After two weeks since Chinese Vice Premier Liu He finished his visit to the U.S., the latest round of Sino-U.S. trade talks wrapped up in Beijing on February 15 with a positive tone.
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency to find the extra funds needed to build his long-promised "Mexico Border Wall," which, as American media is predicting, creates the prospect of a new court battle.
In its latest move to maintain leadership in the high-tech sector, the US on Monday rolled out a plan to give artificial intelligence (AI) more priority and resources, a move that Chinese observers warned may represent the formal launch of a new high-technology Cold War.
When Britain voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum, there were many in Chinese media who naively thought, “Well, that is a democratic decision. Britain will leave the EU.” However, critical issues in the West, as in other societies, are not decided by formal democratic processes but by power and money and the clash of powerful social forces. Therefore, the referendum did not resolve issues but unleashed the deepest British political crisis since World War II.
U.S. President Donald Trump's second formal State of the Union address took place on February 5. As American media noted, this speech was delayed by two weeks amid the longest government shutdown in history and it took place as the president and Congress were trying to find a solution to avert another shutdown on February 15.
Well-known Turkish writer Ferit Orhan Pamuk used the word hüzün to express the melancholy of modern Turkey. He used it to indicate the pain and sorrow over a loss.
The United States is likely to start withdrawal of ground troops from Syria within weeks, but the exact timing depends on the situation in Syria, said the top commander overseeing US forces in the Middle East.
The new round of high-level economic and trade consultations between China and the United States started in Beijing on Thursday morning against a background whereby the world, and the U.S., now has a more accurate understanding of the consequences of a "trade war".
Editor’s notes: With China-U.S. trade talks underway at the White House on January 30-31,2019, William Jones, Washington Bureau Chief for the Executive Intelligence Review, and Non-resident Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, was interviewed by LaRouchePAC Website, discussing the urgent need for a commitment to “win-win” relations between the United States and China, and the necessity of debunking the myths that Americans are being told about China and its commitment to science and technological progress. The following is an excerpt of the interview.
When Britain voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum, there were many in Chinese media who naively thought, "Well, that is a democratic decision. Britain will leave the EU." However, critical issues in the West, as in other societies, are not decided by formal democratic processes but by power and money and the clash of powerful social forces. Therefore, the referendum did not resolve issues but unleashed the deepest British political crisis since World War II.
From January 22 to 25, the Alpine town of Davos in Switzerland has attracted a wide range of global business leaders and politicians for its annual World Economic Forum (WEF), with the theme of “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
At the invitation of Philippe Étienne, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic and Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi traveled to France to attend the 18th session of the consultation of the coordinators for the China-France Strategic Dialogue, and visited Italy for the 9th Joint Meeting of China-Italy Government Committee from January 23 to 26.
National Bureau of Statistics has announced the economic figures of China in 2018. According to preliminary calculations, the annual gross domestic product was 900,309 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6 percent over the previous year. In terms of industries, the added value of the primary industry was 64,734 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5 percent over the previous year; the added value of the secondary industry was 366,001 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8 percent; the added value of the tertiary industry was 469,575 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6 percent.
Forty years after then U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended three decades of estrangement between the United States and the People’s Republic of China in January 1979, the Carter Center convened a three-day symposium on U.S.-China relations from January 17 to 19, 2019.
It was reported that recently the Indian Navy has commissioned a new full-fledged naval base, Indian naval air station, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The new base, according to Indian military officials and experts, would be used to increase surveillance on Chinese navy vessels and submarines entering the Indian Ocean through the Malacca Straits.
In response to a question asked by a student at a meeting with locals in Kalay Township in Sagaing Region on January 22, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said an administration shouldn't terminate foreign-invested projects approved by its predecessor. If the government breaks a promise made by its predecessor, the country will lose its credibility and "no businessperson would want to invest in this country,"she said.
The partial federal government shutdown has broken a world record by lasting for over 35 days. This is unique in world history and will be remembered for years to come. Of course, it will not be a glorious story but a shame for the U.S. government and its so-called democratic system.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to China last week came amid speculation that Beijing is seeking to build a naval base off the Cambodian coast, claims the prime minister has denied.
Chinese and US officials are facing pressure to strike a deal to end their trade stand-off before a fast approaching deadline, as they prepare for a new round of trade negotiations in Washington starting Wednesday.
The latest report on the current economic development for China in 2018 was released Jan 21, and the outcome was not surprising because the GDP was 6.6 percent, within the expectation of the market .