Independent Energy Policy and Combating Climate Crisis: Hydrogen Energy
Hydrogen energy is anticipated to become a significant part of the global energy system in the coming years. Known as an environmentally friendly option, hydrogen can be easily stored and recognized as a high-energy-density source. When used as fuel, hydrogen emits H2O as a waste product. Hydrogen is considered a strategically important energy source for […]
Low-level protocol for a high-level visit: Blinken in Beijing
The US Secretary of State Blinken was in Beijing for a two-day visit. The scheduled visit in February of this year was postponed due to the “spy balloon” controversy at that time. The first high-level visit by the US administration in almost five years was greeted with “low-level protocol” from the Chinese government. Blinken was […]
China’s ‘Two Sessions’ and the Geopolitical Impact of Xi’s Third Term
China’s annual “Two Sessions,” which started on Saturday, March 4th, successfully concluded last week, marking the 14th assembly. Newly elected members of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held the first meeting of the five-year term (2023-2027). Xi Jinping’s third-term presidency was unanimously approved in the National […]
Chinese Import Fair Against Global Economic Stagnation
The fifth edition of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world’s first import-themed international expo, was successfully concluded this year, breaking numerous records since its inaugural event in 2018 in Shanghai. Hosted by the esteemed port city of Shanghai in the People’s Republic of China, the expo aims to further open the Chinese market […]
The United States’ miscalculation in Taiwan
The US and China are once again engaged in conflict in the Pacific after Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan. The problem is not just a provocation of the US playing the Taiwan card. If we take a comprehensive look, the only goal of the US in supporting the […]
The Belt and Road Initiative Debt Trap Myth and Sri Lanka
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), presented to the world by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his 2013 visit to Kazakhstan, first came under attack through the “Debt Trap Diplomacy” propaganda by Indian “thought leader” Brahma Challaney in 2017.1 Since then, Western countries have clung to this term, targeting the BRI, which leads the reshaping […]
The Model That Will Create the Turkish Miracle
Turkey is breaking free from the 40-year neoliberal economic model that started on January 24, 1980, attacking the foundations of the production economy established during Atatürk’s era. President Erdoğan declared an “economic war of independence” against currency and interest rate manipulations and hot money brokers, promoting production, investment, and employment. Erdoğan’s statement, “China grew with […]
The Behind-the-Scenes of Wang Yi’s Middle East Tour
In the last 1.5-2 years, we observe a beginning shift in the traditional diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China. The trade war initiated during Trump’s administration, embargoes against Chinese technology companies, the U.S.-backed attempt at a color revolution in Hong Kong, the psychological warfare news related to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by almost […]
The world’s most populous country is ending absolute poverty
In China, the number of counties under the absolute poverty line has been reduced to zero. Over the past seven years, an average of 10 million people per year have been lifted out of poverty in the country. According to the World Bank, the Belt and Road Initiative is also expected to rescue 7.6 million […]
Psychological warfare misses its mark: China is winning the Covid-19 media war
We have come to the end of the neoliberal historical period that started with Thatcher and Reagan. The helplessness of the West in responding to the pandemic reminds us of Mao Zedong’s famous declaration that American imperialism is a ‘paper tiger’. More recently, in 2002, the German Minister of Justice asserted that she was planning […]