People's congresses and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)are both key parts of China's nationai governance framework.Every March,the National People's Congress(NPC),China's top legislature,...
Tensions are rising and the risk of regional war looms over the Middle East.Diplomacy has yet to restrain escalation and prospects for peace unfortunately are dim at this time.The regional situation is complex.Israeli...
On May 22, the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) once again refused to include a proposal on "Taiwan's participation at the WHA as an observer" in its agenda. For the seventh year in a row, the WHA has rejected Taiwanr...
One year after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine,it remains difficult to predict the final outcome of the armed conflict.A protracted war looks probable,if not inevitable.It has become an estab...
Following a very challenging 2022,the world may find it difficult to be optimistic about 2023,given the risks to the economy as well as global and regional security.The trends of transformation and turbulence are both...
The Fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) took place in Shanghai on November 5-10.The event was established in 2018 as a way to encourage and assist foreign companies to connect with and sell their products to ...
Despite the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China being a domestic event,it is inevitable that many of its decisions and the statements,particularly those made by Party leader Xi Jinping in his speech...
The 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting concluded in Bangkok,Thailand,on May 22.Themed Open,Connect,Balance,the meeting’s discussions focused on three topics:open tra...
Glasgow, the location of COP26, officially known as the 26 th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, was once a very dirty city. In the 18 th century, tobacco, sugar and...
Getting the China-U.S.relationship right is not optional,but something both sides must do and must do well.That is a point Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed in a phone conversation on September 10 with his U.S.cou...