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Tianzhou-3 completes rendezvous, docking with China's space station

Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, the second "delivery man" to bring cargo to China's space station and a prelude to the next ...

Plateau-stationed border troops celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, remembering duty

On a traditional Chinese festival of family reunion, many soldiers and officers at the border frontline could not reunite with ...

HK Election Committee elections show new atmosphere, indicating transition from chaos to ...

According to polling results early Monday morning, 364 people were elected in the 2021 Election Committee's subsector ordinary election in ...

North Korea slams US' nuclear-powered submarine deal with Australia
The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday slammed the US and UK's move to provide ...

OP-ED

Grand opening of Universal Beijing speaks more than a thousand words: Global Times editorial

Universal Beijing Resort officially opened to the public on Monday. It's delightful that China's opening-up has yielded another fruit. There is a Hong Kong Disneyland and a Shanghai Disneyland both in South China. Now with Universal Beijing Resort ...

EU eyes geopolitical power in 2021 SOUA, loses faith in US

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GT Voice: Naïve Australia foots the bill for US gambit

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Hu Xijin

Mainland stops importing two Taiwan fruits, and DPP authority is howling

The Chinese mainland announced on Sunday suspension of imports of cherimoya and wax apples from the island of Taiwan due to the discovery of a known pest in recent shipments. This has led to bitter complaints from some politicians on ...

CHINA

China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran must exert positive influence to stabilize situation in Afghanistan
As important neighbors of Afghanistan and influential countries in the region, China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran need to strengthen communication and coordination, make unanimous voices, exert positive influence and play a constructive role in promoting the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign ...
Balloting to select HKSAR Election Committee completed, to bring fresh governance to the city
SCO members studying use of local currencies in settlement
Over 100 pets in 'blind boxes' rescued in Shanghai; case not related to ZTO: carrier
Over 100 dogs and cats put in the so-called blind boxes were rescued in Shanghai on Monday, sparkling criticism and heated discussions among Chinese netizens again, just months after similar ...

Border city Ruili ramps up efforts against imported COVID-19 cases by rewarding tip-offs about stowaways, smugglers and drug traffickers
China-Myanmar border city Ruili in Southwest China's Yunnan Province vows to ramp up efforts to guard the gates against COVID-19 by rewarding tip-offs of up to 50,000 yuan ($7,700) about ...

China's self-developed hydrogen liquefying system to power domestic carrier rockets
China's first domestically researched and developed hydrogen liquefying system with a high daily output of liquefied hydrogen was successfully produced, to fuel carrier rockets with domestically produced liquefied hydrogen in ...

SOURCE

Universal Beijing draws eager tourists
Chinese financial authorities mull expanding business scope to domestic banks' overseas yuan loans
China's CPTPP application faces hurdles, but vast market 'irresistible'
After China officially applied to join the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), members of the major Asia-Pacific trade pact showed different attitudes, with Japan showing a somewhat ambiguous, cautious stance, while countries like Singapore expressing support.
China's top economic planner moves to stabilize coal market
China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced on Tuesday that it had reduced the number of days of coal supplies that power plants across the ...

US' easing travel restrictions will help boost bilateral exchanges: analyst
The US announcement that it will ease restrictions on international travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from countries and regions, including China, will help boost the recovery of bilateral ...

Tesla records best sales in China in August
US electric vehicle maker Tesla exported 97,496 China-made vehicles in the first eight months of 2021, with 86 percent of the components made locally, according to Shanghai Securities News on ...

WORLD

France eyes momentum at UN to relaunch Iran nuclear deal talks
France's top diplomat said Monday that he hoped a meeting of foreign ministers in New York this week would build positive momentum towards kick-starting stalled talks over the Iran nuclear deal.
Trudeau fails to win majority
Canadians returned Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to power Monday in hotly contested elections against a rookie conservative leader, but he failed to gain an absolute majority, according to projections ...

Top Mexican court removes legal barriers
Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a part of the country's health law that allowed medical personnel to refuse to carry out abortions on the grounds of conscientious objection.

EU court slaps daily fine on Poland for not closing mine
The EU's top court on Monday ordered Poland to pay Brussels a daily fine of 500,000 euros ($586,000) for failing to shut a massive coal mine that angered neighboring Czech ...
UN holds high-level event to galvanize global action toward SDGs
Ban lifted for all air passengers with testing and tracing

LIFE

Exotic mooncakes delight taste buds during Mid-Autumn Festival
Like most people in China, mooncake is a must for Wang Qiong during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is usually marked by family reunions, enjoying the full moon and eating the ...

Restaurant owner busted for adding poppies to dishes once again sparks food security concerns in China
Concerns about food safety were sparked again after Chinese police busted a restaurant owner in East China's Jiangsu Province for adding poppy shells, which are used to make opium, to ...

'Our Times' focuses on young people's difficult journey to success in the 1990s
A new TV series starring Wu Lei and Hou Minghao is taking audiences back to the 1990s, a time when millions of Chinese people were working hard to achieve a ...
Chinese television regulator reins in boys' love drama, calls for realistic works
China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) on Thursday held a meeting urging the television industry to boycott adaption of boys' love novels, as well as to avoid tax evasion and stick to realistic works amid the nation's drive for comprehensive regulation of entertainment.
Variety show reveals the charm of Luoyang
HK TVB produced documentary on Chinese mainland's poverty alleviation efforts big hit