPO less likely to be rekindled under current organizational structure

Liu Zongyi: Ferocious viral rebound dims India’s economic outlook

Emerging as a new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, India has surpassed Brazil to report the second largest number of daily infections. Latest figure showed that the nation registered over 180,000 cases within 24 hours.

Liu Zongyi: US not criticizing India over human rights exposes hypocrisy

On Tuesday, CNN published an opinion piece entitled "Why Biden should be careful about courting India's Modi government." It warned the Biden administration to avoid an "all carrots" courtship with India because, "it's not in America's interest to become close partners with countries moving away from shared values." It underlined India's alarming "negative rights trend," but criticized the Biden administration for only making "mild" critiques against the regressive actions of the Modi government.