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A look at China's economy in past two pandemic years

A view of the Lujiazui area in Shanghai, east China. /Xinhua Editor's note:John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing and a research f

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National security state's basic instinct for war

A U.S. plane is seen taking off a day after explosions hit crowds outside the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the Univer

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Does Bloomberg's ranking truly show U.S.'s COVID resilience?

Visitors wear face masks on the boardwalk in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. /VCG Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Econ

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Animals have instincts, we have taxes!

CFP Editor's note:John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and a research fellow at the Academy of China Open Economy Studies at UIBE. The arti

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Rural vitalization is again what Xi's tour is all about

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a theme park on the Chinese rose, inspecting how Nanyang uses the flower to develop its specialty industries, create more jobs and boost local employment, in N

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Take the next level of consumption to a new frontier

The first China International Consumer Products Expo kicks off in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, May 6, 2021. /CFP Editor's note: Dr. John Gong is a professor at the Uni

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Spending is China's way out of this epidemic

Tourists visit the city walls of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 1, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Dr. John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Econ

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China doesn't pit the government against the private sector

VCG Editor's note:Dr. John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics and a research fellow at the Academy of China Open Economy Studies at the University of

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Driving to the climate goal

An electric vehicle at the 2020 International (Hefei) Energy Conservation and New Energy Automobile Exhibition in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, September 4, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:

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Fiscal policy on steroids in Washington

U.S. dollar banknotes. /Getty Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics and a research fellow at the Academy of China Open Economy Studi

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Fake news about Xinjiang cotton

A cotton harvesting machine works in a field in Awat County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 24, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the Univer

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China's poverty alleviation effort - a 'human miracle'

A relocated area by the Gaqu River in Chido Township of Dengqen County in Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 14, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:John Gong is a professor at the

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China-CEEC cooperation with no political strings attached

Aerial photo shows containers at Dalian port in northeast China's Liaoning Province, September 24, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:John Gong is a professor at the University of International Busin

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A reading of the World Economic Outlook Update

Signage is displayed outside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2018. Getty Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of

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On making COVID-19 vaccines a public good

A staff member at a packaging plant for COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products in the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd. in Beijing, China, December 25, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note

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The great competition between China and the U.S.

A sign at Huawei's campus in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province, December 5, 2019. /AP Editor's note: Dr. John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and

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F5G is life after 5G?

A "Smart Factory" model is on display at the World 5G Convention in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, November 26, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Dr. John Gong is a professor at the U