For more than six decades, Jose Vieira Loguercio had never made a trip abroad except for two brief forays to southern neighbor Argentina. The son of a trade unionist railway worker, the Brazilian had joined the leftist protest movement in 1964 and never had the luxury of going abroad.
From November 30 to December 1, the 13th summit of the Group of 20 (G20) was held in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. The event took place at a crucial moment for the G20 nations to steer the world economy and improve global governance. In his speech at the first session of the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping noted that “over the past decade, we have braced difficulties together, navigated the global economy out of recession and brought it back to the track of recovery and growth. Ten years later, let us work with the same courage and strategic vision and ensure that the global economy grows on the right track.”
In Washington, Vice President Mike Pence’s Oct. 4 speech ripping China was largely lost amid the uproar over the midterms and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
US President Donald Trump's America First policy and his ongoing trade friction with China were likely two key reasons for the "obvious and subversive changes in world structure" acknowledged by respondents to a 2018 Global Times survey, said experts on Sunday.
The City of London and China's central bank jointly launched an initiative in London on Friday to encourage banks to finance environmentally friendly projects along the Belt and Road trade routes.
A letter from US President Donald Trump to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan sent shock waves around the world. First Trump expressed irritation with Pakistan on Twitter. Then a few days later, he spared no efforts in praising Islamabad's role in regional security. What brought about this U-turn in attitude?
On Saturday, during the G20 summit, US President Donald Trump agreed to halt plans of raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese products from 10 percent to 25 percent starting from January 1, 2019, in order to pave the way for trade talks with Beijing.
As Chinese government agencies signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen protection of intellectual property, China immediately began to implement the consensus reached by Chinese and US leaders in Argentina to prevent escalating trade frictions.
As Portugal receives the first state visit from a Chinese head of state in eight years, Chinese analysts predicted that the European country is highly likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) with China to boost ties and expand cooperation.
Beijing and Buenos Aires have reached agreement for Argentina to export cherries to China, one of the efforts made by China to multiply its import channels, an economic expert said.
The French government's compromise on fuel tax hikes after Paris' worst rioting in decades will not easily extinguish the anger of protesters as their concerns have become more wide-ranging, experts say.
The New York Times has recently been bringing out a series of articles about China. The latest commentary by Bret Stephens has a striking headline - "The Real China Challenge: Managing Its Decline." This seemingly analytical article uses Brazil as a comparison to China, which exposes the writer's shocking ignorance about Chinese people's culture.
The 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-Portugal diplomatic relations next year will be an important moment for further and broader cooperation between the two countries.
The conflict between the French government and protesters is likely to come to an impasse, as the causes for it have been there for some time, experts say.
Portugal's geographical location is a potential asset as economic cooperation between China and Portugal is full of infinite possibilities, according to Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China.
The Green Finance Committee (GFC) of the China Society for Finance and Banking and the City of London's Green Finance Initiative (GFI) on Friday jointly published a set of green finance guidelines for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Climate change has become a common challenge for mankind. G20 member countries, who account for more than 85 percent of global GDP and 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, have the responsibility to make a greater contribution on this issue.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump's meeting in Argentina on Saturday yielded results that boosted the confidence of both countries and the world. The US agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25 percent and the two countries decided to start a new round of negotiations in the next three months. The meeting has prevented bilateral relations from going into a nosedive, showing how rewarding diplomacy between heads of state can be.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Panama City on Sunday local time for a state visit, becoming the first Chinese president to ever pay an official visit to Panama.
Ten years ago, the first G20 summit was convened to deal with the global financial crisis. A decade on, with the rising of populism and protectionism, will this year's G20 gathering promote more cohesive global economic cooperation?