IR & Foreign Affairs
  • New Delhi likely to create strategy for Washington’s Iran oi...
    2019-05-05 Liu Zongyi
    A total US ban on the purchases of Iranian crude oil took effect on May 2, according to the Voice of America. Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the US would not extend sanctions waivers for Iranian oil importers includ... [FULL TEXT]
  • US can't call all the shots anymore
    2019-04-19 Li Weijian
    The United States has officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization in an attempt to isolate Iran in the international community. US President Donald Trump's announcement on April 8 that ... [FULL TEXT]
  • Rouhani's Iraq visit: Old ties with new dynamics
    2019-03-17 Jin Liangxiang
    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani paid a three-day visit to Iraq from March 11 through 13. During his visit, President Rouhani, accompanied by a large commercial delegation, met with the Iraqi President, Prime Minister and a number of dignit... [FULL TEXT]
  • Time for China-India Relations to Abandon Western Paradigm
    2019-02-01 Liu Zongyi
    It was reported that recently the Indian Navy has commissioned a new full-fledged naval base, Indian naval air station, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The new base, according to Indian military officials and experts, would be used to i... [FULL TEXT]
  • U.S. will stick to tough policy towards Iran
    2018-12-28 Li weijian
    U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance towards Iran since he took office, leading to a significant setback in the relationship between the two nations and raising the tension which had eased with the signing of the comprehensi... [FULL TEXT]
  • There Will Be No New Cold War
    2018-11-22 Yang jiemian
    The tensions in China-US relations have caught the world's attention since last December. The Trump administration has consistently and systematically launched attacks against China on strategic, economic, diplomatic, and cultural fronts. L... [FULL TEXT]
  • The Belt and Road is a practical platform to build a communi...
    2018-10-18 Yang Jian
    The Tian'en owned by COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers plows through ice in the East Siberian Sea on its voyage to Europe through the Polar Silk Road on August 20 (XINHUA)After 40 years of reforming and opening up, China draws closer to r... [FULL TEXT]
  • Help African Nations Help Themselves
    2018-09-06 Li Weijian
    The FOCAC summit in Beijing has charted the course for deeper Sino-African cooperation, among which the eight action plans Xi announced would lead to closer collaboration in various fields including trade, infrastructure construction, finan... [FULL TEXT]
  • The New Face of China-Africa Relations
    2018-08-31 Zhang Chun
    The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled for September will be the third summit of the forum since its inception in 2000. It will mark the first time that two FOCAC summits are held consecutively, follow... [FULL TEXT]
  • Making Developing Countries Beneficiaries of China’s Rise
    2018-09-04 Zhang Chun
    The 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) kicked off on September 3, which is a big celebration for the forum’s 18th birthday. This year’s summit brought three big “gifts” to China, Africa and the world.The fi... [FULL TEXT]