Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) via video on Saturday morning, taking the world's second-largest economy a step further in opening up its services sector and strengthening cooperation to propel global economic recovery.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to deliberate a set of regulations and a five-year plan (2023-27) concerning the education and training of officials. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

The 11th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and Their Relatives commenced at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday morning. Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Han Zheng and other senior leaders of the Party and the state attended the event. Li Xi, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, delivered a speech.

Three more officials from the discipline inspection system were placed under investigation on Thursday, bringing the total number of high-level officials from China's discipline inspection system under investigation to 15 in nine days, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CCDI) on Thursday.

The door to Northwest China's Xinjiang region is always open, and foreign people from all walks of life are welcome to visit and take a look at the region, Ma Xingrui, secretary of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee said during a recent meeting with a delegation led by Corinne Vargha, director of the International Labour Standards Department, International Labor Organization (ILO) in Urumqi, according to Xinjiang-based Tianshannet on Wednesday.

China has lodged a stern representation with the US on the matter concerning a Hong Kong-registered Chinese vessel that was subjected to unreasonable questioning and harassment by US law enforcement personnel recently, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, who also demanded the US cease the unwarranted interrogations and harassment of Chinese personnel traveling to the US.

A local organization that was set up to promote Cantonese in Hong Kong was disbanded on Monday after the Hong Kong Police Force's national security department visited the family residence of the group's organizer last Tuesday.

COVID-19 tests no longer required for travelers to China: FM

With the 2024 president election approaching, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination Donald Trump made history once again, as he became the first former US president to pose for a mug shot, after turning himself in to a jail in Atlanta on Thursday. Analysts believed that the incident is unlikely to hurt Trump's 2024 prospects, but will further polarize a country in chaos.

China will ban import of aquatic products from Japan starting from Thursday in order to prevent any contaminated food from entering China in order to protect Chinese consumers, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Thursday.

Hong Kong to ban aquatic products from 10 places in Japan including Tokyo and Fukushima

China unveiled the second US-led espionage case against China within half a month on Monday, indicating that the country's state security authority cracked a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) espionage case involving a Chinese government employee who had been instigated by the Japan branch of the US intelligence agency.

The leader of a Japanese fishery industry group said they would continue to oppose the dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater during talks with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other government officials on Monday. However, the objection was apparently disregarded by the government as Kishida plans to start dumping the contaminated water into the sea as early as Thursday.

Chinese state security authority recently revealed a case concerning espionage activities of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) against Chinese state officials, the Ministry of State Security released a statement on Monday, indicating that investigations into the individuals implicated in the case have been initiated in accordance with the law, and the case is still under investigation. ​

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently replied to a letter from the US-China Youth and Student Exchange Association and friendly personages from all walks of life in the US state of Washington.

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Saturday launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan.

The separatist deputy regional leader of Taiwan island Lai Ching-te returned to the island on Friday after a provocative "transit" in the US on a visit to Paraguay, during which he boasted about the "courteous reception" he received and "international support" for Taiwan island.

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to study and arrange work on flood prevention and relief as well as post-disaster restoration and reconstruction.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' collusion with external forces will only push Taiwan into the abyss of disaster, said a Chinese mainland Taiwan affairs official at the opening of a major cross-Straits academic seminar in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday, alluding to the deputy leader of Taiwan island Lai Ching-te's provocative "transit" through the US.

This week, Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te traveled to Paraguay to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Paraguayan President and took the opportunity to make a "stopover" in the US. This is another example of the Democratic Progressive Party's behavior to "pursue independence" and proves Lai's identity as a "Taiwan independence worker."

Facts have fully proven that what the UK has done is a far cry from "protecting" the people of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), but is aimed at smearing and disrupting Hong Kong, said a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the UK after the UK announced that it is introducing a new Priority Visa service for the Hong Kong BN(O) route.

The remarks of the deputy leader of Taiwan region Lai Ching-te in his interview with Bloomberg Businessweek during his "stopover" in the US fully exposed his separatist stance and his attempt to use such fallacies to fool people in the island for election votes, analysts said.

In an article to be published on Wednesday, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed that Chinese modernization is the only correct path for building a strong China and achieving national rejuvenation.

Deadly wildfires in Hawaii, which caused the biggest death toll in more than a century in the US and forced thousands to evacuate from their homes, expose the incompetence of the US government, said analysts, with many local residents who survived the disaster posting videos on social media criticizing the problematic response of local authorities and poor early warning system. Residents also criticized US mainstream media reports, saying this was not just a natural disaster, but also a man-made calamity.

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) issued a statement on its WeChat account on Tuesday, stating that political security is the foundation of national security, in response to the ongoing attempts by various hostile forces to instigate color revolutions across China.

On the occasion of the 1st National Ecology Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued important instructions and emphasized that the whole society should take action to be active advocates and exemplary practitioners of the concept of " lucid waters and lush mountains as invaluable assets."

China sent a firm signal to the US on Sunday as Washington deliberately arranged a "stopover" in the US for the deputy regional leader of Taiwan island Lai Ching-te, who is also a candidate of the separatist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for 2024 Taiwan regional election, with analysts saying that China-US relations face new challenges due to the trouble made by Taiwan separatist forces.

China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region and firmly opposes any visit by “Taiwan independence” separatists to the US in any name or under whatever pretext, Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday as the country deplores and strongly condemns the US decision to arrange a so-called “stopover” for deputy leader of Taiwan region Lai Ching-te in the country.  

One day before the planned "stopover" in the US by deputy leader of Taiwan region Lai Ching-te, more than 600 people from 60 political parties and civil organizations held a rally at Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei, protesting against Lai's secessionist provocations which may ratchet up tensions across the Taiwan Straits. They called on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to recognize the 1992 Consensus and seek peace and development with the Chinese mainland.

The Taiwan secessionist Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) candidate for the 2024 regional election Lai Ching-te, also deputy regional leader, will make "stopovers in New York and San Francisco" during an August 12-18 trip to Paraguay, the Taiwan "external affairs authority" announced on Wednesday, and this will become a new incident to worsen tension in the Taiwan Straits and another evidence of US' encouragement toward Taiwan secessionism, which is an absolute contradiction to US' promises to China on "opposing Taiwan Independence."

Chinese farmers and analysts said on Wednesday that while the country's Northeast region, which accounts for more than one-fifth of the national grain production and is known as "China's granary," recently suffered from severe rainstorms and flooding, the impact on overall grain production will likely be limited, dismissing foreign media hype of potential "widespread crop failures."

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday appointed Hun Manet as the new prime minister, succeeding his father, who is stepping down after a long term rule. Chinese experts said friendship and trust between China and Cambodia is expected to further solidify under the leadership of the new Cambodian government in the coming period.

China raised its flood-control emergency response in the country's northeastern regions to Level III on Sunday morning following severe rainstorms and flooding in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, as torrential rain caused by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri cost six lives in Jilin's Shulan city and inundated large swaths of grain fields.

Washington has firmly taken grip over the Democratic Progress Party (DPP) authorities' mind when it comes to “relying on the US to seek secession,” while at the same time hollowing out Taiwan region's economy, and making the island a complete pawn to serve the US' interests in containing the Chinese mainland.

China urges the US to refuse to let Taiwan deputy regional leader Lai Ching-te "transit" the US, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, stressing that China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region, firmly opposes any visit by "Taiwan independence" separatists to the US in any name or under whatever pretext, and firmly opposes any form of US connivance and support for "Taiwan independence" separatists and their separatist activities. 

With the secessionist deputy regional leader on the island of Taiwan Lai Ching-te, who is also a candidate for the election of next regional leader, scheming to make a transit visit to the US in August shortly after the one-year anniversary of then US house speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to the island, tensions around the island of Taiwan continue to build up.

Former US president Donald Trump, who is actively running for the 2024 presidential election, has been indicted for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, including trying to block the transfer of power. He is due to appear in court on Thursday in Washington, DC.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave important instructions on flood control and disaster relief work, urging efforts to search for and rescue those missing or trapped, to minimize casualties to the greatest extent possible, after the heavy rainfall in Beijing has caused 11 deaths and 27 people gone missing.

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on strengthening basic research to achieve China's high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology (sci-tech) will be published on Tuesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

The visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the Philippines holds greater symbolic significance in terms of diplomacy than practical implications, said analysts, adding that it is unlikely to cause significant disturbances in the China-Philippines relationship, as China will continue to play an irreplaceable role in bilateral and regional affairs.

China imposes export controls on certain unmanned aircraft or unmanned airship-related items on Monday

Hong Kong's High Court on Friday rejected a local government submission to ban “Glory to Hong Kong” - a song linked to the anti-government riots in 2019. Some legal experts believed that the department of justice will continue to appeal.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation shows Russia's support to China and the two countries are expected to enhance cooperation during the visit, experts said on Wednesday.

Chinese and overseas markets on Tuesday responded positively to a top meeting on the Chinese economy, where top Chinese officials vowed various efforts to ensure reasonable economic growth amid new challenges, which evidently injected confi-dence into the growth prospect of the world's second-largest economy despite down-ward pressure.

Zhou Jiangyong, former Party chief of Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced on Tuesday to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery. He was deprived of political rights for life and all his personal property was confiscated, as he illegally accepted more than 182 million yuan ($25.49 million) directly or through his family members.

China's top legislature convened a session on Tuesday to review a draft criminal law amendment and a decision on official appointment and removal. Qin Gang has been removed of his position as Foreign Minister. Wang Yi was appointed as the Chinese Foreign Minister. Tuesday's decision has not touched on Qin's title of State Councilor.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed the need to strengthen all-around military governance.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday presided over a top meeting to address the current economic situation and make arrangements for economic work in the second half of the year, calling for greater efforts to ensure improvement in quality and "reasonable growth" amid new challenges.

As one of the four typical cases released by the discipline inspection and supervision organs in Central China's Hubei Province, a local former official appointed staff based on superstitious activities, and has been expelled from the Party for multiple offenses, according to China's top anti-graft body on Monday.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Monday held a meeting to analyze the current economic situation and make arrangements for economic work in the second half of the year (H2).

President Xi Jinping has stressed breaking new ground in enhancing the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the armed forces to provide a strong political guarantee for achieving the centenary goal of the People's Liberation Army.

Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged academicians and experts to bring more scientific and technological workers to support and participate in the cause of science popularization and improve the scientific literacy in China.

With a professional background in the national security ministry and experience in leading counter-espionage services, Dong Jingwei, formerly the vice minister of the state security, has been appointed as the new head of the central government's office for safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This appointment, according to some experts, is expected to reinforce the law enforcement of local police and enhance the capabilities of the country and the city in addressing national security threats.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. An expert said the meeting sent "a relatively friendly signal" regarding bilateral ties.

China has lodged a solemn representation to the US concerning the plan of Taiwan separatist William Lai Ching-te to travel to Paraguay and transit through the US. China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and the island, Mao Ning, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told a routine press conference on Monday.

After Hong Kong's security chief Chris Tang Ping-keung revealed that local authorities are studying including the crime of espionage as part of the legislative scope of Article 23 of the Basic Law to strictly prevent modern-day spying, local legal experts said on Monday that it's a necessary move to prevent Hong Kong from being a center of espionage for countries like the US and the UK and it's a must that the city establish laws and regulations by taking into account non-traditional national security and cybersecurity issues.

Faced with ever growing complex national security risks and challenges both domestically and on the international stage, China's top leadership has reviewed the cybersecurity work over the past five years, emphasizing adherence to several principles such as the Party exercising leadership over cyberspace affairs and strengthened capability to ensure the cybersecurity of the country, which experts said provides a clear road map to boost China's strength in cyberspace when it has become a main battlefield for rivalry between major powers.

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on deepening reform of Party and state institutions to modernize the system and capacity for governance will be published on Sunday.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed an order of the State Council to unveil a regulation on consular protection and assistance in China, which will come into effect on September 1, making the relevant work more law-based, institutionalized and standardized, according to an official statement on Friday.

The investigation of Dong Yunhu, a senior legislator in Shanghai and first minister-level official to be suspected of severe violations of Party disciplines and laws this year, highlights China's resolution in cracking down on corruption over the long run, experts said, adding that the Party will take a tougher stance and measures in combating corruption to better fulfill the mission of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Hyping again the illegal and invalid South China Sea arbitration on the occasion of its seventh anniversary, the Philippines on Wednesday made a high-profile declaration that the ruling has become "a beacon whose guiding light serves all nations," backed by support from the US and its allies in an attempt to recapture the US' hegemony in the region and increase China's diplomatic costs in handling the issue, experts said.

The newly formed Hong Kong and Macao work office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee made its first public appearance with a meeting on Tuesday chaired by Xia Baolong, director of the office. The high-profile appearance of the office's leadership shows that the formation of the top office overseeing Hong Kong and Macao affairs has completed and that the leadership and decision-making mechanism of the office and relevant institutions in the two special administrative regions (SARs) are now unified, providing a firm guarantee for the Party's leadership in Hong Kong and Macao-related work, experts said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after the aborted Wagner Group mutiny last month where Putin offered an "assessment" of Wagner's actions on the battlefield in Ukraine and "of the events of June 24," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Monday, without releasing details of the assessments.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to put in place new systems for a higher-standard open economy, as well as efforts to promote the gradual transition from dual control over the amount and intensity of energy consumption to dual control over the amount and intensity of carbon emissions.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi met with Ban Ki-moon, South Korean diplomat who used to serve as the 8th secretary-general of the UN, on Monday in Beijing, saying that China hopes South Korea will work together with China to overcome temporary difficulties and revive the bilateral exchanges.

President Xi Jinping has called on east China's Jiangsu Province to take the lead and set an example in advancing Chinese modernization.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Thursday afternoon.

The Hong Kong Legislative Council has unanimously passed a bill on Thursday on amending District Council (DC) elections, in accordance to the principle of only patriots administering Hong Kong, with the aim of putting an end to chaotic political performance of the previous years as the opposition forces hijacked the district councils for political goals.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended and delivered a keynote speech at an international conference on building a community with a shared future for all held in Beijing on Wednesday.

​The Chinese mainland is willing to work together with various political parties in Taiwan, including the Kuomintang (KMT), to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits on the common political basis of upholding the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," for the benefit of compatriots on both sides of the straits, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, as a press conference on Tuesday.

China has always advocated mutual respect, inclusiveness and understanding among different civilizations, and resolutely opposed extremist acts that attack different religious beliefs and provoke a clash of civilizations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at Tuesday's press briefing, in response to Quran burning case in Sweden which prompted criticism from Arabic and Islamic communities.

Endangering national security is a serious offence. Law enforcement must be strict and, regardless of where in the world these individuals go, all legal means will be used in a lifelong pursuit, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review the guidelines on a raft of policies and measures supporting the high-standard and high-quality construction of the Xiong'an New Area.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has called for developing a good grasp of the CPC Central Committee's important theory on Party building, and improving the quality of the Party's organizational work.

Hong Kong celebrated the 26th anniversary of the city's return to the motherland on Saturday, as city emerges from shadow of pandemic and political turmoil, with local government forecasting economic growth likely to reach between 3.5% to 5.5 % in 2023.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for more achievements in the Party's theoretical innovation while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday, a day ahead of CPC's 102nd founding anniversary, which falls on Saturday.

"A joyful and lovable Hong Kong has returned!" When officials and local residents hailed the significant changes that the city has experienced over the past three years since the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, the COVID-19 pandemic and the electoral reform, some Western politicians continued badmouthing the city's stability and future prospects ahead of the 26th anniversary of the city's return to the motherland, which is widely seen as meaningless moves that won't stop Hong Kong from moving toward a bright future.

At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping will attend via video-conference in Beijing the 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and deliver important remarks on July 4.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review the guidelines on a raft of policies and measures supporting the high-standard and high-quality construction of the Xiong'an New Area.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called for developing a good grasp of the CPC Central Committee's important theory on Party building, and improving the quality of the Party's organizational work.

China's top legislature passed the Foreign Relations Law on Wednesday, marking a milestone significance as it is the first basic, fundamental and comprehensive foreign relations law that aims to fix the loopholes in the rule of law in foreign-related affairs amid new challenges in foreign relations, especially when China has been facing frequent external interference in its internal affairs under the Western hegemony with unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction.

The establishment of "black sites" by the US around the world serves as a typical illustration of its disregard for the rule of law and human rights, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding that the US side should genuinely reflect on the crimes it has committed in violating human rights, apologize and compensate the victims, and hold accountable those responsible for authorizing and implementing torture.

In response to the latest remarks of the Chinese envoy to EU Fu Cong at Al Jazeera addressing Ukraine's 1991 territorial integrity, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday China's position on Ukraine crisis is consistent and clear.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission met with the leading members of the newly-elected Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) at Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Monday afternoon, and made an important speech thereafter. He stressed that on the shoulder of the young generation is placed the future of the cause of the Party and the nation. The CYLC Central Committee is expected to thoroughly implement the requirements of the CPC Central Committee, conscientiously shoulder the missions and tasks entrusted by the Party in the new era and on the new journey, inherit and carry forward fine traditions, continue to reform and innovate, and better unite and rally the young generation around the Party, so as to make unremitting efforts in advancing the building of a great country and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

In his first televised address after the short-lived Wagner mutiny was called off, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked his people for unity amid the crisis, vowing that the promises to Wagner fighters, who he believes are mostly patriots devoted to the country, will be fulfilled.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh in Beijing on Tuesday.

A Chinese representative has stated China's solemn position and firmly refuted the false remarks on the national security law for Hong Kong during an interactive dialogue at the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday.

About 1,500 participants from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia are to gather in North China's Tianjin for the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC), also known as Summer Davos, after a three-year hiatus of the in-person event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called on the new leadership of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) to earnestly shoulder their missions and tasks entrusted by the CPC in the new era.

China urges the US to immediately stop politicizing, instrumentalizing and weaponizing the tracing of the origins of COVID-19, and stop smearing and shifting the blame to other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday in response to the US' declassification of information related to the tracing of the origins.

The National Security Law for Hong Kong lays important foundation for the city's future development, said a representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the 53rd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), dismissing slander that the law may have undermined residents' rights.

The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) started its 19th national congress in Beijing on Monday with the attendance of nearly 1,500 delegates who carry the trust of 73 million league members across the country.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, called on people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits to work together to keep pace with the trends of history, safeguard the overall interests of the Chinese nation and contribute to the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and the cause of national reunification.

The Communist Youth League of China, reserve force of the Communist Party of China, will convene its 19th national congress from June 19 to 22 in Beijing.

The second court appearance in less than three months for former US president Donald Trump ended on Tuesday (local time), with the Republican presidential candidate pleading not guilty to classified documents-related charges. No matter the result of the case, it drops another bomb into the 2024 US presidential race, once again exposing an escalated partisan struggle as well as the social split in the superpower, Chinese analysts said.

The rift between China and India over the issuance of visas for journalists continued after Indian authorities refused to review and approve applications for Chinese reporters to work in the country. The number of Chinese journalists in India has dropped from a previous 14 to one.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum on Global Human Rights Governance.

Chinese experts said on Tuesday that the latest round of US support to Ukraine would only frustrate the efforts of other countries to promote peace talks, after a US defense official announced on Monday that the US is providing up to $325 million in additional military aid for Ukraine.