The founding of the United Nations on Oct 24, 1945 was a milestone in humanity's pursuit of peace and development, and China was the first country to put its signature on the UN Charter. On Oct 25, 1971, the UN General Assembly at its 26th Session adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority, and restored […]
Editor's Note: To mark the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China's restoration of its lawful seat in the UN, Wu Hailong, the president of China Public Diplomacy Association, in his commentary, says the world should support the UN-led international order. Several other experts exchanged their views on the opportunities and challenges facing the […]
The AUKUS scheme is another clear manifestation of the US-led allies’ continuous hypocrisy and rivalry against rising China. Since the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia signed the pact in September, the hands in glove of Anglo-Saxon hegemonic heritage have kept rattling world stability and order. The group is facilitating Australia to develop nuclear-powered […]
Aerial photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows wild Asian elephants in Jinning district of Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The world is losing its biodiversity faster than at any time in the recorded past centuries. The danger this loss represents is enormous, and reversing the damage will require a coordinated global […]
(MA XUEJING / CHINA DAILY) In February 2011, anti-government protests broke out in eastern Libya, which quickly evolved into domestic conflicts. The US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization took the opportunity to intervene militarily and soon toppled the Muammar Gadhafi regime. Since then, the country has been plunged into protracted turmoil. Right after the Libyan war, […]
(SONG CHEN / CHINA DAILY) When addressing the opening ceremony of the plenary session of the sixth Eastern Economic Forum on Sept 3, President Xi Jinping said: “The international landscape is going through profound transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic keeps raging with frequent flare-ups, and the world economy faces a daunting recovery. This presents regional cooperation […]
I was a young boy in Shanghai in 1971 when China National Radio announced that the People's Republic of China had assumed its lawful seat at the United Nations after the General Assembly passed Resolution 2758 on Oct 25, recognizing the PRC as the only legitimate representative of China to the UN. I was told […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 21, 2021 at UN headquarters. (EDUARDO MUNOZ / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the ambassadors of ten western countries over their statement for the release of a detained […]
Paddlers row past the central business district, at Marina Bay in Singapore, on Oct 3, 2021. (BLOOMBERG) Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel starting Oct 19, a move that several public health experts deem as timely as the city-state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. The […]
AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, alarmed the world on Sept 15 by announcing a plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia over 18 months. The deal could lead to serious consequences. The first consequence would be to create an enormous risk of nuclear proliferation, […]
Volunteers work at the media center of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP 15, in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Oct 12, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China is accelerating the establishment of a system of protected areas that will eventually encompass all the […]
Photo taken on May 3, 2018 shows Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (PHOTO / VCG) In his speech to mark the 110th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911 President Xi Jinping said the revolution led to search for path to national rejuvenation. He also emphasized aggression and hegemony are not in the blood of the Chinese […]
(SHI YU / CHINA DAILY) When French journalist Alain Peyrefitte’s book When China Awakes, the World Will Tremble was published in 1973, the Asian giant was deemed a backward country. Its annual per capita income was only $132, which ranked 114th in the world. Peyrefitte’s book title was a reference to a remark by Napoleon […]
US President Joe Biden speaks during the Quad summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in the East Room of the White House, Sept 24, 2021, in Washington. (EVAN VUCCI / AP) Although they did not mention China by name in their opening statement, […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) Oct 25 marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the People’s Republic of China’s lawful seat in the United Nations as the sole representative of the Chinese people. This was the culmination of some 22 years of struggle, with numerous twists and turns. The efforts to gain recognition that […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) That US President Joe Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad (Quadrilateral security dialogue among the US, Japan, Australia, and India) summit at the White House on Friday suggests the previous loose security partnership could soon become a formal organization. In his speech before the 76th Session of the United […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took a cheap shot at China in her second State of the Union address on Wednesday when she claimed that the European Union is "good at financing roads, but it does not make sense for Europe to build a perfect road between a Chinese-owned copper mine and a […]
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the United States pulled its troops out of Afghanistan, bringing to an inglorious end the longest war it has waged overseas. That the US withdrew from Afghanistan without fulfilling its mission of eradicating terrorism from the country shows that its two-decade-old "war on […]
The Americans have been spearheading the Indo-Pacific policy efforts for a while. This is in view of the Chinese assertion along land and maritime boundary disagreements. Along with this factor, China’s overall challenge to the US’ position as a unipolar hegemon also got the Americans startled. The Trump administration began the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue efforts, keeping […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) I first coined the acronym BRIC nearly 20 years ago. So, how do I think it has developed, and what do I think the future holds in store for the expanded BRICS? I have mixed opinions on how it has developed. Obviously, the whole concept of grouping the emerging economies […]