However, this year‘s Davos forum may be shaping up to be one of the most confrontational and divisive in its history. Inviting Trump reflects the expectation that he will be confronted with a broad international consensus – that economic globalization is an irreversible force. The US delegation, however, may come with a different agenda: to promote economic nationalism and argue that the existing globalization model no longer aligns with core US interests, Li Haidong, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times.
Archiv: Global Times (state media China)
China, Germany send strong message of mutually beneficial cooperation to stabilize world: Global Times editorial
The two sides not only had in-depth discussions on current China-Germany relations but also exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual interest, reaching consensus on issues such as the Ukraine crisis and the Palestine-Israel conflict. As China and Germany are respectively the second and third largest economies in the world, the consolidation and development of their relations carries significance that goes beyond the bilateral scope, and has a major impact on the Eurasian continent and the entire world, Xi said, calling on the two countries to view and develop bilateral relations from a long-term and strategic perspective, and work together to inject greater stability and certainty into the world.
Latest control of Maryinka ‚hardly break stalemate‘ of Russia-Ukraine war
Although some Western media view Russia‘s latest control of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which is a small town in the Donetsk region, as Moscow‘s „most significant battlefield gains since May,“ some Chinese experts believe that this single progress will not provide the means to break the military stalemate between the two sides that has persisted for nearly two years.