Wang Yiwei: US vows more weapons supply to Ukraine, aimed at ‘prolonged attrition’ to Russia

While the Russia-Ukraine crisis enters a new phase as fighting in the Donbas region intensifies, the US and its Western allies pledged more military assistance to Kiev, ramping up efforts to pressure and consume the power of Russia.

Vijay Prashad: Taking away political sovereignty is an old habit of colonialism

With the Ukraine crisis continuing, the West has spared no effort to persuade New Delhi to "stand with the West" to condemn Moscow. Is this another embodiment of the West's "colonial mentality" and "colonial structures and institutions"? Vijay Prashad (Prashad), an Indian Marxist scholar and Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, shared his insights with Global Times (GT) reporter Lu Yuanzhi.

Vijay Prashad: Now is the Time for Nonalignment and Peace

War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its operations. No war is precise; every war hurts civilians. Each act of bombardment sends a neurological shudder through a society.

Zhao Xinjun: PBOC announcement to help keep economic growth stable

China's central bank on Friday announced a cut in the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, which is expected to free up 530 billion yuan ($82.95 billion) in long-term liquidity, as part of the country's efforts to support development of the real economy and reduce comprehensive financing costs.

Jeffrey Sachs: China-U.S. relations not doomed to worsen

Editor's note: Many experts and strategists influenced by realist school of thought on both sides predicted that China-U.S. relations would only get worse in the coming years or even decades. "I don't agree that we are doomed to have worsening relations." argued Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In foreign policy thinking, realists assume "the worst about the other side" and assert the worst is true, he points out, "this is the wrong way to proceed". More China-U.S. dialogue is the only way out.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on China's Economy

Wang Wen: Bleak predictions of China stem from poor understanding

The author is a professor and executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. The article was a speech of him delivered at the Brown University China Summit on Sunday.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: India lacks sincerity and persistence in International relations

India has abstained from US-backed UN resolutions on Ukraine and continues to buy Russian oil. Despite signing defense treaties with the US, yet, procured S-400 from Russia. The import of Russian coal has increased sharply after the Ukraine war. India and Russia are working on a rupee-ruble mechanism to facilitate trade and get around Western sanctions on Russian banks, according to media reports. It is an open violation of US policies on the petro-dollar. Even, during the sanctions on Iran, India was getting oil and gas from Iran at discounted rates.

Djoomart Otorbaev: Energy security of Central Asia: Future

Editor's note: Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center. This is the second piece of his series on energy security in Central Asia. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.

Liu Ying: China-US ties benefit rebound in trade order

Nations should cooperate to stabilize global supply chains, protect multilateral business

John Ross: China still the backbone of world economy

The international economic situation is sharply worsening. The IMF has announced a downgrade of growth predictions for 143 countries. US inflation has reached 8.5 percent, the highest in 40 years - US inflation-adjusted wages fell 2.7 percent in the last year. High US inflation is forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, slowing its economy. In other advanced economies, inflation is higher - in Spain and the Netherlands it is 10 percent. With slowing growth and rising inflation, much of the world economy is heading towards "stagflation." Confronted with negative international trends, China's economy has rightly launched a moderate stimulus package - shown recently by reduction of China's Reserve Requirement Ratio.

Martin Jacques: Russia-Ukraine conflict hastens decline of Europe with US gaining geopolitically only

The lingering Ukraine crisis is another civil war within Europe which will hasten the European decline, a British expert has said. Martin Jacques, a former senior fellow of the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University, said that the source of the current Russia-Ukraine conflict is originated from the outdated Cold War mentality held by the United States in total disregard of the regional security. He also pointed out that by stirring up the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. can not only weaken Russia, but also enhance the dependence of Europe on the United States. The U.S. has put the whole Europe on the frontline of the confrontation with Russia.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Restoring the US-Iran Nuclear Deal: the conditions of the Iranian lawmakers

The current geopolitics forced the US to focus on one front or only a few fronts. It requires the US to prioritize its foreign policy. It seems the most important to the US at this moment is the Ukrainian crisis. So it seems, the US is putting all other agendas on secondary importance and trying to focus only on Ukraine. It has been observed that US diplomacy toward Latin America and the Middle East may soften a bit to spare more energy on Ukraine.

Djoomart Otorbaev: Energy security of Central Asia: An overview

Editor's note: Djoomart Otorbaev is a former prime minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.

Wang Yiwei: Mariupol capture could be ‘a crucial turning point’ for Ukraine-Russia conflict

As Russian claimed that its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol, the strategically important port city in southeastern Ukraine, setting a deadline for Ukraine troops in the city to surrender, some experts considered that the battle could be seen as a crucial turning point for the Ukraine-Russia conflict that would have last for two months. Taking Mariupol will help lay the foundation for Russia's next phased military operations in the Donbass and taking the port city could create a land corridor from Lugansk to Donetsk to Crimea.

Dong Shaopeng: SEC's threat to delist more Chinese firms will dent reputations of US capital market

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Taliban strictly bans drugs in Afghanistan

The Taliban has issued a decree banning the cultivation of opium poppy. “As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country,” the Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada said.

Lan Hong: National Green Development Fund begins investing

China’s first national-level green investment fund has begun making its first batch of investments.

【CRI】Liu Zhiqin: Why does Xi Jinping inspect Hainan?

Dong Shaopeng: Chinese economists expect RRR cut this week after Premier’s signal, also forecast interest rate cuts

With Chinese officials hinting at more than one high-level meeting recently that China will make flexible use of its monetary policy tools, and with China's financial powerhouse Shanghai still stuck in a grim battle against COVID outbreak, economists forecast the rollout of a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut very soon, on Friday at the earliest, as part of a basket of supportive policies to be rolled out this year which include interest rate cuts and loosening of restrictions on the property market in order to prevent the economy from sliding too hard.