Silk Road

The global COVID-19 viral pandemic has exposed in the sharpest light the contradiction between a globalized world economy and a still existing but archaic capitalist system based on the private expropriation of wealth and resources. The relentless drive to reap a profit from every type of human interaction now stands…

Like the rest of the country, China’s far-western Xinjiang Province is slowly starting to open up after months of near-total lockdown meant to halt the spread of Covid-19. For the past six years, though, the Chinese government has focused on stopping the spread of what they view as a different…

When President Xi Jinping was on a phone call in mid-March with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti, before the arrival of a China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Milan full of medical help, the key takeaway was the Chinese pledge to develop a Health Silk Road (Jiankang Sichou Zhilu).   That was…

BEIJING, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL-SI) (002506.SZ), a leading PV company in China, recently announced a plan to build a 60GW module factory in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.GCL-SI signs an agreement with the Government of Feidong County in Hefei, capital…

BEIJING, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL-SI) (002506.SZ), a leading PV company in China, recently announced a plan to build a 60GW module factory in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.GCL-SI signs an agreement with the Government of Feidong County in Hefei, capital…

by WildEber archive.is/zW7Sx Spain and Czechia (Czech Republic) have encountered the same problem. … For its part, Czechia paid US$ 546,000 for 150,000 Chinese quick coronavirus test kits, 80 per cent of which were faulty. All numbers from China were wrong due to faulty test kits. MSM reported wrong Chinese…

The Chinese government has embarked on a highly publicized campaign to provide vital medical supplies to European countries as they fight coronavirus outbreaks within their borders.Why it matters: Those efforts — and the perception that the European Union has done little to help — are providing fodder for politicians who…

Since the end of March, China has opened a new front in its global diplomacy. The Covid-19 virus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, from where it rapidly spread around the world. Initial cover-ups about the extent of the virus by the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s crackdown…

WUHAN, CHINA - MARCH 28, 2020 - China Europe train (Wuhan) x8015 / 6 starts from Wuhan Central ... Station of China Railway Union, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, March 28, 2020. The train will leave Alataw pass and is expected to arrive in Duisburg, Germany, in 15 days. This…

It has been a big week for Huawei, with the firm breaking through all manner of barriers – including ongoing shade from the US government and the pandemic sweeping the land – to unveil its new Huawei P40 line of phones. And at first glance, you may justifiably think the…