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.

World Insight with Tian Wei

Hua Liming, Former Chinese Ambassador to Iran, shared his insights with Tian Wei from CGTN, about Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

【2021-09-10】Webinar: Collective voices against politicization of origin of Covid-19

Zhou Rong: How CPEC matters for Afghanistan?

AFGHANISTAN is a land-locked country and at the same time there is a lot of potential in the sector of international trade.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on Guinea's Mining Sector

Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, shared his insights with CGTN regarding with

Guinea's Mining Sector. He talkes that no reports yet of coup shut down country's crucial bauxite mining sector and about global supply chain sensitivity to potential post-coup disruptions.

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.

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.

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.

Liu Ying: China-Europe trade remains robust as cargo trains breach 10,000-trip mark two months early

Trade between China and Europe remained robust in the first eight months of this year despite a rising set of hurdles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and growing tensions, as the number of China-Europe cargo train trips exceeded 10,000 at the end of August - two months earlier than last year, data showed on Thursday.

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.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on QianHai Cooperation Zone

Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, shared his insights with CGTN regarding with QianHai Cooperation Zone. He thought new plan stresses finance in serving other industries, from artificial intelligence to healthcare, also, technologies are key forces driving economic development.

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.

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.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone

Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, shared his insights with CGTN regarding with China's Development, about authorities issue plan for building Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone. Liu Zhiqin thinks this plan is to boost further opening up of Hengqin, also to attract foreign investors to Greater Bay Area.

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.