Multiple Japanese media outlets including Asahi Shimbun reported that the twin giant pandas at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo — male Xiao Xiao and female Lei Lei, which currently are the only giant pandas in Japan — will be returned to ...
China has unveiled a plan to make childbirth essentially free under the national medical insurance system by 2026, as authorities seek to ease family financial burdens to foster a birth-friendly society, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.
Unmanned equipment, Z-10 attack helicopter participate as China, Pakistan wrap up joint drill
Star weaponry and equipment including unmanned equipment and the Z-10 attack helicopter participated in the China-Pakistan Warrior-IX joint counterterrorism exercise, which wrapped up last week in Pakistan, official Chinese media reported on Monday.
China enters La Nina state, 'raising risks of prolonged drought throughout the winter-spring period'
Chinese, international scientists unravel secret of barley seed dormancy
FM responds to whether China has plan for co-op with Japan on panda conservation after return of twin pandas to China in Jan
Shigeru Iwasaki showed no remorse, going further to collude with 'Taiwan independence', says FM on China's countermeasures against Iwasaki The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)'s High Court on Monday morning found Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to ...
After Hong Kong's High Court, in accordance with the law, convicted Jimmy Lai of two charges of conspiracy to collude with external forces to endanger national security and one charge of conspiracy to publish seditious publications, the Office of the ...
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday urged the US to stop interfering in South China Sea issues, with the ministry's spokesperson Guo Jiakun stressing that the US is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right ...
In this investigative piece, the Global Times examines the emergence, tactics, and impact of Japan's new right-wing influencers. How did they build their followings? What ideologies do they promote? And how are they reshaping Japan's society and its role in ...
The Chinese Embassy in the UK issued a statement on Monday strongly opposing and condemning the unjustified action by the UK side after UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the work to raise the intellectual and moral standards of minors, noting that it should be carried out as a strategic and fundamental task. He also called for joint efforts to create a sound ...
The conviction of Jimmy Lai demonstrated that anyone who attempts to endanger national security will inevitably be brought to justice, and that court proceedings will uncover the full truth, and a large amount of evidence and testimony presented in court ...
Rivers have long served as bonds that promote communication and contact. The second “A River Dialogue between Shanghai and New York,” a China-US forum which focuses on “decoding the interaction and cooperation between global metropolises and international organizations,” was held ...
The newly released archives handed over by Russia once again prove that Japanese Unit 731 - the notorious germ-warfare unit of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II - committed countless heinous crimes against humanity, with irrefutable evidence that ...
The Chinese Consulate-General in Fukuoka, Japan, on Monday issued a safety notice, alerting Chinese nationals that an attempted stabbing occurred on Sunday in a commercial area of Fukuoka City, leaving two people hospitalized. The notice urged Chinese nationals in the ...
When asked to comment about media reports on the US' new National Security Strategy that claimed the US does not support any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Straits, and inclusion of multiple negative claims on Taiwan ...
The US is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime matters among the countries concerned, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Monday, in response to ...
When asked to comment on the reported victory of Chilean Republican Party candidate José Antonio Kast, who defeated left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara in the second round of Chile's presidential election held on Sunday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said ...
Asked to respond to criticism from certain international originations and the UK regarding the conviction of Jimmy Lai on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law, and ...
An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the strategic measure of expanding domestic demand will be published on Tuesday.
Multiple central government departments of China voiced their support on Monday for the verdict on Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong. Lai was found guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and ...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has sent a message of condolences to Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong after the mass shooting occurred in Sydney that caused heavy casualties, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday at a press ...
The facts of the incident are clear and the evidence is irrefutable. The Japanese side has no ground to defend or deny its wrongdoing. On December 6, PLANS Nangchang(101) of the naval task group led by PLANS Liaoning notified the ...
This year marks the 80th year of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and the 88th year of the Nanjing Massacre.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee said on Monday that he welcomes the verdict on Jimmy Lai, which upholds the justice of the law and safeguards Hong Kong's core values, emphasizing that the HKSAR government ...
The Youjiang District People's Court in Baise, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict in the criminal and incidental civil litigation case involving defendant Tang Yuwen for rape and forced indecency, sentencing him to 18 years ...
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) High Court ruled on Monday morning that Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, was found guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge ...
The Global Times Annual Conference 2026 is set to take place on December 20, bringing together more than 100 authoritative figures and experts from political, academic and business circles at home and abroad to discuss the theme "Trust in China: ...
Describing the mass shooting that killed at least 16 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday as a "pure evil" act of antisemitism, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said flags would fly at half-mast to honor the lives ...
China on Monday announced countermeasures against Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces of Japan, over his public collusion with “Taiwan independence” secessionist forces, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the spirit of the four political ...
A case revealed on Monday for the first time unveiled how a technical expert in space area sold internal and classified information to a previous acquainted spy to make up his losses in stock market, and ultimately faced the legal ...
Hong Kong court opens session to deliver verdict on Jimmy Lai's case
The Party chief of Central China's Henan Province conducted an unannounced visit on Sunday to Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain and held in-depth discussions with Abbot Shi Yinle.
There has been progress in the case of unpaid bills by customers at a restaurant in Jiulongpo district, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. After mediation by the police, the diner who was left behind surnamed Zhang has paid the outstanding meal ...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that China has always regarded Saudi Arabia as a priority in its Middle East diplomacy and an important partner in its global diplomatic strategy, and is willing to work with Saudi Arabia ...
China's high-altitude, high-speed drone, the CH-7, recently successfully completed its first flight at an airfield in Northwest China, the Global Times learned from the 11th Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp on Monday. The maiden flight marks that ...
Probe into a baby's death following surgery in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang, which had sparked public concern and speculation, found inadequate risk assessment, surgical errors, and failures in intraoperative disclosure and postoperative care, while a medical accident appraisal is pending ...
Against the backdrop of strong backlash in both Japan and China over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on China's Taiwan island, several of Japan's recent military moves have also drawn broad international attention.
On Saturday, which marked China's 12th National Memorial Day for the victims of Nanjing Massacre, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan led embassy diplomats and members of overseas Chinese organizations to the Manila Chinese Cemetery to pay tribute to ...
As the second China-Arab States Summit is scheduled to be held in China next year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on a three-nation trip to the Middle East, expressed the hope that the summit will yield positive outcomes ...
Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of catfish in Zayu county, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, marking China's another important advance in the study of fish diversity and biological evolution in the Himalayan region, the Xinhua News Agency reported ...
Thailand's military announced on Sunday the imposition of a curfew in parts of Trat Province, citing the ongoing situation along the border areas. This is the second province to impose a curfew since the latest round of the Thailand-Cambodia border ...
Miss Finland has apologized to China and Asian community as she was stripped of her title three months after winning it, following criticism over her sharing a racially charged social media post in late November that showed her making a ...
Customs authorities at West Kowloon Station in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) intercepted 11 sets of ancient cultural relics carried by an outbound passenger. All the items were classified as general cultural relics prohibited from export, according to ...
East China Normal University's Institute for Global Innovation Studies released its 2025 ranking of top 100 global science and technology innovation centers on Sunday, with 20 Chinese cities making the list. Beijing breaks into the global top three for the ...
Police in Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued a reward notice on Sunday after a suspect fatally stabbed two women and fled the scene.
The Japanese government has begun adjustments to the defense budget in the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, planning to increase it to a record-high scale of 9 trillion yen ($60.3 billion), multiple Japanese media including Nishi Nippon and Okinawa Times ...
According to the website of China Maritime Safety Administration, the Sansha Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning stating that from 10:15 am to 12:15 am on December 16, rocket debris will fall within certain waters of the South ...
Renowned Chinese actress He Qing, best known as the only performer to portray characters from all four of China's Four Great Classical Novels, has passed away at the age of 61. According to an obituary released by her family, she ...
Hostile foreign anti-China forces may utilize data analysis of large-scale population movements to identify hotspots of social sentiment, fabricate and spread rumors, maliciously manipulate public opinion and even plan provocative incidents to disrupt social order and threaten national security, according ...
China is willing to maintain high-level exchanges with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), deepen strategic mutual trust, implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and advance cooperation across all fields, so as to elevate the bilateral ...
At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party ...
China aims to basically achieve nationwide zero out-of-pocket payments for childbirth expenses for those who are covered by policy, Zhang Ke, Party Secretary and Director of the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA), said on Saturday at a national medical insurance ...
Two days before the 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which fell on Saturday this year, Chen Rong, a resident of Nanjing in East China's Jiangsu Province, came across an old notebook at home while ...
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China is willing to work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to advance the China-UAE comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level.
Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, on Saturday posted a message on Facebook to mark the 88th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which she strongly criticized Japan. December 13, 2025 marks China's 12th National Memorial ...
On China's 12th National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims on Saturday, China's Central Archives published a batch of declassified archives transferred from Russia, containing Soviet interrogations of members of the Japanese Unit 731, the Japanese Imperial Army's notorious germ-warfare ...
The Chongqing Municipal Health Commission said on Saturday that, following online reports alleging that Children' s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University had injected a child patient with a drug suspected of being ineffective, a preliminary investigation by a special task ...
China launched the Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket on Saturday morning, carrying a commercial space experimental spacecraft and a secondary satellite. The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am (Beijing time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province ...
On Saturday—China's 12th National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims, many residents gathered at a mass burial site near Zhengjue Temple in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province. Among them was Evan Kail, a Minnesota-based pawnshop owner who gained international attention ...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that the Taiwan question is China's internal affair and that how it is resolved should be entirely decided by China itself, which is China's sovereign right. Serbia, he said, firmly and unwaveringly supports ...
A ceremony was held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing to remember those killed by Japanese aggressors during World War II on Saturday.
Each time the air-raid sirens pierce the winter air over Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province on national memorial day on December 13, local resident Xia Tianxing feels a familiar ache rise in his chest. “I feel overwhelming sadness whenever the ...
Asked to comment on reports that Wu Chih-chung, the Taiwan region's so-called “deputy foreign minister,” had recently paid a secret visit to Israel, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Israel said that Taiwan is a province of China and ...
Saturday marks China's 12th National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims. At 8 am, a solemn ceremony was held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, during which the national flag was raised ...
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday that China has noted India's positive move of speeding up visas for Chinese professionals, saying that easing cross-border travel serves the common interests of all parties.
On the eve of China's 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday blasted the Japanese militarists' wars of invasion against China and other Asian countries as a disgrace in the ...
The APEC Informal Senior Officials' Meeting, the first China held as the host of the 2026 APEC, concluded in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, on Friday, marking the opening of the APEC "China Year," as China is set to host ...
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and ADA Space, a Chinese AI satellite internet technology company, will jointly establish China's first space computing joint laboratory, aiming to build a technologically leading and independently controllable space computing network, according to a statement ...
Hailing from a family with a century-old connection to Chinese education, Lang Walsh, a teacher at an international school in China, possesses unique and profound insights into the development, progress, and changing demands of China's educational endeavors.
The year of 2025 marks an unforgettable year for the development of China's weaponry and equipment, with many new additions to the arsenal of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) dazzling military enthusiasts. The Global Times reporters were fortunate to ...
When a group of humanoid robots waved red handkerchiefs on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala at the beginning of 2025, the general public were amused, engaged in heated discussions, but many did not anticipate that it was a ...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command and the China Coast Guard (CCG) issued separate statements on Friday, announcing that they had they had taken necessary measures to expel Philippine small aircraft and vessels that recently illegally intruded ...
The Japanese side's wishful, contradictory and self-deceiving remarks lay bare its real intention of creating tensions and spreading disinformation, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday in response to a question about a phone call between Japanese ...
Xi sends congratulatory letter to forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust in Turkmenistan
The National Security Department (NSD) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) arrested nine men on suspicion of unlawful drilling and seized a large number of air guns and explosives. This is the first time the provision on “unlawful drilling” ...
Faced with harrowing tragedies and solid evidence, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have not only turned a blind eye but also have gone so far as to openly glorify Japan's colonial rule. In doing so, they have betrayed the ...
As visitors step onto the flagstone paths of Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in southwest China, they are whisked back in time by the city's ancient architecture. Laotian blogger Parn Sivlai, who boasts over 1.2 million followers, was ...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to track and monitor, sternly warn, and resolutely expel several small aircraft of the Philippines in accordance with laws and regulations after they illegally intruded into ...
“We will never allow Japan's right-wing forces to reverse the course of history, never allow external forces to interfere in China's Taiwan region, and never allow Japanese militarism to stage a comeback. Japanese militarism is the common foe of all ...
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee announced on Friday the appointment of David Lok as chair of an independent commission to investigate the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, after considering the recommendation of the ...
Responding to a foreign media reporter's question about the Jimmy Lai case, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of "One Country, Two Systems."
In response to a Reuters question that India has simplified procedures to expedite the processing of business visas for Chinese professionals, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that he has noticed this positive move.
2026 APEC meeting to be held on Nov. 18-19 in China's Shenzhen
At the invitation of Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry of the Republic of ...
China proposed openness, innovation and cooperation as the three priorities for the APEC "China Year," and "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together" as its theme at the APEC Informal Senior Officials' Meeting (ISOM) on Friday.
On the eve of the 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, The Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army on Thursday released a 38-minute video of a ...
On Friday, the Intermediate People's Court of Weinan in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province sentenced defendant Li to death with a two-year reprieve and deprivation of political rights for life for intentional homicide - an offense committed when he poured noodle ...
The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone on Thursday conducted the second-phase training under its Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) appropriate techniques program for medical students at the Sierra Leone Pingkang Dental College in the capital, Freetown.
After facing growing criticism for its inconsistent statements regarding the so-called "radar illumination" by a Chinese warplane, Japan's defense ministry claimed on Friday that Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi held a phone call with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and ...
6.5-magnitude quake hits Japan's Aomori Prefecture
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Senior Officials' Meeting (ISOM) released the LOGO of APEC 2026 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on Friday.
The Chinese Embassy in Norway said on Thursday local time it opposes the latest accusation from the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the UK in hyping up the so-called “Chinese cyberattacks” claims. The embassy urged Norway to abandon double ...
The UN80 Initiative must address the concerns of developing countries, which make up two-thirds of UN membership, the newly established Group of Friends of Global Governance told a UN General Assembly briefing on the initiative on Thursday.
China regards ASEAN as its closest cooperation partner and is ready to continue providing mutual support and trust with ASEAN, align development strategies, create cooperation highlights, uphold open regionalism, pursue true multilateralism, resist any form of unilateral bullying and Cold ...
Reunification is the only direction for Taiwan's future, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.
China on Thursday pushed back against Japan's latest diplomatic maneuvering, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun saying "No need for the Japanese side to be so nervous and dramatic" when asked about reports that Japan's defense minister had spoken with ...
As this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, some groups from China and South Korea have recently been working to urge Japanese government ...
In the eastern part of Zhidoi County in late autumn, as the morning mist lingers, a warm little courtyard is already awake. Small plumes of smoke gently rise from a kitchen, carried along by the early morning breeze, while Purung Qiaqa, ...
In response to the so-called annual report issued by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), which slanders China extensively, including smearing the "One Country, Two Systems" principle in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and its state of democracy, ...
China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Fu Cong on Wednesday emphasized at the UN Security Council that the eradication of various terrorist forces in the country is a strong expectation of the international community, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The Fire Services Department (FSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) posthumously conferred the honorary title of Senior Fireman on Thursday on the late Ho Wai-ho, in recognition of his exemplary service and selfless dedication to duty, according ...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question have not only triggered strong indignation among the Chinese public but have also drawn increasing opposition and criticism from ...
The statement on China-related human rights issues issued by the EU Delegation in China disregards facts, confuses right and wrong, and is filled with malicious lies smearing China's human rights situation. It grossly interferes in China's internal affairs and judicial ...
The annual Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday as Chinese leaders decided priorities for the economic work in 2026.