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BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced, saying some BBC s reports on China infringed the principles of truthfulness and impartiality in journalism.
Rubio uses Nobel to build up political capital, departs from peace prize s original intention
Wang Qi Published: Feb 04, 2021 08:52 PM
US Republican Senator Marco Rubio File Photo: VCGUS Senator Marco Rubio and Representative James McGovern, some leading bipartisan lawmakers, have nominated participants of Hong Kong s months-long social unrest for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, an old trick that has been played by some Western forces for four consecutive years - playing the Hong Kong card for their personal interests in the name of pro-democracy.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that these politicians, who meddled in China s internal affairs and backed the rioters in Hong Kong, would only harm the US reputation. The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to those who have truly made contributions to maintaining and promoting world peace and development, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at the routine press conference.
OPINION / OBSERVER By Mu Lu Published: Feb 01, 2021 10:23 PM
Degradation in the Western system Illustration: Liu Rui/GTExpansionist and interventionist moves have long been exploited by Western countries to consolidate their dominance across the world. In such ways, countries in the West have stabilized their relatively superior position. But in recent years, particularly since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many problems accumulated for some time in the West have been exposed. There even was an unprecedented political crisis in the US, the leader of the so-called free world.
The West hasn t abandoned interventionism, but this clearly can no more stop the West s chronic diseases from worsening.
Biden administration to continue Trump’s Indo-Pacific strategy: analysts
Zhang Hui and Guo Yuandan Published: Jan 28, 2021 09:01 PM
US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the US. Photo: AFP
The Biden administration is likely to continue its predecessor s Indo-Pacific strategy with containing China at its core, analysts said, as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to his counterparts in Japan, Australia and India less than a week after assuming office.
Biden made his first phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday, a day after Austin called his Indian counterpart.