On June 19, the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs took place in Beijing, and recently, the BRICS held its summit for finance ministers and central bankers in Shanghai as well as the first BRICS Games in Guangzhou. In addition, the BRICS Political Parties, Think-tanks and Civil Society Organizations Forum took place in Fuzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province.
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went in for a bear hug with his US counterpart Donald Trump during their first in-person meeting, what did US scholars think?
It seems strange for a development economist to talk about what the western media called “the national strategy”. But Cheng Cheng would like to call the Belt and Road an initiative rather than a strategy.
For all the uncertainties it faces, China`s economy is viewed with confidence as reforms generate investment opportunities in its financial market and currency.
Although China’s high-level Belt and Road summit concluded in Beijing two weeks ago, the debate it has generated will continue for quite a while — especially in countries like the United States, where attitudes toward the initiative are ambivalent at best.
This episode once again reflects the two sides of a coin of this giant developing nation - it is moving fast to modernization while it is returning to religious traditions.
A famous Chinese entrepreneur`s high-profile rebuttal of a recent report by The New York Times has drawn a lot of attention across the Pacific in the past few days, reviving a long-lingering question: what makes U.S. mainstream media`s reports about Chinese companies so controversial?
The first Sino-US Diplomatic and Security Dialogue (DSD) kicks off in Washington on Wednesday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and their Chinese counterparts State Councilor Yang Jiechi and General Fang Fenghui, a member of China`s Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of the CMC Joint Staff Department, will chair the dialogue.
The US can play a more constructive role on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a group of Chinese experts visiting New York.
Wolves have a complex image in China. On one hand, many Chinese find them scary, which is why there are numerous stories about wolves harming people and other animals in traditional Chinese culture. On the other hand, Chinese also respect these animals because they are seen as being "courageous" and "tough."
Last Wednesday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Donald Trump administration would adhere to the one-China policy as it reviewed US policy toward China for the next 50 years. However, he also announced that the US would keep all of its commitments to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA).
In 2017, the global economy will face a more severe "cold wave", the Fed interest rate increase is only a prelude to the growing global liquidity war. All these changes will undoubtedly reshape the layout of the global economic landscape, the outlook for the future economic situation should be more cautious attitude.
China supports building a Silk Road in the air between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, President Xi Jinping said on June 14.
Theresa May`s loss of the Conservative Party parliamentary majority in the British general election is not only a result in an important European country with impact on the global situation, but has important lessons for international politics.
Although Indian culture has been popular in China for some time, in the form of movies, music, yoga and food, there have also been clear misunderstandings between the two countries, especially with regard to the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative.
The brands the Indians mostly use are VIVO, OPPO and Lenovo, all of which are Chinese brands. It has not been long since these brands marched into the Indian market, so the smartphones they were carrying were probably their first.
Chinese President Xi Jinping`s ongoing visit to Kazakhstan has won growing support for the Belt and Road Initiative and a historic enlargement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
A diplomatic crisis has erupted as major Arabian countries represented by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have all severed ties with Qatar, which is considered by China a crucial partner in promoting the Belt and Road initiative. How will the crisis affect China`s initiatives in the Middle East? What kind of measures are expected to be taken to minimize potential negative influences? Global Times reporter Ma Linna interviewed two scholars on this issue.
On June 1, 2017, US President Donald Trump announced his country`s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Not surprisingly, in his White House speech, he referred to China many times as an excuse for the US pullout. He said that the Paris Agreement was unfair to the US, and that he would begin negotiations to re-enter the agreement or an entirely new deal on terms more beneficial to the US.
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report earlier this year, which claimed there would be long-standing benefits from biotech crops for farmers in developing and industrialized countries. As a US-registered business interest NGO largely funded by big agri-businesses, the ISAAA has been active in promoting GM crops across the globe. As usual, the annual report painted a rosy picture about GM crop global expansion and its advantag