Pro-Palestinian students of University of Michigan and their supporters protest on Saturday on the streets of Dearborn, Michigan, the United States.Rebecca Cook/Reuters Abed Rahim Khatib/Getty Images
Chinese tech to light up homes in South Africa
In the vast semi-arid area near Postmasburg, in South Africa's Northern Cape Province, construction of one of the country's biggest renewable energy power plants is nearing completion. In about a month's time, the Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project is expected to start trial operations, eventually generating enough energy to power 200,000 households in South Africa, thereby greatly alleviating the acute power shortage in the country.
Gratitude debt owed to once-mighty economic engine room
Northeast China has played a special role in the history of the country and beyond. Had the Japanese occupiers discovered oil in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, in the 1930s — which has since contributed 2.5 billion metric tons of crude oil to China after the nation's largest oilfield was discovered there in 1959 — Tokyo might not have risked starting war with the United States to seek oil in Southeast Asia to support its war machine.
Path to bright future running through rural school canteens
China has a critical role to play in South-South cooperation, such as building more sustainable school meal programs in developing countries amid post-pandemic economic challenges, climate change and rising food prices, a United Nations official said.
High tech benefits the disabled
Technology was the major theme of this year's National Disability Day, which fell on Sunday, as emerging technologies ranging from wearable devices to brain implants help people with disabilities better connect with society, according to the China Disabled Persons' Federation.
RCEP members encouraged to harmonize rules
Members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership can further improve the alignment of operational guidelines across key sectors such as competition policy and trade in services to elevate mutual openness, said trade experts and foreign scholars on Sunday.
800,000 flee Rafah amid heavy clashes
GAZA/JERUSALEM — Heavy clashes and bombardment rocked the southern Gaza city of Rafah over the weekend, where the United Nations said 800,000 people had been "forced to flee" Israel's assault on Hamas militants, as new cracks emerged in the Israeli government over the handling of the conflict in Gaza.
MNCs seek fresh growth points in China
In China, Covestro AG, a German chemicals manufacturer, is setting up a new plant in Zhuhai, Guangdong province; Schneider Electric SE, a French industrial conglomerate, will build an industrial park in Xiamen, Fujian province; and Bridgestone Corp, a Japanese tire company, has announced it will invest 562 million yuan ($77.6 million) in China over the next three years.
'De-Sinicization' by West presents challenges
This year, there will be significant economic and political change globally. Influenced by the political cycle, with more than 70 countries and regions holding major elections this year worldwide, the United States economy is expected to decline. US economic growth was 2.5 percent in 2023 and we estimate the growth rate in 2024 will be around 1.7 percent.
Any challenge to Taiwan's status as part of China doomed to fail
As Lai Ching-te takes office as leader of the Taiwan island authorities on Monday, he and his "pro-independence" Democratic Progressive Party must give a clear answer to the question regarding their choice between peaceful development or confrontation across the Taiwan Strait.
Down time
The world economy perpetually maintains a hierarchical stratification of countries' economic positions, but it is dynamic. That is to say, although not easy, it is possible for countries to change positions within its structural morphology, by taking advantage of global capital mobility and the relocation of production. China's ascent as a new economic force since the 1980s has injected fresh vitality into the world economy, embodying the cyclical nature of global economic leadership.
Sense of history gives Xitang modern appeal
A scene in Mission Impossible III involving Tom Cruise running through the small alleys of a picturesque town in China left a deep impression on some of those who watched and propelled Xitang, an ancient town in Jiashan county, Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, where the scene was filmed in 2005, to a leading role in tourism.
