Cooperation the guarantee for prosperity

Embracing the ancient wisdom that “close neighbors are better than distant relatives” China has long championed a philosophy of fostering strong ties with its neighboring countries. Despite trilateral

Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as therapy

The world’s woes got you down? Feeling burnout at work? Need a little something extra to fight illness or prep for surgery? The Swiss town of Neuchâtel is

Why Indonesia’s new military law is alarming

Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts without resigning

US getting into deep water with exorbitant port fees proposal

The United States Trade Representative’s recent proposal to levy punitive charges on Chinese-built and -operated vessels entering US ports is yet another example of Washington’s protectionist and politically

Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name

How to make billions selling $1 lemonade

One can become a billionaire selling ice cream, lemonade and fruit smoothies — all for less than $1. Zhang Hongchao and Zhang Hongfu, two brothers who founded China’s largest freshly

Urgent task to protect children in conflicts

By almost every measure, 2024 was one of the worst years on record for children living in conflict zones in UNICEF’s history. More than one in every six

Beware of Li Kashing’s supersized value trap

From Chinese tech stocks to European defense shares, President Donald Trump’s second term seems to be lifting the world’s biggest value traps. One of the most prominent and

A Nasdaq meltdown, like China’s Big Tech in 2021?

After the Magnificent Seven’s 5% selloff Monday, global investors are reevaluating their faith in US exceptionalism. They’re asking whether the Nasdaq is just going through a minor correction,

Rational view of China would benefit Canada

ChinThe governing Liberal Party elected former central banker Mark Carney its leader on Sunday. Carney will thus succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister after he is sworn in

Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs

In President  It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling industrial system, when poverty was

No winners in conflict, no losers in peace

In a social media post on Friday, US President Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” levying new sanctions and tariffs on Russia. Considering that he

China slams US tariffs, says there are no winners in a trade war

China will not yield to bullying and its economy can weather higher tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and other challenges, the Chinese commerce minister said Thursday,

The two sessions reflect the strength of whole-process people’s democracy

The two sessions stand as a cornerstone of China’s political calendar. The meetings of the National People’s Congress, China’s highest legislative body, and the National Committee of the

The history and politics of often-maligned isolationism

Few terms in American foreign policy discourse are as misunderstood or politically charged as “isolationism.” Often used as a political weapon, the term conjures images of a

DPP will have to pay an increasingly higher price to continue its doomed paycheck policy

Although the cross-Strait situation remains stable, thanks to the strategic restraint Beijing exercises, the secessionist-minded Democratic Progressive Party authorities on Taiwan island have never stopped trying to make

DeepSeek and ‘Ne Zha 2’ are bringing back what Xi ignored

Confidence can be elusive. Even the most tenacious need a few wins from time to time, to cast away self doubt and believe in themselves again. This

China to step in?

If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation

A Chinese Alternative to the Magnificent Seven has arrived

A strong conviction trade is being shaken. As international stocks are outperforming this year, global investors are asking if their faith in US exceptionalism has gone too far. The

Window of peace should not be squandered

For many, it might be no exaggeration to describe the disruptive impacts of the first month of the second Donald Trump administration as earthshaking. That has certainly

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