Kevin Rudd: How to stop China and the US going to war

As images of destruction and death emerge from Ukraine, and refugees flee the country in their millions, the world’s attention is rightly focused on the horror of what many once thought an impossibility in the 21st century: a large-scale modern war in Europe. In this grim moment, however, it is all the more important to think through and coldly reassess the dangers presented by other potential conflicts that could be sparked by growing geopolitical tensions. The most significant among these is the risk of a war between the United States and China. The salutary lesson of our time is that this scenario is no longer unthinkable.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on April 6, 2022

In a recent report, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China gave a full review of the means, features and impacts of and lessons from the US’ sanctions against Russia. It pointed out that increasing sanctions across the board is not helpful for solving the issue, but has serious negative impacts on Russia, Europe and beyond, leading to global inflation, disruption to supply chains and slower economic recovery. Do you have any comment?

Peter Koenig: Ukraine-Russia and the World Economic Forum (WEF). A Planned Milestone Towards “The Great Reset”?

The currently ongoing and devastating Ukraine-Russia war is the result of such power obsession. Let’s look back and analyze what may unfold, when we connect the dots; how the WEF may be crucially involved in this war. A war of Power towards the Great Reset?

Martin Jacques: Biden pushes Europeans on Russia action

US President Joe Biden was busy in Brussels with three summits on Thursday in which he was seeking to rally European allies for more economic action against Russia, but observers believe that a steeper escalation will only make the European Union poorer and weaker.

Peter Koenig: Who are the War Criminals? Ukrainian Soldiers Torturing Russian Prisoners of War

American-initiated wars and conflicts have in the last 60 years killed between 20 and 30 million people.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Pakistan under political turmoil!

According to the Washington Post dated 23 December 2016, the U.S. tried to change other countries’ governments 72 times during the Cold War. According to one study, the U.S. performed at least 81 overt and covert known interventions in foreign elections during the period 1946–2000. Another study found that the U.S. engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War. After the disintegration of the former USSR, the US emerged as the sole superpower in the unipolar world. Its role in the change of regimens around the globe has intensified exponentially.

Martin Jacques: Why is U.S. a war-hungry nation?

The world's largest military spender this week unveiled a budget plan for the fiscal year 2023 calling for a boost in the military budget.

Report on US’s sanctions against Russia released! Experts from multiple fields made in-depth discussions.

2022 Global Governance Forum (Spring) with the theme of US’s sanctions against Russia, hosted by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY), was successfully held in Beijing on April 2, 2022. The forum released the research report “Weapons of Mass Destruction? Assessment and Implications of US Sanctions against Russia”. Many famous experts from the fields of diplomacy, economics and finance discussed the far-reaching impact and revelations that the US sanctions against Russia will have on the world. The forum was live-streamed on Baidu, Huanqiu.com, Bilibili, Weibo, Zhihu and Capital News, with around 200,000 people watching online. The forum was covered by a number of media including People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China News, China Review News and China Youth Daily.

Kevin Rudd: A U.S.-China War Would Dwarf the Destruction in Ukraine. Both Sides Must Act Now to Avoid It

The world’s attention is rightly focused on the unfolding horror in Ukraine. Images of destruction and death wrought across that nation, and the harrowing experiences of refugees fleeing in their millions, testify to the tragic reality of war. And in the capitals of Europe, something once thought an impossibility—a large-scale 21st century war on the continent—has now become all too real, awakening once idealistic nations to the hard truth that such senselessness violence has not been eliminated from our modern, globalized world.

Wang Yiwei: China’s extraordinary claim about Russian invasion

China has claimed sanctions imposed on Russia are part of a US ‘playbook’ which see western countries benefit from the continued war in Ukraine.

Ding Gang: Why European integration failed to eliminate war

In 1995, Sweden became a member of the European Union. A Swedish scholar I interviewed at the time told me that if I had asked him then, "What's your nationality?" He would have said without hesitation, "I am Swedish." But after joining the EU, Swedes face a problem of identity transition. He wondered how long it would be before Swedes, when asked this question, would first answer that they were "European."

Cheng Li: Chinese Officials See Dramatic Drop in Job Security Under Xi

Dong Shaopeng: China makes draft revision to cross-border regulation for overseas listings amid audit talks with US

China's securities regulator on Saturday announced changes to cross-border regulations for offshore-listed Chinese companies in a draft regulatory document addressing confidentiality and document management for overseas listings, which experts said showed China's ongoing good-faith efforts to resolve the audit dispute with the US while pledging to protect national information security.

China’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine unlikely to have major effect on Asia trade ties

While China’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains a lightning rod for debate around the world, analysts in Asia say the region’s economic dependence on the world’s No 2 economy is too huge to crumble amid the geopolitical rifts caused by the war.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on China's Economy

Wang Yiwei: 73rd anniv of NATO foundation a reminder of US long-term control of Europe’s security

As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates the 73rd anniversary of its 1949 establishment, a new poll conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) showed that the majority of Russian people hold a negative attitude toward the bloc that is widely considered as the product of the Cold War. As the real initiator and driving force behind the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the NATO is destroying Europe, some Russian media said, while Chinese experts noted that the only way for Europe to reach its goal of having strategic autonomy is to shake off the long-term US control in terms of security.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: China contributes to the over-come Afghan crisis

Afghanistan suffered war an imposed war and the nation was victimized for almost four decades. There is a severe sense of responsibility in the international community to end the suffering of Afghans. Especially the neighboring countries have taken few initiatives. One of the most effective initiatives is led by China.

Wang Yiwei: More sanctions against Russia would further harm Europe, ‘keep crisis from ending’

To keep the Russia-Ukraine crisis a long way from ending is a clear goal of the US and Western countries as the US and the EU are considering more sanctions against Russia after the unverified alleged "war crimes" in Bucha were exposed. Analysts said on Tuesday that sanctions will not end the crisis but would bring huge harm to both the EU and Russia, especially Germany, the biggest EU economy.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on China's Economy

Zhou Rong: China contributes to build consensus and promote peaceful rebuilding of Afghanistan

A two-day meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbors highlighted the role of the region, especially China as host of the meeting, in building consensus and promoting the peaceful reconstruction of Afghanistan, analysts told the People’s Daily.