The China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) announced on Thursday that it signed a letter of intent with Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, France, to extend their international cooperation on giant panda conservation.

China and France should seize opportunities and expand the scope of cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while holding talks with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday.

A vehicle rolls across the Ili River Basin in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, close to the national border. Outside, tree branches sway gently in the cool breeze, while the nearby mountains stand lush with dense vegetation - occasionally, ...

China and France should seize opportunities and expand the scope of cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while holding talks with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday.

According to multiple Hong Kong media outlets, the Hong Kong Police Force's National Security Department arrested a 26-year-old man surnamed Chan on Wednesday on suspicion of “committing an act with seditious intent.” The suspect, a Chinese nationality, is known as ...

Japan's crowdsourcing platform CloudWorks took down a recruitment post on Wednesday that sought creators for "YouTube videos on overseas reactions that praise Japan and criticize China," Japanese media outlet J-Cast reported.

The Taiwan region's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on Wednesday forced South Korea to "correct" its updated e-arrival card system— which has been in place for months and lists Taiwan as "China (Taiwan)" under the "place of departure" and "next ...

China launched a reusable carrier rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday from northwest China. The second stage of this rocket entered the designated orbit, but the recovery of its first stage failed. Despite the setback in the booster landing, the mission marked ...

In response to a question about that Israel having launched attacks on shelters and other locations outside the "yellow line" cease-fire boundary in central Gaza City, causing multiple casualties, and Hamas accusing Israel of continuing to violate the cease-fire agreement ...

In response to media inquiry over Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday cited the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement at a plenary session of the House of Councillors, saying that she “understands and respects” the Chinese government's position that Taiwan is an ...

On a cold and sunny Wednesday morning in Beijing, capital of China, Xu Wei, who is visually impaired, joined about 40 other attendees, including people with different disabilities, at a community center in Xicheng District to "watch" the Chinese street ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron attended the closing ceremony of the seventh meeting of China-France Business Council on Thursday in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly met the press in Beijing on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron attended a signing ceremony of cooperation documents in Beijing on Thursday.

​The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government strongly disapproved and rejected foreign forces, including anti-China media organizations, and anti-China and destabilizing forces for not just making unfounded and slanderous remarks regarding the HKSAR government's relief work on and investigations ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a state visit to China, in Beijing on Thursday.

In a martial arts club in Yaounde's Mimboman neighborhood, the steady thud of feet and sharp shouts fill the room as scores of students mirror the fluid, forceful movements of their instructor, Martin Mangwandjo.

Seated in a wheelchair, 39-year-old Li Peipei deftly twisted a strand of golden corn husk between her fingers, watching as a delicate earring materialized from the humble fibers. Restricted in mobility due to infantile paralysis, Li has become a master practitioner ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, mentioned French President Emmanuel Macron's fourth state visit to ...

A promotional event was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday for the English edition of the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," drawing around 200 participants.

French artist Bernar Venet donated his iconic sculpture to China as a demonstration of the cultural friendship between China and France, at a ceremony attended by visiting French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Wednesday.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit to China through Friday. It is Macron's fourth state visit to China and a reciprocal visit for Xi's historic state ...

Li Gang, a former senior investigator at China's top anti-corruption watchdog, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes worth more than 102 million yuan ($14.44 million), the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

17 provinces in China are seeing high influenza rates, while other provinces are experiencing moderate spread of the disease, China Central Television (CCTV) News reported on Wednesday, citing an official from the National Influenza Center under the Chinese Centre for ...

Why has the research on Ryukyu Islands gained repeated prominence in China recently, drawing increasing attention overseas, especially in Japan?

In response to a media inquiry about the UK government once again delaying its decision on whether to approve the building of a new Chinese embassy in London, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday that China's application ...

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit to China through Friday.

In response to a media inquiry about the UK government once again delaying its decision on whether to approve China to build a new embassy in London, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday that China's application for ...

China firmly opposes official exchanges between the US and China's Taiwan region in any form, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday when asked about China's response to US President Donald Trump's signing into law a bill that ...

In response to a media inquiry that the European Commission plans to propose a legal measure this week to use frozen Russian assets as loans for aiding Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at Wednesday's press conference that ...

The maiden flight of the ZQ-3 Y1 rocket, developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company LandSpace, has achieved partial success. The second stage reached its designated orbit; however, abnormal combustion occurred during the process, preventing a soft landing of the first ...

China launched a reusable carrier rocket on Wednesday from northwest China. Its second stage entered the designated orbit, but the recovery of its first stage failed.

When asked to comment on DPP "legislator" Wang Shih-chien's recent remarks — including his "four conditions," such as using a "Taiwan passport instead of a mainland travel permit for Taiwan residents" and his claim that he would "be the last ...

In response to Taiwan regional authorities' claim that the mainland coast guard's patrols affect cross-Straits relations, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council Zhang Han said on Wednesday that the DPP authorities have continued to adopt dangerous ...

When asked to comment on Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's recent opposition to the Kuomintang (KMT)'s proposed amendment to protect the political participation rights of mainland spouses, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official Cho Jung-tai's claimed that the so-called ...

Less than a week after he threatened to carry out strikes to deter what the US calls "Venezuelan drug traffickers" in his Thanksgiving remarks, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday local time US ground strikes in the Caribbean targeting ...

A 27-year-old Chinese woman was arrested as the holder of a puppet account involved in imitating the webpage of a local social welfare organization to deceive people into donating money to assist affected residents, local media reported on Tuesday citing ...

China's top internet watchdog has ordered major platforms to step up crackdown on abusive livestream tipping, focusing on sexually suggestive group streams, deceptive online personas, inducement of minors and tactics that spur irrational spending, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on ...

The Tianshan Forum for Central Asia Economic Cooperation opened on Tuesday in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, drawing over 300 government officials and representatives from financial institutions, think tanks and the private sector to discuss promoting trade and ...

“We strongly deplore the UK side's repeated postponement of the decision on the planning application for the new Chinese Embassy project,” a spokesperson with Chinese Embassy in the UK said in a statement published on the embassy website on Tuesday ...

China and Russia held the 20th round of strategic security consultation on Tuesday in Moscow. The two sides conducted comprehensive and in-depth discussions on major issues involving the strategic and security interests of both countries, reached new consensuses and enhanced ...

To prevent similar tragedies, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will establish an independent commission chaired by a judge to conduct a detailed investigation into the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The commission will ...

In the third installment of the series, we focus on Yan'an, a sacred place of the Chinese revolution and the cradle of New China in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province - where Edgar Snow, the US journalist who first made the ...

China has submitted a second letter to the UN secretary-general, firmly refuting the unreasonable arguments made by Japan's permanent representative to the UN, and elaborating on the position of the Chinese government regarding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks ...

Japan's Ministry of Defense is facing pushback from educators' groups over distributing a children's version of the defense white paper to elementary schools nationwide, with the educators' groups on Monday criticizing the content for fomenting a sense of crisis toward ...

China's healthcare institutions nationwide handled 10.15 billion medical consultations and treatments in 2024, and Chinese residents' average life expectancy reached 79.0 years, the statistics released on Tuesday by China's National Health Commission (NHC) show, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The 2025 Imperial Springs International Forum officially opened in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday. Participants believe that now, more than ever, issues such as global development imbalances, geopolitical conflict risks, AI governance, and climate change response urgently require ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan openly challenge the outcomes of the victory in World War II and the post-war international order, and seriously violate the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. China's letter to the ...

"With the help of the Xihe satellite, we can obtain full-disk solar spectra at more than 300 wavelength points simultaneously every 46 seconds. Each wavelength corresponds to different layers of the solar atmosphere, from the photosphere to the chromosphere," said ...

Taiwan is a part of China, and there is no such a thing as so-called “foreign minister,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian in response to media inquiry that Lin Chia-lung, head of Taiwan island's so-called “foreign affairs” department, ...

In response to a foreign media inquiry regarding the presidential election in Honduras, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday that the election is Honduras' internal affair and China consistently upholds the principle of non-interference in other countries' ...

Responding to a question whether China would arrange the trips as Japanese media reported that the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union and Keidanren Chairman Tsutsui Yoshinobu have expressed hopes to visit China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday ...

Senior members of the cross-party Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union, including former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election chief Yuko Obuchi, conveyed to the Chinese side their request to send a delegation of lawmakers to China within the year, Kyodo News reported ...

To prevent similar tragedy, the Hong Kong SAR government will establish an independent commission chaired by a judge to conduct a detailed investigation into the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The commission will submit its recommendations ...

China firmly opposes the UK's erroneous rhetoric in UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's speech, which hyped up the “China threat” and made groundless accusations against China and interfered in China's internal affairs, a spokesperson from Chinese Embassy in the UK ...

China's first sea-based platform dedicated to rocket net recovery was recently delivered. According to its developer the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), it marked the completion of a crucial link in the reusable launch vehicle technology chain, advancing ...

A forum on the English edition of the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Monday, with about 200 participants attending the event.

Twenty-seven provinces across China are now authorized to issue maternity allowances to individuals, after Hunan and Guangdong provinces joined the ranks, the National Healthcare Security Administration said on Tuesday.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed on Monday that China has posed "national security threats" to Britain, but defended his government's decision to step up engagement with the country, saying closer business ties were in the national interest, per Reuters.

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, sent another letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday local time, firmly refuting the unreasonable arguments made by Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN Kazuyuki Yamazaki in his November 24 ...

On Tuesday, a Japanese fishing boat illegally entered the territorial waters of China's Diaoyu Dao. China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels took necessary law enforcement measures in accordance with the law and warned the boat to leave, said CCG spokesperson Liu ...

A robot named "Pasini" drew crowds at the 2025 World Green Development Investment and Trade Expo & China Green Food Expo, as it moved its mechanical arms, which are fitted with nearly 2,000 tactile sensors.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Lao president, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

China's first electric powered tethered kite balloon for remote sensing monitoring completed its maiden flight in Jianping county, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Saturday, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato explicitly demanded Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to retract her erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question during a TBS program when she discussed the backlash from China triggered by Takaichi's remarks on a so-called Taiwan emergency ...

Cross-woven bamboo scaffolding wrapped in green safety nets has long shaped the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)'s urban skyline. Yet this iconic sight now triggers heated discussion among local citizens over its potential safety hazard.

The 2025 Understanding China Conference, drawing around 800 participants from both China and abroad under the theme "New Plan, New Development, New Choices - Chinese Modernization and New Vision for Global Governance," officially opened on Monday in Guangzhou, South China's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree granting visa-free entry to Russia for up to 30 days for several categories of Chinese citizens, including tourists, businesspeople, academics, artists, and athletes, according to multiple media reports. Some analysts said ...

Hong Kong police have arrested a total of 13 people on suspicion of manslaughter following the deadly five-alarm fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential compound, and there is a possibility of further arrests as the investigation is ongoing, according ...

In response to media reports that a Japanese singer halted mid-show last Friday in Shanghai and another canceled her Saturday show in Shanghai, Chinese FM spokesperson Lin Jian stated that, regarding the specific arrangements and reasons behind these social and ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Monday slammed Japan for taking a deliberately vague and evasive position on the Taiwan question. He made the remarks when asked by the Global Times at the press conference that Japanese Prime Minister ...

China's newly revised Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, which is set to take effect in 2026, has aroused widespread concern in recent days for introducing a new system to seal records of certain public security violations. The ...

China is ready to work together with Kyrgyzstan to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of our two countries, further enhance mutual support, deepen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, and advance the building of a closer China-Kyrgyzstan community ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated at Monday's regular press conference that the Diaoyu Dao and their affiliated islands are China's inherent territory since ancient times. The historical context and legal basis for China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Dao ...

In response to a media question regarding Australian Defense Minister's remarks that the Australian Defense Ministry was tracking a Chinese Navy flotilla, claiming it may be heading toward Australian waters, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in a press ...

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron will pay a state visit to China from December 3 to 5, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on Monday.

The Chinese Embassy in Tajikistan on Monday urges Chinese enterprises and personnel to urgently evacuate the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border areas after Chinese nationals injured during armed attack occurred in the area.

Beijing has entered the peak season of influenza, with the predominant strain identified as Influenza A (H3N2). Compared to previous epidemic seasons dominated by the same strain, this year's outbreak intensity remains lower than historical peaks. On Monday, Beijing Municipal ...

French President Emmanuel Macron to visit China from Dec. 3 to 5

Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki announced on November 28 via social media the cancellation of her scheduled Shanghai concert next day, igniting online controversy among netizens in Japan and China over the weekend, as tensions in Japan-China relations, triggered by erroneous ...

It was a crack - measuring less than 1 millimeter - that went through all the way on the porthole of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft reentry module, and the most likely cause of the crack was space debris, Jia Shijin, chief ...

Ten government departments have moved to establish an ecological law-enforcement mechanism to strictly crack down on prominent crimes such as environmental pollution, destruction of wildlife resources, damage to ancient and valuable trees, illegal fishing, illegal mineral extraction, illegal river-sand mining, ...

During a recent party leaders' debate in the Diet, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi claimed that “(Japan), under the Treaty of San Francisco Peace, having renounced all rights” and “is not in a position to recognize Taiwan's legal status.” Such ...

China's Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site achieved a milestone on Sunday, conducting its 10th launch of 2025, in the first time it has seen double-digit annual launches.

Editor's Note: In the 17th article of the “Readers' Reflections” column, Global Times reporter Li Xuanmin talked to Yoro Diallo, 2024 Recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, former first counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Mali to Beijing ...

​This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Over the past 25 years, the relationship between China and Africa has achieved a leapfrog development from a "new type of partnership" established at ...

The Hong Kong government on Sunday expressed its gratitude for the central government's support as the deadly fire killed at least 146 as of Sunday 4 pm, with 159 residents from the missing persons list confirmed safe.

In the 16th installment of the “Practitioner's Insights” column, Global Times spotlights how Chinese-invested wind power projects in South Africa have helped resolve the country's chronic power shortages, delivering stable electricity to more households, opened doors for young South Africans ...

Japan's Type 03 medium-range surface-to-air missile has again come under the spotlight, with Japan's Kyodo News on Sunday reporting that Tokyo is holding informal consultations with the Philippines over the missile's export. Amid Japan's consecutive military expansion gestures and Japanese ...

In the 15th article of the "Scholars' Perspectives" column, the Global Times talked to Professor He Wenping (He), senior research fellow at Institute of West Asian and African Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

From late November to mid-December, troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Western Theater Command and the Pakistan Army will conduct the "Warrior-IX" joint counter-terrorism exercise in Pakistan, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced in a statement on Sunday.

British football club Brighton apologized after a club social media post featuring Kaoru Mitoma and an academy player holding up an image of a Japanese WWII soldier. The post sparked anger and disappointment among fans in Asia, which suffered under ...

US media Stars and Stripes recently revealed the composition of a US military task force in the Philippines, with a core element of approximately 60 personnel serving as primary staff. Experts told the Global Times that the US task force ...

China's annual national civil service exam, the first since the relaxation of age threshold, were held on Sunday, with more than 2.83 million applicants sitting the written exams for general subjects at the same time in 250 cities across the ...

The Type 075 amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy can carry the PLA Army's Z-10 attack helicopter, in addition to the Navy's own helicopters, air-cushioned landing craft and amphibious armored vehicles, according to an official ...

The PLA Daily, a newspaper affiliated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), published on Sunday an article that criticizes Japan's ambiguous and evasive response to international criticism over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question, ...

China has started to solicit public opinions on the drafted new cybersecurity supervision regulations in a bid to better regulate the cyberspace security supervision and inspection work, safeguard state security, social stability and public interest, according to the Ministry of ...

The 2025 MAMA Awards took place in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the first time in seven years, with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat's appearance and on-stage tribute to victims of the city's deadly residential fire drawing wide attention ...

The “Ming Dynasty edict to the King of Ryukyu,” recently re-exhibited at the Lushun Museum in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, has drawn widespread attention. Han Xingfang, former deputy director of the museum who has long engaged in related research, ...