As part of civil society, we should make every effort to put China-US relations back on track.

From the perspective of openness, we are facing a transformation of almost unprecedented magnitude in the past two centuries. Western countries, led by the US, are attempting to contain and decouple from China.

In academia, China is referred to as a "developmental state," but at its core, there exists a "developmental party."

Modernization can only be successful when it conforms to a country's own civilization, culture and national conditions. Otherwise, it will lead to failure.

Now as the West engages in strangling China and the "decoupling" of the two systems, we have to open up even more, that is, the institutional opening-up of rules, regulations, standards and management. I call it a "unilateral opening-up."

At a time when the US, the world's largest economy, is pursuing economic nationalism and trade protectionism, the world urgently needs China to encourage "opening-up", the international public good that the world requires most today.

"I have full confidence in the new government. They understand both China and the world."

Editor's Note: From many perspectives, the world is in danger of being drawn into long-term trouble. A growing risk of new conflicts is bubbling amid a lingering pandemic, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the plague of soaring inflation and an energy crisis. Against this complex backdrop, what will 2023 look like? Who should we look toward as the anchor of stability in the world? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Zheng Yongnian (Zheng), professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and president of The Institute for International Affairs, Qianhai. This is the fifth piece of the Global Times series – "Looking for an anchor of stability in 2023."

In the past, the status of major power was won through wars, such as the British empire, the US and the Soviet Union. But now, whether a country can be defined as a major power depends on whether it has the ability and will to provide enough international public goods to the region and the world. Achieving sustainable rise by providing international public goods is what differentiates China and other major powers in the past. Asian peace can be secured with more international public goods.

The report delivered to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) emphasized that China has proposed promoting national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization. This has made “Chinese modernization” a hot phrase in international public opinion. How has the CPC been able to promote the realization of Chinese modernization? And what is the significance of the 20th CPC National Congress to China and the world?

The most important factor that China takes up the global supply chain in just a few decades is its political stability. In the world's systems of economy and supply chain, China's role is irreplaceable.

Editor's Note: Political infighting in the US is becoming tenser and tenser ahead of the midterm elections, with former president Donald Trump's home being raided by the FBI. How will this political infighting evolve? With US-style democracy showing its cracks, how will it affect the US global leadership and US foreign policy, especially that regarding the Taiwan question? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Zheng Yongnian (Zheng), professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and president of the Institute for International Affairs, Qianhai, over these issues.

What should China do if Pelosi really visits Taiwan? On the Taiwan question, the US has no bottom line. There will be a bottom line, but not through paperwork or lip service, but fight.

It's not easy to describe the development of China over the past 10 years, and if I could only use one term to describe it, I would choose the term "great change."

In an age of democratic crisis in both the developed West and the developing world, China's institutional experiment is becoming particularly meaningful. Its experiment may shed useful lessons for other countries.

Many advocate taking a hard stance toward China, which they see as a main rival. India will not allow China to use the Indian Ocean as a stepping stone to becoming a maritime power.

The most urgent task for China is to find good opportunities to make further breakthrough in its reforms.

There have been two major global trends since 9/11, the US “War on Terror” and the rise of China and other developing nations.  Some people link the two phenomena together, pointing to globalization as the root cause of both.