In a recent letter to Vice-Premier Wang Yang, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has expressed concern over China's anti-monopoly investigations, warning that such practices could undermine foreign intellectual property rights and have a serious impact on Sino-US relations. Some Western observers, too, have labeled China's anti-trust probes as being anti-foreign in nature.
In China's diplomacy, neighboring regions play a key role due to their geographical nearness and frequent interactions.
Many in Japan are waiting anxiously for Oct 10, the day the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner will be unveiled.
A HIGH-POWERED DELEGATION OF BUSINESS leaders from Hong Kong began a three-day visit to Beijing on Monday. They were accorded a warm reception on their arrival. In his meeting with the delegation, President Xi Jinping reaffirmed continuity of the central government's Hong Kong policy and its support for advancing democracy in the special administrative region (SAR).
By making the decision on Hong Kong's election reform, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China is confident that it will get wide support from the Hong Kong people because it is in accordance with their interests. The opposition forces might have their own ideas, but they are against the 500 million voters and 700 million residents in Hong Kong and their forces are rather weak.
Climate is back on the global agenda with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call to world leaders to attend a climate summit on Sept 23 "to make climate change a top priority for all leaders".
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 and toppled the Saddam Hussein government without authorization of the United Nations.
US President Barack Obama and Congress are discussing the prospects of more military involvement in fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It seems the US administration is repeating a distinct pattern of its foreign policy.
Should China join the US-led alliance against the Islamic State extremists, the terrorist group plundering northern Iraq and nearby regions?
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