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By Rhod Mackenzie

Copper futures fell to $3.8 a pound on June 27, off a six-week high of $3.9. The alarming macroeconomic background put pressure on expectations regarding the demand for industrial resources. The Chinese government has refrained from introducing stimulus measures to support the st...

The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (head of government) Li Qiang, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, known as "Summer Davos", announced the acceleration of economic growth in the second quarter and stressed that the goal of achieving growth by the end of...

By Oleg Barabanov
One of the most important parameters of international relations is their structure. In its current form, institutionally, this structure is based on agreements between the victorious countries in World War II. They laid the foundation for the creation of the United Nations and man...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just finished his state visit to the US, but the attention and interpretation of the trip, as well as its possible impact on the regional situation, has only started. US and Indian officials have elevated the visit to a high level, creating an atmosphere of a...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Through the lens of foreign pundits, we take a look at 10 years of the BRI - how it achieves win-win cooperation between China and countries along the Belt and Road and how it increas...

Under the mediation of Belarus, the Wagner rebellion, which was widely characterized as a coup targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin by Western media, ended within about 24 hours. Such dramatic changes in the situation from Friday to Saturday attracted the world's attention as some Western anal...