Flag and banner makers in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, believe that US President Donald Trump will win re-election next year. The flag makers in the world's largest small commodities production hub are getting more orders for items for Trump's campaign than for any of his rivals, just like in 2016. The orders are an informal means to predict the US presidential election, market insiders say
With deep seated problems apparent throughout the world, and increasing instability and uncertainties, will there be a change in fundamental US policy toward China? We have very good news that China and the US have reached a conclusion on a phase one trade deal, which is excellent. But I suppose the answer is "No." The US won't change its fundamental policy, whether Trump is reelected or not. If he is reelected, there obviously won't be fundamental changes. If he is not reelected, the candidates of the Democratic Party are also expected to hold hard line foreign policy.
John Ross, senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China and former director of Economic and Business Policy of London, gives a speech at Vision China 2019 Macao on December 11, 2019. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is in the vanguard of China's global economic rise, said John Ross.
Even Western media outlets skeptical about or even opposed to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have to admit that its progress has helped spread the country's influence - the major cause of the West's anxiety. Why is the rising influence of China bad news for the West? On the surface, they believe that through the BRI, China is spreading a way of modernization which does not conform to Western civilizational norms. In essence, they consider China unqualified to disseminate modernity around the globe.
Even Western media outlets skeptical about or even opposed to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have to admit that its progress has helped spread the country's influence - the major cause of the West's anxiety. Why is the rising influence of China bad news for the West? On the surface, they believe that through the BRI, China is spreading a way of modernization which does not conform to Western civilizational norms. In essence, they consider China unqualified to disseminate modernity around the globe.
China’s development over the last 70 years has been absolutely breathtaking. Because of the commitment of the Party to improving the people’s livelihood, problems that developed along the road were always ultimately resolved on the basis of that commitment.With the reform and opening-up, China was then open to the world in all respects, and thus was given an opportunity to accelerate its own development process with increased trade and foreign investment to accelerate its own development process.
Since the declaration of this policy, the attempt to paint China as a major "opponent" to the US has become something of a whole-of-government affair. It is highly ironic that this occurs at a time when you have an elected president, whose explicit goal had been to create a working - and friendly - relationship with both China and Russia. But US President Donald Trump' s unfortunate focus on trade as the key to reviving the American economy has unfortunately contributed to this as well.
In answer to the app's call to reflect on the world and nominate a 2019 word of the year, readers from around the world selected the word that in their view captured the international events that caught their attention over the past 12 months. Five top words were chosen from hundreds of candidates-Belt and Road, climate crisis, multilateralism, turbulence and win-win.The app received altogether 10,569 votes from Dec 13 to Monday, with 38 percent of voters selecting "win-win".
From this perspective, both Chinese companies and the Chinese government should learn to optimize the allocation of people, energy, currency, information, law, taxation, culture, institutions, think tanks and other resources, thus to maximize their profitability and benefit the local people.This process has already begun. Since 2013, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been promoted across the world. China has signed agreements on Belt and Road construction with more than 160 countries and organizations.
Chinese experts on Saturday debated how the phase one trade agreement will impact China-US relations, with some arguing that the deal is too superficial to bring down tensions. Others suggested that the agreement could mean a turn for the better. There is no winner in a trade war and the biggest take-away from it is that the US has come to realize that nations can peacefully coexist while being different, Wei Jianguo, former Chinese Vice Commerce Minister, said at the Global Times annual conference in Beijing on Saturday.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is in the vanguard of China's global economic rise, said John Ross, senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. Technological development in the region stimulated the integrated development of the entire Bay Area, which also contributed to the development of the world economy, Ross said in a speech at Vision China in Macao recently. He said the region is at the forefront of the "flying geese" development of China.
China on Thursday extended another goodwill gesture to the US by exempting more US products from its tariffs, as officials on both sides continued to put the final touches on the phase one trade agreement, whose text was agreed on by both last week.The decision to release a second list of US products to be excluded from China's tariffs imposed in retaliation to the US' tariffs followed recent purchases of US soybeans, highlighting China's swiftness in keeping its commitments, experts noted. Washington should also follow suit to honor their commitments.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) , held in late October, received lots of attention. The session gathered 202 members and 169 alternate members, who discussed a work report presented by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, followed by review and adoption of the Central Committee's decisions contained in a draft document on upholding and improving the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and advancing the modernization of China's governance system.
China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. The two countries are forging a community with a shared future in which China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will play a major role. The CPEC is a major pilot project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Yet the speed of construction of the CPEC has been slowing down recently for which there are three main reasons.
Two recent events in Europe have been extensively followed by Chinese media. First, as UK's general election was held on December 12 amid a volatile political climate, Brexit became a foregone conclusion. Second, the 5G technology of Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing resistance in Europe. The two events are landmarks in China-Europe and Asia-Europe relations in the 21st century.
Last Friday, it was announced that China and the U.S. have agreed on a phase-one trade deal. As the full text of the agreement has not been made public yet, it is not immediately clear what the specific items agreed upon are. Nevertheless, many people on both sides have hailed it as practical progress in the trade talk. John Ross shares his thoughts on the conclusion of the deal and what the future holds for China-U.S. relations.
Chinese private enterprise Jingye Group's bid to acquire the bankrupt British Steel is still in progress and the two parties have been discussing details of the transaction, a source familiar with the deal told the Global Times on Wednesday. The comment came after British media reports over the weekend said that the deal, which was allegedly valued at 70 million pounds ($91.64 million) and could save more than 4,000 jobs, was close to breaking down. Talks with the potential buyer Jingye were at risk as a deadline to finalize the terms approached, The Telegraph reported, citing Whitehall sources.
This year is crucial to China's higher-level opening-up, symbolized among other things by the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. That China, amid rising trade protectionism, hosted the second China International Import Expo which attracted more than 180 countries, regions and international organizations, and over 3,800 global enterprises shows it is not only committed to further opening up its economy but also increasing imports to meet Chinese people's ever-growing need for a better life and boost global trade.
A lot of people breathed somewhat easier as the announcement came out that U.S President Donald Trump was ready to accept the partial agreement negotiated with China on trade and would not impose the tariff increase on Chinese products scheduled for December 15. There was little fanfare regarding the agreement, though. President Trump agreed to it at a meeting of his advisers on Friday and Michael Pillsbury, who has a strong bias against China but is an adviser to the president on China, elaborated on the discussion with the president on Fox's Lou Dobbs.
China and Pakistan have agreed to launch a "Green Corridor" system that will fast-track two-way customs clearance exclusively for agricultural products, according to a statement from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday.The Green Corridor is expected to be launched between the Khunjerab pass in China and Sust pass in Pakistan. With the simplified clearance procedures and future improvement of transportation facilities, more agricultural products are expected to be imported from Pakistan, experts said.