Realizing Rural Revitalization
Making agriculture a cornerstone of policymaking is directly connected to all-round rural revitalization in China.
Mar 9, 2022
Another Year Starts with Optimism in China
As continuity is the main characteristic of China’s history and progress, its metamorphosis will further evolve in 2022.
Jan 11, 2022
China Sees Huge Surge of Inbound Foreign Direct Investments
The threats to push back against Beijing were just empty bluffs and the Chinese economy has grown more integrated into the global economy in the meantime.
Nov 8, 2021
China’s Self-Reliance vs. Europe’s Self-Sufficiency: Why Rebuke on China?
It is thus anticipated that the European Chamber in China will drop its wrong perception on China’s high-tech self-reliance and dual circulation economy and be confident of China’s opening-up policy.
Sep 28, 2021
The CPC at 100 Scaling New Heights
The 1.4 billion Chinese people have every reason to be proud of what they have achieved under the leadership of the CPC over the past 100 years.
Jul 1, 2021
China 2035: Achieving Socialist Modernization Basically
Understanding what China and the CPC have experienced during the past 100 years is crucial to comprehending both China and the world’s future on everything from the world economy to the climate crisis to international relations.
Jun 23, 2021
There Is Every Reason to Believe That the CPC Will Succeed
While the Chinese model might not be suitable for our 330 million Americans, it does suit the vast majority of China’s 1.4 billion citizens as evidenced by independent public opinion polling, both long term and focused on the global pandemic still ongoing in much of the rest of the world.
Jun 15, 2021
China Highlights Innovation & Consumption to Avoid Middle-Income Trap
China’s new 14th Five Year Plan aims to chart a new course for its economic development, one that maximises innovation, domestic consumption and international trade. But is it enough to ensure it avoids economic stagnation associated with the middle-income trap?
Mar 12, 2021
The Shisanwu Song: Viral Hit or Empty Vessel?
When the Chinese viral hit Little Apple was performed in the American Music Awards ceremony in November 2014, the cheesy-yet-catchy pop song by the Chopstick Brothers found a way to elbow into the global market. Now, China may have another hit viral video, but this time with a far more political message. The cartoon music video is themed around China’s latest 13th Five-Year Plan and was promoted by Xinhua News Agency to coincide with the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee which concluded in late October. The song soon picked up steam online, with reactions to the video mixed. Obviously, the song is easy to remember, and features American-accented singers, acoustic guitars, and a chorus that proclaims: “If you wanna know what China’s gonna do, best pay attention to the shísānwǔ (the Chinese name for the 13th Five-Year Plan).” It does create a craze in Chinese social media, Sina Weibo and WeChat in particular. But what did foreign netizens think of the song? On Twitter, the collective reaction was one of mirth and disbelief, with one commentator jokingly prescribing the video as therapy for depression while another astutely commenting that despite all the mockery, now hundreds if not thousands of Westerners are now informed as to what the 13th Five-Year Plan is and stands for. Or […]
Nov 3, 2015