China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space.

The conflict in the Middle East continues, with US‑Israeli strikes on Iran entering its 26th day, while both mixed signs of military attacks and diplomatic mediation emerged.

Amid the energy crisis triggered by the Middle East conflict, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed willingness to resume discussions with China on a joint oil and gas project in the South China Sea, a gesture that has been ...

Internal divergence has once again surfaced in Lithuania over the renaming of an office set up by the Taiwan regional authority, which had previously significantly worsened Lithuania's relations with China.

In the early morning, Italian media professional Eva Molaro stretches along with a group of early risers. At a shop in the airport, Igor Marchuk, representative of a Kazakh airline, pays deftly with his phone. Downstairs in a neighborhood courtyard, ...

"Have you ever seen an individual who, armed with a knife, entered the embassy without permission to convey opinions to the ambassador?" Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing on Wednesday.

During routine rights-protection and law-enforcement training in adjacent waters under China's jurisdiction near Huangyan Dao, for which the China Coast Guard (CCG) had issued a navigation safety notice in accordance with the law, the Philippine side assembled a large number ...

Chinese and the Philippine law enforcement authorities have cooperated to deport a suspect surnamed Zheng, who is suspected of organizing others illegally cross national borders, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines via ...

Playing word games in textbook screening to obscure historical facts and downplay or evade responsibility for historical crimes is a common trick of the Japanese side to deny and distort its own history of aggression. China is strongly dissatisfied with ...

In response to a media inquiry that according to media report, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife will stand trial again on March 26, and what specific measures China is taking, together with international community to ensure they can ...

“As for what measures the Japanese side will take to properly handle this incident, and how it will ensure at the root that similar incidents do not happen again, I suggest you ask the Japanese side directly. China and the ...

China is deeply concerned about the tense situation in the Middle East and its severe impact on regional and international peace and stability. An immediate ceasefire and end to the fighting are the top priority, and dialogue and negotiation provide ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday that China expressed hope that all parties involved will seize every opportunity for peace and launch peace talks as soon as possible. Lin made the remarks in response to a media ...

China has lodged solemn representations with the Japanese side in both Beijing and Tokyo, expressing strong dissatisfaction, and once again urges Japan to immediately conduct a thorough investigation, severely punish the offender, and give China a responsible account of the ...

"Have you ever seen a precedent of someone breaking into an embassy with a knife to talk to the ambassador without permission?" Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian asked in response to a media inquiry from a reporter from Japan's ...

The National Natural Science Foundation of China released the country's top 10 scientific advances of 2025 during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

An official media report on Wednesday offered the first full-process demonstration of China's Atlas drone swarm operations system. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that the system not only showcases expanding battlefield applications for drone swarms, but also ...

"Some people on the island, for their own political gains, are willing to act as pawns of external forces, disregarding the interests of Taiwan residents and pushing the Taiwan region into a dangerous situation," Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the ...

The greatest threat to the current peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits is that the Lai Ching-te authority stubbornly adheres to the separatist stance of "Taiwan independence" and colludes with external forces to provoke "independence". We firmly oppose relevant ...

Taiwan is China's Taiwan. Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese and brooks no external interference. The US side should strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and act and speak with ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi over the current situation in the Middle East.

Taiwan regional authorities have been frustrated in another international occasion that the region is being designated as a province of China.

The world's first nanoscale micro-vibration laboratory, independently developed by China, has officially commenced operations in the Xiong'an New Area in North China's Hebei province, which could provide support for the independent development of high-end manufacturing sectors in China, Science and ...

The root cause of the current situation facing China-Japan relations is Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan, which have sparked outrage from the Chinese people and tested the red line of the post-war international order, Chinese Foreign ...

China lodged strong protests with Japan and demanded a thorough investigation after a Japanese man, claiming to be a sitting officer in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), on Tuesday scaled the wall of the Chinese Embassy and threatened to kill Chinese ...

Zhang Xuefeng, an online influencer and renowned tutor focused on college entrance exams, succumbed to sudden cardiac death in Suzhou at 3:50 pm on Tuesday, despite all-out rescue efforts, according to an obituary posted on his Sina Weibo account on ...

China's High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a major national scientific facility often dubbed a “super microscope” and giant “X-ray machine,” has recently opened its first global call for user research proposals. The move signals the project's shift from construction to ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi over the current situation in the Middle East.

Just four months into his posting in Beijing, Alhaji Mohamed Sarjoh Bah, the African Union's (AU) newly appointed Permanent Representative to China, already maintains a busy working schedule to deepen cooperation between China and Africa.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to China from April 13 to 15 for an official visit, his office said on Monday, without giving further details of his schedule, according to AFP. A Chinese expert said that given the ...

The root cause of the current situation facing China-Japan relations is Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan, which have sparked outrage from the Chinese people and tested the red line of the post-war international order, Chinese Foreign ...

Walking into the venue of the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, before it officially kicks off on Wednesday, visitors are greeted by piano-playing robots. As their mechanical fingers rise and fall on the keys, the melody of Jay Chou's “Blue and ...

When asked for comment on Taiwan side's claim that it was excluded for the first time from the WTO high-level meeting in Cameroon and Cameroon said that it considers the island as a province of China and had sent relevant ...

The Chinese side is deeply shocked by this incident, and demands that the Japanese side immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the incident, severely punish individual involved, and give China a responsible account of the matter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

China and Spain are comprehensive strategic partners, and bilateral relations have maintained sound momentum in recent years. Regarding the visit you mentioned, we have no information to provide at the moment. Please stay tuned, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian ...

China's top intellectual property regulator said on Monday it had completed its first-ever screening of over 1.3 million patents held by universities and research institutions nationwide.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi met with Jonathan Powell, British prime minister's national security adviser, in Beijing on Monday, and the two sides exchanged views on the situation in Iran, the Ukraine crisis and other issues.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday urged efforts to build the Xiong'an New Area in North China's Hebei Province into an innovation hub in the new era and a model of promoting ...

Under the blueprint of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), which continues to emphasize emerging youth-driven industries, a group of Gen Z “knowledge-based influencers” with solid expertise is becoming the main force in new economy.

Under the pretext of strengthening the defensive capability of its Southwest Islands, Japan is effectively making another move abandoning its post-WWII defensive posture.

A video showing a nearly one-meter-tall large bird leisurely crossing a road in Hunchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, has gone viral on social media recently, sparking widespread discussions among netizens over the authenticity of the video. The Global Times confirmed ...

From DeepSeek to Seedance 2.0 to OpenClaw, China's intensified push in artificial intelligence (AI) not only gained global attention, but also has become a major focus of heated discussions at the ongoing China Development Forum (CDF) 2026 that run from ...

As Monday marked the 28th anniversary of the maiden flight of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force's J-10 fighter jet, CCTV News reported on Monday that multiple units have in recent days conducted high-intensity drills with J-10C fighter jets ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday urged efforts to build the Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province into an innovation hub in the new era and a model of promoting ...

When asked to comment on Vietnamese officials' remarks over the weekend on China's land reclamation activities in the Xisha Islands, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday that the Xisha Islands are China's inherent territory and there is ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference on March 23. A journalist asked: some Japanese netizens said that the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi showed a flattering posture during her visit to the US, which ...

The Chinese Embassy in Israel on Monday once again reminded Chinese nationals in the country to stop risking their safety, return to China as soon as possible or evacuate, and further step up security measures.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected the Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, extended on Monday congratulations to Thongloun Sisoulith on his re-election as president of Laos.

China is “actually relatively well positioned,” given that the country has a “pretty balanced” energy structure, Bert Hofman, former World Bank Country Director for China and professor at the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, told the ...

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Sunday in east China's Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 02 into the planned orbit.

As US and Israeli strikes against Iran rattle financial markets and send oil prices surging, over 80 leaders of the world's largest multinational corporations, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius and Samsung ...

Across the ocean, a simple safety message and a genuine offer of help have become the warmest support in these overseas waters where communications are disrupted. These small acts of kindness let stranded countrymen feel the strength of having a ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has stressed creating new market opportunities through openness and technological progress, and upholding global market order through healthy and fair competition.

China's Ministry of Water Resources announced on Sunday, marking the 34th World Water Day, that the country has established the world's largest and most comprehensive water infrastructure network, covering 80.3 percent of the country's land area and supporting water allocation, ...

Beijing's cyber police recently uncovered a large-scale criminal network engaged in “doxxing,” the illegal harvesting and online exposure of personal data. Authorities have cracked down on the illicit industrial chain behind the infringement of citizens' personal information in accordance with ...

A reported Iranian strike that damaged a US F-35 fighter jet continues to draw widespread online attention. The Iran side said it caused the damage, but the US side has not confirmed whether the jet was hit, claiming that the ...

China has contributed around 30 percent to global economic growth on average so far, and that share is likely to rise, Zheng Yongnian, dean of the School of Public Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told the Global ...

China's development will remain very positive because China has taken the innovation route, prominent American scholar Jeffrey Sachs told the Global Times on Sunday on the sidelines of 2026 China Development Forum (CDF) that is taking place in Beijing from ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum 2026 in Beijing on Sunday and delivered a keynote speech.

After completing their scheduled tasks, Chinese and Vietnamese naval vessel formations held a departure ceremony on Friday to mark the successful conclusion of the 40th joint patrol in the Beibu Gulf and the first joint maritime training, the official WeChat ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the 10th summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which opened Saturday in Bogota, the capital of Colombia.

An official Chinese media report on Saturday released rare footage of the first live-fire surface-to-air missile launches by the Nanchang, the first Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, with all five missiles ...

Police authorities in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, announced a major breakthrough in the long-standing case involving Zhang Weiping and others in child trafficking, following the arrest of the key suspect known as "Meiyi" or "Aunt Mei," whose real surname ...

Senior Captain Zhai Shichen, spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command (STC), said that the naval and air forces of the PLA STC tracked and monitored a Type C-208 Philippine aircraft which intruded into the airspace over waters adjacent to ...

The US Congress on Friday hyped China's influence in Latin America at a hearing, claiming China's continued presence in the region will be constrained as Washington shifts its strategic focus to Latin America. Chinese analysts noted that such hype lays ...

Authorities from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held an event in Beijing on Friday, presenting the region's economic and social progress as well as achievements in human rights protection. Over 70 diplomats, including multiple ambassadors and envoys, along with ...

A park in Chongming district, Shanghai, will host a "sleep challenge," where participants' only goal is to wake up naturally, with the highest sleep score receiving a 3,000-yuan ($436.5) prize, local media outlet Jimu News reported.

As the US-Israeli war against Iran approaches its fourth week, an unexpected progress has emerged on the battlefield. Despite a US senior official claiming that Iran's air defense has been flattened, Iranian military said it has damaged a US F-35 ...

"Go and enjoy the blossoms, go and seek romance" — this is the spring break initiative launched by a college in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, which plans to grant a holiday from April 1 to 6 for all faculty, staff, ...

As US President Donald Trump invoked Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which propelled the US into World War II and ushered in ferocious sea battles in the Pacific that would finally force Japan to surrender in 1945, to defend ...

A community in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, has launched a weight-loss challenge dubbed "flab for beef," where participants can exchange one pound of lost flab for one pound of beef, with greater rewards for more weight loss – up ...

Yueyang Barbecue College in Central China's Hunan Province officially launched enrollment for its 2026 “academic qualification with professional skills” advanced talent training program, aiming to train formally qualified barbecue chefs through a one-month intensive program.

An on-the-spot investigation by Global Times reporters uncovered that Japan has even touted the looted Chinese cultural relics as "war trophies" of its militarism, with the notorious Yasukuni Shrine among the sites where they are displayed. Yasukuni Shrine enshrines Japan's ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a phone conversation with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French president over the current situation in the Middle East.

China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with Graham Allison, a professor at Harvard University, in Beijing on Friday.

The smoke still lingers from the US raid on Venezuela, and the diplomatic uproar over US government's push to acquire Greenland has yet to fade - yet explosions are once again lighting up the skies over the Middle East.

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, and resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese. To maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, one should unequivocally oppose ...

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, and resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese. To maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, one should unequivocally oppose ...

Zhai Jun, special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, met with Iranian Ambassador to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Friday, where the two sides exchanged views on the current tense situation in the Middle East, state ...

A local people's procuratorate in Xinxiang in Central China's Henan Province filed a public prosecution on Friday with the Xinxiang Intermediate People's Court against Shi Yongxin (formerly known as Liu Yingcheng), former abbot of Shaolin Temple, on charges of embezzlement, ...

Energy security is vital to the world economy, and all parties have a responsibility to ensure stable energy supply, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday in response to a question about US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's ...

In response media inquiry over Vikram Doraiswami's appointment as the next Ambassador of India to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that diplomatic envoys are important bridges for friendly cooperation and relations between countries. China welcomes ...

In response to a foreign media question concerning the current Middle East situation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that the current conflict in the Middle East is continuing to escalate and expand. It is not only ...

In response to a foreign media inquiry about China's expectations for reported military talks between China and the EU and NATO next week as the conflict in the Middle East complicates the global security situation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin ...

At the invitation of Deputy President of Kenya Kithure Kindiki, Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile and Vice President of Seychelles Sebastien Pillay, Vice President Han Zheng will visit Kenya, South Africa and Seychelles from March 22 to 30.

China's second domestically built large cruise ship was undocked in Shanghai on Friday, moving a step closer to trial voyages and final delivery as the country expands its push into the cruise tourism market.

China's State Council has approved Meishan City, located in Sichuan Province, as a national historical and cultural city, according to a notice on the website of the Chinese government released on Thursday.

China on Thursday said it is “shocked” by the remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he have authorized the Israel Defense Forces to kill any Iranian official without the need for additional ...

When US President Donald Trump visited Japan in October 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi greeted him with a charm offensive. Through "praise, Nobel nominations and promises of investment in the US," Takaichi secured a pledge from the US president: ...

Editor's Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, “to understand China today, one must learn to understand the Communist Party of China (CPC).” With the rapid development of China's economy and society, and the steady advancement of the Chinese path ...

The US intelligence community released its 2026 annual threat assessment report on Wednesday, which though viewed by some US media outlets as having "hints of a softened US stance," still hypes "China threat" rhetoric, over which a Chinese foreign ministry ...

Shri Vikram K. Doraiswami, presently High Commissioner of India to the UK, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to China, India's Ministry of External Affairs announced in a press release on Thursday, saying the diplomat is expected ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that there are no winners in the prolonged wars, and a ceasefire and an end to the hostilities are the will of the people.

The debate over whether AI-generated dramas could replace traditional productions has recently intensified after television drama producer Youhug Media unveiled two AI-generated performers, sparking concerns over portrait rights, industry ethics, and employment security.

Four flapping-wing drones developed by a research team at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), which feature eagle, pigeon, butterfly and beetle imitations, have recently gained widespread public attention. Among them, the eagle-inspired flapping-wing drone achieved a single ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper upon the latter's request on Thursday, exchanging views on the Middle East situation.

The Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) held a plenary session on Thursday, during which it passed the bill for the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macao SAR.

When asked to comment on the US intelligence agencies' annual threat assessment report claiming that Japan's remarks on the Taiwan question have significantly shifted, primarily referencing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's numerous remarks, and that the Japanese government this morning ...

Commenting on US intelligence agencies' annual threat assessment report, which claimed that China does not currently plan to resolve the Taiwan question in 2027 and seeks to “achieve unification without the use of force,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian ...