US dilemma: Listen to students or military industrial complex
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a hospital morgue in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 24, 2024. While student protests…
Rising US debt risk bad for its own and global economy
A teller counts and arranges dollar notes at an Agricultural Bank of China branch in Qionghai, Hainan province. The International Monetary Fund recently warned that the excessive fiscal deficit and…
Inflection point calls for change of approach by Washington
The US Capitol building is shrouded in haze in Washington, DC, the United States, on June 7, 2023. Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony…
Private companies key players in space exploration
A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou XVII spacecraft lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in October, 2023. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY The trial of Tianlong 3 —…
Closer to a sci-fi scenario with lab-grown brain
A volunteer skillfully controls the exoskeleton robot. The latest invention by scientists from Tianjin University and the Southern University of Science and Technology, namely a robot controlled by a lab-grown…
Party’s strong vitality originates from continuous self-revolution
The Great Hall of People in Beijing. Monday marked the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. As the world’s largest ruling Marxist party, the CPC…
Cyberspace is a place that is not beyond the law
A portrait of Hu Youping, the Chinese woman who courageously intervened on July 24, 2024, to prevent a criminal from harming a Japanese mother and child in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.…
ESL instructor’s exploration of students’ American aspirations and resilience
The Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York, US. A different American dream On June 29, 2022, during my first meeting with a Ukrainian student, I…
Cut dollar’s hegemony by moving away from greenback
Cartoon by Tan Xiguang “The dollar is our currency, but it is your problem.” –John Connelly, US treasury secretary, 1971 Since the 1970s, nearly 200 financial crises, big and small,…
Travel warning just more shenanigans from DPP
The Taipei 101 skyscraper commands the urban landscape in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan’s “mainland affairs council” recently announced it was raising the travel warning for the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong…