William Jones：Pompeo maintains scorched earth policy against China

The recent decision by the U.S. State Department to impose sanctions against 14 vice chairpersons of China's prestigious National People's Congress' Standing Committee is the latest – and most egregious – measure by the messianic Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to bring the U.S.-China relationship to the lowest level possible and restrict any attempted revival of a stable relationship in the next administration. The measure is totally unprecedented. Preventing top officials of a foreign government from visiting the United States (only a part of the sanctions) is really only something one would do with a country with which one was intent on breaking relations with, or in preparation for war.

Nation to share more benefits with world

【2020-12-10】Suzhou Silk Road Forum 2020 The 14th Five-Year Plan and High-Quality Development of Belt and Road

Suzhou Silk Road Forum 2020

The 14th Five-Year Plan and High-Quality Development of Belt and Road

December 10, 2020 Suzhou, China

Officials to check on China's economic pulse in upcoming conference

Chinese government officials are set to convene and discuss the country's economic performance at this year's Central Economic Work Conference, an annual meeting expected to be held in Beijing this month that also helps chart the course for the year ahead. Discussions at this year's meeting are expected to center around China's gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic goals in its latest Five-Year Plan.

Zhang Jingwei: Ma Shou went home at the end of the 13th year, and the cultural relics are still on the way, and should not be used as a tool for looting

Although the horse head went home, the dragon head, The whereabouts of the bronze statues of snake, sheep, chicken and dog heads are still unknown. In this regard, Xinhua News Agency emphasized that no matter how high the mountain is, no matter how difficult the road is, we are willing to find them and take them home with the efforts of one generation and several generations in ten or several decades!

Nation strives ahead toward high-income target

John Ross, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing, said he expects China to meet the target comfortably and show developing countries worldwide what is possible.

China's Plan For Int'l Health QR Code Does Not Require Using Single Platform - Beijing

China's call for creation a globally recognized health certificates aimed at fast-tracking international travel prescribes the use internationally accepted QR codes, and does not require using a single platform or connecting databases of different countries, the press service of the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

Zhao Minghao: Travesty to tarnish normal defense moves as wolf warrior diplomacy

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's overreaction toward a tweet by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has plunged China-Australia relations into a new predicament. Some Westerners believe this is another embodiment of the so-called China's wolf warrior diplomacy. Such clichés of accusations divert people's attention away from Beijing's profound foreign policy adjustments - China is taking the strategy of offensive defense to safeguard its national interests in the face of collective malicious attacks from Western countries.

UK index firm follows White House; financial ‘cold war’ will backfire

UK-based index provider FTSE Russell announced the removal of shares of eight Chinese firms which have been blacklisted by the White House. Market concerns have been raised that it may signal a financial cold war as some financial institutions follow the Trump-led US authority to irrationally politicize economic or financial operations.

Wang Wen: US: qualitative changes, dysfunctional systems

The way in which President Donald Trump messed up the US during his four-year presidency has clearly shocked the entire world. If we take a closer look at the current qualitative changes that the US is going through, we might find that there are deeper reasons why the country's social, economic and political systems have become dysfunctional, and why nothing can be done now to repair Trump's crazy acts.

Liu Zhiqin: Stay vigilant about US weaponizing SWIFT

The US and a number of Western countries have been caught interfering with Hong Kong affairs. The US publicly support "Hong Kong independence" advocates while at the same time impose illegal sanctions on some Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) officials who defend the the Basic Law of the HKSAR. Through blocking and suspending credit cards and other financial mechanisms used by these officials, these sanctions impede on their human rights and lawful interests and deserve strong condemnation.

Zhao Minghao: Morrison's misjudgment on China-Australia relations

Zhao Minghao is a senior research fellow at the Charhar Institute and an adjunct fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. This translated and edited analysis reflects the author's views, which are not necessarily those of CGTN.

‘Wolf Warrior diplomacy’ label another version of ‘China threat’ theory, aims to push China to give up fighting: Chinese Vice FM

Regarding criticism from the West over China's diplomacy and all kinds of labels they have attached for some time, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng dismissed them as misunderstanding China's diplomacy, stressing that China has always been a country of etiquette, valuing harmony, and never taking the initiative to provoke others, nor running to the door of another's house to pick a quarrel.

RDCY is invited to participate The 11th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club

The 11th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club, titled “Russia and Asia After the Pandemic”, will take place on December 9 and be open to the media.

Regaining healthy China-Australia relations might need tacit US approval: experts

As much as 39 percent of Australian goods exported in 2019-20 went to China, which conversely accounted for 27 percent of Australia's imported goods, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on September 3.

Vijay Prashad: Venezuela wins simply by holding an election

On December 6, the Venezuelan people will vote for a new National Assembly. Ordinarily, there is nothing unusual about this, nor would this be newsworthy outside Venezuela. Ever since the election of Hugo Chávez to the presidency in 1998, the Venezuelan people have been used to more than one national election each year (this legislative election is the 25th in 21 years); these have been the presidential elections, the legislative elections, and the referendums to strengthen the 1999 Constitution. On the surface, this is just another one of these elections that has served to deepen the meaning of democracy in Venezuela.

WTO's dispute resolution mechanism may resume as Biden enters White House: expert

Unlike Trump's obstruction, Biden may play a more significant role in boosting the revival of the WTO and could engage in constructive talks for a feasible solution on thorny issues such as the suspension of the Appellate Body, He Weiwen, a former senior trade official and a senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told the Global Times.

Liu Zongyi: India must give up zero-sum mentality, accept China's hydropower project

China's plan to build a large hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River has raised concerns in India over "potential political and ecological threats" as the river intersects Southwest China, India and Bangladesh.

Chinese experts cautiously optimistic on China-US trade relation following Biden’s economic picks

"Given Yellen's pragmatic character in her previous career and public comments showing support for open trade and globalization, it's believed that a Yellen-headed Department of Treasury will promote dialogue with China," He Weiwen, a former senior trade official and a senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Life-saving devices come to the rescue

It takes just four minutes for brain cells to be permanently damaged due to a severe lack of oxygen in cases of sudden cardiac arrest where professional help is not immediately available.