China’s trade sector overcomes geopolitical, COVID pressure to set record in 2022
...The mighty Chinese trade engine overcame a number of difficulties including coronavirus lockdowns and faltering overseas demand to exceed 40 trillion yuan ($5.96 trillion) for the first time in history in 2022, data released by the Chinese customs showed on Friday, demonstrating the resilience and a
Japan joining US’ chip export ban against China could leave its semiconductor industry stifled
...Japan, once a semiconductor giant half a century ago but then brutally beaten down by the US, is reportedly moving to join the US in expanding chip export controls on China, as leaders of the two countries are set to meet on Friday.
"For better or worse, Japan's semiconductor strategy is moving
Caution with Pfizer negotiation needed as US capital forces put profit above health...What to focus on in a global public health crisis? Saving lives or chasing profit? Different countries and interest groups have given different answers. One latest example has happened in China. Pfizer's COVID treatment drug, Paxlovid, did not make it into China's national medical insurance program,
China ‘well prepared’ as US looks to put Japan in actual combat frontlines...The US plans to set up a rapid reaction Marine unit throughout Japan's Okinawa islands within a few years, media reported on Tuesday, one day ahead of the 2023 US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting in Washington, DC. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also plans to talk with US Preside
War game instigates US intervention in possible Taiwan Straits conflict...A recent war game scenario run by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is not worthy of reference, as it was designed to hype the "China threat" theory, and to suggest the US should fully arm the island of Taiwan preemptively, and instigate the US military to im
China announces first countermeasure against discriminatory travel curbs...China imposed its first countermeasure on Tuesday toward discriminatory and unnecessary travel restrictions against travelers from China by suspending short-term visas for South Korean citizens who wants to visit China. The latest measure is considered as China's direct and reasonable response to pr
Weighed down by political chaos at home, US to reopen embassy in Solomons, revealing desperate attem...Despite being mired in political chaos at home, the Biden administration still desperately wants to maintain its hegemony and assertiveness abroad through its latest move of looking to reopen the US embassy in the Solomon Islands, which experts believed aims to contain China's influence in the Pacif
Train tickets for Spring Festival family reunions nearly sold out, as China prepares for travel peak...A majority of train tickets departing from Beijing and other major Chinese cities on January 19, two days before the Spring Festival, are sold out after being put on sale on Thursday, as Chinese people are to take on the road for the most important family reunion in a year.
The Global Times lea
Overseas investors snap up A shares in 2023, buoyed by vigorous economic recovery...Foreign investors are snapping up Chinese A-shares as 2023 starts, pinning hopes on the reopening of China's giant economy to reignite global growth. Analysts expect overseas capital inflows to exceed 2022, supported by China's multi-pronged measures to power its economic recovery.
Foreign capital flows into Chinese equities have gotten off to a strong start in 2023. As of Thursday's market close, net capital inflows through the northbound trading system into A-shares listed on major bourses on the Chinese mainland exceeded 12.7 billion yuan
Western news agencies, politicians maintain insistence on their double standards no matter how China...No matter how China decides to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic, some Western media and some Western politicians will never be satisfied.
Over the last three years, when China adopted a strict virus prevention and control policy and effectively protected the health and safety of its people, some Western pundits relentlessly made unfounded criticism, demanding China to "open the door," otherwise
GT reporters go to emergency room, fever clinic in major Beijing hospital...As the COVID-19 infection curve has already peaked in several major cities including Beijing, Global Times reporters on Wednesday went to Beijing’s Daxing District People’s Hospital, which received nearly 70 percent of severe COVID-19 cases in the district, to see if the “hardest time” has a
China always shares COVID 19 data with intl community...Since COVID began, China has shared information and data with the international community including the US in an open and transparent manner, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, in response to the international community’s concerns over China’s epidemic situation and requests for more detailed and accurate information.
In response to the requests from the World
House speaker impasse lays bare failing US democracy...Two years after the whole world witnessed the failing of US democracy as reflected in the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, more chaos took the stage in Capitol Hill as Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day to elect a leader on Wednesday.
A faction of hard
Restrictions on China arrivals for political motive 'toxic trend'...As some countries join the club of imposing travel restrictions on arrivals from China, scientists from all over the world believe such a decision was not made based on science, and is logistically cumbersome, and a toxic trend that hurdles the global trend of returning to pre-pandemic normalcy.
French President s visit may exacerbate EU US divisions...French President Emmanuel Macron was set to meet US President Joe Biden for talks on Thursday, marking his first formal state visit to the White House during the Biden presidency. Experts believe that the talks could exacebate frictions between EU and the US and divisions within Europe.
As some E
Scottish writer s Chinese dream: To show the world a China worthy of trust, friendship, and respect...Some 16 years ago, when David Ferguson first came to China from Scotland, he was struck by what he saw.
"I thought China, other than some cities like Beijing and Shanghai, would be mostly poor peasants in the fields, but when I arrived in Jilin [in Northwest China s Jilin Province], I found that
Several Chinese cities further refine measures of mass COVID testing...Several Chinese cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Zhengzhou have further optimized their anti-COVID-19 measures with some places allowing residents without social activities to be free from mass testing. It is a move to take more targeted, science-based actions to curb flare-ups, as
Western media badmouth China’s epidemic like how Washington fans the flames in Russia Ukraine conf...Whatever China does in its battle against COVID-19 is wrong under the prism of Western media. Those who once denounced China s strict approach to epidemic prevention and control are now hyping up the consequences of opening up. Headlines such as "The disastrous implications of lifting Zero-COVID in
