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."

Wang Wen RT Interview: US is the NO. 1 Failure country in the world in fighting against the pandemic

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: 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.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on Hong Kong Development

Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China in Beijing, shared his insights with CGTN regarding with Hong Kong Development. He said the international investors are optimistic about market, and talked about the Anti-foreign Sanctions Law and its potential impacts. Also, he thought Hong Kong will remain open to international market.

"The Chinese Communist Party: 100-year trajectory" Webinar

In 2021, the Communist Party of China is celebrating its centennial. On August 25, a webinar entitled "The Chinese Communist Party: 100-year trajectory", co-organized by the Chinese Embassy in Mexico and EL Colegio de Mexico (COMEXI), was successfully held. Wang Huijun, Charge d’Affaires and Minister Counselor of Chinese Embassy in Mexico; Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China (RDCY); Song Junying, Director and Associate Research Fellow in the Department for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at China Institute of International Studies(CIIS); Mariana Escalante, Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Mexico; Eduardo Tzili-Apango, Associate professor at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana participated. The conference was moderated by Marisela Connelly, Professor and researcher at the Center of Studies from Asia and Africa of EL Colegio de Mexico.

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.

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."

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: 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.

【2021-08-25】The Chinese Communist Party:100-year trajectory

The Chinese Communist Party:100-year trajectory

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.

【2021-08-25】Iran-China Roundtable: 50 years of bilateral relations

The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) is willing to organize a virtual meeting with the participant of some Iranian and Chinese scholars on the occasion of 50 years establishment of bilateral relations between two countries on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 16:00 Beijing time & 12:30 Tehran time via Zoom. A selected and limited number of senior Iranian and Chinese experts are invited to join this event which will be held under the Chatham House rules.

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.

Djoomart Otorbaev: An essential step towards future energy

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 the Nizami Ganjavi International Center. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.

Djoomart Otorbaev: Partial closure of Ningbo port: A butterfly effect?

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.

John Ross: World mobilises against the US on Cuba – including China

The US has just suffered a significant defeat in Afghanistan – weakening its position in central Asia. A second region where the US is engaged in a serious foreign policy struggle is in Latin America – where there has been a new rise of forces pursuing a path of national independence instead of subordination to the US. The immediate focus in this struggle has become the US economic attack on Cuba. But because, on Cuba, the US is going against the positions of the overwhelming majority of countries in the world, against the great majority of the Cuban people, and in violation of the US’s own declared goals in terms of the global order, these is serious risk to the US that it will also suffer a significant foreign policy defeat on this issue. This therefore makes it important to carefully analyse the unfolding of the situation around Cuba.

Exclusive interview with Martin Jacques

For this edition of Dialogue, we have professor Martin Jacques, former senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University. He will go through a number of top issues in the world, from the rapidly-changing situation in Afghanistan to the escalating rivalry between China and the United States, and of course to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and the questions of its origin.