China's human rights path is people-oriented

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

In her statement on Saturday, at the end of her official visit to China over the previous six days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet came straight to the point, saying her visit was not an "investigation", but an opportunity to promote exchanges and interactions.

US should act responsibly and change tri-negative approach to tri-positive one

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

The Chinese side's lukewarm response to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's long-awaited speech on the Joe Biden administration's approach to China on Thursday reflects its lack of surprises. Seemingly comprehensive, it offered nothing new. It was simply an encapsulation of the competition, confrontation and a little cooperation that has defined the Biden administration's policy toward China since taking office.

One-China principle brooks no obfuscation: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

It has been said that in all their actions, even in those which are matters of necessity rather than choice, prudent men will endeavor to conduct themselves so as to conciliate good-will. Perhaps this was advice that the US secretary of state was trying to put into practice in his recent speech outlining the United States' China policy. If so, then he needs to try harder.

Cooperation that preserves peace and drives common development

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

Belying the efforts of the United States and Australia to portray China as a rules-breaker coercing and bullying small countries, all the Pacific island countries State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has visited so far during his 10-day Asia-Pacific tour have spoken highly of the fruitful outcomes of their cooperation with China.

India wrong to join US bid to contain China: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

The joint statement issued by the top leaders of Australia, Japan, India and the United States after they concluded their Quad summit in Tokyo on May 24 did not mention China by name. Yet that does not mean the informal security dialogue established to counter China in the Indian and Pacific oceans is softening its containment stance.

EU should seek ways to escape US trap: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

As expected, the phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday was fruitless.

Different pandemic responses, different outcomes

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

With nearly 110,000 novel coronavirus infections reported each day on average over the past week in the United States, six times that of the same period last year, the once clamorous voices in the country ridiculing China's dynamic clearing policy as inhuman, unscientific and ineffectual have become muted, as it is the US' hands-off approach that fits these charges.

West weaponizing food shortages: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

With the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, now in its third year, global grain prices are rising dramatically, which is a harbinger of a possible food crisis worldwide.

Exploitation of epidemic must be curbed: China Daily editorial

(chinadaily.com.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

There is no doubt the mobility controls the country has put in place have helped to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus whenever it has tried to gain a foothold in the country. Given the country's huge population and the reluctance of many elderly to get vaccinated, it is the country's weapon of choice in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insatiably imperialistic NATO now has sights on Asia-Pacific: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

Given the changes that have taken place in the global geopolitical landscape since its current Strategic Concept was adopted in 2010, the latest edition of the Strategic Concept that is set to be endorsed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders at their summit in Madrid later this month will no doubt have evolved in light of the power-hungry alliance's perceptions of these.

Space station a rewarding achievement: Editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

The successful launch of the Shenzhou XIV spaceship from Jiuquan, Gansu province, on Sunday morning, and its successful docking with Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station six and a half hours later, mark the beginning of China's third crewed mission to its space station.

Australia's snooping courts calamity: China Daily editorial

(chinawatch.cn) 2022-06-19 19:58

It has become Australia's habitual practice to hype up a threat from China, so the country's latest "crying wolf" over a Chinese fighter jet's "dangerous intercept" of an Australian military aircraft in airspace over the South China Sea is just another bid by Canberra to smear China and mislead the international community.