Wanting to move but being unable to is the plight of patients with lower-limb mobility impairments. Today, a homegrown cutting-edge technology is working to solve this problem. Recently, at the high-end equipment exhibition area of the Anhui Innovation Pavilion in ...

Former deputy head of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Zhang Jianhua was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the first-instance trial for accepting bribes and taking bribes by leveraging his influence, according to ...

A fatal fall at a shopping mall in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province last month was determined to be an accident, authorities said Wednesday. The victim, surnamed Yan, died from injuries suffered in the fall, with investigators finding no signs of foul ...

A total of 72 robot “employees” have been deployed across14 municipal parks in Beijing this summer, taking on tasks ranging from cleaning and patrols to providing guided tours, detecting pests and discouraging inappropriate behaviors, Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.

China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Tuesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellites, the 23rd group of the low-orbit internet constellation, lifted off aboard a Long March-8A carrier ...

China succeeded in another orbital launch from sea on Wednesday, with Smart Dragon-3, developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT,) delivering Satellite 01 and 02 of the Dongfang Huiyan spatiotemporal intelligent constellation hyperspectral remote sensing satellite system into ...

Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport has apologized and disciplined security personnel over their inappropriate conduct, after a video surfaced showing an officer making an alleged discriminatory "slant-eye" gesture toward Chinese passengers. The incident sparked controversy following the denial of boarding to 22 ...

An AI-powered smart blackboard unveiled by a Chinese company at the 2026 World AI Conference has gone viral on overseas social media as it instantly generates graphs from handwritten equations and demonstrates other state-of-the-art capabilities. Many overseas self-media vloggers have ...

Behind a brightly colored anime-style cover showing smiling young people in a futuristic city, Japan's latest defense white paper sets out a considerably harder security agenda: longer-range missiles, counterstrike capabilities and closer cooperation between the military and private technology companies.

DeepSeek's V4 Flash model has officially moved from preview to general availability, sparking a wave of enthusiastic reactions across Chinese and overseas social media platforms which hailed its combination of near-frontier performance and ultra-low pricing, with many calling it a ...

In the latest episode of a PLA documentary focusing on joint operations, striking footage shows two J-20 stealth fighters escorting an H-6N bomber carrying a large missile under its fuselage, rather than the smaller missiles typically seen under the wings. ...

A hand-cranked alarm broke the darkness in a village in Zayu County, Nyingchi city, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. In the scenario unfolding that night, prolonged rain had pushed a mountain stream above its orange-alert level. Power, telecommunications and road ...

In this installment, we turn our focus to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, where engineers, scientists and conservationists are working together to explore a new balance between hydropower development and ecological protection, ensuring the free migration of rare fish species in the ...

In response to a statement from Manila on China's ethnic unity policy, a Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that this so-called statement, full of disinformation and smears designed to interfere in China's internal affairs, constitutes a political provocation of ...

Several major online audio-visual platforms announced on Tuesday they have removed more than 13,300 artificial intelligence (AI)-manipulated videos that distort classic film and television works and took action against over 30 accounts as part of a crackdown on AI-altered content ...

A total of 49,925 households, or 115,756 people, have been evacuated and relocated to safety across Northwest China's Shaanxi Province during the latest round of rainfall, China Central Television (CCTV) News reported on Tuesday.

China's Qinling Station, the country's newest Antarctica outpost, has achieved a major breakthrough in green energy use, with renewable energy accounting for around 50 percent of its electricity supply even during the harsh polar night, Wang Tao, head of the ...

With El Nino conditions continuing to strengthen over the past two months, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Tuesday that a strong to super Eastern Pacific (EP) El Nino is expected to develop during summer–autumn, bringing more frequent heatwaves and ...

Light is the source of energy for solar cells, but it can also become a factor accelerating performance degradation. For wide-bandgap subcells in perovskite-organic tandem solar cells, which have long been troubled by light-induced phase segregation, Chinese researchers have developed ...

A fake “cooperation contract” email containing a remote-control Trojan downloader has been blocked by cybersecurity police in Hebi, Central China's Henan Province, with recent phishing attacks targeting China found to have frequently used IP addresses from countries including the US, ...

China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) launched a training initiative Monday to build local expertise in Cameroon. The Seagull Talent Program was launched in the capital, Yaounde, with senior Cameroonian government officials, Chinese diplomats, faculty from the National Advanced School ...

Across the fertile black soil of Heilongjiang, autonomous tractors work tirelessly, while intelligent drones fly overhead to monitor crop growth. Powered by smart farming solutions, technological upgrading is reshaping the heartland of China's granary in the province, bolstering the country's food ...

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered 2,300-year-old grain wine residues from a cemetery of people from Qin State during the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) – roughly the time of Aristotle – in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, revealing the ancient wine's ...

Market regulators in Shantou city and Raoping county in South China's Guangdong Province and Dongshan county in East China's Fujian Province on Monday issued notices saying they had launched investigations into companies involved in a case where bullfrogs were found ...

A few months ago, Sonjin Aroi stood beside a Nauru booth at a cultural expo organized by the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

A new round of political attacks against allegedly “pro-China” officials has unfolded in the Philippines after the presidential palace endorsed Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.'s call for government officials who do not support Manila's position on the South China Sea ...

In Fiji, coconut husks are often treated as waste. After coming to China, Koroi Dionisia Puleiwai Lewanavanua Marama discovered another possibility for them.

Footage released by state media on Monday showed a rare scene of at least six DF-17 hypersonic missile launch vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force appearing together in a single frame.

Two elderly residents were finally rescued after being trapped in a mountain in Beijing for more than 30 hours, longer than it should have been, as they stayed silent and ran from rescuers out of superstitious belief that one should ...

China has recently been selected to host the International Standard Organization (ISO) technical committee secretariat on artificial ice-and-snow landscapes, the first of its kind in ice-and-snow sector, according to CCTV News on Monday.

Four more bodies, including that of Chinese mountaineer Wang Zhong, have been reportedly recovered after a significant avalanche struck a 10-member international climbing team led by renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak in Karakoram Mountain range in Pakistan ...

Amid scorching summer heat, some residents in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, are enjoying central cooling: indoor temperatures can remain around 25 C without turning on air conditioners in households, thanks to the cool water running beneath their feet from ...

A gesture made by a Chinese host at the Beijing premiere of Christopher Nolan's latest film The Odyssey has sparked heated online debate over the weekend, after a video showing her crouching while handing a microphone to foreign cast members ...

China's national security authorities on Monday released a case involving a former technician at a water resources research institute who was held criminally responsible eight years after leaving his position for failing to hand over and properly dispose of classified ...

Seven staff members at the Sayram Lake Scenic Area have been put to 10 to 15 days of administrative detention and fined 1,000 yuan ($148) each for assaulting a tour bus driver, according to a report released on Monday by ...

China's cyberspace regulator has intensified a campaign to clean up misconduct in group livestreaming entertainment, targeting issues such as excessive tipping incentives, vulgar content, and violations of minors' rights. It has taken action against more than 1,840 violating accounts, according ...

China's state broadcaster has aired footage of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force's intelligent strike-planning system, showing more than 100 tactical units conducting coordinated strikes with split-second precision after it passed its final live-fire test. Chinese military experts said ...

In the past few days, around China's Huangyan Dao, warships and aircraft rehearsed control of the sea and air, coast guard officers practiced intercepting and towing intruding vessels, and new rules drew stricter legal boundaries around a national nature reserve.

China has launched a one-year nationwide campaign starting from July to deepen its crackdown on organized crime based on new trends and characteristics, and focusing on those involved in illegal resource control and local bullies, as well as those cyber ...

Driven by hunger, exhaustion and hostility, migrants who swam or climbed over fences to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta were returning home on Saturday, Reuters reported. But the fallout from the crisis is expected to linger. Chinese experts ...

Seventy-six percent of people in Japan support upholding the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles of not possessing, not producing, and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons into its territory, Kyodo News reported Sunday, citing a nationwide opinion poll, according to ...

The annual Han Kuang military drills of the Taiwan region are set to kick off on Wednesday, with certain media of the island hyping up highlights that they claimed as “the first time.” Yet a mainland military affairs expert ...

China's National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management on Sunday activated a Level IV flood control emergency response for Beijing and Hebei Province, the Global Times learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management.

In the evening bustle of Shanghai, a middle-aged woman sits in a metro train car, head down, scrolling through short videos on her phone. She flicks past dozens of clips, yet can hardly find a single micro-drama shot with real ...

The Shenzhou-23 crew has successfully harvested the first batch of rice samples grown from seeds brought to China Space Station in May, a study that could support future in situ food production beyond Earth, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on ...

Extreme weather warnings were issued across multiple parts of China on Sunday, with heavy rainfall and extreme heat sweeping across multiple regions, amid a developing super El Nino event which, combined with typhoons and monsoon activity, has altered atmospheric circulation ...

Africa is seeking to move from being a participant in space science discussions to becoming an active contributor to humanity's exploration of the Moon and deep space, with the “Africa2Moon” initiative representing a new chapter in the continent's space ambitions, ...

China's third medical expert team arrives in DR Congo to support Ebola response

As temperatures soar across China this summer, a familiar seasonal soundtrack has become unexpectedly dangerous. Some social media platforms have lately been flooded with complaints from netizens saying that the annual chorus of cicadas seems louder and more relentless than ...

The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that a Chinese mountaineer went missing in an avalanche near Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday, and has activated consular protection emergency response mechanism and urged Pakistani authorities to make every effort ...

Students in Botswana discover China through Chinese zodiac film

A total of 62 people have been held accountable for a January accident at a steel plant in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that killed 10 people and injured 84 others, according to an investigation report published on Sunday, ...

China has released a five-year plan for its national supply and marketing cooperative system, aiming to strengthen agricultural services and ensure food security for the 2026-2030 period.

A State Council executive meeting on Friday approved eight reactor units, six of which will feature Hualong One nuclear technology, with two units designated as demonstration projects for the Hualong One technology, version 2.0, according to a release by China ...

The China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted drills on rights-protection law enforcement and management and control in the waters near China's Huangyan Dao on Saturday, focusing on operations such as visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS), interdiction of forced entry, and ...

Among the three most prevalent pathogens detected in respiratory samples collected from influenza-like illness cases at sentinel hospitals nationwide over the past week, COVID-19 continues to rank first, with a positivity rate of 20.3 percent, an increase of 4 percentage ...

Recently, footage showing the Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan conducting a live-fire launch of countermeasures was released to the public for the first time. At the same time, footage of the ship's electromagnetic catapult test using a dead load ...

The management measures for the Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve were issued on Saturday, stipulating that without approval, activities including fishing, mining, and the harvesting or excavation of corals, coral reefs, giant clams and other marine resources, as well as ...

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said on Friday that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will serve as a steadfast bulwark for China's national reunification, resolutely thwart any attempt at "Taiwan independence" separatism or external military interference.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command (STC) on Saturday conducted joint maritime and air drills in the territorial waters, airspace, and surrounding maritime and air areas of China's Huangyan Dao, in response to the current situation in ...

By the end of 2025, 323.38 million people in China were aged 60 and above, accounting for 23 percent of the country's total population. The number of people aged 65 and above reached 223.65 million, representing 15.9 percent of the ...

A Chinese business delegation, many of whose participants are known as “new trio” or “next new three” industries' enterprises, is currently visiting the US to advance commercial cooperation and implement the consensus reached between the two countries' leaders at the ...

August 1, 2026 marks the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). This year's Army Day holds special significance as it falls during the critical year for achieving the PLA's centenary goals. According to official ...

China on Friday firmly rejected and said it will never accept the delimitation of the so-called "baselines of the territorial Sea" of China's territory of Huangyan Dao by the Philippines, stressing it is illegal, null and void, according to a ...

A barbecue chef at a restaurant has shot to fame for his striking resemblance to tech billionaire Elon Musk. By coincidence, his surname Ma shares the exact phonetic pronunciation of Musk, and his likeness has given the restaurant a modest ...

At the National Referral Hospital Comprehensive Medical Center, waiting areas are frequently full. Some patients come seeking relief from chronic pain. Others have recurring kidney stones. Some are waiting to see specialists in breast surgery, cardiology or neurosurgery. Beyond the ...

A birthday cake sat waiting to be eaten at Tianjin Zoo in North China's Tianjin Municipality on July 24, but it was not for a human guest. Visitors had gathered to celebrate the 13th birthday of giant panda Xi Le, ...

Foreign livestream host Gu Aihua, also known as Edward Kuperman, who was selected for a position at Northwest China's Dunhuang media convergence center, has withdrawn from the recruitment process, local authorities said, after a controversial talent recruitment program sparked online ...

A dog swept away by river currents miraculously trekked back home all on its own after ten days adrift, domestic media outlet Guangxi Daily reported.

A boy living with cerebral palsy has been working out since the age of 5. Now 21, he competed in Asia's largest and most comprehensive bodybuilding competition, domestic media outlet The Paper reported.

Footage of a snow leopard, a first-class nationally protected wild animal, was captured again at the Siguniang Mountain national nature reserve, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The footage was taken in an adjacent zone, years after the reserve first recorded snow ...

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that China firmly rejects and will never accept the delimitation of the so-called “baselines of the territorial Sea” of China's territory of Huangyan Dao by the Philippines, stressing it is illegal, null ...

Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to commend Yang Yong from Troop 91548 of the People's Liberation Army.

A newly released video aired by CCTV on Friday showed the PLA Army's KVD002 armed reconnaissance drone successfully conducting a live-fire strike against a moving naval target off China's southeastern coast. A Chinese military expert said that extensive fielding of ...

"I believe this is not only the result of their individual efforts, but also a reflection of the vitality and upward spirit of contemporary Chinese youth, demonstrating their confidence and courage to break new ground and strive for success," Mao ...

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday that an attack on a building of a Chinese company in Kuwait which caused one death didn't affect any Chinese national and stressed that any attack on innocent civilians and non‑military targets ...

The US should immediately stop threatening Cuba with force and cease all forms of unilateral blockade and sanctions against Cuba, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Friday, in response to media inquiries over recent ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday criticized Japan's establishment of a National Intelligence Bureau as another negative development in Japan's domestic and external security policies, noting that Tokyo's accelerating “remilitarization” threatens regional peace and stability and urging Japanese political leaders ...

Japan officially launched its National Intelligence Bureau on Friday, July 31, claiming the new agency is intended to strengthen the government's intelligence capabilities, with the choice of the "7/31" date triggering anger among Chinese social media users. They said the ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged efforts to strengthen political guidance and deepen innovation-driven development to advance the high-quality modernization of national defense and the armed forces.

On July 31, the China Coast Guard (CCG) task group led by CCGS Xiushan conducted routine law-enforcement patrols in waters east of China's Taiwan island in accordance with the law, Jiang Lue, spokesperson for the CCG, said in a statement ...

The death toll from a mountain collapse in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has risen to 51, and 10 people are still missing, local authorities said Thursday.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command (STC) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on Thursday. The PLA has deployed new equipment ...

The PLA has always adhered to combat-oriented training, honing its capabilities to defeat adversaries and win battles. It remains ready for combat at all times and is prepared to fight whenever called upon, Jiang Bin, a spokesperson for the Ministry ...

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee analyzed and studied the current economic situation and made arrangements for economic work in the second half (H2) of this year at a meeting held in Beijing on ...

A routine flood-season patrol over the loess hills of Northwest China's Gansu Province took an unexpected turn when a police drone spotted a suspicious SUV parked at the entrance to a remote canyon. Within days, what began as a geological ...

A new survey has found that 95 percent of respondents who regarded China as influential in Africa viewed its impact positively, marking the second consecutive edition in which China ranked as the continent's most positively perceived foreign power.

Claims made by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday were rejected by Chinese expert, for his calling for greater scrutiny of foreign academic and cultural exchange programs after a so-called “investigation” by a Western security-linked think tank baselessly ...

China's implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has made substantial progress in clinical trials, enabling multiple patients with high-level quadriplegia to return to work, with command latency below 50 milliseconds, the Global Times learned from Shanghai-based medical technology firm StairMed on ...

A mechanical hand slowly closed its fingers. The person wearing a brain-computer interface device had not moved their arm; brain signals alone were directing the grasping motion.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has started soliciting public opinions on a draft law against cyber abuse in a bid to prevent mass dissemination of content involving insults, defamation, hate incitement, polarization, threats, discrimination, or other harmful material, as ...

Five minutes after the cobra's head was severed from its body, the seemingly lifeless reptile staged a sudden retaliatory strike, sinking its fangs deep into the hand of the man who had killed it. The vicious bite put the elderly ...

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee analyzed and studied the current economic situation and made arrangements for economic work in the second half (H2) of this year at a meeting held hon Thursday.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has held a symposium with non-CPC personages to seek opinions and suggestions on the country's current economic situation and economic work for the second half of the year.

When asked to comment on the recent visit by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to China, and whether China will attend this year's BRICS Summit to be held in India, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that ...

When asked to comment on the recent repeated intrusions by Philippine government vessels into the waters under China's jurisdiction around Huangyan Dao, where the China Coast Guard lawfully expelled them, as well as the so-called "joint patrols" conducted by the ...

The China-Russia joint military patrol was carried out over the high seas rather than the so-called "exclusive economic zone" (EEZ) claimed by Japan, Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), said at a press conference on Thursday, ...

China firmly urges Japan to conscientiously and fully fulfill its duties and obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the bilateral memorandum between the two governments, to promptly provide actionable intelligence on burial sites, accelerate the disposal of the chemical ...

Recently, Japanese vessels and aircraft have provoked and harassed a Chinese naval formation carrying out routine training missions. The Global Times obtained an exclusive audio recording in which Japan's Self-Defense Forces referred to itself as the "Japan Navy." In response, ...

The reports are not true and are groundless, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday in response to a question about media reports claiming that China would provide Iran with 400 missile launchers. We have made our position ...