American columnist urges U.S., China to defuse tensions

STORY: American columnist urges U.S., China to defuse tensions DATELINE: April 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "An American author has said that it is imperative that the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China, find a modus vivendi if the peace of the planet is to be preserved. H.D.S. Greenway, a columnist for Foreign Affairs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, published an article on Responsible Statecraft, saying that relations between the two countries are spiraling dangerously downward. In his article titled 'It's not too late to stop a new cold war,' Greenway mentioned that U.S. House of Representatives had established a Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and China. He noted that the growing antagonism between the two nations presents the greatest danger to the world today

Another Summit for Democracy pointless: Quincy Institute

STORY: Another Summit for Democracy pointless: Quincy Institute DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The United States is co-hosting the second Summit for Democracy this week, which seems unlikely to accomplish anything useful, reported Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft on March 27, 2023. 'The first Summit for Democracy was a largely pointless exercise in (Joe) Biden's first year in office, and it raises the question of why the administration thought it was worth holding a second one.' The same controversies that marred the first summit are sure to accompany this one, and one problem is that the hosts may end up paying a political price for excluding some states from what is little more than a glorified talking shop. The Biden administration's 'democracy vs. autocracy' rhetoric has never been a good fit fo

GREECE-ATHENS-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ATHENS-EXHIBITION

GREECE-ATHENS-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ATHENS-EXHIBITION

(220616) -- ATHENS, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man visits the exhibition Statecraft at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens in Athens, Greece, on June 16, 2022. The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), which was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, has now resumed full operation and is collaborating with Chinese institutions. A new program comprising seven contemporary art exhibitions began on Thursday and will run until Oct. 30. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

GREECE-ATHENS-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ATHENS-EXHIBITION

GREECE-ATHENS-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ATHENS-EXHIBITION

(220616) -- ATHENS, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the exhibition Statecraft at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens in Athens, Greece, on June 16, 2022. The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), which was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, has now resumed full operation and is collaborating with Chinese institutions. A new program comprising seven contemporary art exhibitions began on Thursday and will run until Oct. 30. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)