The Belt and Road blueprint initiated by China aims to build up mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation. However, given a myriad of complicated issues involving politics, ethnic minorities and border division, to further advance the development of the strategy needs political and diplomatic effort apart from massive investment from Chinese companies.
Chinese defense minister Chang Wanquan arrived in Sri Lanka Monday on the first stop of a two-nation tour which experts said will strengthen security and stability in the region. Chang will also visit Nepal.
China`s recently concluded "two sessions," the National People`s Congress and the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference, reaffirmed China`s strategic medium term goal to create a "moderately prosperous society in all respects" by 2020. But "moderately prosperous" is a specifically Chinese term. To give a clearer idea internationally of what achieving this would mean, it is enlightening to give a global comparison for China`s goal of "moderate prosperity."
Since Washington`s Asia-Pacific policy has yet taken shape, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson`s first official visit to Japan, South Korea and China, which started on Wednesday, has drawn wide attention.
Business representatives from China and Saudi Arabia gathered in Beijing Thursday afternoon to sign 21 memorandums of understandings (MoUs), covering various sectors such as IT, energy and construction.
China should play a more active role in global affairs, said observers at a high-level forum held earlier this week in Beijing.
During a recent closed-door seminar endorsed by Washington-based Hudson Institute and New Delhi-based Vivekananda International Foundation, scholars from both countries said cooperation between India, the United States and Japan is necessary to "face the Chinese assertiveness" in the strategic Indian Ocean and Pacific regions.
Chinese experts said the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May in Beijing will further internationalize and institutionalize the Belt and Road initiative.
South Korea`s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of president Park Geun-hye on March 10, putting an end to the political career of the first female president in Korean history.
During China`s annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions, discussions are not just confined to domestic issues, but also focus on China`s active involvement in global governance.
Chinese authorities encourage companies going out, but will tighten rules and regulations on outbound direct investment (ODI) for speculative purposes, following rapid growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) overseas, industry insiders noted on Monday.
On March 5, Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Session of the 12th National People`s Congress. The report suggests that this year`s agricultural work will focus on pushing forward supply-side structural reform and fostering new growth engines for rural development.
International experts have once again contributed their insights into the drafting of the latest annual Government Work Report – now the third year in a row – as the Chinese government values their opinions and treats them as an important force for innovation.
A Chinese enterprise inked two contracts for a huge hydropower station in Pakistan on Wednesday, a cooperation that experts say will benefit both Chinese enterprises struggling to shed overcapacity and will improve livelihoods in Pakistan.
As much of the world is showing uncertainties and a tendency to slide toward turbulence, China continues to demonstrate consistency and stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.
This May will witness China seeking viable solutions to the problems facing the global economy at the Beijing-based Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, where over 20 countries` leaders have confirmed their participation. The forum, as Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said, aims to make sure that the Beijing-led Belt and Road Initiative delivers greater benefits to the world.
Fighting has resumed in northern Myanmar, forcing a large number of Myanmese to flood into China. Kokang, a region bordering China, has once again aroused widespread public concern. To understand the current situation in this area, one must look back at the political ideals of the first generation of leaders of the People`s Republic of China.
China naturally thinks of its annual two sessions, the National People`s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference. But, the reality is China`s historically unprecedented economic and social development ensures that the two sessions are becoming a major international event watched by a global audience - over 1,500 foreign journalists registered for this year`s final NPC press conference.
Chinese infrastructure giants are cautiously eyeing potential opportunities under US President Donald Trump`s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan, given the lack of details and the possibility that the plan won`t go into action.
An immense human catastrophe is unfolding in parts of Africa and in Yemen. As the Washington Post wrote last month "The world is in the grip of an astonishing and acute crisis: More than 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, northern Nigeria and Yemen face starvation in the next six months, according to the United Nations.