The "Belt and Road" (B&R) initiative is the top-level design of China`s opening-up and economic diplomacy in the new era. In China, it`s a domestic development strategy aimed at poverty reduction and the development of central and western regions; but for the rest of the world, it`s an open and inclusive initiative, sharing common ideas and a goal with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
At a forum on Sino-US relations organized by the Global Times last week, the South China Sea situation undoubtedly became the center of the topics. Many scholars expressed worries that the currently escalating tension will evolve into a military clash.
Born together with the "Shanghai Five" 20 years ago, the "Shanghai Spirit" not only serves as the core value of the SCO, but also has contributed to the growing influence of Central Asia as a whole.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently on an official tour to Serbia and Poland. He visited the Czech Republic in March. China has been embarking on a connectivity-oriented foreign policy. Central and Eastern European countries have played an increasingly vital role in China`s diplomacy and they are key partners in China`s "One Belt and One Road" initiative.
China`s Belt and Road Initiative to reconnect countries along the ancient Silk Road through closer economic, trade and cultural ties could expect early harvest, with mutual interests serving as the key driver behind thriving cooperation amid global economic uncertainties.
Xiang Junyong, an international relations researcher at Renmin University of China, said Xi`s visit will bring more Chinese investment to Serbia, where many Chinese companies have contracts to build rail, highway and bridge projects.
The restoration of the Stilwell Road will revitalize the promising path, which will interconnect Southwest China, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and merge the region into an emerging market. The ethnic groups living in this area can seize the chance and prosper.
The Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub has once again made the world feel the horror of "lone wolf" terrorist attacks. This has been the most severe shooting tragedy in the past 50 years in the US.
Violent protests flared across the northern Indian state of Haryana late last month. The Indian government`s move to grant public sector job quotas to more lower caste groups bred vehement discontent among the Jats, who are currently listed as an upper caste.
Pakistan`s Sindh Province saw a bomb attack against Chinese engineers and small-scale protests against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) recently. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government claimed that anti-CPEC activities by foreign forces have been busted in Baluch Province. At the Beijing Forum held in Islamabad in late May, countries including the US and Japan have shown concerns over CPEC construction and even bluntly criticized the China-Pakistan friendship. CPEC is seeing intensifying
Tensions in the South and East China Seas continued to rise following last week`s security summit in Singapore and ahead of an international court ruling on a South China Sea arbitration case filed by the Philippines.
The upgraded G20 indeed played a significant role between 2008 and 2009 amid the raging financial crisis, preventing the world economy from sliding into deeper chaos.
The eighth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) convenes on Monday. Among the more than 90 government-to-government communication mechanisms between Beijing and Washington, S&ED is a "flagship dialogue," according to US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel. As it has in the past, the dialogue is expected to relieve the increasing tensions between China and the US.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee paid a four-day visit to China last week. His first destination was Guangzhou, the vanguard city of China`s reform and opening-up. His stop in Guangdong Province is believed to have symbolic significance.
Beijing does not expect the Obama administration to enthusiastically support the “Road and Belt”, but it does hope that the American side can be serious about the tremendous potential for the two countries to formulate a global development partnership. The “Road and Belt” has offered a window of opportunities. The US should not overreact to every Chinese proposals. They are not in a zero-sumgame. As veteran China expert Harry Harding said, “a more successful and confident United States would reg
As the 100-day countdown started Friday for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hangzhou, East China`s Zhejiang Province, expectations are running high that members of the bloc, representing the bulk of global trade and economic output, will make concerted efforts to address the various challenges facing the global economy.
Hu Yuwei interviewed by CCTV News on G20 Hangzhou Summit.
The Chinese authorities have announce a plan for speeding up the development of the artificial intelligence sector.
The G7 summit was held in Japan on May 26, while the G20 summit is scheduled for about a 100 days later in China`s Hangzhou. World powers are facing huge pressures under a "new mediocre" global economy, and they wish to coordinate on respective macro-economic policies to avoid a dangerous drift.
China saw a big drop in the growth of private investment from January to April this year. According to official statistics, China`s private-sector fixed-assets investment (FAI) rose by 5.2 percent year-on-year during the period, down from a 12.7 percent rise last year.