Key meeting emphasizes dual circulation as feature of deeper-level reform

Presiding over the 15th meeting of the central committee for deepening overall reform on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that accelerating the establishment of a new development pattern featuring dual circulation, which takes the domestic market as the mainstay and allows domestic and foreign markets boost each other, is a systematic deep-level reform concerning the overall situation of the country.

How will China’s digital currency impact people’s lives?

The application of the digital currency will definitely have some effects on economic activities. For example, virtual products in electronic games may become digital assets in the future, which will generate related trading platforms

【2020-09-04】He Weiwen: What do foreign investors optimistic about China?

The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 11.

What do foreign investors optimistic about China?

More than one hundred think tanks support to move beyond ideological difference and strengthen international cooperation

US military officials eye new generation of space weapons

Senior US military officials are making the case for a new generation of space weapons in a sign of their concern about China’s extraterrestrial capabilities, including its recent development of a rival version of GPS.

【2020-09-04】The RDCY Series online live lectures on "In depth understanding of China", Lecture 11. What do foreign investors optimistic about China?

When: September 4th (Friday) 20:00 (Beijing time, UTC+8)



He Weiwen, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He used to be deputy editor in chief of International Business Newspaper, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Consulate General in San Francisco and New York. His main areas of research include BRI and China's policy of opening up to the outside world for a long time, including globalization, global governance, the US economy, Sino-US economic and trade relations and so on. And has published a large number of research articles or speeches.

Vijay Prashad：The U.S. Is Determined to Make Julian Assange Pay for Exposing the Cruelty of Its War on Iraq

On September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate. After a long period of isolation, he was finally able to meet his partner—Stella Moris—and see their two sons—Gabriel (age three) and Max (age one)—on August 25. After the visit, Moris said that he looked to be in “a lot of pain.”

【2020-09-02】International Seminar on the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations “Strengthening Multilateralism for a Better Future” Tentative Agenda

14:00 - 14:10 Opening Session

Opening Remarks delivered by Mr. WANG Chao, President of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and United Nations Association of China (UNA-China)

14:10 - 15:30 Session I: Upholding Principles and Purposes of the UN Charter and Reinforcing the Role of the UN

Moderator: Mr. WANG Chao

William Jones：Xinjiang 'camps' – more fake news

U.S. media outlet BuzzFeed recently released "satellite images" of large buildings being built in Xinjiang. It is not clear what entity actually took the pictures, what they are actually pictures of, or where they are located.

Zhou Rong: Hail CPEC entering the 2nd stage

Major initiatives of CPEC include 2,700 km long road network extending from Gwadar port to Khunjrab Pass through KKH, construction of 1,100 km long Karachi-Lahore Motorway, upgradation of 1,687 km long ML-1 railway line extending from Karachi to Peshawar for modernization of transportation network, development of a dry port in KPK, 820 km long China Pakistan Cross Border Fiber Optic Project (Rawalpindi-Khunjrab), around 10,000 MW power generation projects, 660 KV HVDC Matiari-Lahore transmission line, and network of pipelines to transport LNG and oil including a $ 2.5 billion Gwadar-Nawab Shah pipeline to transport gas from Iran.

China and Vietnam Jointly Held a Video Seminar on the 70th Anniversary of China-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations

A webinar celebrating the 70th anniversary of China-Vietnam diplomatic relations was held on August 28, 2020, jointly held by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, Assistant Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Thao,Vice President of Renmin University of China Wu Xiaoqiu, and representatives from both countries’ relevant departments as well as well-know scholars and experts attended this conference.

China and Vietnam Jointly Held a Video Seminar on the 70th Anniversary of China-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations

A webinar celebrating the 70th anniversary of China-Vietnam diplomatic relations was held on August 28, 2020, jointly held by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, Assistant Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Thao,Vice President of Renmin University of China Wu Xiaoqiu, and representatives from both countries’ relevant departments as well as well-know scholars and experts attended this conference.

China and Vietnam Jointly Held a Video Seminar on the 70th Anniversary of China-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations

A webinar celebrating the 70th anniversary of China-Vietnam diplomatic relations was held on August 28, 2020, jointly held by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, Assistant Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Thao,Vice President of Renmin University of China Wu Xiaoqiu, and representatives from both countries’ relevant departments as well as well-know scholars and experts attended this conference.

Wang Wen: Chinese view of Japanese PM shows seismic East Asia change

The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the biggest August 2020 news for East Asian politicians. Over the past 14 years, Abe's image has changed dramatically in Chinese people's eyes. When he became prime minister for the first time in 2006, China looked to him to ease tensions initiated by his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi. However, his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and orders to revise history textbooks have caused deep discontent in Chinese society. To many Chinese people, he was a political clown who fell from power like a meteor.

China’s diplomacy reboots offline in Europe

China's diplomacy has restarted offline from fresh meetings with European leaders. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in a visit to European countries, namely Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France and Germany. After Wang's trip, Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, is expected to visit Portugal, Spain and Greece.

Why U.S. political scientists are arguing that Evo Morales should be the President of Bolivia

Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the Bolivian election authorities that had been handed over to the New York Times. They suggest late-counted votes came from rural regions where the candidacy of incumbent President Evo Morales Ayma was popular; the character of these votes, and not fraud, accounts for the margin of victory announced by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on October 21, 2019.

Over 70 foreign central banks or monetary authorities have included RMB in their foreign reserves

Moving Beyond Ideological Differences and Jointly Building A Community with A Shared Future for Mankind International High-Level Thematic Cloud Forum

August 31, 2020 15:00-19:00 (Chinese Standard Time)

Sponsor: Silk Road Think Tank Association

Silk Road Think Tank Association

Organizers:

China Center for Contemporary World Studies, International Department of CPC Central Committee

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

Jin Canrong: why is the United States the most powerful? Because its values are very fragile

Recently, the U.S. government has frequently “stepped in” against China, and its efforts to suppress and stimulate China have become stronger and stronger. But at the same time, its internal problems are also emerging. On the current situation of the United States, observer net interviewed Jin Canrong, Professor of the school of international relations of Renmin University of China, and asked him to talk about his views on how to view the United States and how to deal with the future Sino US relations. The following is the content of the interview.

John Ross:The Decisive Role of Poverty Reduction in China's 2020 Targets

The statement that China’s economic achievement is the greatest in human history in terms, not only of improvement of the conditions in China but of improvement of the overall condition of humanity, is therefore not one made by an “overheated” Chinese nationalist.