Science as a discipline transcends artificial national borders and hence scientific collaboration serves as a unifying force, irrespective of national politics.
The time has come for BRICS to support and sponsor a global agenda in defense of the international system’s democratization, multilateralism, and the strengthening of international organizations combined with greater promotion of dialogue between peoples.
Due to historical factors and geopolitics, trilateral relations among China, the ROK, and Japan did not always progress smoothly and the free trade agreement negotiations have still not seen a breakthrough. However, the RCEP broke through the bottleneck and ushered in a new stage of regional cooperation.
Regarding China’s two centennial development goals, regulating the total fertility rate to the replacement level is the best choice in the medium and long term to ensure the balanced development of the population size and structure.
China has a huge role in making the transformation of our world possible. Through the efforts of the UN we have witnessed the emergence of the idea of an international civil society. Adding to this, China has proclaimed an ambition to create an ecological civilization.
There is no doubt that China has set a global record in the fight against poverty which offers Africa an opportunity to learn and to build a strong socio-economic foundation for the future prosperity of its people.
There are two main presuppositions for the efforts to yield better results. The first is the preservation of peace and multilateralism. And the second is finding a balance to keep globalization alive, even if a more nuanced approach has been forged since the outbreak of the pandemic.
As the green development concept becomes espoused by growing numbers of Chinese people, many Chinese cities previously plagued by smoggy days are now growingly beguiled by blue skies. This change is thanks to the country’s implementation of a wide range of green development policies.
The assassination of Iran’s nuclear scientist will make the prospects of Iran nuclear issue more complicated as it might make global efforts to restart the multilateral approach to the nuclear issue more difficult.
We must end the social injustices that put people at risk of contracting HIV. And we must fight for the right to health and ensure universal access. Barriers such as up-front user fees that lock people out of health must come down.
The government needs to develop closer ties with market entities while maintaining integrity and impartiality.
While we Chinese scholars could do more to elaborate on China’s peaceful development and its foreign policy, our American counterparts may help Washington make the choice of living peacefully with a modernized, strong and prosperous China, a major country with a different culture and a different political and economic system.
