Vijay Prashad: How Ecuador’s democracy is being suffocated

William Jones: Congress gripped by new wave of McCarthyism

A new report by the congressional "China Task Force" issued on September 30 reflects and expands on the new wave of McCarthyism now sweeping through Washington like a rapidly spreading virus. The authors of the report, House Republican Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy (no relations to Joe McCarthy according to reports) and Democrat Michael McCaul, the chairman of the task force, attempted to get House Democrats to sign on to their report, but failed, perhaps more for petty political reasons than for real philosophical differences.

Global governance likely takes regional form in post-pandemic era

Editor's Note:Under the theme "International Order and Global Governance in the Post-COVID-19 Era," the Lanting Forum was held at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. RDCY is one of the organizers, the forum gathered officials, scholars and economists worldwide to participate. The following are speeches given by three speakers.

HSBC stages 9.2% rebound after Ping An increases stake

The shares of British bank HSBC rose 9.22 percent on Monday to close above HK$30 ($3.87), the biggest single-day gain since 2009, after plunging to a quarter-century low last week amid scandals that may land the lender on China's unreliable entity list.

【CGTN】Liu Zhiqin: Auto Market Rebounds, China's August EV sales up 19.3%

Editor's Note: On sept 28, Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), said in an interview with CGTN about Auto Market Rebounds.

Wang Yi: The Only Viable Choice for the International Community: Strengthening Solidarity and Cooperation, Rejecting Confrontation and Division

Under the theme “International Order and Global Governance in the Post-COVID-19 Era,” the Lanting Forum was held at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. Jointly hosted by the China Public Diplomacy Association and the Nizami Ganjavi Internatinal Center, organized by Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University,The Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University (CISS), Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China(RDCY) and Huanqiu.com. The forum gathered officials, scholars and economists worldwide to participate, ​The following are speeches given by H.E. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Opening Ceremony of The Lanting Forum on International Order and Global Governance In the Post-COVID-19 Era,Beijing, 28 September 2020.

Wang Wen: New worldview opportunities for China

During my lectures to business people in recent months, I have noticed new changes in their attitudes. They were concerned about China-US relations in the past. Now, entrepreneurs care more about the rest of the world. For example, which countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have more potential for investment? How might the future landscape of the global investment climate look like? Which countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) route have stable political situations?

William Jones: Fallacies form US strategic thinking about China

Over the last year or so, US political debates have experienced a "sea change" in thinking with regard to China. Some attribute this to the election of Donald Trump, a political "outsider" who beat the odds and was elected president of the US. And, indeed, Trump wanted to change the direction of policy in Washington.

Liu Zongyi: Time for China to toughen up on insincere India

Will India fire the first shot? The possibility cannot be ruled out. The Indian military, or some of its forces, are influenced by nationalist sentiment and the right-wing Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which pervade all facets of Indian society. It may be true that some people want to provoke a war.

Zhou Li :Some US politicians deviated from human rights in order to be re-elected

The author Zhou Li is the former deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies,Renmin University of China, and the director of the Sino-Russian Humanities Exchange Research Center. Following is his Speaking at the level video conference. The article is an exclusive first.

【CGTN】Liu Zhiqin : Autimakers Sue U.S. Government, Lawsuit over tariffs on imported Chinese goods

Autimakers Sue #U.S. Government, #Lawsuit over #tariffs on imported Chinese goods

If coronavirus unmasked Donald Trump’s hostility to China, could a Joe Biden presidency contain it?

When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York, there was a sense of goodwill among many people in China, fresh from their own experiences of the hardships of lockdown and other measures to bring the outbreak under control.

【2020-10-03】2020 US-China Dialogue: Amb. Chas W Freeman & Dr. Wang Wen survey 48 years of US-China relations and current prospects

Just World Educational is delighted to announce the launch, October 3, of a dialogue project on US-China relations it will be producing in collaboration with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Beijing’s Renmin University.

Wang Yiwei：Handling pandemic-related public diplomacy and building a community with a shared future for mankind

The outbreak of COVID-19 has rapidly escalated into a global public health crisis. In the fight against the pandemic, China has stood behind the idea of a community with a shared future for mankind by quickly sharing information with the WHO and the international community in an open, transparent and responsible manner. China has worked to respond to the concerns of all parties, strengthen international cooperation and endeavored to curb the global spread of the pandemic. These actions have been widely praised by the international community.

Sino-US Game and Chinese Enterprises Going Global

In recent years, with the intensification of Trump administration's crackdown on China, the pace of Chinese companies going global has been disrupted. On September 20th, 2020, the seminar on "Sino-US Game and Enterprises Going Global" was successfully held, sponsored by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China(RDCY) and organized by China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center (operated by RDCY).

Wang Wen: Promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind

It is safe to say that in the post-pandemic era, promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind can be a remedy to the deadly impact of the pandemic. The "community with a shared future for mankind", will be the fruit of mankind’s labor, and is the epitome of thought that has developed up to modern times.

Vijay Prashad: Medical workers of conviction: Speaking to Cuban doctors who heal the world

In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers; the soldiers had arrived there to assist the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO) in the fight for the liberation of Namibia from the apartheid South African military. Dr. Arronte Villamarín, a friendly man with a glint in his eye, tells me how much he has enjoyed his work, not only during his time in Namibia, which lasted till 2007, but also—strikingly—in the United States of America.

【2020-09-26】No to the New Cold War：Peace campaigns unite for forthcoming international forum amid growing US militarism and new cold war threats：Peace campaigns unite for forthcoming international for

As US belligerence against China increases, the leading peace and anti-war organisations from the US and Europe will be joining speakers from India, China, Morocco, Bolivia and South Africa for an International Peace Forum to discuss how to build global opposition against the dangerous Cold War that the US has launched against China.The Peace Forum, which is being organised by the No Cold War international campaign, will take place online on 26 September 2020 at 14:00 British Summer Time (09:00 US Eastern Standard Time, 06:00 US Pacific Time, 21:00 China Standard Time).

Xi reaffirms COVID-19 pledges at UN assembly

In stark contrast to the US who apparently turned the UN General Assembly - a multilateral dialogue platform--into a battlefield to attack and defame China, China stressed putting people and lives first in battling COVID-19, and that major countries should act like major countries by taking up their due responsibility and live up to people's expectations.

Liu Zhiqin:China holds annual event to celebrate harvest season

Annual event to celebrate harvest season