Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
China’s anti-terror endeavor requires active intl efforts
Kyrgyzstan recently arrested 14 border police officers for suspected trafficking of illegal arms, according to media reports. It is also noted that the criminals who attacked the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on August 30 sourced their weapons from these people.
Strict Party governance backed by firm will
The sixth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee started Monday with its central agenda focusing on strict Party governance. The plenum will formulate documents on intra-Party supervision and political life within the Party.
Triumph of anti-nuke governor shows weakness for Abe government
A physician opposed to the reopening of a nuclear power plant has defeated by a wide margin a government-backed candidate to become governor of Japan's Niigata Prefecture recently. This result reflects the Niigata Prefecture people's discontent over the current policy of the Abe administration.
Chinese-Americans bear arms to protest violence
Hot on the heels of the online outrage over YG's "Meet the Flockers" song (which encouraged the targeting of Chinese for robbery), some 2,000 Chinese protested about crime in Philadelphia and dozens of them carried guns. It was the first time Chinese-Americans protested with guns, albeit unloaded for the demonstration. The message was clear. They object to the targeting of Chinese for crime and will defend themselves.
Russia sees potential win in S. China Sea
For all the current focus on the Middle East, and particularly on Syria, it is in the South China Sea that is the principal playground in the competition among the world's major powers for global influence. There, tension between China and the US continues to grow unabated, even though real crises in the relationship are still a long way off.
‘Belt and Road’ initiative points to brighter globalization
The history of the Silk Road sparks numerous aspirations for the ancient route. Hadrian, the Roman Emperor depicted by French writer Marguerite Yourcenar, was fascinated with the flourishing commerce and trade along the ancient Silk Road.
Transparency needed in Jia’s death sentence controversy
It has been a week since the Supreme People's Court approved Jia Jinglong's death sentence. The controversial case triggered public uproar after lawyers and scholars voiced suspicions about the execution order.
Did Duterte go back on his words after Beijing visit?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte clarified Friday after returning from his trip to Beijing that when he said he wanted to separate from Washington, he did not mean a severing of diplomatic ties, but to no longer "dovetail the foreign policy" of the US. Some Chinese then claimed that Duterte changed his attitude immediately after he got loans from China, and they have even made jokes mocking the president's inconsistency.
Lifesaving Lippi
China appoints Marcello Lippi as manager of national team.
New African threats helped by China response
Recently, a Washington-based NGO released a report criticizing the reaction of Chinese troop to the turmoil of South Sudan in July 2016. The report brought the deadly attack against the UN Peace Keeping Operation (PKO), which left two Chinese PKO soldiers dead and five wounded, back to the debates, as well as China's role in peace and security operations in Africa.
Party discipline should be stricter than law
The sixth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Monday to Thursday, which was announced at a meeting held by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on September 27. The plenum will focus on enacting overall strict party discipline, as well as strengthening and standardizing intra-Party political life.
Hollywood’s need for heroic white men is against Chinese interests
Multiple media outlets reported on Angry Asian Man's post about the Disney Mulan remake. There was a script that once again focuses on a hero white man in an Asian fetish relationship. This has since been clarified not to be the case and the film will instead have a full Chinese cast. If the script was unchanged, it would have just resulted in another stale and uninteresting film. Multiple box office failures attest to this, like Shanghai (2010) and Blackhat (2015). This issue also came on the heels of the recent Bruce Lee biopic, which also took a film about a Chinese hero and made it about some white guy with an Asian fetish. These nonsensical plots and their tired portrayals don't do well.
Pragmatist Duterte puts country first
The Philippine's outspoken President Rodrigo Duterte shockingly announced his country's "separation" from the US during his recent visit to China. However, upon his return Friday, he soon struck a more conciliatory tone, stating that it's in the best interest of his country not to detach from its closest partner.