As the Spring Festival draws near, Chinese cultural elements are spreading at an accelerated pace across the globe. From a Chinese New Year parade in Paris led by a humanoid robot, to Spring Festival Gala promotional videos appearing in metro ...

Comic-Con organizers in Beijing and several other cities have announced bans on cosplay and merchandise related to the popular Japanese anime Detective Conan, after the series collaborated with My Hero Academia -- another Japanese anime that previously sparked a boycott ...

In this installment, Global Times reporters Xie Wenting and Ding Yazhi (GT) spoke with former UN under-secretary-general Erik Solheim (Solheim) to hear his views on the significance of the GGI and its value for today's world.

After the Financial Times (FT) reported on Friday that the US is compiling a large arms sale of Patriot missiles and other weapons for the island of Taiwan, various opposition parties on the island publicly criticized the regional leader, Lai ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US is proposing the war be brought to an end before the start of this summer and is likely to apply pressure on the parties in line with that timeline, and suggested the push ...

Chinese scientists have discovered natural hydrogen sealed in microscopic rock cavities within ophiolites on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, pointing to a new direction for next-generation zero-carbon clean energy exploration in China, the Global Times learned from the Institute of Geology and ...

The Office of the President of Uruguay on Saturday posted a recap on Instagram of President Yamandú Orsi's seven-day state visit to China, which took place from February 1 to 7, highlighting achievements in five areas: diplomacy, production, science, education, ...

China is deeply shocked by the deadly explosion in Pakistan's capital Islamabad and the heavy casualties it has inflicted. China mourns for the lives lost, and our hearts go out to the injured and those who lost their loved ones.

An explosion that occurred in the early hours of Saturday at a biotechnology company in Shuozhou, North China's Shanxi Province has resulted in eight fatalities as of 9:30 am Sunday, and the cause of the incident is still under investigation, ...

China's ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product (GDP) fell to 13.9 percent in 2025, dropping below the 14 percent threshold for the first time, the country's top economic planner said on Saturday.

"Brecken, Selina, and Meredith, we're here in Beijing waiting for you!" Tiutiu, the daughter of Rongrong from Shanghai, said in a voice message she sent to Brecken Newmann on Friday. These two families, who once touched millions of netizens by ...

A Chinese research team has developed a stretchable, flexible microelectrode that can dynamically adapt to brain motion, addressing a long-standing bottleneck in invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in which conventional flexible electrodes are prone to displacement and retraction during brain ...

The government service website of East China's Zhejiang Province published an administrative penalty decision on Saturday, showing that Chinese actress Gina Jin was fined 1,500 yuan ($216) for fleeing the scene of a traffic accident in 2025.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans.

Chinese badminton ace Wang Chang and table tennis star Qian Tianyi announced their marriage on social media on Saturday, sharing the happy news with fans and the public at 13:14 Beijing time, a timestamp symbolizing a lifelong commitment in Chinese ...

China on Saturday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Laura Fernandez on her election as president of Costa Rica.

The Chinese Embassy in Norway on Saturday issued a statement expressing strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the annual threat assessment reports released by Norway's Police Security Service (PST), the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) and the National Security Authority (NSM).

Four years after Beijing staged a spectacular Winter Olympics, the Games have now arrived in Italy's Milan and Cortina, carrying forward the enduring Olympic relay of peace and unity amid an international political landscape that has grown more complex and ...

China and South Africa signed a partnership agreement, under which South Africa will enjoy zero-tariff treatment on 100 percent of tariff lines for its exports to China, according to a release by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday. This ...

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi continued his ongoing state visit to China on Friday with a stop in Shanghai, where he headlined the China-Uruguay Business and Investment Forum alongside business leaders, trade associations, and company executives from both nations eager to ...

Palmer Luckey, founder of US defense contractor Anduril, posted an image with a caption on social media on Friday, claiming that "not convinced China's J-35 measures up to the real deal." His remarks quickly sparked a debate on international social ...

Indirect talks between Iran and the US in Oman's Muscat ended "for now," and the two delegations may return home, Iran's state-run IRIB TV reported Friday, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The first AI-powered robot restaurant in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, opened for business in late January, attracting large numbers of local residents eager to try a new style of dining, Zhejiang Daily reported. The restaurant replaces traditional chefs with ...

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is advancing plans to allow pet dogs in designated restaurants, with the first batch of permissions expected to be issued by mid-2026, creating new business opportunities for the industry, according to details ...

A Chinese father used 3D printing technology to create a wearable, design-forward pink mecha suit for his daughter. A video documenting the making process as well as his daughter showing off the suit in public was posted on Chinese social ...

Located within the Arctic Circle, Greenland has long been known for its frigid climate, vast expanse and desolate landscape. More than 80 percent of the island is covered by thick ice sheets, and it has for decades been regarded as ...

In response to some media reports claiming that French authorities on Thursday charged four people, including two Chinese nationals, on suspicion of having intercepted sensitive military data for Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in France told the Global Times on Friday ...

Inside a "cafe," 25-year-old guide Liu Suwei handed out six small bottles and asked visitors to identify the scents inside.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Miao Deyu met with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi in Beijing on Thursday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

In response to a question about US President Donald Trump's claims on social media that he gave his endorsement of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a snap election in Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on ...

China hopes Lithuania will translate its wish to improve bilateral relations into concrete actions, correct its mistakes as soon as possible, return to the right track of earnestly adhering to the one-China principle, in order to create necessary conditions for ...

Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi on Friday visited the Shanghai Museum East, where he explored the museum's renowned collections of bronzes and ancient ceramics.

​The sentencing of the case of anti-government instigator and traitor Jimmy Lai will be delivered on at 10 am next Monday, according to the judiciary website of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

"This trip to Shanghai has left me with marvelous experiences. So here comes a simple question: when can I return? Congratulations on so much wonder," wrote the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi, who took a ferry ...

Regarding Chinese President Xi Jinping's phone call with US President Donald Trump, in which the Chinese leader emphasized that the Taiwan question is "the most important issue in China-US relations," a Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson said on Thursday that the ...

Just a day before nuclear talks between Iran and the US is set to take place in Oman, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with visiting Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi on Thursday, ...

"You met me at a very Chinese time in my life." This meme has been trending in recent months on the global internet, with TikTok as its primary battleground. Now, with the Chinese New Year approaching, content creators are producing ...

The medical incident involving the death of an infant after surgery at the Women and Children's Hospital of Ningbo University in East China's Zhejiang Province, a case that has drawn national public attention, has been found an A1 level medical ...

“This trip to Shanghai has left me with marvelous experiences. So here comes a simple question: when can I return to Shanghai? Fantastic, congratulations!” wrote the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi, who took a ferry to ...

The US President, in a rare move, personally stepped in a missing-people case and publicly mobilized federal resources to aid in search, and what's more, he is helping someone who once openly clashed with him in an interview, making the ...

China expresses regret that the New START Treaty between Russia and the US has expired, which has had great significance for maintaining global strategic stability, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday.

The heads of state of China and the US maintain communication and interaction, Lin Jian, spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday when asked about remarks made after a phone call between the Chinese and US leaders, ...

At a regular press briefing of Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday, a Russian reporter said that on February 4, the Beginning of Spring, the leaders of China and Russia held a virtual meeting. According to Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, ...

China had 1.125 billion internet users by the end of 2025, with the penetration rate climbing to 80.1 percent, according to an official industry report.

Doctors from a hospital in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region traveled to Russia and, in cooperation with local medical teams, successfully completed the country's first bilateral hand allotransplant surgery, the Global Times learned on Thursday from the leading Chinese ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned yet another new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, the Ganzi (Hull Number 128), with its training footage released by official media on Thursday. A Chinese military affairs expert said that the ...

Amid intensive visits made by leaders of several European countries, officials of Lithuania appear to be anxious with them openly admitting making strategic mistake on Taiwan question. Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė, in a recent interview with the Baltic News ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is planning to travel to China in mid-April, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, US local time, citing an unnamed personal familiar with the preparations.

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi's tour in China continued on Wednesday with a stop at the China Rainbow International Football Club in Beijing, the club confirmed to the Global Times on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked with US President Donald Trump over phone. President Xi emphasized that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations. Taiwan is China's territory, and China must safeguard its own sovereignty ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, replied on Thursday to Laos' top leader Thongloun Sisoulith to designate 2026 as the Year of China-Laos Friendship.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Later the same day, Xi talked with US President Donald Trump over phone, according to Xinhua News Agency.

On the evening of February 4, 2026, President Xi Jinping spoke with US President Donald J. Trump on the phone.

Hungary and China on Wednesday jointly issued a commemorative stamp series titled "National Treasures: Traditional Hungarian and Chinese Instruments" for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The upcoming expiration of the New START treaty between the US and Russia on Thursday is stoking fears over a new arms race, as it would remove the last remaining mutual limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. The ...

A series of what are widely believed to be politically driven decisions surrounding ports leased and operated by Chinese companies are drawing growing concern, as geopolitical pressure increasingly overrides commercial rules and market logic. From the Panama Canal to Australia's ...

After Singapore announced on Monday that it will form a national space agency on April 1 to grow its space economy capabilities, a spokesperson for the country's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) told the Global Times that the new ...

On Tuesday, a program by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)revealed a comprehensive timeline of Barbie Hsu Shi-yuan, also known as Da S, the renowned Taiwan-born actress and TV host, from her trip to Japan until her passing in the country.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked with US President Donald Trump over phone.

With the UNESCO inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2024, its global influence continues to grow.

China-Azerbaijan relations have seen fruitful achievements in the year of 2025. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov (Bayramov) visited China on January 28-29, having in-depth exchanges with the Chinese side and carrying forward the relationship with substantial progress. In an exclusive ...

Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, met with Hsiao Hsu-tsen, a vice chairman of ...

For some you might not know, Draco Malfoy is now an unexpected mascot of good fortune for the Year of the Horse among Chinese netizens. Pasted beside crimson couplets on apartment doors, decorated on tea cups and shimmering from the ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, met with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, on Wednesday in Beijing. ...

China and Russia should work together to maintain global strategic stability as the international situation has become increasingly turbulent since the beginning of the year, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

A survey exploring young Europeans' perception of China and China-Europe relations released on Wednesday revealed that the overall image of China among European youth is generally positive, with more than 80 percent of respondents hold a good opinion of China. ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, met with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, on Wednesday in Beijing. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

Speed skater Ning Zhongyan and short track speed skater Zhang Chutong will serve as China's flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation announced on Wednesday.

When asked to comment on reports by Myanmar's election commission that the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party achieved a sweeping victory in the country's general election, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday that as a friendly ...

"We urge Japan to deeply reflect on its history of aggression, heed the voices of its domestic populace for peace and opposition to war, adhere to the path of peaceful development, and earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and ...

China prosecuted more than 11,000 repatriated individuals from northern Myanmar for telecom fraud during the first 11 months of last year, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Wednesday.

China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Wednesday released eight typical cases involving illegal drone flights, drawn from recent years, as unauthorized drone operations have increasingly disrupted airspace order and posed risks to civil aviation safety, according to the ministry's ...

The head of German Space Command Michael Traut reportedly claimed that Germany is considering a 35 billion euro ($41 billion) military space push, including spy satellites, space planes and offensive lasers, citing so-called "threats" from Russia and China in orbit. ...

Local government of Hubei has formed a joint investigation team and dispatched it to Xiangyang and Yichang to conduct an in-depth probe into issues raised by media reports, including allegations that some psychiatric hospitals admitted patients in violation of regulations ...

In response to the recent online attention on the case of "a couple allegedly being poisoned by online-purchased baby Chinese cabbages," local police confirmed on Tuesday in a statement that the couple has been placed under criminal compulsory measures on ...

China and Uruguay should strengthen the alignment of development strategies and deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, according ...

A think tank forum co-hosted by research institutes affiliated with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese Kuomintang Party (KMT) kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday, marking the revival of the forum mechanism after a nine-year hiatus amid ...

Inspired by birds which can fly with their wings and skillfully perch with their talons, a research team from Zhejiang University designed the world's first hand-shaped flying manipulation robot, according to Zhejiang University on Tuesday.

Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Tuesday co-chaired a new round of China-Russia strategic stability consultation in Beijing. The two sides held in-depth exchanges of views on the current global strategic stability ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, in Beijing on Tuesday.

Amid Pakistan's remarks that multiple countries have expressed interest in acquiring the JF-17 fighter jets, a Bloomberg report on Tuesday questioned whether Pakistan's production capacity of the China-Pakistan jointly developed aircraft can meet a potential sudden surge in demand. A ...

"If Japan had not invaded China, there would have been no war orphans like us, and far fewer families would have been torn apart… I lost everything to that war. That is why we abhor militarism and war with every ...

China unveiled its "No. 1 central document" for 2026 on Tuesday, outlining plans to advance agricultural and rural modernization and to promote all-around rural revitalization.

A 30-year-old Chinese national identified as Liu Wenhan was reportedly critically injured after being shot by police during a gunfight in the Rogoredo district south of Milan, Italy on Sunday afternoon local time, after he allegedly attacked a security guard ...

A think tank forum co-hosted by research institutes affiliated with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party was held in Beijing on Tuesday.

China and Uruguay should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

“China has noted the constructive proposals previously put forward by Russia regarding follow-up arrangements to the New START Treaty and hopes the US will respond positively and genuinely uphold global strategic stability,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on ...

When asked to comment on recent statements by the Pakistani military saying that the terrorist organization Balochistan Liberation Army had launched coordinated attacks in Quetta, Gwadar Port and other locations in Balochistan Province, killing 15 security personnel and more than ...

Addressing the questions that since it has been one month since the US struck Venezuela and forcibly seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, how China assesses the current development, and what role China is playing in ensuring the release ...

Five people died in a fire broke out at a nursing home in Qiqihar, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Monday afternoon, according to a statement released on the official website of the Jianhua district government of Qiqihar on Tuesday.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi once again voiced her dangerous intention to pursue constitutional revision that explicitly enshrines the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) during the ongoing House of Representatives election campaign on Monday, a move a Chinese expert says is aimed ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended the outcomes of his visit to China as he faced criticism from some lawmakers at parliament, and advocated finding ways to cooperate with China in face of geopolitical realities. Chinese experts described UK domestic ...

China's planned Xihe-2 solar probe — set to launch between 2028 and 2029 and become the world's first spacecraft stationed at the Sun-Earth L5 point — will enable detection of solar active regions 4–5 days earlier than from Earth orbit. ...

Some of China's top military aviation products, including the J-35A stealth fighter and the J-10CE, are being exhibited at the Singapore Airshow that kicked off on Tuesday, with the J-10C fighters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi ...

China's YH-1000S, a self-made hybrid unmanned cargo aircraft, the world's first of its kind, has completed its maiden flight in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, its developer said on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi jointly attended a signing ceremony of cooperation documents in Beijing on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi in Beijing on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held a welcome ceremony for President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi, who is on a state visit to China.