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Two sessions begin, showcase China's 'institutionalized substantial democracy'

China has formally entered the annual "two sessions" time Thursday as the country's top political advisory body Chinese People's Political ...

Electoral reform to bring HK into a new era

China officially launched its legislative process for electoral system reform in Hong Kong, the top legislature confirmed on Thursday. In ...

There is nothing wrong to recommend China's anti-epidemic measures to Germany: Austrian ...

The Austrian scholar Otto Kolbl co-penned Learning from Wuhan - there is no Alternative to the Containment of COVID-19 with ...

Blinken naming China as challenge 'an unsurprising display of tough line,' shows ...
Tackling China was mentioned as one of the eight top priorities of the Joe Biden administration, as US Secretary of ...

OP-ED

US double standards have been caught again on Hong Kong issues: Global Times editorial

Just as China should not casually judge whether the US House of Representatives should pass the large-scale electoral reform bill, neither should the US make irresponsible remarks on how China should improve Hong Kong's election methods, let alone ...

US hegemony lingers even without military intervention

Yu Ning

GT Voice: Australia overestimates its capability in critical minerals supply

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FEATURE VIDEO

Sinovac Biotech CEO confident in vaccine safety

“Lurking diseases may hide in healthy vaccinees,” Yin Weidong, Sinovac Biotech CEO, said after a 63-year-old Hong Kong man died after vaccination. He is confident in vaccine safety after large ...

CHINA

China urges Lithuania to adhere to one-China principle: FM
China firmly opposes the mutual establishment of official agencies and official exchanges in all forms between the Taiwan region and countries having diplomatic relations with China including Lithuania, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday in response to Lithuania's plan to open a trade representation office ...
China approves 17 COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials to reach herd immunity by mid 2022: officials
Central govt should help HK schools design courses in national defense, foreign policy, Constitution: proposal
Some Chinese lured by 'high-paying jobs' end up in telecom fraud, prostitution in Myanmar
China's public security organs have received a number of criminal cases involving Chinese citizens that were abducted from China into northern Myanmar and illegally detained, extorted or forced into crimes ...

NPC deputy from Taiwan opposes island's politicization of mainland's vaccines
A National People's Congress (NPC) deputy from Taiwan who works in the medical sector opposed Taiwan regional authorities' politicization of Chinese mainland-produced vaccines, and said the mainland is capable of ...

Amazon removes book on epidemic response, 'deprives US policymakers of self-reflection opportunity'
A book that surveyed and compared the US' and China's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic was recently removed from Amazon, the top ecommerce platform in the US, in a move ...

SOURCE

Prices of China's home appliances soar by 10-20% after Spring Festival holiday
Australia GDP underpinned by China trade, Q4 results better than expected
Rising calls for EU-style financial 'passporting' in Greater Bay Area
Top Chinese legislators and political advisors are calling for the country to set up an EU-style "passporting" mechanism for financial services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to allow seamless integration among Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Chinese mainland as part of ...
Australian income from tourism declines as Chinese stay away
Australia's seasonally adjusted exports of tourism-related services dropped by 10 percent to A$2.25 billion ($1.75 billion) in January compared with December, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed on Thursday, which ...

More domestic airlines including China Southern, Hainan airlines transport vaccines
More Chinese airlines are getting involved in vaccine transport, as the global aviation sector races to deliver injections around the world.

General aviation industry toward development
China's general aviation industry has seen stable development over the past five years from 2015 to 2020, with official data showed that the average annual growth of business volume was ...

WORLD

US House passes cop reforms
A sweeping police reform package that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday, five days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd.
Study suggests variant in S.Africa could offer better immunity
A new preliminary study -based on a small sample - has suggested that people previously infected by the COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa may have better immunity against other ...

13 dead in US crash 'entered illegally' from gap in border
All 13 people killed when a packed vehicle collided with a truck in California are believed to have entered the US illegally through a nearby breach in the Mexico border ...

Man stabs eight in 'suspected terrorist crime' that shocks Sweden
A man stabbed eight people Wednesday in the Swedish city of Vetlanda, seriously injuring five of them in what police called a potential terror incident.
US Capitol on alert over "possible plot" for March 4 attack
'When will it end?': How a changing virus is reshaping scientists' views on COVID-19

LIFE

Some New York theaters allowed to open doors again in April
With NBA games back in Madison Square Garden and certain movie theaters reopening at the end of the week, New York could soon celebrate the resumption of the performing arts ...

World's largest planetarium to begin trial operations in Shanghai
The Shanghai Planetarium, a branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, is scheduled to begin trial operations in June, local authorities have said.

World's first interactive panda-themed museum opens in Southwest China's Chengdu
The world's first interactive panda-themed museum opened on Wednesday in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, one of the major habitats for pandas.
Cute or body shaming? Fitting into UNIQLO children's wear new fashion trend
The "young girls" section of Japanese clothing brand UNIQLO has recently become particularly voguish in China, as young women have been trying to squeeze into these garments, not only because of their cute designs and good prices, but also to appear cute and skinny.
Chinese netizens rush to defense of border Martyr's mother following comments calling her 'selfish' and 'thoughtless'
Disney's Asia-themed 'Raya and the Last Dragon' tackles division