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Xi stresses modernizing agriculture and countryside, boosting rural vitalization
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged carrying forward the momentum of poverty elimination to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and promote the rural vitalization in an all-round way. Read more
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Dedication to a noble cause
In heavy rains around midnight of June 16, 2019, on a winding and slippery highway in South China’s mountains, Huang Wenxiu was in high spirits as she released a video onto social media that showed lightning, thunder and water covering roads outside her car. Read more
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Democracy: an end or a means?
“Most of the great democratic theorists in the West, from Montesquieu to Schumpeter, do not agree developing democracy for the democracy’s sake, and they believe that democracy is a procedure, an institutional arrangement and a game rule, characterized by ‘limited participation’ rather than ‘unlimited participation'”. Read more
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Major powers meet separately with U.S., Iran on nuclear deal
Diplomats from major powers met separately on Wednesday with Iran and the United States to discuss how to bring both back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned three years ago. Read more
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Xinjiang scholars debunk “forced labor” claims with latest study
Two scholars from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region debunked the “forced labor” claims about Uygur workers in a recent interview with Xinhua. Read more
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United States shows appalling U.S. human rights record in wake of COVID-19
From post-election riots to deep-rooted racist problems and an incompetent pandemic response, the appalling facts have completely unmasked the self-proclaimed “defender of human rights.” Read more
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China refutes U.S. “intimidation” accusations
China on Thursday refuted U.S. accusations of the country conducting “intimidation actions” in the Taiwan Strait and said that the label of “intimidation” or “coercion” can never be pinned on China. Read more
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Happy rebirth-day: Wuhan marks one year of recovery since COVID-19 lockdown ends
The megacity of Wuhan on Thursday marked the first anniversary since it ended the 76-day isolation and the 10th month without reporting any locally transmitted infections. Read more
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COVID-19 origin-tracing politicized by other countries including U.S.: FM spokesperson
The COVID-19 origin-tracing was indeed tainted by politics, not by China, but by certain countries including the United States, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday Read more
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China issues guideline on easing market access in Hainan free trade port
China on Thursday issued a guideline to support easing market access in the Hainan free trade port in its latest effort to build the resort island into a globally influential, high-level free trade port. Read more
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U.S.-China cooperation vital for faster global recovery: IMF chief
Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, said Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. WASHINGTON, April 9 — Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global… Read more
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China’s working with the EU on green investment standards
China is cooperating with EU to establish a jointly recognized green investment standard by the end of this year, as part of efforts to achieve its goal to be carbon neutral by 2060, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Read more
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Article exposes humanitarian disasters caused by U.S. aggressive wars
The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Friday published an article, exposing severe humanitarian disasters caused by U.S. aggressive wars against foreign countries since the end of World War II. The United States has waged foreign wars under the banner of “humanitarian intervention,” causing a massive loss of military lives, serious civilian casualties as… Read more
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The map of Hunan in the eyes of people from all cities in Hunan
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Biden tackles ‘ghost guns’ and US firearms violence
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden will unveil measures on Thursday aimed at curbing rampant US gun violence, especially seeking to prevent the spread of untraceable “ghost guns,” White House officials said. Biden has come under pressure from his Democratic party to tackle the bloodshed, most recently highlighted by mass killings as far apart as… Read more
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Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph when he crashed SUV
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph — nearly twice the posted speed limit — on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV and crashed in a wreck that seriously injured the golf superstar, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the Feb. 23 crash outside… Read more
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MIT scholars see lessons and opportunities for US health care
Seven MIT health and health care researchers shared their views on what the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed about the US health care system, according to an article published in MIT News. Representing the fields of medicine, anthropology, political science, health economics, science writing, and medical humanities, the researchers also expressed their hope for US health… Read more
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E-sports crime wave must be stopped
A multi-million dollar e-sports criminal ring based in Jiangsu province, China was recently broken up by police, in a joint operation with internet company Tencent. Cheating in video games used to be a harmless thrill for children trying to defeat their computer opponents, but China’s gaming industry has now become so lucrative that procuring cheat… Read more
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Calm called for after NI violence flares up
Police say unrest has been organized by ‘disaffected groups with links to criminality’ Community leaders have called for calm in Northern Ireland after an increase in post-Brexit tension in recent weeks led to outbreaks of violence over the past few days. Senior police officers and politicians have added their voices to the pleas for a… Read more
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Ukraine to order 10 mln doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
KIEV – Ukrainian health ministry has signed a framework agreement with Pfizer on the supply of 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Wednesday. “The Pfizer vaccine will be in Ukraine! We expect the first shipments under this contract to start in the coming months. And all 10 million doses… Read more
