North Korea reportedly tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, which made the situation in the region more tense and complicated. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a scathing statement. He said the sanctions against North Korea should be further strengthened and the US will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.
North Korea`s latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week aggravated tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Using sanctions passed by the UN Security Council, the US has been pressing China`s neighboring countries to cut their economic ties with North Korea, stepping up its strategic control of China`s neighborhood.
Recent publication of U.S. GDP figures for the 2nd quarter means data is now available for comparison of China and America, the two largest economies, for the first half of this year.
Analysts from a leading Chinese think tank said they were optimistic about the prospects for China-US trade and investment, calling for a restart to negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty and for the promotion of cooperation in fields such as services trade and energy.
Industrialization is key to lifting Africa out of poverty, and President Xi`s observations offer valuable lessons.
Beijing police said on Wednesday that 67 members of the pyramid investment organization Shanxinhui have been detained for disturbing social order after their illegal gathering in the streets on Monday.
Beijing will not compromise with India`s visiting national security adviser, and the only way to resolve the current standoff is for India to unilaterally withdraw its troops from Chinese territory, experts said.
It`s not impossible to find other ways to bind China and Australia more tightly than trade or ore. In fact, as long as the two countries can update their understanding of each other with mutual respect and enhance their interactions, they will be able to consolidate a foundation for seeking consensus, that is, common destiny.
Despite the positive momentum, contradictions and divergences between Beijing and Washington still remain, such as their disagreements on values, strategic interests, the Belt and Road initiative, the South China Sea issue and the Taiwan question. A third country such as Japan, Vietnam and India may play a dirty trick.
Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY), was interviewed by CGTN on July 20, talking with the reporter of the Global Watch program over the topics at the first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue (CED) held in Washington D.C. on July 19.
Speaking at the G20 summit in Hamburg Friday, Xi underscored the role of innovation and development in boosting global growth, proposing that G20 members increase cooperation in digital economy and the new industrial revolution, and jointly develop new technologies, industries, business models and products.
Turning to one of the implications of these data, there is a wise Chinese saying "seek truth from facts." Therefore, it is illuminating to compare these actual results of China`s economic development with the predictions being made by so-called "China experts" in the Western media.
The first China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue (CED) concluded in Washington recently. Many Western commentators noted that it produced no major breakthroughs.
The China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue (CED) kicked off in Washington on Wednesday, the first focusing on economic and trade issues in a new format agreed on after a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in April. What are the important trade issues between China and the US? How will the dialogue influence US trade policies toward China and Sino-US relations?
The well-developed trade exchanges between China and the US benefit both sides, experts said, as the first round of bilateral economic talks kicked off on Wednesday with the expectation that an extension from a 100-day to a one-year cooperation plan will help smooth frictions.
A number of provinces and cities are eager to be involved in the "Belt and Road"(B&R) initiative, including Southwest China`s Tibet Autonomous Region. The opening-up of Tibet is in line with the general trend, but due to some historical and geopolitical factors, it has had to face some special challenges involving international strategy and security in the process of its development.
China unveiled reform plans for the financial sector to better serve the real economy while guarding against risks.
Standing on the top of the monumental gate into Russia at the border city Manzhouli and looking north, I can see Zabaykalsk, the final stop of the Far Eastern Railway within Russia. The Russian town is also an important pivot of the Belt and Road initiative. Many of the freight rail lines linking Chinese cities with European countries that opened in the past year pass here.
China has offered to establish a new, trilateral dialogue mechanism with the Palestine and Israel to settle their conflicts, and seeks to defuse tensions in the Middle East by pushing forward the Belt and Road initiative, President Xi Jinping told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing.
The UK Premier League`s Chelsea Football Club apologized to China and Chinese soccer fans after its player Robert Kenedy posted videos targeting the country and its people.The apology was made on Sunday on Chelsea`s website in both Chinese and English, after the club initially posted an apology on its Chinese Sina Weibo microblog and Kenedy deleted his posts and appeared to have apologized.