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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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:

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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."

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?

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In China, meritocracy contributes to China's achievements as the best and the brightest always aspire to government service.

On Friday, US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns slammed China for 'overreacting' to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reckless Taiwan visit and 'manufacturing crisis' in the Taiwan Straits, in his first TV interview since assuming office in Beijing six months ago. He said, 'The issue is - one government is going to react in an aggressive and violent way to disturb the peace? That has to concern everybody in the world.' He also claimed that China needs to convince the rest of the world it is not an 'agent of instability' and will act peacefully in the Taiwan Strait.

A group of Canadian Members of Parliament (MPs) are showing that when it comes to making short-sighted, unproductive, and potentially dangerous decisions, such reckless behaviour crosses party lines.

It is hoped that the US can sincerely help Sri Lanka cope with the current difficulties, ease its debt burden and achieve sustainable development, and will not use every opportunity to smear China and engage in geopolitical games without a bottom line.

It is difficult for a Western journalist to report about China in an unbiased manner. The reasons for this are four fold: professional, ideological, geopolitical and - tying them all together - financial.

The US' concerns about the China-Russia relationship are the product of US' own strategic anxiety. Washington worries that the US-centered international order established after WWII would collapse, and the coordination between China and Russia in the security realm could offset US' influence in the international order the US has long dominated.

People from all over the world who have witnessed countless American war crimes, lies and irresponsible management of its great power are fed up. As a power that draws from its global image, this can only harm US' interests.

US political election is indeed a lacerative procedure that “concerns” the well-being of voters in words, but is guided by the political interests of politicians in action.

The US needs to be reminded that China seriously abide by and uphold the existing rules of the world, such as the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, the United Nations Charter, UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, the Three China-US Joint Communiqués, and the international order supported by the rules, which were signed and approved by the US.

The US saw the opportunity Morrison offered and played him like the fool.

For CSIS to permit a US ground invasion of China proves that the US government has no clue how core China's sovereignty is to its 1.4 billion citizens.

The planned Taiwan visit of some Japanese lawmakers will happen right after the ones made by their US counterparts, highlighting that Japan is slavishly imitating and blindly following the steps of the US.

Will the US start a war against China? History tells us that the option of war is an inherent part of US capital export and expansion, and that Washington is often easily manipulated by the impulse of capital power.

Propaganda about the "China debt trap" has emerged as a major weapon of geopolitical strategy. A Chinese loan can be a boon for the poor and developing countries of the third world.

The US must not fill its head with major power games. If it continues its reckless manner in the time of decline, sticks to its outdated mentality amid an era of great changes, it will no longer be a positive leading role in the world. On the contrary, it might lead the globe into an abyss.

The initiative is firmly on China's side.

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

The visits by US politicians to Taiwan stimulated a change in the Taiwan Straits, causing the regional situation to enter a new normal, which reflects the real balance of power between China and the US.

The US should learn lessons from its costly Afghan intervention and humiliating departure.

After the Kabul moment, the US has focused on China and Russia. But with US strength declines, it drags the whole world down, only to sustain its hegemony.

China and PLA had effectively shown it cannot and will not lose an Asian war that the US may want to initiate. Can ASEAN continue to allow the provocative interference of US in Asia-Pacific affairs? These are realistic questions for all Asians to ponder.

With one minute left on the Doomsday Clock, there may be time to caution a few key American decision makers.

China cannot and will never concede on the Taiwan question.

Several US lawmakers made a visit to the island of Taiwan via US military aircraft on Sunday. This is new provocation. On the same day, it's revealed by the Taiwan side that China's PLA sent 22 military aircraft and six warships for combat readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits and some of them crossed the so-called median line, which the mainland doesn't recognize.

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).

New Delhi has been making new moves at the border recently. From October 14 to 31, India and the US are scheduled to hold the annual joint military exercise “Yudh Abhyas” in Auli in the Indian state of Uttarakhand – deliberately choosing to hold the event less than 100 kilometers away from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the China-India border. Meanwhile, Indian and American special forces have also conducted a 21-day “Vajra Prahar” joint exercise in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the southern foothills of the Himalayas since August 8. The two military exercises are aimed at strengthening the military interoperability between India and the United States. They have chosen areas close to the China-India border, directly targeting China at the tactical level. New Delhi is no longer shy about its intention to use the US to suppress China.

Over the last decade, China has shown, once again, its ability to adjust to changing circumstances.

An Indian media outlet Indian Express revealed that India held its first political dialogue with NATO in Brussels on December 12, 2019. The talks "hold significance," according to Indian Express, because NATO has been engaging in bilateral dialogue with both China and Pakistan, which play a role in India's strategic imperatives.

It is Pelosi's flagrant trip to Taiwan that has triggered a new round of crisis in the Taiwan Straits. The US should make up for the mistake and return to the true essence of the one-China policy, instead of overreacting to China's countermeasures.

Five Chinese state-owned giants – China Life Insurance, PetroChina, Sinopec, Aluminum Corporation of China, and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical – have announced they will delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It is important to understand exactly what the delisting means, without either underestimating or overstating the significance.

In the US, there is no boundary to the unscrupulous and pervasive collection of people's personal information by government agencies.

Ordinary people want peace not war. Their leaders should try to reflect that preference.

Britain is my home. I was born here, have lived my life here and in all likelihood when I die, I will die here. I've not always been proud to be British: sometimes the stuff my government does in my name makes me ashamed (this currently happens often). Despite this, I've always thought I was lucky to be born British. There exists a notion that we share values about fairness, justice, respect, and tolerance. Others may identify other characteristics, but I like to hope these virtues exist, and are not just the stuff of popular myth.

Despite warnings from politicians, such as the very wise former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, that the US should not be an enemy of both China and Russia, Washington seems to be set on the path of confronting both countries.

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.

The Democratic Party's insistence on inflaming tensions with other nations like Russia and China instead of focusing on rebuilding America has resulted in embarrassing unpopularity among voters.

From the operation of India in pressuring the Sri Lankan government to stop the Chinese scientific research ship docking at Hambantota port, it can be found there is likely a bigger plot behind it.

Instead of focusing on Africa, the US strategy does its best to discredit China. Behind the strategy is the US belief that China sees Africa as "an important arena to challenge the so-called rules-based international order."

Propagating the so-called China or Russia threat in the West can hardly have its desired objectives. The more the US views China and Russia as its enemies, the more difficult it is for the US to unite its allies.

A common future for torn peoples, who have and should have the right to shape and determine their own political order, is much better than relying on the empty words of others, which have never been reliable.

How to better play the advantages of the national system is the key for China to break through the containment and suppression in this competition.

From a boarder and deeper perspective, China-Europe relations have entered a historical period of restructuring, and some setbacks are becoming unavoidable.

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.

Too often, a country hears the crack of America's whip and its exhortation to "Jump!" and too often responds by asking "How high?"

There is overwhelming evidence from history to date that suggests that the Western world has worked against the economic and political interest of the African states.

The crisis around Taiwan Straits speaks volumes about the inability of Washington to conduct a coherent foreign policy.

Pelosi's Taiwan trip has further exposed the US' offshore balancing strategy in Eurasia.

Internationally, after the US provoked tensions in the Taiwan Straits, most countries did not follow the US on this issue.

That Congress can have such an outsized influence on foreign policy undermines established political norms within the US.

The progress on air pollution in China, compared internationally, is absolutely incredible.

China on Friday announced a series of countermeasures in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to the island of Taiwan, including suspending bilateral talks on climate change. But the White House hasn't offered a single explanation or introspected itself. Instead, it is making all kinds of accusations against legitimate moves by China.

It is wrong to say that people in the Chinese mainland have anything against the Taiwan island. What greatly irritated them are the US provocation and a few Taiwan secessionists.

Pelosi was very much a rogue agent. It is difficult to articulate a case where Pelosi's visit could be construed as serving US interests.

During Sherman and Kennedy's visit, history will be sentimentally invoked and manipulated to entice and enlist the Solomon Islanders to engage in US' new crusade. However, Pacific island countries have the wisdom not to become US' tactic pawn.

Although Australia's defense development is largely to coordinate with the US Indo-Pacific Strategy, at the same time, Australia has to consider the relative decline of the US.

What Pelosi and her supporters need to understand is that her visit to Taiwan has sparked a great deal of concern and outrage among the Chinese people.

Tackling the so-called China challenge is only a matter that the US cares in the view of advancing US interests. Solomon Islands' immediate interests concern climate change and development.

Pelosi's reckless visit to Taiwan severely damages US-China relations. US must drop its Cold War mentality, trade war, tech war, and unnecessary provocations. To continue on its present foreign policy track, the US will hit a dead end.

NATO committed outrageous war crimes in Afghanistan. The innocent people are crying out for justice. It is time to put the perpetrators in the dock and hold them accountable.

Pelosi's trip to Taiwan was truly a so-called “game-changer,” but not in the way that she expected.

With China-US relations at a critical juncture, US policy toward China is worrisome. The position of China experts is becoming increasingly awkward. The reality of increasing populism in US domestic politics means that in the coming years it will be very difficult for the US to produce a group of rational policy experts who can truly influence decisions constructively, which is a great tragedy in US policy planning toward China.

Do members of the American public understand the horrors their government is about to inflict on their sons and daughters when they are sent off to fight a wholly inappropriate intervention that the US will lose?

Through Nancy Pelosi's provocative trip, the US intends to send five main messages.

This is just the beginning, however, and events and historic setbacks in the US that are beyond the global imagination will be seen in the future.

The danger of a military conflict over Taiwan is now far greater than at any time since the 1970s. Any such conflict would be far more serious than if it had happened previously as China is now the equal of the US.

All the contacts between youth organizations in our countries show that relations between Russia and China will only grow stronger and stronger.

Africa has been eager to pursue its own development and international cooperation, but there is never a lack of catchy strategic slogans from major powers.

The sanctions the West unilaterally slapped on Russia will undercut Western credibility and the universality of US-led standards across the board, showing the consequences of relying on the US-led system, giving China and others the opportunity to promote alternatives.

If Taiwan is eventually included in Pelosi's itinerary, the main motivation for her visit will still come from within the US, especially the dangerous adventurist forces.

Pelosi's back-and-forth moves over the Taiwan question reflect US politicians' short-sightedness and the country's strategic bluff as a paper tiger. To a certain extent, the trip if finalized will accelerate the process of China's reunification.

In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's possible visit to the island of Taiwan, many Western and US media outlets reported the news that China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan. A media of the island said on Friday that the live-fire drills near Pingtan in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province on Saturday, would be “a strong warning.”

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.

Boris Johnson was being touted as a possible new secretary general for NATO. How can this be the way to run an organization which controls half of the world's military might? NATO is deeply flawed and has enough problems already.

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On July 19, 2022, the Financial Times, using "six sources familiar with the situation" as an anonymous source, released the news that the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was planning to visit Taiwan region sometime in August, arousing great concern from all sides. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China gave a clear response to this issue at four press conferences on July 19, July 21, July 25, and July 27, expressing that China firmly opposes and is seriously concerned about it. China takes it in a very serious way and is ready to take all means to launch a counter action if necessary. If the US insists on going its own way, China will take firm and powerful measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the US should be responsible for all serious consequences. Chinese Ministry of National Defense spokesman Tan Kefei said in response to an inquiry on July 26 that China requires the United States to take concrete actions to fulfill its commitment not to support "Taiwan independence" and not to arrange for Pelosi to visit Taiwan region. If the US insists on going its own way, the Chinese military will never sit idly by, and will take powerful and strong measures to thwart any external interference and separatist plans for "Taiwan independence", and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The meaning of these statements is crystal clear. If the United States insists on pushing forward the visit, then China will use all kinds of means, including the use of military force when necessary, to resolutely fight back.

The US can provide better service by respecting China's sovereign imperatives and jointly pursuing regional stability. The future of the Indo-Pacific should not be based on national hubris or parochialism, but rather by the common good.

The escalating economic crisis and political unrest in Sri Lanka have drawn global attention. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was sworn in as president a few days ago, has long been striving for foreign aid when he was prime minister. It is difficult for Sri Lanka to get out of its predicament on its own. The truth is, the international community, including China, has always lent a helping hand to the country.

Defense chiefs from 26 countries across the Indo-Pacific gathered for a three-day meeting in Sydney this week in an attempt to deal with the so-called “China's ongoing campaign to expand its influence and military presence in the region.”

The US has been brandishing the sword of exchange rate. This Sword of Damocles is hanging above the entire world. As long as dollar hegemony still exists, the global economy is subject to US arbitrariness driven by jealousy, greed and selfishness.

The world managed to sleepwalk into the tragic and needless slaughter of that first Great War, which claimed more than 15 million lives. With our eyes now wide open, we will have no excuse if we fail to avoid walking into yet another global catastrophe today.

On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) reached a political agreement on a voluntary reduction of natural gas demand this winter by 15 percent compared to their average consumption in the past five years. However, US media Politico reported that the gas savings target, in the end, might be closer to 10 percent, partly because of “a smorgasbord of carve-outs and exemptions.”

Forced labor, the ugly legacy of slavery, is still deeply ingrained in today's American society, and prisons remain the harshest places for forced labor.

The two UK leadership contenders have more than willingly bought in to the US-led agenda against Beijing. There is no reason, moderation or practical consideration whatsoever regarding the UK's ties with China, creating an ugly race to the bottom.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).

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.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has been planning to visit Taiwan for some time now. Initially she had hoped to visit in April but was forced to postpone her visit because she tested positive for COVID-19. Pelosi is now again planning to visit Taiwan in August. But a strange thing happened on the way to the travel bureau—President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters, stated that “the military thinks it's not a good idea right now” for Pelosi to travel to Taiwan.

US Senator Joe Manchin recently stated that he would not support new spending on climate measures or tax increases by the Biden administration, a fatal blow to the bills pushed by the Democratic Party. Common concerns are now mounting if the US will in fact be able to meet the targets it has pledged to the international community to combat climate change.

Washington is pouring money into Ukraine, both in terms of weapons and ammunition and economic assistance. The $40 billion authorized by the US Congress in May is a sizeable sum, especially for a country dealing with record-high inflation and national debt that has spiraled out of control.

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.

The NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, has set the stage for an attempt to legitimize NATO's increasing penetration into the Indo-Pacific region as the opposition to the so-called "Russia-China alliance."

If the UK wants to make a difference, it needs different politics and different politicians, who are serious about taking care of the country and its people's interests, rather than picking fights out of nowhere to grab attention, just like boring, low-class British tabloids.

Hegemonic ambitions, weaponizing and politicizing human rights, and imposing unilateral sanctions are really, really bad. And these are major violations of human rights of large number of ordinary people. The world has to look at this problem very seriously.

“China Won't Replace the US in the Middle East,” said Foreign Policy magazine on Wednesday, among a chorus of other US media outlets following President Joe Biden's trip in the region. As the talks about whether US is pivoting away from the Middle East are growing louder, Uncle Sam seemingly wishes to prove its leadership there again.

Granted, the US is still the superpower. But with all its contradictions, observers need to view the country with a new angle.

Whoever leads the next government in Westminster, they would be well advised to develop a foreign and economic policy based on improving the living standards of the population. Unfortunately, the British ruling class is near-unanimous in its opposition to such a shift toward sanity. If this shift is to occur, it will be the result of mass action by the millions of ordinary people that are bearing the brunt of the crisis.

Daily Mail characterized balanced reporting of Global Times as being suspiciously sympathetic toward Sunak thus implying his disloyalty to Britain. Who knows, Daily Mail might even see this article as proof of Sunak's “traitorous” tendencies.