Speaking at an event in Beijing, former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the world needs to understand that climate change is already here and step up efforts to tackle the crisis. What China is doing with EVs, solar panels and new energy sources deserves credit...
Hussein Askary, vice-president of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, called for abandoning the destructive "jungle" mentality of "might makes right," urging humanity to use its free will to build a harmonious world. #GoodPoint
American entrepreneur Naval Ravikant said that Shanghai's infrastructure dismantled his established understanding – formed through years of traveling across North America, Europe and Southeast Asia – within his first 24 hours in the city. #GoodPoint
Erik Solheim said that we should leave pessimism behind and focus on creating a new pathway to prosperity for humanity. In the past, prosperity was closely tied to fossil fuels, but today a new path is emerging. #GoodPoint
Daniel Bell praises China's distinctive "political meritocracy" as a highly effective system rooted in over two millennia of selecting leaders through examinations and performance evaluations. #GoodPoint
Juan Contreras: "China is truly committed to advancing the well-being of its people and addressing practical issues, rather than getting bogged down in empty debates."
On his second visit to China, Juan Contreras shared his observations about the country. He noted that witnessing China's pragmatic governance and problem-solving approach firsthand shatters Western media stereotypes, offering valuable lessons for all nations.#GoodPoint
Rebeca Grynspan pledges to fight for the multilateral system. "Multipolarity is not a choice, it's a fact," she states, issuing a rallying cry to "solve the contradictions" in the emerging order – because the alternative is the "law of the jungle." #GoodPoint
Ben Norton: If we do not have multilateral institutions that can actually uphold international law, then the US will turn the world into the law of the jungle.
As the US raises the temperature of its maximum pressure campaign against Cuba to a fever pitch, independent American journalist Ben Norton warns this is dragging the whole world into lawlessness.#GoodPoint
Vanessa Frazier shared a child's plea to ensure they can grow up safely without having to fear war and hunger. She emphasized that children's rights must not only exist on paper but be implemented in every country now, so that each of them can dream of a future.#GoodPoint
Vanessa Frazier: Every single child has a right to grow up safely. The international community must ensure they can dream of a future and don't have to fear war, hunger, or violence.
Richard Falk said in an interview with Neutrality Studies that China has risen dramatically, but without an excessive emphasis on militarism, and with a greater foreign policy emphasis on mutual benefits. #GoodPoint
Richard Falk said in an interview with Neutrality Studies that China has risen dramatically, but without an excessive emphasis on militarism, and with a greater foreign policy emphasis on mutual benefits. #GoodPoint
John Mearsheimer: Interventionists believe that American military force provides a magic instrument for transforming these monster states into friendly states.
John Mearsheimer argues that American interventionism is driven by a worldview that the US should slay "monsters." He explains some leading US figures view military force as a magic instrument, aiming to transform unfriendly regimes into states that look like the US.#GoodPoint
Chandran Nair: It is very dangerous to take a Western rationale that was steeped in domination and hegemony, and then say others are going to behave the same like we do.#GoodPoint
Chandran Nair argues that Western political elites are driven by a deep fear, which leads them to dangerously project their own logic of domination onto China. He emphasizes that this mindset must be dismantled, as evidence shows China is not an expansionist state.#GoodPoint
American commentator Einar Tangen says China's approach to world affairs is not the same as that of the United States, noting that it doesn't have 800 military bases. #GoodPoint