IR & Foreign Affairs
  • Domestic politics, nationalism misguide India's China policy...
    2020-07-28 Liu Zongyi
    Despite the de-escalation of border tensions between China and India, New Delhi hasn't stopped its China smear campaign, accusing Beijing of being expansionist. At an all-party meeting on June 19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said ... [FULL TEXT]
  • A new chapter in China-Arab relations
    2020-07-07 Jin Liangxiang
    The ninth ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) took place via video link on July 6. The CASCF has witnessed the growth of relations between China and Arab countries.Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Mi... [FULL TEXT]
  • No IAEA member states can accept endless inspections
    2020-07-06 Jin Liangxiang
    Jin Liangxiang, an associate research fellow at the Center for West Asian and African Studies in Shanghai, tells the Tehran Times that Iran has been very cooperative with the IAEA and that“no member states can accept endless inspections” an... [FULL TEXT]
  • Why Did the Bloody Galwan Clash Take Place?
    2020-07-01 Liu Zongyi
    On the evening of June 15, Chinese and Indian soldiers clashed unexpectedly in the Galwan Valley, high in the Karakoram mountains, causing casualties on both sides. The Indian side, which initiated the incident, suffered a lot of casualties... [FULL TEXT]
  • Chen Dongxiao:US-China confrontation could create a global s...
    2020-06-24 Chen Dongxiao
    Prof. Dr. Chen Dongxiao is the President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), a government affiliated top think-tank of China. He got his Ph.D. from Fudan University. His major areas of specialization are China’s foreign... [FULL TEXT]
  • Racism is never China’s official policy
    2020-06-04 Zhu Ming
    MEDICAL supplies from Guangzhou, donated by the People’s Republic of China to help South Africa fight the Covid-19 epidemic, were offloaded at OR Tambo International Airport. After the so-called Guangzhou racist incident, Africa-China rel... [FULL TEXT]
  • Europe’s Pandemic Dilemma
    2020-05-24 Dan Steinbock
    In the ongoing battle against the global pandemic, belated responses will result in huge human costs and massive economic damage. In Europe, losses are climaxing in the 2nd quarter of 2020. Before advanced economies – including those in Eur... [FULL TEXT]
  • What to learn from China's fight against COVID-19
    2020-02-27 Danilo Türk
    A week ago, I was returning to Slovenia from London via Germany and Italy. The whole travel was normal – with, perhaps, fewer passengers at airports than usual.However, at our final stop at the airport of Trieste (Trst), on the Italian side... [FULL TEXT]
  • Ideology’s Negative Effect
    2020-02-19 Jin Liangxiang
    China-U.S. relations are, and will continue to be, a defining feature of the future international order, and stable evolution of that relationship is relevant not only to the future welfare of the two nations but also to the world. Variable... [FULL TEXT]
  • The U.S. fails the world by keeping Iran sanctions
    2020-03-17 Jin Liangxiang
    Containing the COVID-19 epidemic has topped the agenda of the international community as the virus has developed into a global pandemic where no-one is immune. Facing this common challenge, therefore, countries should deal with it through j... [FULL TEXT]