Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held phone talks with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Xi congratulated Mr. Burnham on taking office as UK Prime Minister. He noted that China and the UK enjoy a comprehensive strategic partnership. Despite having ...

Six people have been sentenced to prison in East China's Zhejiang Province for using generative AI to produce obscene content for profit after modifying an AI model to bypass its built-in safety restrictions, CCTV News reported.

A 32-year-old man from Central China's Hubei Province has turned something as simple as back scratching into a real and booming business in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province.

After in-depth visits to multiple cities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, foreign guests gathered in Urumqi on Tuesday at a friendship exchange conference, where they refuted biased "human rights" and groundless "forced labor" accusations against Xinjiang by some ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that a public welfare organization mentioned in a recent video, in which a donor claimed she received a phone call urging her to resume donations after canceling her monthly contributions, was ...

The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum will be held from September 15 to 17 at the Beijing International Convention Center, with preparations largely complete as the forum marks its 20th anniversary, organizers said at a media briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.

A robotic dog, cast in the role of a four-legged “officer,” prowled the floor, designed to venture into hazardous areas ahead of humans, “sniffing out” toxic and harmful gases while keeping personnel out of hazards. Built for 24/7 operations across ...

In August, Cambodia was sweltering under the heat. Beside a rice paddy in central Kampong Thom province, Zhang Dongdong crouched on a muddy embankment, with the lower half of his trousers covered in sludge. Across from him stood local farmer Ngok ...

The 16th China-Mongolia Media Forum was held on Tuesday in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region under the theme “Media Responsibility: Enhancing Mutual Understanding and Friendship between the Two Peoples,” bringing together 120 guests and representatives from the news ...

A site allegedly operating as an illegal underground assisted reproduction laboratory in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has been sealed off by authorities, with eight people taken into police custody, local health authorities reported on Tuesday.

Xi holds phone talks with British PM

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Tuesday rejected the false claims made by Lai Ching-te, leader of China's Taiwan region, regarding UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, stressing that Taiwan has never been a country and will never become ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday that correctly understanding history is a benchmark for testing Japan's commitment to peaceful development in response to a question about Japan's recent statements on the history of World War II and ...

China's fourth batch of emergency aid supplies for Nepal departed on Tuesday morning to support the country's disaster relief efforts, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Tuesday.

The recent death of a 24-year-old mukbang (eating livestreaming) influencer – from cardiac arrest reportedly linked to low potassium levels – has prompted doctors to warn of the health risks of self-induced vomiting and the laxative use among mukbangers, China ...

From trespassing and breaking into restricted areas to using drones for sensational footage, a series of typical cases involving individuals who attempted to use classified military sites as filming material in an attempt to attract public attention was disclosed by ...

The China-Laos "Peace Train-2026" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise opened on Monday morning in the Lao capital Vientiane. The national anthems of China and Laos were first played at the ceremony. Chandy Soulivongsak, director general of the General Logistics Department of ...

“Yesterday, journalists from the US, UK, Russia, Brazil, India, Pakistan and other countries were at the disaster site, which is self-explanatory,” Muhammad Asghar of the Associated Press of Pakistan, who was invited to on-site report of mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in ...

The Pakistan Air Force unveiled China's HQ-17AE short-range air defense system in a promotional video posted on X on Monday. A Chinese military affairs expert said Pakistan has become yet another international user of the system, which will help address ...

Some drone swarm achievements have drawn attention this year. On March 25, 2026, the military channel of CCTV News offered the first full-process demonstration of China's Atlas drone swarm operations system. The domestically developed system consists of the Swarm-2 ground ...

Over more than a decade, the boats have traveled about 140,000 kilometers and carried approximately 100,000 passengers, according to project figures. Some journeys that once took a day and a half can now be completed in roughly 40 minutes, the ...

The organizer, venue operator, and individuals involved in a crosstalk performance in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, featuring well-known Chinese crosstalk performer Guo Degang, have been warned and fined after Guo distorted and altered a famous song commemorating the victory ...

Rescue and relief operations following the devastating mudslides along the China-Nepal border are continuing in an orderly manner, as authorities on both sides race against difficult terrain and other challenges to search for those still missing.

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers is scheduled to visit China's Taiwan region from September 8 to 10, Japanese media outlet Sankei Shimbun reported Sunday, just weeks after a separate Japanese delegation visited China to discuss easing tensions between the ...

A male passenger died after suddenly jumping onto the tracks and being struck by an arriving train at Nanning Railway Station in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday morning, according to the station's official Sina Weibo account.

China's Supreme People's Court on Monday issued a guideline for handling AI-related disputes, addressing issues of broad public concern including AI-generated face-swapping and voice cloning, AI hallucinations, doxxing, big-data price discrimination and AI model training. The guidelines clarify liability for ...

More than a decade after China launched an aggressive campaign against the choking smog, the country's air quality has reached its best level on record, with the cleanup generating an estimated 4.8 trillion yuan ($715 billion) in health benefits, a ...

The director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and a delegation from its Executive Council recently visited Hunchun, Harbaling and Dunhua in Northeast China's Jilin Province to inspect sites where chemical weapons abandoned by Japan in ...

A book introducing Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization has been published by the Higher Education Press and the People's Publishing House.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday criticized the Taiwan regional authorities over reported increases in aid and cash grants to Palau, condemning the Lai Ching-te authorities for using "dollar diplomacy" to pursue "Taiwan independence" and serve the interests of ...

When asked to comment on reports that Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro claimed that China could see recent cuts to US-South Korean military exercises as an opportunity to reassert itself in the so-called “Indo-Pacific" region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao ...

A Chinese math teacher and online influencer calling for stronger history education and an end to English being treated as a core subject has in recent days sparked widespread online debate, with supporters saying AI translation has reduced the need ...

The identities of some of the victims in the mudslide that struck Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Aug. 26 have been confirmed, the mudslide emergency rescue command center announced Monday. Forty-three people had been confirmed dead and ...

Surrounded by four rice paddy art pieces stretching across the vast fields in northeast China, a giant piece in the form of a QR code catches many people's attention. It can be scanned to access an online store for agricultural ...

Arseniy Kretov works at an office in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2026. Arseniy Kretov, 27, who goes by the Chinese name Yu Hao, hails from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is the regional representative of O'ZTEMIRYO'LKONTEYNER (UTK) in ...

China has deployed more than 2,500 rescue personnel after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Aug. 26, the emergency response and rescue headquarters said on Sunday. The mudslide, triggered by a ...

As the train pulled out of Ruijin Station and wound through rolling hills, 67-year-old Liu Ying leaned against the window, softly humming a melody she had known since childhood -- one that evokes the spirit of the epic Long March ...

The location of Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, was determined by historical factors, acting mayor of Xizang's Xigaze City Norbu Tsering said at a press conference held by the emergency rescue command center on Sunday, ...

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Sunday that Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will visit China upon invitation from Monday to Tuesday.

In the morning light of Mtego wa Simba village in Tanzania, children line up outside Juhudi Primary School. They do not rush. Teachers organize them by class. One by one they step forward, receive a cup of warm soy milk ...

The China-Singapore "Maritime Cooperation-2026" joint exercise opened at a military port in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province, on Saturday, with representatives of participating naval personnel from both countries attending the opening ceremony, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

When some major media outlets worldwide spotlighted a Chinese survivor who was miraculously rescued in Nepal on Saturday following the recent mudslide disaster, China-Nepal cooperation in emergency support mechanism for disaster prevention and mitigation continued. The Global Times learned from ...

At the invitation of the Egyptian military, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will dispatch multiple aircraft including fighter jet, early warning aircraft, tanker and helicopter to participate in the second Egypt Airshow, which is being held at ...

The Nepal 8.26 mudslide disaster that struck Gyirong Port in China's Xizang has left 43 people dead and 519 missing as of 6 pm Saturday, according to the emergency rescue command center at Sunday's press conference, CCTV News reported.

An anti-fraud mobile application integrated with large language models, multimodal models, and AI agent technologies was launched on Sunday, allowing users to describe suspicious situations in the app and receive risk assessments, scam tactic identification, and fraud-prevention guidance through text, ...

The Nepal 8.26 mudslide disaster that struck Gyirong Port in China's Xizang has left 43 people dead and 519 missing as of 6 pm Saturday, according to the emergency rescue command center at Sunday's press conference, CCTV News reported.

An avalanche recently struck Glacier No. 2 on Mount Muztagh Ata in Akto County, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with several tourists capturing footage of the dramatic scene with their mobile phones, China Central Television reported Sunday.

The Chinese side shares relevant monitoring information with Nepal on a daily basis, with hydrological information provided through a daily special briefing mechanism, the Global Times learned from the Chinese Embassy in Nepal on Sunday regarding the latest progress in ...

With the departure of high-speed train G3998 from Ruijin Station heading for Yan'an on Sunday morning, the two sacred revolutionary sites were directly linked by high-speed rail service for the first time.

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned on Sunday that the country's vast express delivery data could become a prime target of foreign intelligence agencies, following the discovery of a malware attack aimed at stealing dada from a domestic courier ...

A joint maritime exercise between China and Singapore opened Saturday in south China's Guangdong Province, marking the fifth such cooperation held by the two countries.

A landslide triggered by Typhoon Saudel in Suichuan County, East China's Jiangxi Province, has claimed at least three lives, with nine people remaining missing in the hard-hit village of Mingkeng as of press time, while other villages were also struck ...

China's Tianyu Telescope has captured more than 1 million stars in a single exposure in its first-light image, marking the completion of the telescope and its transition to the scientific observation stage, the Science and Technology Daily reported Saturday.

China's Yuanshan Zhixing Technology has unveiled Xiaoyuan, the country's first wheeled-legged guide robot, which can glide on flat ground and climb stairs, offering a new mobility solution for people with visual impairments, GT learned from the company.

Chinese national rescued from hydropower tunnel in Nepal following mudslide -- Chinese embassy

One person was killed and two were injured but in good conditions after a landslide hit Suichuan County in Ji'an, East China's Jiangxi Province at around 4 am of September 5. Eleven were still missing, according to Suichuan emergency authority. ...

As dusk settled on Aug. 31, our helicopter arrived at the destination. I jumped from the hovering aircraft a few meters above the ground, clutching my camera bag tightly against my chest, into a vast stretch of mud.

A total of 599,300 residents have been evacuated from risky offshore and onshore areas in east China's Fujian Province as of Friday night due to persistent torrential rains over the past days, according to the provincial flood control and drought ...

China has officially launched a scientific program to construct a satellite constellation in the Earth-moon space in collaboration with multiple countries, filling gaps in systematic observation of the region.

On August 26, an ice-rock avalanche tore down a high-altitude slope in Nepal, unleashing a devastating debris flow that left people dead or missing on both sides of the China-Nepal border. As of Friday, 31 people have been confirmed dead ...

On a grassy field in Taining town, the history of this part of western Sichuan not only appeared as a row of dates, but also came on horseback, in song and in the hands of craftspeople.

After the August 26 mudslide hit Gyirong Port in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, local authorities conducted a comprehensive inspection of geological disaster-prone sites in the Gyirong Port area.

Twenty-four years ago, Ma Huijuan was a young woman trapped in the dry, cracked earth of Xihaigu, one of China's driest and poorest regions in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, believing she would never escape the mountains. "Black Eye ...

The US trade deficit widened sharply in July to its highest level in 16 months, driven in part by surging imports of computers, computer accessories and semiconductors amid the country's AI investment boom, foreign media reported. The US is seeking to ...

China has on many occasions made clear its position on the test launch, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday when asked to comment on reports that leaders of the Pacific Island nations expressed “concern” over China's recent ...

Copper lamps flicker as candlelight dances across gilded vessels. Court music rises from the corner of the hall, while attendants in crimson and black ceremonial robes move between the tables, carefully placing one delicacy after another before the guests.

Blind-box pens featuring popular anime characters have become a new craze among primary school students in China, prompting concerns from parents and teachers over repeated purchases, peer comparison and classroom distraction, The Cover, a news outlet affiliated with Sichuan Daily, ...

At the bottom of the Nizhu River Grand Canyon in Puli Township, Xuanwei, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, 13 primary school students carrying backpacks, accompanied by their parents, walked in turn into two vertical elevators, which serve as "aerial school buses," ...

A 12-year-old Russian girl paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident can now stand and walk with assistive equipment, following a pioneering closed-loop spinal cord neural interface surgery in East China.

A woman in Beijing is urgently searching for her adoptive mother's biological child after a routine medical test revealed a possible 29-year-old hospital mix-up, while her mother faces life-threatening complications from a leukemia treatment.

The National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Thursday stopped numbering Typhoon Saudel, the 18th typhoon of the year, after it had significantly weakened, but heavy rainfall brought by its remnant circulation and peripheral cloud systems continued to affect parts of China, ...

China's coastal waters have come under mounting pressure since the start of summer, with frequent typhoons, strong winds, huge waves and storm surges hitting coastal areas in succession. Against this backdrop, Global Times spoke with experts from the National Marine ...

In response to the reported arrest and detention of 52 Singaporean citizens in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as part of a law-enforcement operation targeting pyramid schemes and related illegal activities, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on ...

Congratulating a popular national children's radio program on its 70th anniversary, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged professionals in children's culture to redouble efforts in nurturing a new generation of capable young people for the socialist cause.

In response to a media inquiry on Nicaragua's revisions to its Constitution and the deepening China- Nicaragua relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that China consistently upholds the principle of non-interference in internal affairs and advocates ...

As of Thursday, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force had deployed 726 personnel, 24 engineering vehicles, 60 sets of specialized equipment, as well as more than 20 helicopter and drone sorties to support rescue ...

Asked to comment on reports that some Pacific Island leaders had criticized China's recent missile test launch, saying they had not received sufficient advance notice, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that China had stated its position ...

Xi sends congratulatory message to 8th China-Russia Energy Business Forum

China will expand national health insurance coverage for innovative drugs used to treat cancer, chronic and rare diseases, and childhood illnesses, with the goal of easing the financial burden on patients and their families.

China's maternity insurance system has continued to expand its coverage and strengthen support for childbirth, with measures to cut out-of-pocket spending on childbirth and ensure more benefits reach the public, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration on Friday.

China announced on Friday its 1,274-member delegation for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with 815 athletes set to compete across 38 sports and 369 events. Led by 36 Olympic champions, the squad has an average age of 24. Over a quarter of ...

Rescuers evacuate a resident in Nanqian Village of Minhou County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 3, 2026. Typhoon Saudel brought torrential rains to Minhou County of Fujian Province, resulting in waterlogging in some areas. Emergency flood-control, drainage and resident-evacuation operations ...

The Asia-Pacific Media Forum will open on Saturday in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, as the country hosts a series of events under the 2026 APEC "China Year." Multiple outcomes are expected to be unveiled at the forum, under the theme ...

A ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held on Thursday at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese ...

Power supply has been restored to the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, the State Grid said on Thursday. Despite risks such as landslides and frequent rockfalls, frontline personnel worked around the clock to ...

A Chinese citizen died on Tuesday while being held at a detention facility of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration pending deportation, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said on Thursday evening on its official WeChat account. The embassy said it ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Thursday after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek, and concluding his state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

The Chinese and Singaporean navies will hold the "Maritime Cooperation-2026" joint exercise in the sea and airspace near Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province in early September, according to China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.

People visit a special exhibition staged at the Museum of the War of People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing to mark the 81st anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the ...

The Embassy of Spain in China presented its national pavilion at the 2026 World Power Battery Conference in Yibin, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Thursday. Marta Betanzos, Spanish ambassador to China, said in her speech on behalf of the guest ...

While some western media have alleged China's "non-cooperation" in the August 26 Nepal mudslide, a Nepalese expert told the Global Times that Beijing has actively shared monitoring data to support Nepal's relief efforts, as the disaster exposed starkly divergent impacts ...

The Russian Cultural Center in Beijing held a grand event commemorating the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3. The event featured a photo ...

We hope that the ROK government will honor its political commitments, earnestly shoulder its responsibilities, and uphold the one-China principle with concrete actions, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday.

China has lodged a strong protest with the South Korean side, demanding that the relevant parties immediately correct their erroneous practices regarding China's Taiwan region, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry (FM) said on Thursday.

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Wednesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok, noting that China and Russia should continue to upgrade the level and scale of cooperation to better benefit the people ...

At 9:30 am on Thursday, stirring songs and powerful poetry recitations echoed through the hall of the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing. Visitors stopped to listen, many spontaneously keeping time with ...

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming on Thursday expressed confidence that through joint efforts and mutual support, the Chinese and Nepali peoples will be able to overcome the mudslide disaster and tide over difficulties in a meeting with Nepali Foreign ...

China's Tianwen-3 mission has entered the prototype development stage, with technological breakthroughs and scientific preparations advancing in parallel as China is moving closer to an unprecedented undertaking - drilling beneath the Martian surface, bringing samples back to Earth and searching ...

China and Nepal are a community with a shared future linked by mountains and rivers. And China is also severely affected by this cross-border disaster. We are ready to strengthen cooperation with Nepal and the rest of the international community ...

On August 19, US federal government debt crossed an "ominous milestone," surpassing $40 trillion for the first time. That works out at an average of $359,000 for every US taxpayer. For decades, Washington has been able to keep issuing debt ...