The Need for Multilateralism in Time of COVID-19
It is high time that we embrace a multilateral approach to create a united world capable of containing the pandemic and building strong firewalls to forestall similar health problems in future.
Does a Falling Birth Rate Equal ‘Genocide’?
The decline in birth rates in Xinjiang, as is the case in the U.S., is the result of socio-economic development and an improvement in the status of women.
Engaging with China Under President Biden
Hopefully, as the months wear on and President Biden’s domestic crises abate, he will return to the position he has expressed in the past, allowing that “China is not our enemy.” Or he may feel compelled by political pressure to continue to challenge China.
Combat Climate Challenge by Upholding International Rule of Law
It is a common cause for humanity to combat climate change. The global efforts in this regard can be taken as a mirror for humans to reflect on what models are suitable for future global governance and how to build a community of a shared future for all humanity.
China and South Asia: Win-Win Diplomacy
China strives to make its due contribution to world peace and development as a major country. It never engages in aggression or expansion, never seeks hegemony, and remains a staunch force for upholding regional and world peace and stability.
WHO Approval of Chinese Vaccine Key to Global COVID Fight
The global vaccination cooperation ultimately is not a competition for “dominance” or “politics,” nor is it about the profits of big companies. First and foremost it is about saving lives, and only if countries are prepared to work together and put their differences aside does the world stand a chance of returning to normality.
China Needs to Overcome Greater Challenges Than Developed Countries to Meet Its Carbon-Neutral Target
Strict control should be conducted over coal consumption and efforts should be made to achieve the peaking of coal consumption as soon as possible.
China’s Climate Ambitions and Actions Set an Example for the Rest of the World
Beijing’s ambitions and actions provide a new paradigm for the world in its battle to contain the climate crisis.
China’s Diplomacy Promotes a Human Community with a Shared Future
The concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” is a reinterpretation of universalism in the Western style and may usher in a new era of world enlightenment, not to mention new enlightenment in the face of a West that is increasingly immersed in the shadows of xenophobia, populism, anti-science discourse, violence, internal division, protectionism, unilateralism, and fake news.
Confrontational Strategic Competition Act Is Set to Pose More Stumbling Blocks for Future China-U.S. Ties
If competition with the U.S. becomes inevitable, then it should be managed properly to avoid any hard confrontation, a prerequisite for China’s overall development.
Rise of Micro-Credentials and Their Role in Society’s Future Needs
It will be interesting to see how much the micro-credential movement will disrupt and change the landscape of traditional tertiary education or be integrated with them and become part of a less linear, more flexible, cost effective and tailored form of lifelong learning better designed to meet the needs for constant re-skilling of the workforce for a Fourth Industrial Revolution and Information Age.
How People’s Democracy Works in China
In many ways, China’s success is due to the quality of its decision-making process and efficiency of policy execution, which make the Chinese state far more responsive to the needs of the people than the Western model, as shown clearly in China’s resolute fight against COVID-19.
