Global Times annual event held in Beijing
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2018-12-08 17:41:44
Hu Xijin, the Editor in Chief of Global Times, delivers an opening speech at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Editor's Note:
The 2019 Global Times annual event was held on December 8, 2018 in Beijing. The event focuses on the theme: China-US Friction and Change in the World. (Photos: Cui Meng, Li Hao/GT)

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The 2019 Global Times annual event is held in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Photo: Li Hao/GT
Photo: Li Hao/GT
Photo: Cui Meng/GT
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Experts discuss the first topic on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Photo: Li Hao/GT
Rear Admiral Yang Yi attends the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Zhang Shuhua, director of the Institute of Information Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, takes part in the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Zhang Yiwu, Peking University professor, attends the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Sun Zhe, professor at Columbia University, attends the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
William Zarit, President of American Chamber of Commerce in China, attends the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Yang Xiyu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, speaks during the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Qiao Liang, professor at National Defense University PLA China, attends the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Yuan Peng, president of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, takes part in the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Zhao Xiaozhuo, a research fellow at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, takes part in the discussions on China-US relations at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Experts discuss the second topic on China's diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Jiang Feng, a scholar with Shanghai International Studies University, speaks during the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Gao Hong, a research fellow with the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Yang Guangbin, director of School of International Studies at the Renmin University of China, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Liu Jiangyong, vice dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations at Tsinghua University, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Xiao Gongqin, professor at Shanghai Normal University, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Kaitaro Nonomura, Japanese embassy counselor in China, speaks during the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018.
Wang Haiyun, senior consultant at China International Institute for Strategic Society, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Feng Yujun, deputy dean of the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Cui Hongjian, director of the China Institute of International Studies' Department of European Studies, attends the discussions on China’s diplomatic environment at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Experts discuss the third topic on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Huang Jing, a Distinguished Professor at Beijing Language and Culture University, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Huang Renwei, executive vice president of Fudan Institute of Belt and Road and Global Governance, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Wu Xinbo, director of Fudan University's Center for American Studies, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Wang Hongguang, a retired lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Luo Yuan, vice president of the China Strategic Culture Promotion Association, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Zhu Feng, dean of the School of International Relations, Nanjing University, speaks during the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Dai Xu, President of the Institute of Marine Safety and Cooperation, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Chu Shin-min, a professor of the Chengchi University department of diplomacy, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Zhou Zhihuai, director of the academic board of the Taiwan and East Asia Research Center of Central China Normal University, attends the discussions on the South China Sea issue and Taiwan question at the 2019 Global Times annual event in Beijing on December 8, 2018. Photo: Li Hao/GT