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Editorial: Mutuality, amity set Forum Macao apart
This week’s 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, also known as Forum Macao, has shown, once more, that mutuality and amity continue to be the globe-spanning forum’s most salient characteristics. Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said in a speech during the ministerial conference at its Sai Van service platform complex – its de-facto headquarters – that all the nine participating
April 24, 2024
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Editorial: Forum Macao and Global Community of Shared Future – an organic relationship
The three-day, 10-nation 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also simply known as Forum Macao, will start this upcoming Sunday. Initiated by the Central People’s Government in October 2003 and organised by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) in conjunction with a number of Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) whose membership of the organisation now stands at nine, Forum Macao has grown into
April 15, 2024 | BY admin
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Editorial: A 90-minute master class in (Chinese) foreign policy
Last week’s 90-minute press conference by veteran Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the “two sessions” in Beijing was a master class about foreign policy in general and China’s in particular.Wang, a former Chinese ambassador to Japan who began his diplomatic career back in 1982 and current Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee is one of the world’s most experienced foreign ministers. He is also one of the most outspoken and
March 11, 2024 | BY admin
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Editorial: Sustainable tourism success needs continuous reflection
All in all, the eight-day Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, i.e., the mainland’s Spring Festival’s “Golden Week”, was a resounding success for Macau’s tourism industry, the special administrative region’s number-one money spinner.However, in terms of public transport and both vehicular and pedestrian traffic it was, once again, a challenge – to put it mildly.This time I stayed in Macau during the whole CNY, which gave me the invaluable chance to observe and experience the holiday
February 19, 2024 | BY admin
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Editorial: Lai’s win won’t sap nation’s wish for reunification
Taiwan’s pro-independence politician William Lai Ching-te’s election victory on Saturday will not lessen China’s determination to achieve national reunification through peaceful means in the nearest possible future. Lai, who has described himself as a “pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence,” won 40.05 percent of the 13.94 million valid votes cast, or 28.57 percent of the island’s 19.54 million registered voters, 71.86 percent of whom cast their ballots. The rival candidates
January 15, 2024 | BY admin
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Editorial: Brussels should ‘de-ideologise’ China-EU ties
As last week’s 24th China-EU Summit seems to have made headway in getting the two sides’ comprehensive strategic partnership back on track, I am cautiously upbeat about the future development of one of the world’s most important political and economic relationships. However, I am also more convinced than ever that, ultimately, Brussels needs to “de-ideologise” its relationship with Beijing by, for instance, throwing its emphasis on “de-risking” and “systemic rivalry”
December 11, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Xi scores a major success in San Francisco, stresses mutual respect
     President Xi Jinping’s five-day visit to the United States for the 2023 APEC Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco and his summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden last week on the outskirts of America’s ethnically most Chinese city has turned out to be a major success for China’s diplomacy. Xi delivered three important speeches during his stay in the City by the Bay – an address at the Welcome Dinner by Friendly Organisations in the United States, a
November 20, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Pursuing progress, ensuring stability: In memoriam of Li Keqiang
Deeply saddened and shocked by former premier Li Keqiang’s sudden passing on Friday, I do, however, have fond memories of covering his visit to Macau in October 2016 and his steadfast political strategy, firmly based on the principles of the Communist Party of China (CPC), that pursued progress while ensuring stability. From his inspection visit to Macau seven years ago, I recall Li as an intelligent and amiable person who easily won local people’s hearts. During his three-day
October 30, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: New BRI phase set to boost Macau’s int’l role
President Xi Jinping announced during the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing last week eight major steps that China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road (B&R) cooperation. I am optimistic that the new phase of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will boost Macau’s role on the international stage as a business-service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), i.e., the world’s nine nations that have Portuguese as
October 23, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: West’s ‘Chinese collapse’ theory rears its ugly head again
China and other major economies such as the US, Germany, Japan and India are faced with a host of economic challenges caused by a diverse range of factors, the fulcral challenge being that the world economy lacks growth momentum and the international community is experiencing geopolitical turmoil. And it appears that each time the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is responding to new challenges affecting its economy, the West’s infamous “Chinese collapse” theory is rearing its ugly
October 10, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Wise move for China & Timor-Leste to raise their level of ties
It was with great satisfaction when I read yesterday afternoon a Xinhua article about a joint statement by China and Timor-Leste to elevate their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The announcement about the joint statement* came after a working meeting between President Xi Jinping and Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão in Hangzhou on Saturday on the sidelines of the 19th Asian Games. Among other senior officials of the central government, Wang Yi, director of the
September 25, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Conference boosts GBA’s role as development promoter, connector & optimiser
Last week’s first-ever Business Conference on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Development, at The Venetian Macao, has given the 11-city conurbation a big boost to its envisioned role as a promoter, connector and optimiser for trade and investment between China and the rest of the world. The conference was co-hosted by the central government’s China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the regional governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. Initiated
September 18, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Japan’s radioactive water release throws caution to the wind
Japan has thrown caution to the wind with the controversial release of radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. In my view, it is better to err on the side of caution, particularly concerning anything involving nuclear power and the world’s food supply chains. What is at stake in Fukushima is also the potential threat to public health on a global level – which, I am convinced, calls for extra caution. “Caution is the eldest child of wisdom,”
August 29, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: Dialogue, not barbs way forward in West’s China ties
US President Joe Biden did a disservice to ties between Washington and Beijing – and between the US-dominated West and China in general – with his latest barbs against the Chinese government in an error-riddled re-election campaign appearance in Park City, Utah on Thursday. According to US media and international newswire reports, such as Fortune* business magazine, Bloomberg and AFP, the octogenarian head of state claimed at the fundraiser that China was a “ticking time bomb”
August 14, 2023 | BY admin
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Editorial: The proof is in the pudding
Editorial        US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s four-day official visit to Beijing started on Thursday with a symbolically important rainbow over the airport and ended yesterday with a press conference at the US embassy during which she said that her high-level talks had helped put ties between the two economic giants on “surer footing”.Off course, that’s good news but – as any realist knows – the proof is in the pudding.* Let’s see how the Biden
July 10, 2023 | BY admin
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