During the crisis, China’s leadership was nothing short of exemplary. Chairing the UNSC, Wang Yi pinned the blame on the U.S. for impeding the UNSC’s work and called on it to approve the resolution which the U.S. has serially blocked.
With over 200 million increasingly wealthy, healthy and tech-savvy seniors looking to enjoy their ‘golden-years’, China’s greying population may not be the economic burden many analysts have predicted.
Developed and developing nations should realize and recognize the achievements and progress made by China in eliminating extreme poverty and enabling its citizens to enjoy a better life.
Anti-China framing for such initiatives is not only politically unnecessary; it is harmful, as it inevitably feeds racism, violence, xenophobia, and white nationalism.
The Biden administration must engage in what was once called an ‘agonizing reappraisal’ of its foreign policy. In the present case, this means dropping the Cold War mindset and taking effective steps to engage the world constructively on the basis of mutual advantage and mutual respect.
With the rise of a deadly new variant, the world stands at a historic crossroads. We cannot afford any more leadership failures.
China recently released the findings from its 7th population census. While it revealed what many already knew – slowing population growth and a declining birth rate – the census also provided a rare snapshot into modern China.
China’s Long March 5B rocket descended to Earth on May 9, with most of it breaking up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Yet the incident once again opened up questions regarding the safety, reliability and purpose of China’s space program.
The digital payments system is currently in wide use throughout the world and a sovereign digital currency can be the right step forward.
Before you get too excited about the 60 million doses, please remember these planned shipments will contain only the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not approved for use in the United States.
India should be well-advised not to be fascinated with the U.S.-led Quad at the expense of relationship with China. India must not let the U.S. fire its guns against China over its shoulders.
Ping-pong diplomacy may have been used in 1971 to help normalise ties between China and the United States, but its legacy is still just as relevant today as the two countries experience their most serious problems for three-decades.
