Facing a possible economic recession, the Chinese government relies on promoting private sector. Can that work? By Orçun Göktürk – Beijing / China In an effort to stimulate recovery in the Chinese economy post-COVID-19, a series of policies have been implemented, such as strongly promoting the development of the private economy, increasing foreign investment, reducing loan interest rates, boosting demand ...
Travel impressions from China’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. By Özgür Altınbaş, Yining, Kazakh Province / China We are at the foot of the God Mountains. Lavender gardens, small apple trees, large flower fields. The places we set foot on were previously arid lands. In this article, we will cover Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, which the Communist Party of China nurtured ...
Impressions from a visit to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Most astonishing: The presence of Nasreddin Hodja By Özgür Altınbaş By Özgür Altınbaş, Urumqi, Xinjiang / China Together with M. Ilker Yücel, Editor-in-Chief of Aydınlık newspaper, we visited China from the west to the east between September 1-13. We spent 5 days in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which we ...
Reinforcing encirclement of China and declaration of “Japan as a military imperialist country”. By Takai Hiroyuki What is the “postwar international order”? During his visit to the U.S. in April, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made the following remarks in a speech to the U.S. Congress. “The U.S. shaped the international order in the postwar world through economic, diplomatic, military, and ...
By Orçun Göktürk / Beijing, China Upon China’s invitation, 14 Palestinian political factions, including Fatah and Hamas, held a reconciliation meeting in Beijing from July 21-23. The meeting has a unique and historical significance for the internal unity of the Palestinian resistance. China’s Palestine policy is intertwined with its Middle East strategy and has deep historical roots. China officially recognized ...
Achieving intra-Palestinian unity is of historical importance for the establishment of an independent and free Palestinian state and the success of the resistance, argues the author. By Orçun Göktürk / Beijing, China Upon China’s invitation, 14 Palestinian political factions, including Fatah and Hamas, held a reconciliation meeting in Beijing from July 21-23. The meeting has a unique and historical significance ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing, China For the average person living in the West, Chinese politics seems complicated because Chinese democracy is judged according to Western stereotypes. But China’s top legislative organs, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), hold their annual meetings in Beijing after the Chinese New Year, symbolizing China’s whole-process ‘people’s democracy’. ...
A record was broken for the most films watched during China’s Spring Festival. In the history of domestic film, it was the most grossing Chinese New Year holiday ever. The Chinese Film Administration said that 163 million tickets were sold throughout the holiday week of 10 February to Saturday 17 February, grossing 8.02 billion yuan ($ 1.12 billion). It revealed ...
This article can be considered as an evaluation of the 44 years from January 24, 1980, to January 24, 2024, from two poles. One pole is Türkiye, situated at the western end of Asia, and the other is the People’s Republic of China, guarding the eastern end of Asia. Our fate, on the ominous January 24th of 1980, bestowed upon ...
The triumphant Chinese revolution in 1949 introduced new variables for the construction of its own thought. Before, the philosophy of the country had emerged from the 6th and 5th centuries BC, with It’s main but not only exponents in Confucius and Laozi. Since 1949, China’s long history is full of innovative research and opinions in search of wisdom, the value ...