Apple announces it will produce iPhone 14 in India. US and Apple policymakers, Indian producers, as well as the world's Apple production and supply chain, will all bear the backlash of US containment policy toward China.

The Biden administration has sugar coated its strategic offensive with buzzwords such as “shared history, values, and people-to-people ties.” However, they seem to have missed the most important keywords to sound international relations, which is respect and equality.

Why is the US leading the anti-China campaign when all Beijing is doing is to help lift the peoples of the Pacific region out of poverty? The US must be reminded that time has changed and needs have outgrown available resources.

It is hoped that the sound of the explosion on the North Stream pipelines can awaken more people to join in the pursuit of peace, so as to turn the North Stream incident into an opportunity to stop the war and promote peace, rather than a fuse that worsens the situation.

Truss' governance performance is barely satisfactory. She lacks an independent mind in both governance and diplomacy, which can be illustrated by imitating Thatcher in economy and closely following the US in diplomacy.

“We are not only a classical colony. We are more a colony today than we were 30 years ago.”

Russia is now the equivalent of a screw, and Europe and Ukraine a nut. Both the screw and the nut are in the hands of the US.

For the US, asking other countries to accept the special right of the US and its allies to subvert other countries' regimes asymmetrically is even more nonsensical. For actors who are concerned about the future of the global cyberspace, it will be necessary and urgent to build an effective mechanism to eliminate the harmful influence brought by the US and seek a practice that can promote the sound development of the internet and global cyberspace.

In the face of great changes in the world unseen in a century, it's time for Japan to make careful choices again.

Regardless of how the US and Western public opinion may hype it as a security and political event, Russia's move is a humanitarian act to ensure the legitimate rights of a dissident in the eyes of US government and to guarantee that Snowden is not persecuted by US authoritarian behavior.

Other countries can best benefit from their relations with socialist China if they also adapt China's experience to their aspirations and circumstances.

Socialism with Chinese characteristics can not only work - it can outperform Western capitalism, even in a crisis.

British pound tumbles to record low

Even within these primarily development-focused groupings, the US-led G20 has become increasingly vulnerable to divisive geopolitics, while both BRICS and SCO have been debating on expansion to co-opt new aspirant countries which promises to increase their writ and relevance.

We always hear that every nation should follow a path of development according to its own history, culture and the wishes of people. It's the key lesson we must learn from China.

For Europe which is standing at crossroads, it faces a series of development and security issues, such as refugee influx, energy crisis, economic recession, that wait for urgent solution as its politics turns right. It needs strategic autonomy, the courage to see truth from facts and choices that accord to the trend to solve those issues. Italy is no exception to this.

What Truss must understand is that the UK is welcome to seek opportunities for economic development in the Indo-Pacific region. But if the country intends to play politics and create chaos, it will only face significant failure soon.

Federal Reserve's third 75 basis point interest rate hike 

A potential distancing from China in the middle of such grim prospects could be catastrophic for Britain, especially when existing inflation is taken into account, costs of living are rising and supply chains are already strained in the midst of Brexit.

China has been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of the international order, a provider of public goods, and a mediator of hot spot issues.

China's diplomacy has always treated friends who seek peace, cooperation and unity with smiles, but reacted strongly to forces that provoke and undermine our core interests. These two distinct attitudes are parts that form China's certainty.

Since the reactivation of the Quad, several summits at different levels have been held. But no matter what kind of cooperation, the momentum of quadrilateral cooperation sounds huge, while few projects are actually implemented.

Declining US hegemony

China has made enormous progress on all social and economic indicators. The CPC represents the most vital part of Chinese society. Its mission is to lead Chinese society to the future.

Once the growing deindustrialization of Europe becomes a reality, the US may try to benefit from it by promoting the trend, because the US will become a preferential destination of European industries that choose to leave the continent.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Solomon Islands, particularly after Beijing confirmed the signing of a security pact with Honiara, the Pacific Islands country has been subject to "a barrage of unwarranted and misplaced criticisms, misinformation and intimidation," as sharply pointed out by Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Damukana Sogavare in an address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday.

We also have confidence in New Delhi's political wisdom and strategic sobriety, and believe that China and India will find a way of coexistence and accommodating divergent views.

This incident suggested that most countries, including South Korea, know about the “disease” which has spread through the US government and Congress. The diplomatic promises Biden has made, especially ones involving considerable amount of financial aid, are difficult to achieve, as the Congress often will act to block Biden's proposals. This impacts Biden's credibility, and demonstrates to the world the hypocrisy and unreliability of the US government.

As early as in 1796, George Washington, the first US President, told Americans that political parties were the "worst enemy." The forefathers of the US could never have imagined that, more than two hundred years later, the checks and balances system would end up this way: It has not only separated the power of the three branches of the US government, but has also torn the not-so-United States apart.

There is a huge potential for consumption in tents, camp vehicles, canopies, deck chairs, and cooking utensils. The booming camping economy is becoming the “hope of the industry” in the consumer market.

Nuclear weapons are by no means a grenade that can be tied up on the waist, and taken out to show off at one's whim to scare people.

Peace can be secured if more and more countries choose to side with peace and oppose war, not being tied to certain military groups, and not being involved in a broader war, including financial and economic sanctions.

Regional countries in the South Pacific are not satisfied with the US for trying to turn the region into an anti-China battlefield, and it is of no significance to promote a strategy to counter China there.

Instead of building relations with Arab nations based on mutual goodwill, respect, trust, and benefit, some policymakers in the US establishment still have hegemonic delusions about the region, wishfully thinking that they can issue diktats to the Arabs. They erroneously believe that the Arab region is their playground and that they are entitled to having one-sided relations benefiting them mainly at the expense of the regional nations. This was clear in July when some US officials held a press conference to explain the objectives of Biden's trip to the Middle East, setting the diplomatic tone for the visit. However, they sounded out of touch with regional realities, unnecessarily and provocatively talking about claims of human right issues and political reforms, which Arab people viewed as a flagrant interference in their domestic affairs.

By bolstering the concept of the Asian Century and emphasizing the rise of Asia, India is trying to garner support from China, as India will host the G20 summit and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit next year.

It is ultimately wishful thinking if the West believes that Russia will be weakened by the Ukraine war and India will abandon Russia and the SCO. For India, the Quad cannot replace the SCO.

Migrants used as political pawns in US.

Amid the interwoven changes and chaos of the world, the UN is also undergoing a test about profound differences.

This kind of hype by Truss and Kishida is not of any significance. The result of the joint efforts by Japan and the UK in dealing with China will be totally different from that of 120 years ago.

Please don't forget that there will be no absolute winner or loser in a military conflict between nuclear powers.

The fragility of the US that is widely available in the public domain can be compared to a glass house. Considering the predictable consequences of its leader throwing rocks while still inside, the US' desire to meddle in China's most sensitive internal affair should be reconsidered.

The China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination has its own development logic and rhythm.

New Zealand should set an example to other Western countries to maintain a non-aligned foreign policy.

Declaring victory.

The "burden on the US" theory is bizarre. It is a new variant of "China responsibility theory."

Gregory May, the newly named US Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau, arrived in Hong Kong on Friday. It can be seen as a signal for Washington to choose such a “China hand” for this post － trying to eliminate at least some of the misunderstandings between China and the US on certain fundamental issues by sending a diplomat who has dealt with China and understands what China stands for.

America cures its inflation by giving it to the world

America is curing itself of inflation by infecting the rest of the world with it. The buck must stop here.

China rightfully would want to have a bigger say in shaping the international system to be one that is fairer and more just.

Are Russia and China destined for competition as Moscow pivots East? Russia is welcome to turn to the entire Global South – not just Asia – for economic opportunities in the future. The growth potential in South-South cooperation is so lucrative.

For the US, a military confrontation with China is not something to be taken lightly. Biden can make a "slip of the tongue" several times, but he does not dare to make a "slip of the heart."

As the world grapples with unilateralism-induced crises that have threatened global peace, China continues to be a shining example on the international stage, injecting stable, developmental and cooperative momentum. Over the last decade, China, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has achieved great success in record time, hitherto unseen in world history, including lifting nearly 100 million people out of absolute poverty, the unreserved promotion of multilateralism, and the adoption of a win-win development strategy among countries. In this series, the Global Times will interview diplomats from various countries to get their views on China's development and what it means for the world as a whole. ​

It's hard to believe that the "prosperity" of the US is clean and moral.

US is the main culprit of global cyberspace insecurity

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has always paid great attention to the Afghan issue.

But the question is that Russia has strategic gaming capabilities, but what is Russia's long-term goal?

German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck has frequently fired shots at China recently. After a meeting with his G7 counterparts last week, Habeck claimed that “the naivety toward China is over.” His ministry was also considering new measures to make business with China less attractive, including closer examination of Chinese investments in Europe, as it seeks to reduce its dependency on the Chinese market and products. But Habeck's remarks are both unprofessional and nonsensical.

We are all in the same boat; we rise and fall together. This was what the US championed when it stood unrivalled, stewarding the world with self-confidence and a sense of mission. But no longer. It has started to feel insecure, not least about cutting-edge technologies like semiconductors, and even fear that its seat as the helmsman might soon be taken.

The latest stunts staged by the two political parties in the US have reached a new low, as the midterm elections are approaching. The subject this time is migrants.

The repeated frustration in integrating into the West has made Turkey ramp up its efforts to “Look East.”

The report submitted on Monday by the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the nuclear-powered submarine cooperation under AUKUS lacks proper legal basis, China's permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna said on Tuesday.

The national security regime here does not want those counter-hegemonic perspectives to reach the American public, because it will affect their decision-making and could lead toward the democratizing of foreign policy decisions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping just concluded his visit to Central Asia and attendance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. As the much anticipated, twice-in-a-decade national congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is only less than one month away, this visit, naturally, attracts much attention from international observers: what is the key message of President Xi's first travel overseas since the pandemic began? What is China's solution to the challenges in this complex and uncertain world?

I'm optimistic about China-EU cooperation in the sense that I still believe in both sides, there are enough people interested in finding bright spots and positive topics on the picture of bilateral ties: president of the EU Chamber of Commerce

President Xi's trip to Central Asia has global significance. It brings confidence and hope to the region amid crises and changes, and will continue to pool forces to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Some young people living in first-tier cities are now moving home into RVs, and are known as "modern digital nomads."

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from Thursday to Friday. The summit attracted international attention as it took place against the backdrop of the rise of the non-Western world. To what extent can the SCO provide an alternative for the world order? What is the biggest difference between the SCO and West-led organizations? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Sheradil Baktygulov (Baktygulov), an independent political analyst based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, about these issues.

If SCO strategically manages to really contribute to mitigation of this territorial dispute, it would be a strong example for other countries and regions of dealing with conflict-prone issues.

As uncertainty significantly increases in today's international landscape, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has always been on course and has not lost momentum.

If more far-right parties gain evident political influence and play a vital role in their government, it will severely hit US' relations with Europe, and Europe will become more suspicious of the US.

AUKUS does set a precedent: If Australia can acquire nuclear-powered submarines, why shouldn't other countries?

Are we abandoning the energy transition and international agreements? How long will European strategic errors last to please political choices that are antithetical to our interests?

Russia and China now clearly see eye to eye on a range of international security and development issues; such a unity of views is historically justified and also reflects the current geopolitical balance in the international system. This unity constitutes a solid foundation for a long-term mutually beneficial cooperation between the two nations; one can only hope that the relationship will remain vibrant and will get stronger over time.

Washington has stepped up its efforts to use Taiwan question to contain China in recent years, increasingly hollowing out the one-China principle. Chinese scholars warned at a forum on Tuesday that if this trend goes on unchecked, the tension between China and the US will escalate significantly, which could trigger a security crisis or even lead to a larger military conflict.

Skyrocketing inflation hits American households hard.

The influence of Queen Elizabeth II and her royal family included a perceived legacy of colonialism, particularly the division of civilization into different classes, which still severely constrains the development of former colonial countries.

The SCO provides the world a huge room for imagination, and the Samarkand Summit will become a new milestone.

With so many negative AUKUS assets on its shoulders, ranging from self-interests to world security, if the current Australian administration is wise, it should start thinking of how to lead Australia out of this trap, dug by its predecessor, instead of plunging deeper.

In the context of the Ukraine crisis which has global impact, mitigation of other conflicts, tensions and crises across the world could be a somewhat compensation of the currently growing degree of threats to international security. In this respect, the SCO can make its important and tangible contribution to this task by, for example, strengthening peace and security in its own "zone of responsibility."

Germany and China cannot decouple from each other without causing economic damage on both sides, and there is no reason for this.

The US stealing Syrian national treasure is a long-time crime. The crime is stealing, and the thief is “the leader of the free world.”

US launches cyberattacks targeting China's space and aviation university.

China has never been involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, so how can the situation of "he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount" be applied to China?

Although the US and Western leaders often talk about assisting Africa, there is no movement when it comes to real actions.

Are the West's climate funding promises to Africa just another bubble?

Climate issues have been also politically manipulated by certain countries in the West under the excuse of security.

The Arab-China relations are becoming institutionalized and cemented through strategic long-term deals in critical sectors such as energy and telecommunications. There is no question that the prospects of the Arab-China relations are enormous and brilliant.

The SCO summit is sure to be a clear evidence that evolving multipolar world has a non-Western strong pillar that the world community can rely on.

The reelection of the incumbent Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki is the result neither Tokyo nor Washington wanted, but they should stop turning a deaf ear to the public opinion in Okinawa that the reelection result has reflected.

FT's such one-sided claim will not affect China's attractiveness among developing countries.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said on Sunday that the "threat landscape" in the country has evolved from concerns about foreign terrorists to domestic extremists in the 21 years since the 9/11 attacks.

Western sanctions will not kill Russia, but will create a new Russia, which is giving up its illusions about the West and gradually embedding deeper into the East, finding a new self by enjoying the dividends of the rise of the East.

If there is a chance that the people might struggle to survive the winter, there is an even greater chance that their governments will not.

Dependence first to the UK and now to the US, has meant that we've forfeited a great deal of Australia's sovereignty to imperial powers.

Sunday marks the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Amid the mourning for the victims, it's apparent that much of the world in the past two decades has been impacted by the US government' vengeance wars against terrorism, though the global situation has only got more complicated and chaotic.

While Apple's new iPhone 14 series have captured the imagination of the Chinese public with orders for the new products piling up till November, showcasing the role that the Chinese market continues to play in the company's business and supply chain, a handful of US politicians reportedly ramped up pressure on the company, claiming that the company will face intense scrutiny from US Congress if Apple procures memory chips from a Chinese firm for the next iPhone.

Germany's economy ministry is considering a range of measures to make business with China less attractive as it seeks to reduce its dependency on its major trading partner, according to a Reuters report. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the measures may include reducing or even scrapping investment and export guarantees to China in addition to reducing participation in trade fairs and scaling basic training for local employees.

Global Britain has a new leader. Liz Truss replaced the bombastic Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, having been chosen, according to the quirks of British democracy, by approximately 0.17% of the voting population.

On 8 September 2022, Director-General Liu Jinsong of the Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended on-line the 2nd Pakistan-China Think Tank Forum co-hosted by the Islamabad Strategic Studies Institute and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. Director-General Liu delivered the following speech:

Amid China and India's joint efforts to promote the cooling of border tension since the outbreak of the 2020 Galwan Valley border clash, Thursday witnessed a positive development. The Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban have begun to disengage in a coordinated and planned way, according to the consensus reached in the 16th Round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting held in July, China's Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Friday.

Countering China has become Washington's open scheme, while create more economic vassals and geopolitical minions at the same time is its secret plot.

This is the US. On the outside, it is still a highly developed country. But on the inside, parts of the US look like Somalia.

The one-China principle is the anchor for the peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits.

UK's new PM Liz Truss is inheriting a big mess.

They can neither be forcibly "bound" nor is there any "struggle between two tigers.” This is probably puzzling to the US and Western elites. We should be grateful that the world does not run on their will.

The Global Times interviewed four veteran diplomats and scholars to dig into the historical context surrounding the Taiwan question, give a true account of those historical moments, and analyze the profound impact of the current tension in the Taiwan Straits.

The post-Johnson Britain is now on the shoulders of Truss. Where is the UK headed under her leadership? Not many observers are optimistic. Some even say it would be an overestimation of Truss if viewing her moves from the perspective of political calculations.

China to start paying for Russian gas in rubles, yuan

The US, stuck in a pattern of neglect and panic, stumbles again in its response to #monkeypox. A dysfunctional democracy and failing social governance are the underlying causes of America's disastrous mishandling of health emergencies.

It is necessary to ask rhetorically why the elites in the US and the West are always thinking about when China will overtake the US in terms of economic size. This is because the rise of China has touched their deepest sense of superiority.

The US is willing to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood and is ready to fight to the last European, to the last European economy, to the last European government.

The British government would do well to recognise - as have the other British governments of the last four decades - that Britain can benefit a great deal from its relationship with China.

This spirit is not visible in normal times, but when it comes to a critical moment, it bursts out with a powerful force that is sufficient to overcome difficulties.

Mahathir's statement reflects the mainstream public opinion in regional countries.

A dark winter is looming ahead.

A future Truss government will most likely exacerbate the inherent contradictions in the bilateral relationship between the UK and Europe.

It is important to emphasise that Britain is now in a much inferior position than it was in 1979 when Thatcher first came to power.

China's role as a model of development which seeks to meet the needs of its people can be an inspiration for people around the world as a radical alternative to capitalist exploitation.

Public opinion in the US and the West is often times deliberately “promoting India and suppressing China.” Their blarneys to India are all belittling India.

To advance the China-Japan relationship, Japan must return to the original intention of the normalization of diplomatic ties with China.

Will Liz Truss pull the UK out of daunting crises?

This paints a grim picture for Europe, who will now face a brazen “winter of discontent” as their own populations grow angry, cold, bitter, frustrated and out of pocket with the frenzied support of Ukraine at all costs.

She could be a nightmare for China, because now she has to put up or shut up – and she doesn't really know how to do either.

What lessons can China learn from Russia's prosperity and setbacks? Where does the energy of the "fighting nation" come from? How has Russia developed a unified national identity? These present a new topic of how to take a deeper look at Russia.

US life expectancy continued its decline for the second straight year. Without a serious reversal of failed US policy to a more human-centered direction, we can expect to see continual drops in life expectancy and compounding years of life lost.

To become the new "Iron Lady," Truss needs to recognize the development trend of the times and change the rigid and outdated "imperial mentality."

No matter how the US calculates, the only side that could determine the fate of the region is the Pacific Island countries themselves. In the face of different intentions from China and the US in terms of cooperation, regional people are wise enough to make their judgments.

Don't look up.

Under the people-oriented and people-centered COVID-19 approach, China takes the health and well-being of people as the starting point for its policies, while the US gives priority to special interest groups, which is a US governance tragedy.

The CPC has been able to maintain its role as a source of development and stability because it constantly learns and maintains high internal competition while maintaining solidarity in the face of external forces.

Not long ago, in disregard of the strong opposition of the Chinese government, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, paid a deliberate and provocative visit to Taiwan, which aroused the strong indignation of the Chinese people and led to our strong countermeasures. On the other hand, it gave us a chance to spell out policies concerning Taiwan island and show our determination and capabilities to resolve the Taiwan question.

The commissioning of India's first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday received pretty much flattery from the Western media. A CNN report claimed the aircraft carrier has put India into "an elite league of the world's naval powers," and an AFP article hailed it as "a milestone in government efforts to counter China's growing military assertiveness in the region."

The Chinese and their Anglo-Saxon “mates” had fought shoulder to shoulder in trenches during WWI, and today's multicultural Australia could not have flourished without the consistent and longstanding partnership of the two great countries and their peoples.

The US had not taken South Korea's interests into consideration from the very beginning. Such arrogance and indifference are undoubtedly an insult to South Korea's self-esteem.

The US politicians have been on a campaign to discredit China and to build an alliance of nations against China. This is obviously a very misguided and dangerous idea.

Sometimes this love is too strong, and parents should do it in moderation, since college life after all is ultimately about cultivating students' independence.

Faced with the question of the times - “Openness or isolation? Progress or retrogression?” - China and the US, the world's two largest economies, have made increasingly clear choices. Two topics that have recently attracted much international attention have happened to demonstrate different pictures of two choices and two trends.

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.

“Free and open Indo-Pacific” has become one of the favorite clichés Washington would like to use in recent years.

Former leader of the Soviet Union (USSR) Mikhail Gorbachev, who briefly served as its first-ever and only president, passed away on August 30. Countless condolences from foreign officials and average folks alike poured in from across the West due to his historical role in peacefully “ending” the Cold War. It was under his leadership that Soviet troops withdrew from Central and Eastern Europe, Germany reunited, and his superpower collapsed along the lines of its 15 constituent republics into independent states.

The US' rhetoric that its diplomacy toward the Asia-Pacific aims to abide by the “rules” and seek stability is totally a lie.

NATO eyes expansion into the Arctic

The failure of US and UK military vessels to dock in the Solomon Islands, a Pacific Island country, due to some technical reasons, has been made into a big issue in the US and Western public opinion. A New York Times report claimed “The move appeared to be a rebuke of the United States.” It's not difficult for us to sense some people's complicated feelings of shame and anger. For Washington, this not only is a matter of losing face, but also indicates it actually feels guilty of its “coercive diplomacy.”

The US is concerned about India's plans to participate in the joint military exercises with Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. Such kind of "concerns" is entirely triggered by US' hegemonic mentality, in line with the manner in which Washington has performed in the international community. And it demonstrates to the world the US attempts to rope in India are far away from being successful.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, passed away on Tuesday local time. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences. But the real and overwhelming compliments for him came from the West, ranging from US President Joe Biden to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and politicians from the same era of Gorbachev, who praised him for introducing “brave democratic reforms,” bringing “freedom,” ending the Cold War and making the world safer.

Any trade talks with the US going forward will not be to Taiwan's benefit at all but will involve one-sided demands from Washington's behalf designed to squarely supplement protectionist policies.

If the world order and system, as the Americans and the West call it, cannot offer enough room for China and the US to dance together, cannot accommodate the growth of Chinese companies and the rise of China's capital power, it only means that it is this order and system that needs to be improved.

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad blamed "US provocation" for increasing tensions in the Taiwan Straits, suggesting members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stay away from the US and the West's provocations against China. In the words of this British media outlet, he urged regional countries to "move closer to China."

America's ambitious moonshot

The Vostok 2022 military exercises will be held September 1-7 in the Russian Eastern Military District. Thirteen countries including China, India, Belarus, Mongolia and Algeria are invited to send troops to participate in the exercises. It's also the first time China has sent its Army, Navy and Air Force at the same time to an exercise. Against the backdrop of regional conflicts, the Vostok drills, held in every four years, will be “closely watched” by the US and Western public opinion, which particularized China among the many participating countries, claiming that Washington has been expressing concern about the “warming ties” between China and Russia, and even exaggeratedly branded the China-Russia cooperation “undermining global security.”

Despite denial from the White House over reports that it ordered personnel to evacuate from Baghdad, capital of Iraq, video clips and pictures which appear to show US Embassy employees in Baghdad being evacuated by a military helicopter still went viral on the internet. Some netizens say that after “Saigon moment” and “Kabul moment,” the US military seems to be facing a new defining moment – “Baghdad moment.”

European Union countries will face five to 10 terrible winters if nothing is done to reduce gas prices, Belgium's energy minister says.

Last week, the US conducted fresh rounds of air strikes in Syria, and meanwhile, its efforts to steal Syria's oil have come to a new high. The US wants to be the world's police, but its practices expose that the country is merely a global hooligan, bully, and robber.

If Europe has “contributed” anything to environmental protection, it is the game rules collectively formulated by Western countries, aiming at changing the scenario of being overtaken by emerging and developing countries in real economy, as well as reestablishing Europe's hegemony.

What aspects in China are attractive to foreign entrepreneurs? What's the difference between the so-called freedom in Western media reports and that from expats' actual experience in China?

According to British media reports, a direct sea shipping container route has been opened for the first time between China and Scotland. And soon, more than a million bottles of whisky will leave the west coast of Scotland to be shipped to China through this direct route. Affected by factors such as pandemic and supply chain chaos, global schedule reliability dropped to a new low of around 40 percent. But the opening of the direct shipping container service to China could not only almost halve transit time but also provide new stability and certainty to Scotland's foreign trade industry. David Milne, managing director of Scotland's largest independent shipping and logistics organization, said it “could not have come at a better time for Scottish businesses.”

Brazil's election campaign officially kicked off in mid-August. Several rounds of opinion polls conducted by polling agencies have shown that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who represents the left-wing Workers' Party, has an obvious advantage. The far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking reelection, did not buy it. In his speech on August 15, he said wildly, "I have three alternatives for my future: being arrested, killed or victory." There is widespread concern over whether Bolsonaro's supporters will follow the example of Donald Trump supporters in rejecting election results and staging a “Capitol riot.”

A recent article by Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong has touched New Delhi on its sore spot. The reaction of the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka to Qi's article once again shows India's sense of insecurity in the face of the growing ties between China and other South Asian countries.

It is an open fact that the US and some of its closest allies are pointing their accusing fingers toward China at every turn. China's recent cooperation with the Solomon Islands is one such hot spot issue they concern. These countries are sensitive to almost every move by this Pacific island country.

The £3bn Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has broken down just one day after departing from Portsmouth to begin a four-month deployment to the US. The 65,000-tonne warship remained in the south coast exercise area near the Isle of Wight as the Royal Navy conducts “investigations into an emerging mechanical issue,” a spokesperson said on Sunday. They declined to comment further.

Washington is not in a historical condition to provide economic benefits to counterbalance its request to go to war and to accept a collective sacrifice of our socioeconomic interests.

The expo signals a new beginning for China to lead a new wave of globalization.

Blame China for US' drug problem

Japan's strategic priorities have been given to global competition for resources and overseas aid efforts, rather than its neighboring environmental security. Japan has clearly made the wrong choice.

What is happening in Ukraine is a solid warning to middle and small powers against interference and involvement in great powers conflict as a junior partner of one of them.

For the US, racism will remain a time bomb that could shatter King's dreams and the American dream at any time.

The Taiwan question is a long-term game between China and the US, and the only language the US understands and is willing to respect is strength.

The China-US cross-border regulatory cooperation has taken an important step forward. On Friday, China Securities Regulatory Commission and Ministry of Finance signed an audit oversight cooperation agreement with the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, with a view to advancing relevant cooperation in the near future. Some US media outlets couldn't wait to release the news in advance, and Chinese stocks in the US market surged in response. This has provided a helpful side note to our perception of the basic logic of the China-US relations, as well as the real attitude of the market and public opinion on bilateral ties.

US politicians and the hegemonic media have so far either ignored the problem of Fentanyl addiction or attempted to shift the blame to countries like China, completely absolving themselves of the responsibility they share for the destruction reaped on society by this epidemic.

Whenever the country and the people need it, there are always millions of people who come forward spontaneously

People's enthusiasm for cycling will not fade, because it not only reflects the development of the sports industry and more people concern for health, but also signals deep understanding of the importance of sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyles.

Burns is not a qualified ambassador. His remarks on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan exposed the limits of his understanding of complicated China-US relations. Although he has been in the role for six months, he has launched various accusations against China with a distinct thug-like mentality.

Washington's motives have never been pure when it comes to tackling climate change.

As the GEC report proves, the US will certainly continue to step up the smearing of China on Xinjiang-related issues. On the one hand, it would continue to create more barriers for China to speak out. On the other hand, we should not be surprised if it increases the usage of the measures it has accused China of in the report to manipulate global opinion on Xinjiang. Nevertheless, China is ready to make counterattacks and expose the lies from the West one by one. The play has just begun.

Western countries have turned back to increase carbon emissions.

Here is what the US has been doing: creating a conflict when there is none, creating a crime and then putting the victim in the defendant's dock.

White supremacy is what's driving much of US policy.

If the US can do this to its closest friends, then who needs enemies?

It is high time that the US try to get its own corrupt house in order, and leave it to other countries to tend to their own problems

The impulse of the Japanese right-wing forces to break through the post-WWII system has been unstoppable, and this is one of the biggest risks facing the Asia-Pacific. How serious are the consequences of finding the wrong enemy? History has given us inspirations and lessons too many times.

Japan's future is in Asia. If it insists to tie itself with the US strategy, there will only be a deeper antagonism in the Asia-Pacific region, causing the detriment of all regional countries, including Japan itself.

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At present, the US is launching an unprecedented multi-domain offensive against China, and cognitive warfare runs through it. The US has a huge media, network and information platform, and its ability of news dissemination and public opinion influence is strong enough. Naturally, non-governmental think tanks can also exert their so-called academic influence, becoming a tool of the US' cognitive warfare effort. But such influence is limited.

The key point here is that we need to achieve common development through cooperation, so as to realize the restructuring of the industrial and trade system of the whole East Asia and Asia-Pacific region and break through the industrial encirclement of China by the US.

The US is launching an unprecedented multi-domain offensive against China, and cognitive warfare runs through it.

Returning back to the larger topic at hand, this group of the world's 20 largest economies is just as important this year as it was at its inception. Globalization is under severe threat as a result of the systemic consequences caused by Russia's special military operation in Ukraine and the US-led West's unprecedented sanctions in response. For this reason, it's imperative that the G20 remains united ahead of November's Bali summit and that none of its members take Britain's latest divisive rhetoric seriously.

It is obviously a game that most sides will lose, and the longer it drags on, the deeper the scars will be. This cannot be clearer. But at this point, some people are afraid that it will stop suddenly, and they are eager to push the conflict to continue.

In the face of new outbreak like monkeypox, once this vehicle gets out of control, it will not only bring more tragedies at home, but also threaten the health and safety of people in other countries. God should really bless America now.

With Russia-Ukraine conflict lasting for half a year, the world is confronting a tough job.

China's power in the world, economically and politically, is now a fact that is not going to change. The British establishment will have to come to terms with that and learn to live with that.

Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-South Korea diplomatic relations. Over the past 30 years, the two countries have gone through an extraordinary journey.

August 19 marks the World Humanitarian Day, and Guterres also made a special appeal to rich countries in hope they can open their wallets and hearts to help those bearing the brunt of the global food crisis. Next, we will see what actual actions these countries will take. The international community has sharp eyes.

Taiwan has become a “stage for a show” for politicians around the world.

Canberra should actively change its dysfunctional status quo of public opinion at home and report objectively on China based on international reality. At the end of the day, false reports cannot manipulate politics for long. As Abraham Lincoln said, you can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

The top priority now is letting the people-to-people exchanges between the two countries get rid of the interference of the pandemic as soon as possible. Before that, I hope that the media of the two countries will give more opportunities to the writers of the other country and express more constructive voices from the other side. After all, only by truly understanding each other can we avoid unnecessary misjudgments.

China has no intention of being hostile toward Japan. Maintaining friendly ties with Japan is China's long-term will and basic policy. It is hoped that the Japanese side will restrain its extreme fantasies about deteriorating ties between China and Japan, so as to prevent doing stupid things and turning what was make-believe to become true. Japan is advised not to push itself into a gamble it is unable to bear.

The shift in Washington is one born out of desperation rather than adventurism. The US is out of time.

At this important historical juncture, the initiative and special significance of a US ambassador to China should not be underestimated. There are too many people who demolish the bridge in China-US relations and there are too few who help establish it. If even the US ambassador to China joins in dismantling the bridge, then the situation would only get worse.

The "separation of powers" has become a tool for partisan strife in the US.

There are divergences within the US on how to deal with cross-Straits ties and its Taiwan-related policy, one thing is for sure - the US will continue to encourage the island to refuse reunification by force, instigating an arms race across the Taiwan Straits so as to contain the Chinese mainland's development and constant rise. But the Taiwan authorities should be well aware that the US weapons it yearns to purchase won't pose any deterrence to the PLA. Taiwan is merely a pawn of US government and American arms dealers to make a fortune.