Editor's note: Zhou Bo is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, and a China Forum expert. The article was first published by The Strait Times on August 5, 2020. The article does not necessarily reflect the views of CGTN.

The Sino-US relationship is now at its lowest point since the two re-established relations. Especially over the past few months, the US government has expressed a desire for comprehensive confrontation with China, and appears willing to do anything to drag the world into another cold war, jeopardizing peaceful development for the world. Faced with the current US stance, how should China respond, while maintaining their own rhythm? This is something the public is very interested in. On August 11, 2020, in an exclusive interview with HAN Hua, member of China Forum Executive Committee, China Vice Foreign Minister LE Yucheng expressed his views.

China Forum: Recently, senior US officials have come out frequently to attack and smear China. Their onslaught has gone far beyond even the wildest imaginations. A handful of US politicians have abandoned fundamental laws and rules, diplomatic norms and political ethics, and have acted in pure political hooliganism. What's your comment on such degenerate practices of US politicians?

On June 1, 2018, I was invited by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the organiser of the Shangri-La Dialogue, to speak at a special session entitled Competition And Cooperation In China-India Relations, right before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keynote speech. The other panelist was Mr Ram Madhav, the national general secretary of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party.

Has China’s foreign policy restraint ended? This is the question raised by Kurt M. Campbell and Mira Rapp-Hooper in their essay “China is done biding its time” in Foreign Affairs. They argue that since the pandemic first engulfed the world, China’s government has engaged in an unprecedented diplomatic offensive, taking advantage of the ensuing chaos and the global power vacuum left by a no-show US administration.

Has China’s foreign policy restraint ended? This is the question raised by Kurt M. Campbell and Mira Rapp-Hooper in their essay “China is done biding its time” in Foreign Affairs. They argue that since the pandemic first engulfed the world, China’s government has engaged in an unprecedented diplomatic offensive, taking advantage of the ensuing chaos and the global power vacuum left by a no-show US administration.

Ambassador YUE Xiaoyong, China Forum Expert, Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy, attended the E-Policy Circle 10 themed ‘Stability Redefined’ held by Beirut Institute Summit . The webinar was chaired by Raghida Dergham, Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute. Sir John Sawers, former MI6 Chief, Brett Mcgurk, former Special Presidential Envoy for the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State and Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, also participated in the discussion. The webinar was live-streamed on Beirut Institute and Raghida Dergham Facebook pages，and the complete version is available on Beirut Institute YouTube channel as well. Ambassador YUE stressed China is focusing on developing itself and maintaining peaceful and stable relations with all countries. China is firmly committed to upholding multilateralism, which is the key to tackle tough global challenges.

The United States exaggerates China's threat by "telling a bad story about China". Does it really want to promote strategic competition among big powers? What is the real purpose of this narrative war? How can China avoid falling into this trap when the United States tries to discredit China to destroy the international community's trust in China and further promote the decoupling of China from the global industrial chain and supply chain? Han Hua, Executive Committee of China Forum and CGTN commentator, interviewed Zhao Minghao, a special expert from China Forum and Researcher of International Studies Institute of Fudan University.

Political thinking and economic logics are both serve as important driving forces for Eurasian integration, but sometimes they contradict each other, which restricts the Eurasian integration from going forward quickly. This is also one of

Political thinking and economic logics are both serve as important driving forces for Eurasian integration, but sometimes they contradict each other, which restricts the Eurasian integration from going forward quickly. This is also one of

Could China have done any better at the beginning of the outbreak? Why did the western media, regardless of the facts, try their best to slander China about concealing or underreporting the number of cases? Is China fully prepared for the new wave of the pandemic? Ding Yifan, China Forum Expert and Vice President of the French Branch of European Society of China, was interviewed regarding these issues by Michel Collon, a Belgian writer and journalist.

Professor HUANG Renwei, China Forum Expert, Academic Committee Member of CISS, Tsinghua University，Executive Director-General of Fudan Institute for Belt and Road and Global Governance participated in the online discussion ‘Asia and COVID-19’hosted by Australian National University Crawford Leadership Forum(ACLF). He’s optimistic about the future of Asia and observed ‘Asia is the best region in terms of pandemic control. It’s necessary that the U.S. and China cooperate fighting Covid-19. BRI is the only part of the world market that still keeps on growing during the early part of the year and public health will play an important role which will make BRI more efficient and sustainable.’