Cooperation between China and the Arab world has increased exponentially over the years. China is the largest trading partner of many Middle Eastern countries, and the region is China's main source of energy. The significance of the summit was multifold － it was a political statement highlighting cooperation, it expanded and diversified areas of cooperation and it was substantially forward-looking. In essence it was a highly attractive action plan which I am confident will be mutually beneficial.
There's a phenomenon in the UK known as “heat or eat,” which means that people have to choose between whether to heat their homes or to feed themselves, but can't afford to do both.
Greater risk of outbreak of new conflicts bubbles amid a lingering pandemic, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and 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?
Each country has its unique benefit it brings to the continent. But it is widely accepted that improvement in US-China relations is better for the continent because addressing some of the structural issues at major multilateral platforms require both countries reaching consensus.
The achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics have shown socialists in the Global South that it is possible to build a much better society. This will inspire a new generation of socialist leaders to explore better indigenous solutions.
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping is very important, as it implies the depth of the desire to strengthen relations between China and the Kingdom.
It is expected that at the recent summits in the Arab region with China there will be a desire for closer economic relations between the two sides that have equal importance at the present time in strengthening Chinese-Arab relations.
The China-Arab States Summit, the China-GCC Summit and President Xi's state visit to Saudi Arabia are a major move of the head-of-state diplomacy of China's new journey for major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and a major pioneering undertaking in new China's Middle East diplomacy.
The Chinese model has proven itself in lifting hundreds of millions from poverty and looks appealing to many. It offers less uncertainty, fewer constraints and quicker decision-making.
Instead of mirroring the West, China has doubled down on its commitment to globalization, and indeed to a deeper and "higher quality" globalization that prioritizes the development that the Global South hungers for.
Only socialism can save the future: Unlike globalism, socialism is able to combine scientific, technical, and technological progress with the interests of a broad majority of the people. China, together with a number of other socialist countries, clearly demonstrates how this is done, and the Chinese experience is unique and important for humankind.
They assume that China wants to be militarily aggressive. But history doesn't really support that view. That's a view that a lot of people in the West hold. But the question is: Is it right?
Africa should see China as an important source of inspiration in the fight to eradicate absolute poverty.
Unlike the developed West, China has multiplied its economy, alleviated poverty and delivered its people “moderate prosperity” entirely without colonial exploitation.
Whichever president is in power, the US continues to prioritize its aggressive geopolitical agenda over solving the climate crisis.
If NGOs meddle in national security, that's a red line. It is within the right of a government to investigate whether these NGOs are there for the purpose of undermining the social order in the country.
As I'm a citizen of a European country, my dream and wish is that EU leaders can dispel their doubts about China and have in-depth discussions with the CPC in order to find a common basis for cooperation.
As the dollar hegemony is losing strength, many countries see their future in the East, in cooperating and connecting to the East, to China and the SCO.
ASEAN is at the heart of a region of the global economy that is demonstrating some of the highest growth rates in the world.
The fact that Chinese society is really moving forward together on the basis of a shared understanding of basic principles and goals impresses me all the more because I have the feeling that in the West 40 years of neoliberalism have completely destroyed a comparable basic consensus of the kind.
The Australian governments today have not actually properly influenced the states with their respective requirements to understand those requirements and to give respect. We really should be treating with the human rights commitments seriously.
It is so unthinkable that the sons of slave owners have the audacity to think that they can teach the sons of slaves about democracy and human rights. That is an insult to the intelligence of the former colonized people of Africa.
The US has been an oligarchic republic, masquerading as a democracy since its founding. The American empire is entering a long, slow period of decline, says a US journalist.
China since 2012 has reduced rural-urban inequality, eliminated absolute poverty, has had important advances with respect to the protection of environment, and has reduced corruption.
Decoupling from China would serve only the interests of America and damage Germany's industry severely. I think many Europeans realize the dangerous situation we are putting ourselves in, if we continue to follow America's leadership.
For Chinese people, the past decade has been epic and inspirational. The country, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, has made great endeavors in boosting its economy, deepening reforms, improving the rights of its people and acting as a responsible global power.
China has the ability to import good ideas from other countries and adapt them to Chinese characteristics. This capability is one of the pivotal characteristics of China's model and an example that other countries can learn from.
I can imagine that the development in the last 20 years in China ranks up there at almost any time in the history of the world, said president of Bethune Medical Development Association of Canada
While Western countries, their political systems and parties ceased to reform themselves, the CPC constantly undergoes rigorous self-renewal.
The congress happens at a time when there will be great optimism about what China can achieve over the next decade.
China's stability, consistency and predictability can become geo-economic ballast, steadying a swaying world.
The success of China's path is an inspiration to developing countries and shows them a bright future.
Dave Bromwich, former president of the New Zealand China Friendship Society, shared with the Global Times his views on the ongoing 20th National Congress of the CPC.
The vision of a community with a shared future for humankind reflects the original spirit – of international democracy and cooperation and respect for sovereignty – of the UN and seeks to deepen it in a new anti-imperialist spirit that builds an apparatus for the peaceful and cooperative evolution of our wonderfully diverse and creative world.
China has moved from being a prosperous manufacturing country a decade ago to becoming a cutting-edge global technology leader. This is of course a major step.
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.
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.
New Zealand should set an example to other Western countries to maintain a non-aligned foreign policy.
China rightfully would want to have a bigger say in shaping the international system to be one that is fairer and more just.
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.
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
AUKUS does set a precedent: If Australia can acquire nuclear-powered submarines, why shouldn't other countries?
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.”
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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?
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.
White supremacy is what's driving much of US policy.
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.
The shift in Washington is one born out of desperation rather than adventurism. The US is out of time.
In China, meritocracy contributes to China's achievements as the best and the brightest always aspire to government service.
Why could China achieve its first centenary goal? What will a great modern socialist country look like? Alexey Maslov (Maslov), Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University, shared his opinions on these issues with Global Times (GT) reporter Xia Wenxin.
China is a mirror in which people can see China is a living example that a state can serve the public interests, while the US is a living example that acts only on behalf of the ruling power elites: German sociologist
Editor's Note: On the special occasion of Pakistan celebrating its 75th Independence Day, the Global Times (GT) reporters Liu Caiyu and Xing Xiaojing did a written interview with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif （Sharif）on a broad range of topics, including China-Pakistan relations, hot-debated issues relating to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Over the last decade, China has shown, once again, its ability to adjust to changing circumstances.
Ordinary people want peace not war. Their leaders should try to reflect that preference.
Then there are economic projects that are extremely important for this region. They can only happen if there is stability in Afghanistan. We appreciate China's engagement with Afghanistan.
It's very important to understand the nature of China. The way the CPC organizes itself is crucial to maintaining its leadership of the country in a good way.
The progress on air pollution in China, compared internationally, is absolutely incredible.
All the contacts between youth organizations in our countries show that relations between Russia and China will only grow stronger and stronger.
Editor's Note: During the past decade, the world has increasingly witnessed a trend of "the East is rising, and the West is declining" in the spheres of economy, security and discourse power. Western countries, particularly the US, plagued by internal woes, have sought the old path of passing the buck and instigating turmoil elsewhere to ease their own pressure. China, representative of the emerging countries, is proposing new solutions to global problems. By advocating win-win development, facilitating consultation and reconciliation and proposing a balanced and effective security mechanism, China is striving to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Chinese people believed in the correctness of their leadership strategy. The country and the people have strengthened each other and are making the revival of the Chinese nation inevitable.
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.
For a long time, I've thought it would be good to encourage people in the same profession from China and Australia to have forums where they can meet and discuss, because I think when you bring people together who do similar things, even if they're from two different cultures, they can cooperate and begin to understand each other's country, and then they make friends.
At least after financial crisis of 2007-08, China's biggest difference has been the willingness to be involved in building a global democracy. It is an immense advance. It's a shining light for poor people around the world.
I don't think that China is losing Europe or Europe is losing China. I think it's still a struggle because the US doesn't hide that it wants Europe on its side against China. So, there is no hidden agenda; they are being very frank. This question has not been answered yet. And I hope reason prevails in the end.
For the Middle East where the situation is chaotic and volatile, we need the engagement of world powers, mainly China, to help recover stability, peace and security.
In the Chinese political DNA, accommodative consultation precedes the Western norm of "majority rule" - where majority takes all.
China becomes a positive force in the world through collaboration, cooperation, with the biggest countries in the world.
Over the past decade, China's great change is the scientific and urban development. Regarding technological issues, China has promoted an innovation culture.
Under-estimating the needs of the people of the Pacific no longer works. Australia is paying a heavy price for its laxity in dealing with the Pacific Islands.
I am not even 100 percent sure that some Western leaders care really about the livelihoods of Uygurs, just like they don't really care about those of Ukrainians.
Japanese people, especially youth, are unaware of the basic facts in history that Japan was the aggressor in WWII. This is causing problems for Japan to promote mutual understanding and friendship with its neighboring nations.
While US seeks absolute domination, China emphasizes peaceful cooperation and win-win strategy.
The US will continue to support the Taiwan island in ways that will irritate China, and is taking down a path where the common ground upon which the one-China policy was established and maintained is slowly being lost.
The US is fundamentally reluctant to see the reunification of the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.
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."
It seems that the Yoon administration is still caught in the pattern of the US-designed “Asian war of attrition,” which makes people feel quite anxious.
As the "one country, two systems" enters the remaining 25-year period, what is the most urgent task for Hong Kong?
When the UK acts and expresses today the interference in China's internal affairs, it does so not on its own behalf, but on behalf of the American empire as the tail of the American dog, says six-term British parliamentarian
The debt trap narrative is a deliberately false narrative that has no substance. Noticeably, the debt trap narrative was not originally created by an economist, but some American “researchers” with background in security matters.
The opening of China to the world and the increasing role China is taking up in multilateral organizations should be better welcomed.
The West's lecturing approach toward HK connects back to the historical period of HK under British rule. People who make instructing comments have difficulty coming to terms with the reality that HK is now completely confirmed as part of China.
Colin Patrick Mackerras, an Australian sinologist and Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, shared with the Global Times how he views China's development and changes over the past decades, especially the past 10 years.
Japan's advocacy of Asian NATO or global NATO, and the realization of it, is nothing more than going against the post-Cold War era. Japan should aim for value diplomacy with neighbors.
Two things delighted me in the past decade: when Xi called upon people to “be mindful of the legacy & not to forget the mission” & marvelous idea of a community with a common destiny for mankind.
China has demonstrated that it is absolutely possible to create its own independent digital, technological and media ecosystems, which are not just on par but often superior to their Western counterparts.
Editor's Note: People in Western countries believe the COVID-19 pandemic is over, including in the UK, despite the fact that there are 2 million people in that country living with long COVID. Among them is Ravi Veriah Jacques (Veriah Jacques). The 23-year-old young man, who is also the son of well-known British scholar Martin Jacques, has been affected by long COVID for 15 months. Prior to falling ill, he had just graduated from Stanford University and was halfway through a master's degree at Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar. He has had to spend almost 16 hours a day in bed, and in his own words, the illness feels like “being a prisoner in his own body.” In her I-Talk show, Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Veriah Jacques about the catastrophic impact long COVID has had on his life, as well as how he thinks the British government has handled the pandemic. Due to his health conditions, the interview had to be taken in two separate parts.
Editor's Note: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to the South Pacific countries is still undergoing. The trip has triggered concerns from the West, especially Australia and the US. Since the signing of a security pact between China and the Solomon Islands in April, the West has been very sensitive to China's moves in the region. They have intensively hyped that China is competing for influence in the Pacific. What are the intentions behind the smear campaign against China? Is the Albanese administration's attitude toward cooperation between China and South Pacific countries rational? Global Times (GT) reporter Lu Yuanzhi talked to Robert Barwick (Barwick), research director for the Australian Citizen Party, over these issues as well as future China-Australia relations.
I worked in a number of Western countries, some of which were former colonial powers. In my interactions with their leaders and officials on cooperation with Africa, it was unfortunate that I sensed an underlying sentiment from time to time that smacked of paternalism and condescension. An approach that still reflected a “colonial” attitude that “we know what is best for Africa”!
Australia does not formulate a foreign policy independent of the United States, and because of the immaturity of the LNP and its lack of vision, Canberra has failed to balance its relationship between the US and China, former Australian diplomatic and political commentator Bruce Haigh has told the Global Times. He believes the relationship with China will become better when proper and professional diplomacy is employed.
In view of the differences in political systems and ideologies between China and Australia, as well as the fact that Australia is a staunch ally of the US and that it has always closely followed the US' lead in history, Australia will ultimately lean to the US at critical moments. We must pay close attention to any changes in Australia's policy toward China and avoid misjudgment.
The mass shooting in Buffalo of New York State last Saturday that killed 10 people has triggered discussion of white supremacy prevailing in US society. Why are some young, white men addicted to the "great replacement" theory? Is gun violence becoming more and more serious in the US given the current political and social atmosphere?
Historically, when the US was doing well at home, its diplomacy tended to be rational. When there were a lot of domestic problems, it would divert its conflicts to international relations. The present China-US relationship is such a victim.
I think stabilization is very possible. That's probably the most likely scenario, that it will stabilize but without major improvement. But there are also possible scenarios of a spiral downward.
In times of a West deteriorating with xenophobic, anti-science and Nazi-fascist discourses, a New Silk Road can symbolize the beginning of a luminous reaction to all this darkness that is gaining ground in several Western countries.