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Xin Ping

The author is a commentator on international affairs, writing regularly for CGTN, Global Times, etc. He can be reached at xinping604@gmail.com.

    October 23, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    El Niño’s Coming Fury: A World Braces for Hunger

    An exceptionally strong El Niño is expected to disrupt weather patterns across several continents, threatening food production, worsening hunger and exposing millions of vulnerable people to floods and droughts. Scientists anticipate that

    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Washington’s Drug War Moves on to Latin America’s Soil

    The United States is expanding its direct military involvement in Latin America’s fight against drug cartels, with American special forces and counternarcotics officials participating in a major operation in Ecuador alongside local security forces. The deployment signals a shift from

    October 23, 2026

    Disaster Is a Possibility

    Columns/Geopolitics

    In 13 days Americans will vote on the midterm Congressional elections. The outcome will determine whether the Democrats control Congress, or enough of it,

    The World Order beyond Polarity

    Columns/Geopolitics

    For three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a constant stream of publications and news reports told us that the world had

    The U.S. Double Standard Disaster

    June 30, 2025
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The Middle East, a region scarred by decades of conflict, is once again teetering on the brink of catastrophe. As Gaza crumbles under Israeli bombardment and Iran faces escalating threats, US complicity

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    From ‘America First’ to ‘America Only’ — A Chinese Viewpoint

    April 3, 2025
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Thanks to the United States, “tariff” has become one of the top buzzwords in international politics. In rapid succession, the White House has announced 25 percent tariffs on all imported steel and

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    The CIA’s Recruitment Drive in China — A Chinese Viewpoint

    December 1, 2024
    Columns/Defence

    The United States has long relied on covert operations to infiltrate and undermine China. Yet on October 2, 2024, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) posted a video in Mandarin titled “Securely

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    Article 23: Hong Kong’s autonomy brooks no external interference

    March 13, 2024
    Diplomacy

    The four-week public consultation on the proposed legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to

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    Let the universal human rights be what they should be

    January 14, 2024
    Human Rights

    The freshly concluded 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has great significance in human history and has had a profound impact on the cause of

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    China, U.S. share responsibility to cooperate on AI

    December 14, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence/Diplomacy

    Only 22 years after Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie “AI” (artificial intelligence) came to the big screen, the imaginary scenes in the movie are becoming real: AI is permeating our everyday life. According

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    From San Francisco onward, what’s next for China and U.S.?

    November 27, 2023
    Columns

    The world had been holding breath for the historical San Francisco summit between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden that would pull back China-U.S. relations from running further downhill and thus

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    US needs to show sincerity to improve ties with China

    July 8, 2023
    Columns/Diplomacy

    Guided by a Cold War mindset, the United States always believes it can pressure China on any issue so long as the lines of communication are kept open. This is a false

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    West’s Bigotry and “Let Them Eat Tweets” style of Governance

    August 14, 2022
    Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

    For centuries, the self-righteous West has been obsessed with transplanting its own culture and systems into other countries, inflicting countless deaths and suffering in the lands it deemed as “uncivilized” or “underdeveloped.”

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