The National Security Law for Hong Kong and the special administrative region’s revamped electoral system have been the bete noire of many Western media outlets and politicians since the law and new electoral system came into existence. Recent stepped-up efforts to undermine Sunday’s Legislative Council election by dissuading voters from casting ballots on the day […]
As Hong Kong gears up for the 2021 Legislative Council general election — the first LegCo election to be held after major reforms were made to the region’s electoral system earlier this year — a group of political radicals, some of whom have fled abroad after committing criminal offenses, has called for a boycott of […]
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will hold the Seventh-Term Legislative Council election on Sunday. So far, 153 hopefuls have passed preliminary screening. They show considerable diversity, as members of patriotic pro-establishment groups are joined by those representing various social sectors and a few former members of moderate “pan-democrat” parties. The diverse candidate mix promises […]
Among the three measures on Xinjiang the US House of Representatives approved on Dec 8 is a resolution “condemning” the so-called genocide and crimes against the Uygur people. The move exposes the political farce of Western countries. The fact is, instead of a genocide similar to what white colonialists committed in what is today known […]
(LUO JIE / CHINA DAILY) If you thought discourse in the United States could not get more childish, think again: Last week, the White House convened the geopolitical equivalent of the He-Man Woman-Haters’ Club from Our Gang short films series. The club has an official name, of course; the Summit for Democracy, wherein US President […]
Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The United Nations institutions and all the international and multilateral agreements that span the globe are not […]
Abuluoha village, China's last village without a road, is connected to the outside world with its new road in Butuo county, Sichuan province as seen in June, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China’s rise from the depths of poverty and underdevelopment to become the world’s second-largest economy can be a serious case study for researchers, so […]
(MA XUEJING / CHNA DAILY) Twenty years after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and as the European Union’s chief negotiator of China’s terms of accession at the time, I am asked this question in various places around the world: Is China’s accession something to be celebrated? Has it been a success? Looking at […]
It was shocking to hear US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin say on Monday that no disciplinary action will be taken against the US military personnel involved in the Aug 29 drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children. The Pentagon kept lying to the world about the drone attack, claiming the […]
While addressing the Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou, via video link, earlier this month, President Xi Jinping said that to understand China one must strive to understand the Communist Party of China. Which gains added importance because the CPC is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding this year. The Understanding China Conference is an […]
SINGAPORE, Dec 15, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – ACROMEC Limited (“ACROMEC”, or the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), an established specialist engineering service provider in the field of controlled environments serving mainly the healthcare, biomedical, pharmaceutical, research and academia sectors, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ACROMEC Engineers Pte Ltd has secured two engineering, procurement and […]
I recently sounded out some of my friends to find out whether they intend to cast their ballots in the geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council election on Sunday. While most of them said they would, a few indicated otherwise. I asked them why. They claimed that the new election system is a retrogressive step […]
Some biased Western media and politicians have taken issue with Hong Kong’s improved electoral system and the National Security Law promulgated for Hong Kong, claiming that they have undermined Hong Kong’s status as an international financial center because they encroached on Hong Kong’s democracy. They are oblivious to facts. The upcoming Legislative Council election heralds […]
Sunday’s election of the seventh Legislative Council, the first LegCo election under the new electoral system, marks the dawn of a new era for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — one of good governance. In the days to come, I believe the new LegCo will perform accurately its roles under the executive-led political system, […]
BEIJING – China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will hold a Legislative Council election on Sunday, the first since improvements were made to the region's electoral system earlier this year. Under the principle of "one country, two systems," the leadership of the HKSAR must, first and foremost, safeguard the fundamental interests of the country while […]
The Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election will be held on Sunday. This is the first LegCo election after improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Polls will be conducted for all constituencies with a total of 90 seats, which comprise 40 members returned by the Election Committee, 30 members by […]
In 2018, Steve Bannon, then-US President Donald Trump's chief strategist, argued that the United States needed to "decouple" from China. Since then, the term has become a fixture in discussions of Sino-American relations－to the point that some, such as former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, have warned that it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. How […]
(SHI YU / CHINA DAILY) Clearing the technology bottlenecks created by foreign entities is necessary for China to become self-reliant in science and technology, and build a modern socialist society by 2035. China adheres to an innovation-driven development policy, and has vowed to become self-reliant in science and technology, strengthen basic research, achieve breakthroughs in […]
While charting the course for improving the United Kingdom's strategic strength in cyberspace, the country's new National Cyber Strategy released on Wednesday also depicts the internet as a battlefield for a war of values and China as a systemic adversary that must be pushed back against. "Debates over the rules governing cyberspace will increasingly become […]
China's national flag (five-star red flag) and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are seen in China's Hong Kong, Oct 1, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) After the White House decided to treat China as the United States' main strategic rival and launched a coordinated campaign among its core allies to contain China's […]
In their virtual meeting in June, President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation that was signed 20 years ago and strengthen the two countries' practical cooperation. Building on this consensus, in their virtual meeting on Wednesday, the two leaders highlighted that the […]
Paris, France / December 16, 2021 / SEAPRWire / – The NFT gaming project EMETH just announced its solution to solve gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain. The first launch of their NFT collection is significantly impacted by prohibitive gas fees. The EMETH team decided to tackle what has been plaguing the NFT community for the past […]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / December 16, 2021 /SEAPRWire / – Recently, a newborn project has been launched on Pancakeswap with the only goal: give traders in the crypto world a hand to make their job more effective and less effort. To illustrate, they will have a virtual assistant serve their trading 24/24, it will help […]
HONG KONG, Dec 15, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Yinan Li, the Ex-CTO of Baidu and Former Founder of NIU Technologies, enters into the electric automotive industry. As a technology industry heavyweight, Li’s NIUTRON is expected to be one of the most valuable electric automotive startups after NIO, Xpeng and Li Auto. After a long influential […]
It might have been the biggest irony the world has ever seen. That the United Kingdom high court ruled in favor of the United States’ appeal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US on the same day Washington wrapped up its “Summit for Democracy” has fully exposed the sheer hypocrisy of those Western […]
Editor’s note: This article was the author’s speech at the Symposium of “Strengthening Confidence in True Democracy” held by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Dec 9. Having grown up in Hong Kong, I have witnessed […]
The discovery in South Africa of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron has shocked the world. Aside from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 77 countries have reported Omicron cases, according to the World Health Organization. The new virus strain is believed to be more contagious. In South Africa, infections have shot up from 300 cases […]
People dance at Liuxing street in Yining, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Sept 29, 2021. (ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY) The United States and its allies have been fabricating lies and accusing China of committing "genocide", using "forced labor", and imposing "birth control" and other "draconian" measures on Uygurs in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) The United States' "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is nothing but a publicity stunt by the Joe Biden administration, which has been spreading rumors about human rights abuses in China using such platforms as the G7, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the US-EU Summit. The Biden […]
A wind power plant in Dingxi, Gansu province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The just concluded Central Economic Work Conference highlighted the importance of China's two carbon goals－realizing peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060－not only for the country but also for the global fight against climate change, one of the world's most […]