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This article notes that Washington and Tokyo intend to continue hindering Taiwan’s reunification with Mainland China, which would greatly strengthen Beijing’s position in the Pacific Ocean. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the United States notably stepped up its support for Taiwan, in both expanding its official ties with Taipei and supplying it with American arms.
Dong Yue: “Washington should wake up from its hegemonic delusion. Hegemony in the guise of democracy is poisonous for America, and destructive for the world. If the world’s sole superpower really wants to promote democracy, the best contribution it can make at the moment is to look inward, and fix its chaotic and dysfunctional democracy at home.”
Xinhua: Chinese President Xi Jinping had a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday [Nov. 16]. The two sides had thorough and in-depth communication and exchanges on issues of strategic, overarching and fundamental importance shaping the development of China-US relations and on important issues of mutual interest.
Golts: It is clear that Russia and the NATO countries have entered a new cold war.
Xinhua: Chinese envoy says that achieving inclusive development for all is the fundamental way to address inequality and eliminate conflicts.
Lukyanov: pandemic buried the notion of the inevitability of globalization; states will now have to find their own way in uncertain times.
At UN, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposes a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats and challenges to build a better world for all.
Chinese Envoy Dai Bing: ““The way the situation in Afghanistan has transpired recently is proof that foreign military intervention and the imposition of a ‘democratic transformation’ program does nothing to help solve any problem.”
This article analyzes some aspects of civilizationism as a trend in the self-positioning strategies of several Asian states, notably China and India, as well as some other countries. Close attention is paid to the concept of the civilization state (CS), as distinct from the nation state (NS), where the former reveals the specific characteristics of the major non-Western states.
Xinhua: For a long time, the US alliance system has adhered to the Cold War mentality, and has been obsessed with zero-sum games. It trampled on justice for self-interest, provoked conflicts and wars, imposed unilateral sanctions, and reaped world dividends, posing serious threats to and undermining the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law.