and a series of Western media outlets reported since Tuesday, creating a wave of denunciation and measures against Russia for its latest move in the Ukraine crisis. But the reports are more of a publicity stunt than serious voices, more bark than bite. The mainstream attitude of ...

Western media outlets have recently paid close attention to China's population decline. China announced on Monday that the number of newborns on the Chinese mainland has been dropping for five consecutive years since 2017. A report by New York Times (NYT) on the same day portraye...

When the physical safety, socioeconomic well-being or physical and mental health of a large section of a population is threatened, it is generally termed a humanitarian crisis. Its causes can be various factors such as natural disasters, chronic diseases, famine, genocide and civ...

Starting on January 2, Kazakhstan was rocked by weeks of unprecedented violent protests triggered by rising fuel prices. The protesters clashed with police and security forces across major cities, killing dozens of people, including 16 security personnel. On January 13, President...

The joint statement issued after the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting on Jan 7 indicates the two sides' resolve to respond jointly to the rapidly changing security environment in the region, so as to maintain peace and stability in East Asia and across the Asia-Pa...