Xinhua Headlines: China successfully launches first Mars mission: Xinhuanet
July 24, 2020
China launched a Mars probe on Thursday, designed to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system.
A Long March-5 rocket, China's largest launch vehicle, carrying the spacecraft with a mass of about 5 tonnes, soared into the sky from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 12:41 p.m. (Beijing Time). Click here to read....
Update: China denounces U.S. request to close Houston consulate: Xinhuanet
July 24, 2020
China said on Thursday the U.S. request to close the Chinese Consulate General in Houston will cause serious damage to bilateral relations, calling the move "taking down the bridge of friendship between Chinese and U.S. people."The consulate general in Houston was the first one set up by China in the United States after the establishment of diplomatic ties. Click here to read....
Xi inspects PLA aviation university ahead of Army Day: People’s Daily
July 24, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected the Aviation University of the Air Force in the northeastern province of Jilin on Thursday, in the run-up to China's Army Day.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), stressed further reform and innovation, as well as continuous efforts to improve teaching. Click here to read....
'Golden Era' falls prey to new Cold War: China Daily
July 24, 2020
Five years ago, Britain's then chancellor George Osborne spoke of his ambitions to usher in a gilded period of China-United Kingdom relations while aboard a bullet train in Chengdu, Sichuan, where he was courting Chinese investment in planned high-speed rail lines. Click here to read....
China-India tensions: will New Delhi play the Taiwan and Tibet card in its face off with Beijing?: South China Morning Post
July 24, 2020
As the border stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Himalayas stretches into its 11th week, increasingly loud voices are urging New Delhi to rethink its backing for Beijing’s cherished one-China policy. Click here to read....
US dollar at risk of sudden collapse? Ex-IMF official warns ‘blow-up event’ could sink currency as debt mounts: South China Morning Post
July 24, 2020
With the United States expected to double down on its fiscal stimulus measures to mitigate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, and the US Federal Reserve continuing its aggressive monetary policy easing, there is a rising risk of a sudden loss of confidence in the US dollar, according to a former senior executive with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Click here to read....
Will non-aligned India break oath under US’ lure?: Global Times
July 23, 2020
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said that "non-alignment was a term of a particular era and geopolitical landscape" but New Delhi will never be part of an alliance. He said global shifts were opening spaces for middle powers including India. "But countries who depended more on the US are finding they have to take a call themselves on many issues," he noted. Click here to read....
