The spectacular tourism boom in Harbin and other parts of China’s northeast has sparked hope that the rust belt – the pride of early Chinese industrialisation that has fallen on hard times – may begin to find its feet again.
Like the children’s story Pulling the Radish, if the world acts as one, a solution can be found to the Gaza crisis that brings lasting peace.
From the comradeship of the World War II ‘Flying Tiger’ volunteer pilots to the ‘ping-pong diplomacy’ of the 1970s, people-to-people friendship is the true foundation of the US-China relationship
A theft scandal at the British Museum has raised questions about whether it should return objects to the countries they came from. Among Chinese people, the museum’s Chinese collection remains a symbol of past suffering.
Blinken’s trip was followed by Biden’s insults, the Bali summit was followed by further China containment measures – the US has yet to show China it can match its deeds to its words.
Other than pointing fingers at China, the G7 summit achieved little compared with the China-Central Asia Summit, which showed the way in boosting cooperation and dialogue towards sustainable development.