Commentary: China's people-centered approach shield against floods, disasters: Xinhuanet
August 20, 2020
While visiting the flood-stricken residents in Funan County, east China's Anhui Province, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said Tuesday that he has always been concerned about the people in flood-stricken areas. Click here to read...
Driving up U.S.-China confrontation won't slow down China's development, says ambassador Cui: Xinhuanet
August20, 2020
Fueling a confrontation between the U.S. and China will not slow down China's development as external pressure will only lead to a stronger, more resilient China, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has said. "Maybe some believe that driving up confrontation could slow down and contain China's development, and even bring about a regime change. This is nothing but wishful thinking," said Cui in a keynote speech at a webinar on issues related to China-U.S. relations at the invitation of John R. Allen, president of the Brookings Institution on Aug. 13. Click here to read...
China urges U.S. politicians to heed calls from international community: spokesperson: People’s Daily
August 20,2020
China urges relevant U.S. politicians to take into account the well-being of the people in China, the U.S. and all other countries, heed calls from the international community, and work with China to bring China-U.S. relations back on the track of coordination, cooperation and stability, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on recent remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the relationship between the U.S. and China. "It is our consistent belief that China and the United States stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation," Zhao said. Click here to read...
China makes multi-faceted efforts to ensure grain security: People’s Daily
August 20,2020
Since mid-July, Huang Xiaoping has been busy working in his 110-hectare paddy field, harvesting early rice and sowing for the next season.Huang also runs a rental business involving farm machinery in a village near the Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake in the central Hunan Province, helping local farmers during the "double rush" season."We need to fight the current flood and strengthen the embankments," Huang said. Click here to read...
China-India border dispute: advanced fighter jets sent to nearby airbases: South China Morning Post
August 20, 2020
China and India have reportedly sent their most advanced fighter jets to airbases near their disputed border region in the Himalayas, where a stand-off continues. According to a Forbes report on Monday that cited commercial satellite imagery, two Chinese J-20 stealth fighters have appeared at the Hotan airbase in the far western Xinjiang region.The airbase is China’s closest – about 320km (200 miles) – to the disputed Aksai Chin region. Click here to read...
US suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over China’s national security law: South China Morning Post
August 20, 2020
The US State Department halted its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Wednesday, in the latest sign of deteriorating US-China relations in the weeks since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong. The treaty was one of three US bilateral agreements with Hong Kong that the Trump administration announced it was spreading. Click here to read...
She Was a Communist Party Insider in China. Then She Denounced Xi: The New York Times
August 19, 2020
During her career teaching at the Communist Party’s top academy, Cai Xia cheered on signs that China’s leaders might ease their political grip, making her an uncommonly prominent voice for democratic change near the heart of the party. Click here to read...
Cai Xia’s blatant betrayal is totally indefensible: Global Times editorial: Global Times
August 19, 2020
After the Party School of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC) announced on Monday that it had rescinded the Party membership of retired professor Cai Xia and revoked her retirement benefits, Cai quickly became Western media's blue-eyed person. She accepted interview requests from Western media such as the Voice of America, "Radio Free Asia" and The Guardian. In the interviews, she made incredibly malicious attacks on China's system. She would not have done so if she had no intention to collude with external forces to hurt the interests of her motherland. Click here to read...
