The escalation of the China-Philippine tensions raises concerns among regional countries in the South China Sea. How will the Philippines' provocations, instigated and supported by the US, affect the situation in the South China Sea in 2024? How do ASEAN member countries perceive the South China Sea tensions? Why do they hope that the situation will be contained?
China's sovereignty claim over the South China Sea is not a modern issue, nor is it directly related to the rise of contemporary China. Some Western scholars, especially those who do not understand the history, regard China's claim as baseless, which shows their ignorance.
There are different kinds of risks for Germany and Europe, and we can overcome the risks that we are confronted with only in a common endeavor. But China itself is not a risk for anybody.
My No.1 recommendation to the American government has always been, rather than being fixated on putting up walls to the Chinese, focus on putting your foot on the gas and driving forward American innovation
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to travel to China this weekend, accompanied by three federal ministers and a business delegation, according to media reports. The Global Times reporters Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi (GT) recently interviewed Matthias Machnig (Machnig),
No military posturing and provocative language by any party at the behest of external powers should be allowed to distract, let alone disrupt, the overall symbiotic China-ASEAN partnership.
Having nuclear weapons makes us a target. We see NATO playing a negative and destabilizing role, contributing to global tensions.
Connectivity and cooperation are much better for all companies in Hungary than the decoupling and derisking mentioned in European policy many times.
When the US intervenes in internal politics, or dozens of "covert regime change operations" around the world, this violates international law, creates disorder and provokes wars, all of which are harmful to the common good worldwide.
April 4, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO. As a product of the Cold War, NATO should have been disbanded, but over the years, it has served as a war machine and facilitated US hegemony.
Over the past decades, Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region has experienced a period of unprecedented development. This year marks the 65th anniversary of Serfs' Emancipation Day
The recent tensions between China and the Philippines have been flared up by the Philippines to make illegal claims over South China Sea islands and maritime rights. Nonetheless, a book written by Anthony Carty
US-NATO exploits similar, or the same means and methods: spreading fear, insecurity and disorientation, demonstrating power through a series of massive "defenders" exercises, offering protection of scarred ones, use of separatism, terrorism and human rights.
There's no necessity for ASEAN to appoint a spokesperson that represents an external power, including the US.
The Philippines could find itself in a proxy war position. If the US decided that fighting for Taiwan island is not the way to go, then having the Philippines fight for the South China Sea would suit the US very well.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kicked off his visit to New Zealand and Australia on Sunday. In Australia, he will hold the seventh China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
"I'm well aware of where China has been and where it is now. Over the past 40 years, however the West explains it or defines it, China has accomplished amazing things."
Emissions don't have a passport. Therefore, it is important that clean energy growth is not only in the advanced economies.
What Egyptians and others appreciate very much is the pacifist and principled diplomacy of China, in the sense that China is a force of moderation, a friendly country that seeks to cooperate with others: former Egyptian diplomat
The so-called “Chinese economic collapse” put forward by Western countries is completely incorrect, as they do not truly understand China.
In the fifth piece of the series "Two sessions inspirations," Augusto Soto (Soto), director of the "Dialogue with China Project," a Spain-based website aiming to promote a better understanding of China, shared his insights on Chinese modernization with Global Times (GT) reporter Xia Wenxin.
In the fourth piece of the series “Two sessions inspirations,” Giancarlo Elia Valori (Valori), shared his insights with the Global Times (GT)o n the connotations of China's high-quality development and the inspirations Chinese modernization provides to other developing countries.
In the third piece of the series "Two sessions inspirations," Elias Khalil Jabbour (Jabbour), Advisor to the Presidency at New Development Bank and an associate professor at the School of Economics of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State University, shared his views with Global Times (GT) reporter Xia Wenxin on his projection for the outlook of the Chinese economy in 2024
The US and its Western allies' relentless crackdown against Xinjiang's cotton industry since 2020 has failed, as the industry has been maintaining sound development momentum, and is seeing rising competitiveness not only in the Chinese market but also internationally, Liang Yong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a member of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, one of China's eight noncommunist political parties, told the Global Times. Liang is also the director of Xinjiang cotton industry development leadership office.
In the second piece of the series "Two sessions inspirations," Kerry Brown (Brown), professor of Chinese Studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London, told Global Times (GT) reporter Su Yaxuan that China's intellectual and cultural heritage is remarkable, and the West needs to understand and learn from China.
China has got a very unique and well-developed system of consultative democracy, which means that people can engage with the policies of the government at every level in society, and they are being consulted at every level, says Martin Albrow.
America has left three pillars of a free society - the right to life, the right to liberty, and the right to pursue happiness and prosperity. Yet, these truths of the American founding are being abandoned.
Everything that happened in Ukraine was completely predictable. The US knew the risks of expanding NATO up to Russia's borders. It continued pushing and pushing, causing this war.
That frustration has made the Russians consider that they can't really trust any Western-brokered peace deal, and that this peace will have to be agreed on the basis of the realpolitik, the real situation on the ground.
The involvement of the US in the South China Sea using the Philippines is complicating the peaceful settlement of disputes.
The US and UK "must be held accountable for the conduct and what is happening within Gaza," said Wikus van Rensburg (Rensburg), a South African attorney leading a group of nearly 50 lawyers in a class-action lawsuit against the two countries for their complicity in Israel's actions in Gaza. In an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen on her I-Talk show, Rensburg talked about his plan. Despite the challenges ahead, he remains positive.
Australia has changed its military posture from defending our mainland and smaller South Pacific neighbors to a forward thrust into north Asia to help the US strike China at close range in the event of war. I think this change in mentality and posture is provocative, dangerous, and unnecessary.
China could be a rival, could be a competitor, but ''enemy'' is not the correct word to describe China.
That's what the icebreaking spirit is – creating a better opportunity for peaceful coexistence so that people can grow and develop together.
Lessons for the Philippines – As the US collapses it will extract what it can from its most faithful vassals and throw more proxies into the fire.
I'm a big believer in the future of the China-US relationship, and even now, despite the challenges, it's going to change. Everyone always talks about the differences between the US and China. But in fact, the similarities are far more interesting and far more comprehensive than people understand.
This vitality is manifested in the great leaps China has made in developing innovations in various fields such as hypersonics, underwater drones, finance, artificial intelligence, space technologies and biotechnology.
The label of the "China threat" is itself an effort by the US to undermine China and sustain US dominance in the world. Joseph Solis-Mullen (Solis-Mullen), a political scientist and economist at the Libertarian Institute, recently published a book titled The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger to debunk the myth of this fabricated theory.
In 2023, the world witnessed significant changes and turbulence. As we have entered 2024, we conducted in-depth interviews with leading strategists from various countries and regions to gather their perspectives on the prominent global issues of 2023 and China's role in addressing them as well as their expectations for China in 2024.
The global challenges we face today impose an urgent need for a new paradigm of global governance beyond just optimizing the self-interests of nation-states. China's three global initiatives are its answers to the world that is now at the crossroad of history.
Western countries will say, "We are sorry for the exploitation that took place during slavery." Then they will say that it was there, and it was not them.
Australians accept the world that is dominated and managed by the US, rather than coming to terms with our own region.
If the EU blindly pursues "de-risking" and "reducing dependency" on China, it would be akin to shooting itself in the foot, inevitably paying the price for actions that go against economic laws, the Chinese envoy to the EU said in commenting on recent anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles in Europe.
People are beautiful, Chinese people are beautiful, American people are beautiful. We've got to stop power from driving wars. The people need peace.
The wisest stand for Argentina, in terms of foreign policy positioning, is not to take sides in the China-US competition.
Those who are concerned about Vietnam becoming a pawn in US strategy do not fully understand Vietnam's independent foreign policy or the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China.
The comradeship in the concept of a "comrades-plus-brothers friendship" between China and Vietnam embodies the "party ties" of the bilateral relationship, while the term "brothers" in the current context signifies a mutual determination to draw each other closer amid a world marked by divisions and excessive polarizations.
If we look at the year 2023, we can see that China was not only very active, but also very successful.
Carola Ramon (Ramon), an Argentine economist and vice president of the Argentine Council for International Relations shared her views with Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Zixuan, as well as her expectations for China-Argentina relations.
I believe that too many in American public life are driven by ignorance, xenophobia and a psychologically rooted fear. They imagine that an omnipotent US military will protect them. In fact, I believe that the overemphasis on military power is making the US less secure, not more secure.
The Understanding China Conference was held in Guangzhou from Friday to Sunday. During the conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter, in which he stated “to understand China, the key lies in understanding Chinese modernization.” Through the lens of participating foreign pundits, we examine the connotation and significance of Chinese modernization.
We need to cooperate and talk to each other, even if we have geopolitical and political differences. Maintaining an open humanitarian channel for continuous dialogue on climate-related disasters is very important.
Sergi Vicente (Vicente) was formerly a correspondent in China and is currently the director of Beteve in Spain. His 12 years of experience working and living in China let him witness the real scenes of China's rapid development through reform and opening-up.
If China and the US announce a return to cooperation, not only APEC countries but the entire world will breathe a huge sigh of relief.
If a country says it champions human rights, it should, above all, respect human rights. However, the UK and the US did not respect the lives of the Chagossians.
Australia is struggling to resolve this contradiction - how does Australia become a proper member of the Asian community, rather than just a representative of great Western powers?
If we are talking about China-US rivalry in the region, I think the Philippines is the place where it is happening the most. However, I hope the Philippines can be in the place where Indonesia is now, because we have a very strong relationship with China, while we also have good relations with the US: former Indonesian deputy FM
In the short term, I believe the US wants bilateral relations with China to stabilize, perhaps even to improve a little bit. But in the longer term, China-US relations will remain tense and difficult.
"China has taken increasingly active approaches to addressing global and regional security challenges and risks," said Kim Chang-su
When the US can no longer persist on this path, it will compromise.
It is a mistake to divide the world into “two camps” again, and China and the US should build a more interdependent relationship, Joseph Nye, former dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
There is a need to address the contaminated water issue through various channels, including civil society and academia, along with criticism at the government level. In the future, I hope to address the contaminated water issue together with Chinese civil society.
Vito Petrocelli, former head of the Italian Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and President of the Istituto Italia BRICS, attended the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing on October 17 and 18. In an interview with Global Times reporter Wang Wenwen, Petrocelli shared his feelings of being present at the forum, and Italy's stakes in participating in this initiative.
The relations between Russia and China are a paragon of interstate cooperation between major powers in the 21st century.
Hungary was one of the very first countries to join the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó (Szijjártó) came to Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
The BRI will in the next decade become the world's most important vehicle for green energy and green transport.
The US policy toward China has undergone drastic changes in recent years. The previous "engagement" policy attempted to bring China into the international system dominated by the US; but now the US is pursuing "strategic competition" to contain and check China.
The China-Laos BRI cooperation has become a successful example of countries and regions participating in the initiative.
China was successfully reelected as a member of the Human Rights Council on October 10 at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly for the term 2024 to 2026.
Australia will vote in a historic referendum, the Voice, on Saturday that will decide the fate of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who have never been recognized as the country's first inhabitants in its constitution.
China and France, as two old civilizations with a lengthy history, could set an example for the rest of the globe. "The world is currently facing many challenges, and finding solutions requires China and France to play an exemplary role.
Serbia, a country from Eastern and Central Europe, is one of the most positive examples of cooperation under the BRI framework. In an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen, Katarina Zakic (Zakic), head of the Regional Center "Belt and Road" in Belgrade, the Institute of International Politics and Economics, shared her views why Serbia is distinct.
The commencement of the second phase of dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Fukushima is scheduled for October 5. Despite widespread opposition both domestically and internationally, Japan has insisted on its dumping plan.What could countries do during the planned discharge of nuclear-contaminated water during the next 30-40 years? Einar Tangen (Tangen), a senior fellow of the Beijing-based think tank Taihe Institute, founder and chairman of China Cities Bluebook Consulting and former chairman of the State of Wisconsin's International Trade Council, shared his insights with Global Times (GT) reporter Li Aixin.
Japan's LDP administration is apparently exploiting anti-China sentiment in order to divert public attention from the environmental focus of the radioactive discharge issue. It is a great shame that it has become a new addition to the already growing racism and exclusionism in the country.
Whether these initiatives will materialize and gain genuine support remains to be seen, and there is considerable skepticism among potential beneficiaries.
“I hope British and Europeans can… at least having more respect for Chinese values, Chinese culture and Chinese identity.”
The BRI has been successful because its core values are inclusiveness and win-win development.
The key for change is for the US to give up its idea that it should be a hegemonic power. You're not going to see that coming from Washington elites. This would have to come from the American public, the voters.
All the countries of Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, look at the BRI as a very attractive, very welcome opportunity to resolve very difficult issues.
Japan, in an irresponsible manner, has started to dump its nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, despite the environmental impact this will have on the ocean and strong oppositions from countries in the Pacific region. This is the first installment of the series.
As the dialogue between China and the US at the governmental level resumes, an enhanced Track II diplomacy, including the conversation between Chinese and US scholars
While the West's constant slanders of China intensify, it seems that the misunderstanding of China has gradually taken over Western society.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Through the lens of foreign pundits, we take a look at 10 years of the BRI - how it achieves win-win cooperation between China and countries along the Belt and Road and how it has given the people of these countries a sense of fulfillment.
After the announcement that Argentina is to become a new BRICS member, Argentina's Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja told the Global Times on Thursday that the country thanks China and the other BRICS countries for their support in the process.
China does not seek to show that there are bad Western ones and good Chinese ones. China seeks to analyze the intellectual heritage of the West, to adopt what it considers appropriate for itself.
Whether the global economy can achieve recovery has become a hot topic of discussion in recent times. Along with this discussion, the growth prospects of the Chinese economy have become a global focus of attention. What potential does the Chinese economy hold for growth? Can it overcome short-term challenges and achieve long-term sustainable development? With these questions in mind, Global Times reporters Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi (GT) recently interviewed Yukon Huang (Huang), a senior fellow with the Asia Program, formerly the World Bank's China country director.
If you're a developing country and all you get are speeches from America, and what you're getting from China is real infrastructure building, over time, you've got to tilt increasingly toward China's position.
Risking cooperation with China would be an ill-advised decision for the EU.
People are genuinely concerned that behind the façade of "deterrence," the US is actually preparing for another military intervention.
The refugee issue, as well as other aspects of the Ukraine crisis, has bolstered cooperation between the US and its allies in the first moment, but over time, the US faces two risks: strained and unbalanced relations with allies and a deepening divide between isolationists and interventionists within the US itself.
I think we're drifting toward a cold war, and it's basically US-driven.
When people become more realistic about the fact that China is not a threat, and in China, the US is not a threat, that makes the conditions for cooperation improve, but how quickly that happens is hard to tell.
Many people around the world, after witnessing China's influence and understanding its foreign policy and attitude, hope to see China play an active role in international issues. China, Iran and the majority of nations have interests in a multilateral setting.
Functionally, Australia is becoming a key base for a forward posture of US forces. Washington is effectively controlling Australian military forces and projecting them into Asia-Pacific.
This approach of simply dumping material, which will spread freely with ocean currents and organisms, like fish, birds and sea mammals... is essentially out of mind and out of the jurisdiction of those responsible. It is a really antiquated, inappropriate and colonial response to waste management.
De-risking from China is, to a great extent, driven by the most pro-US forces in the UK. That's undermining the idea of a Global Britain.
As Chomsky says, the US would much rather focus on China and mobilize against a new enemy than develop strategies more attuned both to today's emerging power realities - and existential threats.
For us, the BRI is attractive compared to previous countries because it is not just about talking.
American century is over, and the Asian century is coming. I'm definitely optimistic for the new CIA, which stands for China, India and ASEAN, which I think will be the fastest growing economies over the next decade or so, Singaporean scholar and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani told GT.
Drug abuse is a chronic problem in the US. From August 2021 to August 2022, drug overdoses claimed more than 100,000 lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.