Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 21, 2021. (HUANG JINGWEN / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday proposed a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats and […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization via video link in Beijing on Sept 17, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed building a closer community with a shared future for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) […]
The Americans have been spearheading the Indo-Pacific policy efforts for a while. This is in view of the Chinese assertion along land and maritime boundary disagreements. Along with this factor, China’s overall challenge to the US’ position as a unipolar hegemon also got the Americans startled. The Trump administration began the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue efforts, keeping […]
A visitor experiences a simulated cab system at the 18th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept 11, 2021. (ZHOU HUA / XINHUA) Economic and trade ties between China and ASEAN are poised to gain further momentum with a message from Chinese President Xi Jinping at an international expo […]
President Xi Jinping addresses the 13th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing on Sept 10, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) President Xi Jinping's speech at the virtual BRICS summit echoes the consistent position he has advocated at all major international forums in the past year, that international collaboration is the only way forward to tackle […]
BEIJING – China will donate 100 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries within this year on top of a donation of US$100 million to COVAX, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Xi made the announcement in Beijing while addressing the 13th BRICS summit via video link. China will strive to provide […]
Early traces of virus found overseas in areas involved in cold chain shipments Customers pay with vouchers at a Carrefour supermarket in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on April 20. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY) The cluster of COVID-19 infections at a seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, in late 2019 was likely triggered by […]
Yang Jiechi (center), a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, attends the 11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues via video link in Beijing, capital of China, […]
People queue up to get themselves inoculated with the Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a mass vaccination camp at Kholamora in Keraniganj district on Aug 7, 2021. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP) Hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by the United States and some other Western countries has exposed the hypocrisy behind human rights standards they devised […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations in Chongqing, southwest China, June 7, 2021. (HUANG WEI/XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday urged maintaining the centrality of ASEAN to jointly counter geopolitical […]
A staff member transports a batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, May 11, 2021. (PHEARUM / XINHUA) KAMPALA – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has recently signed an agreement with the Chinese firm Sinovac to supply developing countries with more COVID-19 vaccines via […]
Experts call for sharing lessons learned during pandemic with BRI partners Wen Qiufang, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, shares her thoughts on English-language teaching (ELT) in China during the 2021 Global English Education China Assembly in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Friday. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) English-language teachers in China and other countries […]
Health workers get ready to give Sinopharm vaccine in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 2 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Over 100 countries have approved Chinese vaccines and the leaders in 30 foreign countries have been inoculated with Chinese vaccines, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday, adding that China will continue to provide safe […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra in Algiers, Algeria, July 19, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Underlining Beijing's commitment to support fellow developing nations, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said China will "always bear empathy and share destiny with developing countries". Wang made […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra in Algiers, Algeria, July 19, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) ALGIERS – China will always be a member of the camp of developing countries, and breathe the same air and share a common destiny with developing countries, said Chinese State […]
In this undated photo, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet via video link for talks. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Leaders, officials and scholars have hailed the mature, unique partnership between Beijing and Moscow that outperforms traditional alliances, helps each other ensure strategic security at their doorsteps and provides support for multilateralism and peace […]
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at a press briefing in Beijing on Aug 11, 2020. (PHOTO / FMPRC.GOV.CN) BEIJING – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Monday urged certain Western countries to abandon their hypocritical double standards and political manipulation on human rights issues and address their own problems on human rights. Spokesperson Zhao […]
Some foreign diplomats and representatives from international organizations attend an event celebrating the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development in Beijing on July 8, 2021. (KUANG LINHUA / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) China stands ready to work with developing countries to further unleash the potential […]
This undated file photo shows Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that the "Indo-Pacific Strategy," which seeks bloc confrontation and aims to create geopolitical rivalry, is a comeback of Cold War mentality and retrogression of history. Wang […]
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement Monday, officially deciding to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. The announcement came during talks between the two heads of state via video link. Hailing the upcoming 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty, Xi said in […]