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Wang Peng: What leads to Brexit's chaos?
The Brexit process is seen as a total "mess" in many people's words. Some have blamed Theresa May and her poor negotiating strategy for the current impasse in Brexit, and some blame the EU. What has caused this Brexit chaos?
2019-03-27 -
China should lead with sustainable development
Sustainable development means the idea of economic development that is socially equitable and environmentally sustainable. It is the idea of combining three objectives: economic growth, social justice and environmental sustainability.
2019-03-27 -
Li Wei: Closer Vietnam relations will eliminate uncertainties
Last year was marred by a series of economic shocks. In 2018, the World Trade Organization faced an unprecedented crisis, and the global trade order suffered clashes because of a tariff war launched by the US.
2019-03-26 -
Is Thucydides wrong when it comes to China and U.S.?
Over the course of history, 12 out of 16 cases where rising powers confronted established powers ended up in war, from the Peloponnesian War to the most recent World War II. The world has remained peaceful for seven decades under a post-war international order, up until very recently, when the United States perceived the "threat" of a China that is rising meteorically.
2019-03-26 -
Boeing crisis will not be a barrier in Sino-U.S. deal
The eighth round of Sino-U.S. high-level trade consultation talk is expected to be held in Beijing on March 28-29. A U.S. delegation led by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will fly to China to further discuss trade issues with the Chinese side. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has been invited to the U.S. for the ninth round of talks in early April, said Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng on Thursday.
2019-03-22 -
Cooperation or competition – a look at the future of China-EU ties
On Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the ninth China-European Union High-Level Strategic Dialogue. The foreign minister later said that there will be more cooperation, stability, and connectivity in the world as China strengthens its ties with the European Union.
2019-03-22 -
China, US should focus on ‘content of deal’
As Chinese and US officials appear to be racing for an agreement to end their trade war, Chinese analysts urged the two sides to focus more on the content rather than any artificial deadline to ensure a final deal would be equal and fair to both sides.
2019-03-21 -
William Jones: China's experience helps transform an African desert into a garden
With the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Italy, there will no doubt be some discussion of cooperation between the two nations on the African continent. For Italy, helping to resolve the dire economic situation in Africa is both a humanitarian and an economic concern. The devastated economy in many African countries is bringing more and more refugees to Italy's shore, and the burden is taking its toll on the Italian economy. For China, Africa has always been a particular concern having shared in the condition of underdevelopment for so many years. Even when both were clearly developing countries, China offered its assistance to its African brothers.
2019-03-20 -
Long Xingchun: US-Japan-India-Australia alliance stillborn
According to The Associated Press, Admiral Phil Davidson, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, suggested in Singapore earlier this month that a loose security grouping of US, Japan, Australia and India, which is known as the Quad, may be shelved for now, as Indian navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba "made it quite clear that there wasn't an immediate potential for a quad."
2019-03-19 -
Clear timeline for China-US talks remains hard to predict
According to He, although the talks have reached the final stage, the final steps can be extremely difficult as they involve the issues that are the most difficult to agree upon, including contract enforcement.
2019-03-19 -
Zhao Minghao: US defense budget points to vaulting ambitions from ‘America First’ to ‘Military First’
Spending on defense accounts for about $750 billion out of a total budget outlay of $4.6 trillion proposed recently by US President Donald Trump. Apart from related expenses allocated to agencies such as the US Department of Energy, the Pentagon will get $720 billion in this budget - an increase of around $3.3 billion over fiscal year 2019.
2019-03-19 -
U.S. doubts on Confucius Institute "part of ongoing China vilification"
A long bell has been ringing on China's soft power. In a recent interview with Fox News, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said China is on an attempt to use think tanks and non-profit organizations to influence opinion in the U.S. and Australia, and the move "is far greater in magnitude than any other foreign effort we have seen in history."
2019-03-18 -
China needs solid proof in Azhar case
China suspended India's latest bid to list Masood Azhar, the leader of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), as a global terrorist, to give it more time to examine the request. Why did China take this position? Will it affect future China-Pakistan-India relations? Three experts shared their views with the Global Times.
2019-03-15 -
EU action plan shows China a stimulus for unified stance on internal differences
The EU's newly proposed action plan, which seeks more balanced relations with China, reflects its ambivalent attitude toward China's rising geopolitical and economic position, and China-EU relations will be defined by cooperative competition in the future, analysts said on Wednesday.
2019-03-14 -
China, UK will both benefit from free trade deal
Against the backdrop of a worsening international economic environment, China needs to find solutions as soon as possible in case more Western countries unite against it on some major economic issues. The country should pay attention to deepening bilateral relations with important economic and trade partners by building a more comprehensive and high-standard free trade network. And the UK could be one of the developed countries with which China could strengthen economic cooperation in a new round of changes to the international economic order.
2019-03-13 -
Long Xingchun: India’s tariff feud with US exposes fault lines
In a letter to the Congress earlier this month, US President Donald Trump signaled plans to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for Indian exports worth $5.6 billion. This is another front in his trade war after the US announced 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum in March 2018.
2019-03-13 -
Soybean sales bode well for China-US trade talks
China-US trade talks are speeding toward a deal, as warming signs from the two countries' soybean trade have helped create a good environment for negotiations, Chinese observers said on Friday.
2019-03-11 -
India needs to seize opportunity in RCEP talks
On Saturday, trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap to resume negotiations over the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The proposed RCEP, which aims to create one of the world's largest trading blocs encompassing 45 percent of the world's population and 40 percent of global trade, is now at a critical moment. While the participating countries generally hope to reach a final deal by the end of this year, uncertainties should not be overlooked.
2019-03-07 -
Chen Dingding: Trade War Truce Will Relieve the U.S., for now
On February 24, U.S. President Trump twitted that he would delay the tariffs increase due to progress in negotiations with China, indicating that the possibility of reaching an agreement increases. The Sino-US trade friction in the past few months has confirmed that continued confrontation can only hurt China and the United States and even endanger the global economy. According to Reuters, the trade war has caused billions of dollars in losses to both sides. After announcing the above decision, Trump made a speech at the White House and expressed his hope to reach a trade agreement with China that is beneficial to both countries. In fact, if the issue gets properly resolved, it will be positive news not only for China and the United States but also for the whole world.
2019-03-07 -
Ding Gang: Nepal refuses to drift between China and India
International relations observers are more likely to see Nepal as a piece of bread sandwiched between China and India. The metaphor is often used by Western media in terms of geopolitics of the region.
2019-03-07
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