On March 30, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a week-long trip to nations in the Middle East. He visited Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, and Iran.
On March 30, 2021 International Seminar on "Green Recovery in Post-Pandemic Era" was successfully held by the United Nations Association of China in Beijing. More than 120 people including United Nations officials, well-known Chinese and foreign experts and scholars, representatives of universities, research institutions and social organizations participated in the meeting through on-site participation and video connection. Wang Chao, President of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and United Nations Association of China (UNA-China), presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Wang Wen, Executive Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China(RDCY), was invited to attend and deliver a keynote speech.
China-based technology company ByteDance, following its video-sharing platform TikTok being banned last June, has reportedly encountered a new round of crackdown in India, with at least two of its bank accounts being blocked for alleged tax evasion.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Henry Kissinger’s secret visit to China. In July 1971, Kissinger, as national security adviser to U.S. President Richard Nixon, held several rounds of talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing. The Chinese and U.S. sides addressed such thorny issues as Taiwan in a manner that was candid and full of wisdom. Kissinger’s visit paved the way for Nixon’s February 1972 China visit and the subsequent normalization of relations between China and the United States.
During his first news conference as president on March 25, Biden called China-US relations "a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st century and autocracies." He then told reporters, "We've got to prove democracy works."
The amended Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) agreement comes into effect on Wednesday, which institutionalizes the use of members' local currencies while raising the IMF De-linked Portion to 40 percent.
Chen Zhou had a video call with Danilo Turk, former President of Slovenia and member of the International Advisory Committee of the "Belt and Road"(BRI) Think Tank Cooperation Alliance.
In her first interview since Senate confirmation, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai revealed the Biden administration's reluctance to drop tariffs yet its receptiveness to negotiations with China, sending a mixed message about the prospect of bilateral talks after barbs were traded at the high-level strategic dialogue in Alaska.
Liu Zhiqin was interviewed on CGTN, views on Chinese government bonds, pointed out comparions between Chinese government bonds and U.S. Treasuries and global government bonds. Also, he gave the reasons behind the Chinese financial assets inclusion.
I once asked Dr. Henry Kissinger whether he had seen any Marxist classics in late Chairman Mao’s personal library, since Mao had received him there multiple times. His answer was probably not. There were all kinds of thread-stitched books, all Chinese classics.
As Western attacks on China over cotton production in the country's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region garnered world's attention, I was doing research in about 10 counties and townships located at the border between Central China's Hunan Province and East China's Jiangxi Province. It's where Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising and established Jinggangshan revolutionary base in October 1927. While empathizing the hardship in the early years of the Communist Party of China (CPC), I also felt sorry for the prejudice, arrogance and ignorance of some Western politicians and reporters.
On March 16, 2021, ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos held an exclusive interview with President Joe Biden. In the context of the United States’ chief intelligence office releasing an unclassified report on foreign meddling in the 2020 US election, concluding that Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw sweeping efforts aimed at “denigrating” President Joe Biden’s candidacy, Biden told Stephanopoulos that he had warned Putin about a potential response during a call in late January.
The top US securities regulator recently adopted a politicized measure which widely believed to be a move targeting Chinese firms listing on the US stock market. As the nation signals no intention to redress its hegemonic approaches to confront China in near term, it might be time for some Chinese firms to ditch the politicized American financial market, returning back home or seeking new financial cooperation outside of the imperious US.
Hate crimes against Asian Americans on the US soil are becoming more commonplace. These racially discriminatory crimes are the consequence of prevailing far-right wing politics in the US. The far-right was born out of conservatism. It views liberalism and the left-wing political thought and forces as opponents. It also objects to moderate figures of mainstream conservatism.
On March 22, 2021, the Seminar on "Internal and External Situations During the 14th Five-Year Plan" & Research Report release Conference (co-sponsored by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China and Xiangshan Hall) was successfully held. Fang Ning, fellow researcher of the Institute of Political Science, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a keynote speech. Huang Ping, director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hong Kong; Yang Ping, President of Beijing Cultural Reviews and Chiarman of Xiuyuan Foundation; Cheng Yawen, professor of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Shanghai International Studies University participated in the guest discussion. The seminar was simultaneously broadcast live on multiple platforms such as Xiao E Tech, Baidu, Bilibili, Weibo, China.org.cn, and Capital News. Nearly 200,000 p
Recently, Sina Finance released the 2020 annual list for financial headlines. Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) was awarded "Think Tank of the Year".