Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden had their second phone call on Friday since the latter took office in January, during which Biden reiterated his administration’s support
COVID-19 is the most infectious pandemic in the world in a century, testing the governance capacity of countries. In the face of a sudden and severe pandemic, the Communist Party
The 18th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit that opened in Nanning, capital of South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Friday, clearly display the vitality and resilience
The European Central Bank will dial back some of its massive emergency pandemic support for the economy amid signs of increasing business activity and consumer readiness to spend as the
Mullah Akhund is a fascinating but relatively enigmatic figure in the Taliban. He has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the inception of the militant group in the 1990s. But unlike
The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as “Chivo,” or
Even as wealthy countries are considering rolling out vaccine booster shots for their citizens this month, billions of people in the developing world are yet to receive even their first
In his remarks via video links at the Global Trade in Services Summit on Thursday as part of this year’s China International Fair for Trade in Services, President Xi Jinping
It may be the best of times for the Chinese parents — and the worst of times for young video game players. On Monday, word spread the National Press and
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to China from Tuesday to Friday has both symbolic and substantial meaning, as the wide attention it is receiving around the
My son’s kindergarten teachers, holding class on Zoom last year, instructed: “Eyes watching, ears listening, voices quiet, bodies still.” However, I noticed my 6-year-old’s hands would stay busy with items
When I was growing up in India, my father’s Muslim friends would get me new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, a festival that celebrates the end of the fasting month of
In 2015, my collaborators and I published a scientific paper about a chicken virus you have likely never heard of. At the time, it got some media attention and has
To make the distribution of public education resources fairer, many cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, have released regulations in response to the call of the central authorities for education
As some Western powers spare no effort to smear the Communist Party of China for their narrow ends, the publication the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee issued on
It’s not that politics bore him; quite the opposite. But Christoph Gillitzer is stumped by whom to vote for in Germany’s federal election next month. The retired engineer says he usually
Recently, there have been a number of attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan, which is a matter of grave concern for Pakistan as well as for China. While China is rising
In a bid to create the impression that China is isolated in the region, the Joe Biden administration announced Vice-President Kamala Harris would visit Singapore and Vietnam late last month
Just when schools were getting ready to reopen for the new school year, cases of COVID-19 started surging in the United States, driven in large part by the more contagious
The international media have been taken aback by the swift takeover of Kabul by the Taliban following the withdrawal of US forces from the country after almost 20 years. It
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