China on Friday sent a sea-launched rocket from the waters near the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of satellites into planned orbit.

Chinese embassy in Myanmar on Thursday warned Chinese nationals against cross-border marriage scams and illegal work disputes, urging them not to trust online matchmaking promotions or the idea of “buying a foreign wife.”

A Chinese domestically developed 1,200-kilowatt-class turboprop engine successfully completed its ignition test by achieving stable ground operation at minus 30 C in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Thursday, the Science and Technology Daily reported. The test marked the ATP120A turboprop engine project's full entry into the testing and verification phase. The turboprop engine was independently developed by the Harbin Dongan Civil Aviation Engine Co, a subsidiary of Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC).

The Philippines will grant visa-free entry to Chinese nationals for up to 14 days starting January 16 in a bid to increase Chinese trade, investments and tourists, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday.

China completed 127 million mu (8.47 million hectares) of land greening in 2025, including 53.45 million mu of afforestation and 73.9 million mu of degraded grassland restoration. The country's forest coverage rate has reached 25.09 percent, with total forest stock volume standing at 20.988 billion cubic meters, further underscoring the country's greener development trajectory, per report from media outlet people.com.cn.

A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on parties to the Yemen conflict to engage in political dialogue to settle disputes.

A speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the Central Urban Work Conference will be published on Friday.

Chinese scientists have for the first time directly observed the Migdal effect in neutron–nucleus collisions in an experiment, confirming a quantum-mechanical prediction made 87 years ago of Migdal effect and providing crucial experimental evidence for the search for lighter dark matter particles in the universe, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

Hong Kong will make all-out efforts to handle the aftermath of the deadly fire at the residential complex and launch systematic reforms to improve building safety and fire control, John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Wednesday.

Chinese Weiqi legend Nie Weiping, one of the most influential figures in the modern history of Weiqi, or often being referred as Go, has passed away at the age of 73 on Wednesday night, his daughter Yunfei wrote in an obituary on Thursday.

Global Times releases the full text of the “Global Survey on Impression and Understanding of China (2025).” The survey shows the impression, perception and evaluation of China by people from 46 countries. Check out the full text here:

He Jiaolong, director of the agricultural products brand development and production-sales service center of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, passed away late Wednesday at the age of 47 after succumbing to injuries sustained in a work-related accident, according to an obituary released by the Xinjiang Daily.

Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have now been deployed in China's anti-corruption campaign to help root out corrupt officials, as showcased in the fourth episode of an annual anti-corruption documentary series produced by China's top anti-corruption watchdog, which aired on Wednesday.

Though Taiwan-born Mandopop superstar Jay Chou Chieh-lun has expectedly suffered a first-round exit to Australian player Petar Jovic with an ace serve at an Australian Open promotional event, his designation as CHN, the sports code for Chinese mainland, at the event has unexpectedly sparked attention and discussion among Chinese netizens across the Straits on social media on Wednesday.

China's first AI companion chat application case, in which the main developers and operators were detained after users reported pornographic content, entered its second trial in Shanghai on Wednesday, drawing public attention to the boundaries of emotional AI tools amid rapid technological advances.

NASA on Wednesday announced in an X post that it is partnering with the US Department of Energy "to get a lunar nuclear reactor ready by 2030," claiming it would enable the agency to stay and build infrastructure on the Moon, and eventually push toward Mars. However, it is not the first time the US space agency has openly stated plans to fast-track such ambitious goal, and space observers have listed factors such as budget reductions, inconsistencies in US crewed moon programs and safety concerns as major obstacles for implementing the mission.

"To safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, 'Taiwan independence' must be unequivocally opposed. People on both sides of the Straits understand this clearly, and the international community sees it clearly as well." Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at Wednesday's press conference.

Any “Taiwan independence” elements who break the law will be subject to all necessary punitive measures, wherever they are, and will be held legally accountable for life in accordance with the law, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday in response to a question about Taipei Bar Association issuing a statement rejecting the mainland's listing of local prosecutor as a "green judicial enforcer."

"Resolving the Taiwan question is China's own matter," Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday's press conference, noting that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair. She made the statements in response to a media inquiry about remarks made by US President Donald Trump in a recent interview with The New York Times, in which he said that the China "considers it [Taiwan] to be a part of China," and "that's up to" China on how to deal with the Taiwan question. His remarks have drawn attention on the island, with some island public opinion saying the US had once again made clear an "abandoning Taiwan region" stance.

A large fixed-wing drone, the FP-985 "Taurus," which had taken off from Mainling Airport in Nyingchi, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Wednesday, carrying products such as camellia oil and yak dairy products, safely landed at Yongchang Airport in Mianyang, Sichuan, after completing a one-way flight of over 1,100 kilometers, Xinhua News Agency reported.

An article released by Baomiguan, a Wechat public account linked to China's National Administration of State Secret Protection, on Wednesday disclosed a case involving three people from a military industrial enterprise falling into the honeytrap that began with a seemingly chance encounter.

China on Tuesday sent the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space. Launched at 10:16 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.

Shanghai police has dismantled a large-scale criminal syndicate operating fraudulent dating apps and arrested 77 suspects in the case that involved over 10 million yuan ($1.4 million) in illicit proceeds, according to CCTV News on Tuesday.

Analysis of basalt samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe from the far side of moon continue to renew humanity's understanding of the lunar past. Chinese scientists revealed in their latest finding that the massive impact event approximately 4.25 billion years ago, which created satellite's South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, not only excavated this enormous crater but also intensely heated the deep materials on the lunar far side. It caused the loss of certain volatile elements, Science and Technology Daily reported Tuesday.

The third episode of an annual anti-corruption documentary series produced by China's top anti-corruption watchdog aired on Tuesday, exposing the corruption of former Party secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee Jiang Chaoliang, who abused his power to benefit his family members — even going so far as to have his household nanny solicit funds from businesspeople to purchase a house.

Chinese infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong reportedly opposes the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into hospital medical record systems — on the grounds that physicians should continue honing their professional diagnostic skills. His remarks sparked online discussions after the topic trended on Chinese social media on Tuesday.

The third episode of an annual anti-corruption documentary series produced by China's top anti-corruption watchdog will be aired on Tuesday, examining the bribery case involving Jiang Chaoliang, former Party secretary of CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and revealing that corruption not only targets officials but also extends to their family members.

China consistently opposes interference in other countries' internal affairs and opposes the use or threat of use of force in international relations and we hope that all parties will do more to contribute to peace and stability in the Middle East, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said he is "pleased to join Prime Minister Carney" on the Canadian leader's China visit and he believes the meetings with Chinese leader will serve as an opportunity to recalibrate the relationship between Canada and China, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on local time Monday.

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Tuesday warned of hidden risks of geographic data leaks in China's surveying and mapping sector, citing four cases involving secret-related units and companies that posed threats to the state security. Those responsible were held legally accountable.

Every Wednesday morning, an 88-year-old woman walks slowly into a memory clinic at a community health center in Beijing, accompanied by her husband.

When the annual anti-corruption documentary series aired its latest episode on Monday, it centered on disciplinary inspection authorities' efforts to tackle corruption cases.

Chinese scientists have developed a low-cost, eco-friendly rare-earth pigment that addresses problems associated with traditional pigments, such as toxicity and environmental pollution, and is expected to lead the next generation of pigment technology, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.

The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's Tiangong space station have recently successfully completed a series of crucial in-orbit training exercises and advanced scientific experiments, laying solid groundwork for future missions and scientific discovery.

China's National Health Commission (NHC) with multiple government departments on Monday released a regulation on full-process service management for deceased patients in medical and health institutions, which specifies that for normal deaths with a clear cause of death, medical institutions must issue a death certificate within one day of the death or of the family's application.

A mountain fire broke out on Sunday in Shantou, South China's Guangdong Province, and the blaze has been extinguished without casualties, according to an announcement issued by the emergency management bureau of Haojiang district of Shantou on Monday.

China will move faster to establish a data property rights registration system, as part of the efforts to promote the use of data and unlock its value, according to the National Data Administration (NDA).

The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail connecting the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong will introduce 16 new destinations starting from Jan. 26, railway operator MTR Corporation announced on Sunday.

China's domestically developed ton-class unmanned transport aircraft Tianma-1000 completed its maiden flight on Sunday, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The drone was independently developed by China North Industries Group Corp-affiliated Xi'an Aisheng Technology Group Co.

A Chinese research team recently constructed the first normative references of brain structure across the entire lifespan for the Chinese population, which could be understood as a "healthy reference chart" for brain structural morphology, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily on Sunday. The chart holds promising applications in clinical practice for brain health assessments and precise evaluations of brain diseases, per the report.

Following a killing in Minneapolis and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon by US immigration agents, more than 1,000 protests were planned across the US over the weekend, according to multiple US local media reports. In Minneapolis, demonstrators demanded a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old US citizen Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday while in her vehicle. The protests also called for an end to large-scale ICE deployments.

A four-episode anti-corruption television documentary series premiered on Sunday, which portrayed in 12 cases how discipline inspection agencies in China relentlessly advance the integrated fight against corruption, demonstrating China's resolve to wage the tough, protracted and comprehensive battle against graft.

A megawatt-class airborne wind power system, resembling a fantasy airship and developed by a Beijing-based company, successfully completed its maiden flight and power generation test in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Global Times learned on Sunday. During the test, the system ascended to an altitude of 2,000 meters, generating and feeding 385 kWh of electricity into the grid.

The Yunnan Province Sport Bureau announced on Saturday night that it has dismissed the director of a local sports training base following an investigation into allegations that he extorted prize money from an award-winning athlete, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.

In a move to strengthen personal data protection, China's top internet regulator has drafted new rules governing how mobile applications collect and use personal information and is now seeking public consultation.

A female drug enforcement police officer from Central China's Henan Province snatched a knife unarmed while on leave and was slashed, yet she followed up with a flying kick that precisely knocked the assailant's weapon away, the Department of Justice of Henan Province reported on its official website.

A Chinese pharmaceutical company has announced that a weight-loss drug it developed for cats is currently undergoing the market approval process, drawing discussion among netizens.

A spectacle in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, which appears to show a bus crashing through a building and coming to a stop mid-floor, has gone viral online. Local relevant authorities said that the building's safety assessment is lawful and compliant, and the installation was purely designed as a visual feature.

"My uncle by marriage stepped into my father's shoes, continuing to love and protect me and becoming a rock-solid anchor in my life. In fact, he has long ceased to be merely my uncle by marriage—he is more like a second father to me," read a piece of writing by an 11-year-old girl who lost her father, moving both the uncle mentioned and countless netizens, People's Daily reported.

A reporter from the Global Times recently journeyed to Lasite township in Altay, where she paid a visit to Selanbek, a Kazak inheritor of the third generation of the intangible cultural heritage of fur ski craftsmanship, to listen to him recount the stories woven between himself and these time-honored skis. Through his stories, the reporter witnessed the rebirth of the fur skis — from once being a practical means of transport to now serving as a source of family prosperity.

Taiwan regional internet influencer Chen Chih-han, better known as “Guan Zhang” or the “gym boss,” has been indicted on intimidation-related charges over remarks made during a livestream targeting Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te. Chen firmly denied the charges and criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in social media posts, which draw support from many netizens.

China has achieved breakthrough in containerless laser heating technology reaching 3,100 C under microgravity conditions, Global Times learned from the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Thursday, the same day that China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) released the official report detailing progress made in scientific research and applications related to the China Space Station in 2025.

Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, has been selected as one of the "20 Cities Towards Zero Waste" under the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Zero Waste, according to the Hangzhou Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau.

Hotpot chain Haidilao on Thursday responded to online claims that a diaper had been thrown into a cooking pot, saying that the incident took place at one of its outlets in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, and had been handled in accordance with regulations, Jiemian News reported.

China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS), with the support and cooperation of the relevant Cambodian authorities, dispatched a task force that had successfully escorted Chen Zhi, a Chinese national and suspected ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and telecom fraud criminal syndicate, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, back to China on Wednesday, the ministry said on Thursday.

China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday released the official report detailing progress made in scientific research and applications related to the China Space Station in 2025. The report disclosed that for the first time internationally, an in-orbit test of a space station pipeline inspection robot was conducted in the China Space Station, verifying the robot's adaptability to the pipeline environment and the safety of its variable-stiffness motion.

Starry Lee Wai-king was elected president of the eighth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday.

The total number of criminal cases registered by public security organs nationwide in 2025 decreased by 12.8 percent year-on-year, reaching a new low in this century, while the number of public order cases decreased by 3.5 percent year-on-year, Global Times learned from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on Thursday.

Long queues and repeated waits to settle medical bills—a long-standing public concern—are set to ease, as China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) on Thursday released a document outlining plans to expand facial-recognition, one-code, mobile, and credit-based payment methods. The initiative aims to establish a unified, convenient payment system covering both outpatient and inpatient services within about three years.

In accordance with the requirements of the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law and other laws, public security organs across China in 2025 have lawfully and severely cracked down on telecom and online fraud crimes, with a total of 258,000 related cases solved, effectively curbing the high incidence of such crimes and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people, Ministry of Public Security spokesperson Zhang Ming revealed at a press conference on Thursday.

In the depths of winter, rows of vibrant green watermelon vines climb trellises, heavy with fruit, while bunches of plump, dark grapes and red dragon fruits hang from branches inside greenhouses built on the southern fringe of the Taklimakan, China's largest desert.

Wu Shenghua, a former senior official in Southwest China's Guizhou Province and former Party secretary of Bijie city, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public duty for serious violations of Party discipline and the law, China's top disciplinary watchdog said on Wednesday.

Venezuela is a sovereign state with full and permanent sovereignty over its natural resources and economic activities. The relevant demands of the US violate international law, infringe on Venezuela's sovereignty, and undermine the rights of the Venezuelan people, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Wednesday, in response to a question regarding that US President Donald Trump claimed that the US will obtain 50 million barrels of previously sanctioned oil from Venezuela, which will be sold by the US on behalf of Venezuela. Some of the crude oil was originally likely to be sold directly to China.

Following the US forcible seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, storylines from the 2019 spy series Jack Ryan that appear to mirror real-world events have drawn widespread attention from Chinese netizens, who have described the show as “prophetic,” while a clip from the series went viral.

In response to media inquiry about the US' forcible seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife and their transfer out of the country, which has drawn widespread attention and prompted some people on Taiwan island to express concern that the Chinese mainland might follow the US approach to “justify taking action against Taiwan,” Chen Binhua, the spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the US has brazenly used force against a sovereign country, a move that seriously violates international law, infringes on the sovereignty of other states, and threatens regional peace and security. We firmly oppose this.

China carried out 31 new space science and application projects to its space station in 2025, covering fields including life sciences, microgravity physics and space technologies, China Central Television (CCTV News) reported on Wednesday, citing the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In response to a question that how many people are currently on these lists of diehard Taiwan independence separatists and “Taiwan independence” henchmen and accomplices, and whether the mainland further step up punitive measures and bring them to justice while some public opinion on the island claiming that the mainland's punitive measures have had no substantive impact on these individuals and have instead become so-called “medals” for them to flaunt, a spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said “Taiwan independence” elements are illegal criminals who seek to split the country and undermine cross-Straits relations.

​Two individuals in the island of Taiwan–Liu Shyh-fang and Cheng Ying-yao–have been listed as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists and will be subject to punishment in accordance with the law, Chen Binhua, spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, announced on Wednesday.

A 12-year-old boy from East China's Anhui Province died from complications of severe scald injuries that caused multi-organ inflammation, acute kidney failure and shock after he was accidentally scalded by boiling water at a restaurant in South China's Guangdong Province, local authorities announced on Tuesday, ruling out homicide.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed that the project titled "In-situ electrochemical optical research on lithium-ion batteries for space applications" has been carried out on the China Space Station, with an ultimate goal to enhance the performance of spacecraft energy system.

The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) initiated a Level-IV emergency service response after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in the Kashgar region in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early on Wednesday.

A wave of tourists from the Republic of Korea (ROK) chose to ring in 2026 in China's eastern coastal province of Shandong, enjoying cultural familiarity and the region's iconic beer culture.

Significant water activity existed on the surface of Mars until approximately 750 million years ago - the high-frequency radar data obtained by China's Zhurong Mars rover revealed.

China's position on the Ukraine crisis is very clear. The “four musts” put forward by President Xi Jinping are our fundamental guidelines: China maintains that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be fully observed, the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously, and all efforts that are conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis must be supported, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday when responding to a question whether China's call to respect all countries' sovereignty following the developments in Venezuela also applies to Ukraine.

Local authorities in Taibai county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have launched an all-out search and rescue operation after five people illegally crossed the Aoshan Mountain, leaving four missing, two of whom were later found dead, while another had fallen off a cliff, media reported on Tuesday.

Mobile payment, bus card, electronic key… The application of NFC, while bringing convenience, has also nurtured a new type of fraud scam — using near-field technology that allows data exchange within 10 centimeters. The scam has emerged in multiple regions, enabling criminals to remotely skim funds from bank cards and steal personal information, Chinese authorities warned on Tuesday.

A Chinese envoy on Monday strongly condemned the U.S. military action against Venezuela at a UN Security Council emergency meeting.

The application portal for the 2026 childcare subsidy fully opened on Monday, according to National Health Commission.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China pursues a foreign policy of forming partnerships rather than alliances, in response to a question that US has previously carried out attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, whether China have any measures in place to provide stronger security guarantees for its "global allies."

China's first astronaut cave training, organized and led by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), successfully concluded in Wulong district, in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Global Times learned from the ACC on Monday. During the training, a total of 28 taikonauts, divided into four groups, completed six days and five nights of cave training, which according to the ACC, provided strong support for future astronauts to undertake longer-duration space station flights and crewed lunar landing missions.

China has made new progress in the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with over 200 million mu (13.33 million hectares) of forestry and grassland seedling work completed as part of the program's key campaign , China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday, citing the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing “deep concern and rejection of the military actions carried out unilaterally on Venezuelan territory,” as “these actions constitute an extremely dangerous precedent for peace and regional security and endanger the civilian population,” according to the joint statement in English on the website of Colombian Foreign Ministry website.

China's first astronaut cave-training mission has been accomplished in southwestern Chongqing Municipality, with 28 astronauts taking part.

US President Donald Trump's fresh claim of US "absolutely" needing Greenland for defense has met immediate opposition from leaders of Denmark and Greenland, who urged the US to stop threatening to take over the Danish territory.

Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh won the Best Actress award for the fourth time at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2025 held in Macao on Sunday, breaking her own record. She also took home the award for Most Popular TVB Actress in the Greater Bay Area, making her the focus of the night. Bosco Wong also clinched his first Best Actor award for the same series, The Queen of News 2.

China's transportation and tourism sectors have experienced significant growth during the 2026 New Year holiday, with a surge in cultural tourism visits and a noticeable uptick in inbound visits.

The Chinese embassy in Cambodia has located a Chinese woman at a hospital in Sihanoukville, who had previously been found stranded on the streets of Cambodia, the embassy said in a statement released on Sunday. According to the embassy, the woman said that she had been lured to the country by the promise of a "high-paying job" before ending up homeless. According to media reports, the woman is an internet celebrity whose short-video platform account had 24,000 followers.

China on Sunday released the fourth batch of generic drugs list aimed at guiding pharmaceutical companies to research and produce them, which includes 21 drug varieties covering 47 specifications across areas such as cancer, neurology, assisted reproduction and diagnostic imaging, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

A fire broke out at Hong Kong's Mei Yue House in Shek Kip Mei Estate on Sunday morning, leaving one person dead and eight others injured from smoke inhalation, as police and the Fire Services Department launched a joint investigation into the victim's identity and the cause of the blaze, according to multiple Hongkong media reports.

On-site visits by reporters with Chinese media in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on Saturday found that most shops were closed, long queues formed in front of some pharmacies and supermarkets, and some metro lines were not operating normally, after US large-scale attack on the South American country and captured Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro on early Saturday.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have reportedly landed at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, New York, on Saturday afternoon, per the US media NBC News. Video from an NBC News helicopter appeared to show Maduro walking off a jet around 5:25 pm at an airfield around 50 miles north of Manhattan. He appeared to wear a gray sweatshirt and shackles as he walked down the stairs of the plane and into a hangar, surrounded by federal agents, NBC reported.

US President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that the US had carried out a “large-scale strike against Venezuela,” claiming that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken out of the country. The announcement quickly drew international attention and was also widely reported by Taiwan regional media.

A social media post drew widespread attention from Chinese netizens recently, with the related hashtag, “woman seeks help online for grandmother's joyful funeral due to small social circle,” trending on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, according to Beijing Youth Daily's official WeChat account. On Monday, after the funeral had concluded, the author of the post shared a follow-up message expressing gratitude to netizens for their help and to society for its concern.

The Dawu County People's Court in Xiaogan, Central China's Hubei Province, recently uncovered an attempt by a plaintiff to fabricate evidence using artificial intelligence while hearing a housing lease contract dispute. The court issued a formal reprimand in accordance with the law, demonstrating a zero-tolerance approach to safeguarding judicial authority and litigation integrity, China News Service reported.

Harbin Engineering University on Thursday completed and unveiled its 2025 snowfield artwork depicting China's aircraft carrier the Fujian, flanked by three carrier-based aircraft. More than 1,200 students and faculty members took part in the university's eye-catching year-end artistic creation, which showcases China's progress in major national naval equipment and technology, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.

A giant Tiananmen-themed wall mural in a village in Central China's Henan Province has recently gone viral online after a young Chinese painter surnamed Wu created the artwork to bring the iconic national landmark to elderly villagers who had never seen Tiananmen in person, China Media Group-owned China National Radio (CNR) reported on Monday.

The Dujiangyan irrigation system in Southwest China's Sichuan Province is the world's only ancient irrigation project still in operation today, and also one of the earliest successful practices of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. Over more than 2,000 years, the enduring vitality of Dujiangyan stems not only from its ingenious ancient engineering and sophisticated governance principles, but also from its ability to evolve with the times through the integration of modern technology — particularly its innovative digital twin applications — a testament to the perfect blend of ancient wisdom and today's innovation.

A fire broke out on Friday in Jianban Ancient Town, Muchuan county, Leshan city, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, damaging multiple buildings and sending thick smoke into the air, drawing widespread public attention. Local authorities on Saturday released a report responding to the incident.

Zhang Zhijun, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), has called on compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the great cause of national reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.