The US media has never been a fan of Trump and has always had a prejudice against Beijing.
ASEAN relies on China for its economy and the US for security, and attempted to strike a balance between the two. However, as Beijing keeps providing development dividends to the region, such a balance can hardly be maintained.
More significantly, amid all the divergences and conflicts between Beijing and Washington, the two can get along well with each other through such collaboration, find their positions in the global arena in the current era and elevate their mutual trust to the next level.
Duterte regards China as an important partner in the Philippine economy and security and has benefited from this stance.
Taking all that into consideration, how to further boost the manufacturing industry has become a crucial task which China is now facing. Achieving the goal requires not only the policies, but more importantly, political leadership to guide and guarantee development.
The progress of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army echoes national development.
Such a geopolitical point should not be made at the expense of the development of all three. Japan might have woken up to the fact by sending a heavyweight to China. Beijing is also looking forward to seeing Seoul’s participation.
Talk show host Bill O'Reilly was officially fired by the Fox News Channel last week amid a sea of sexual harassment allegations. His show, The O'Reilly Factor, with nearly 4 million viewers a night on average, made him one of the most popular cable news hosts in the US. But it all ended after The New York Times exposed that O'Reilly and Fox had paid over $13 million in settlements to five women who accused O'Reilly of sexually harassing them in the workplace.
On April 6, Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks for jewelry, spa services and ladies' bags. Her company already holds 16 registered trademarks in China. The news has attracted much negative press in the US, as the media believes Ivanka and her family are deeply involved in China contacts and policy.
China's recent announcement of the newly standardized names of six places in South Tibet has unsurprisingly set the Indian media ablaze. Over the past two days, quite a few Indian media outlets, such as the Hindustan Times, described Beijing's latest move as "revenge" and "retaliation" against India for hosting the 14th Dalai Lama in the disputed border region earlier this month.
Corruption will negatively impact the central government's policies and its authority as well. Problems in the financial system will harm China's real economy, and jeopardize China's overall economic security and people's livelihoods.
Pyongyang's fiscal expenditure in developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles is limited, which can be proved by the recent military parade and the failed missile test. Amid the tightening UN sanctions toward Pyongyang, the country's spending in this field will be inevitably reduced.
The official campaign for South Korea's presidential election kicked off on Monday. Polls suggest that among the five candidates, Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party are running neck-and-neck, making the May 9 election results more unpredictable.
Turks went to the polls on Sunday to choose between the parliamentary system which they have lived under for almost a century and a presidential system that would put all executive power in the hands of their president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. While media attention is focused on the political pathway of the president, there is something more at stake.
China adheres to the principle of "putting aside disputes and seeking common development" to solve the South China Sea issue, and, with economic construction as its primary goal, lays much stress on improving good-neighborly friendly ties with ASEAN countries.
The idea of the China-Russia-India strategic triangle need not be viewed as futile since an active and positive global role of the three countries could contribute to a more just and balanced world order that China has been promoting. But the basis of such a triangle is that the parties concerned respect the national interests of the others, which India should particularly take note of.
China and Myanmar signed a crude oil pipeline transmission agreement Monday. The deal is regarded as one of the most significant achievements of Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw's Beijing trip. The pipeline will be running soon, according to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin.
The growing role and contribution of the Chinese navy in the international crackdown on non-traditional threats facing the world deserves objective evaluation.