Five Chinese national authorities, including the Cyberspace Administration of China, on Friday issued interim measures to regulate AI-powered anthropomorphic interactive services, explicitly banning virtual companion services for minors, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.
This year marks the ninth anniversary of the establishment of the Xiong'an New Area. Since China announced plans to establish the Xiong'an New Area in April 2017, the city has evolved from a blueprint into a vibrant city. However, some Western media have put forward false narratives about the city, with some even claiming it is an “unfinished” project. To explore the real Xiong'an, Global Times reporters Feng Fan, Tao Mingyang and Pang Yue recently visited the city, which reveals itself not as one, but as four: a city of harmony, ecology, technology and culture. Nine years after its establishment, Xiong'an is rapidly developing into “a city of the future.”
At the first glance, the Mo's Chicken Hot Pot restaurant originally appeared no different from other neighborhood eateries in Shunde, South China's Guangdong Province, with just over a dozen tables and a steady flow of regular customers. That changed rapidly after a short food vlog went viral at the start of April, drawing more than 900,000 likes and turning the previously low-key eatery into a trending destination. Crowds soon gathered, with long queues forming outside the restaurant. The owner's remark in the video - saying he was "unwilling to continue operating" and advising customers not to come - unexpectedly amplified public attention, further fueling the surge in visitors. Meanwhile, it once again turned dampness-dispelling chicken hot pot into a trendy form of dietary therapy.
The probe for China's Chang'e-7 lunar mission has been safely transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province, and pre-launch testing and preparations will now proceed as scheduled, according to a release issued by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Friday.
Guangdong police on Friday issued an official statement on the online abuse against Olympic diving champion Quan Hongchan, noting that the individual responsible for making insulting comments has been punished with 10 days of administrative detention and a fine, CCTV News reported on Friday.
China's Chang'e-7 lunar probe is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2026, the China Manned Space Agency said Friday.
China's latest overseas study and talent return report, released at the 2026 China International Education Exhibition Tour on Friday, shows safety and trust have become key for Chinese students choosing study destinations, while their willingness to return for work is rising sharply amid the shifting geopolitical dynamics.
China launched an "artificial intelligence (AI) empowering education" action plan in which AI will be incorporated into teacher qualification exams and certification, and efforts will be accelerated to expand AI education among primary and secondary school students, the Ministry of Education said on Friday.
The fragile calm that followed the US-Iran ceasefire began to unravel almost as soon as it took hold, raising fresh doubts about the durability of the agreement. On Wednesday local time, Israel launched what appeared to be its most extensive airstrike campaign against Lebanon, with reports indicating hundreds were killed or injured.
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), continued her mainland visit in Shanghai on Thursday, leading a KMT delegation on a tour offering a firsthand look at the mainland's smart economy and urban development — from visiting Yangshan Port to boarding a display model of the C919 aircraft.
China firmly opposes the dissemination of speculative and insinuating disinformation targeting China by relevant parties, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang said on Thursday, in response to a reporter's inquiry regarding reports that claimed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) had provided chip manufacturing equipment to the Iranian military, and a Chinese commercial satellite company had released images of US military bases in the Middle East.
A joint study by Chinese and international scientists has for the first time identified nitrogen-bearing organic matter in lunar soil samples returned by the Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 missions and revealed the organics' evolutionary processes in the solar system, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Thursday.
China's farthest offshore wind project starts turbine installation on Thursday
125 suspects previously apprehended by Sri Lankan police have recently been repatriated to China, against the backdrop of deepening international law enforcement cooperation between the two countries and intensified efforts to combat cross-border telecom fraud, according to the information released by China's Ministry of Public Security on its affiliated Wechat account on Thursday.
China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to Shanghai in east China on Thursday after a 160-day-long voyage which formed part of the country's 42nd Antarctic expedition.
China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for striving to break new ground in the high-quality development of China's service sector, according to the Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday.
"A Shared Voyage: China-US Youth Friendship Program," a people-to-people exchange that gathered 20 young participants from China and the US on a research voyage, concluded on Wednesday along Shanghai's iconic Huangpu River.
China's railway authorities officially launched on Wednesday an upgraded high-speed rail "Pet Travel" service, which offers two options: "traveling with pets" and "pets traveling alone," according to a release on China Railway's official WeChat account.
The General Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, has issued new guidelines to strengthen basic-level firefighting work, mandating improved investigation mechanisms and promoting a shift in fire safety governance toward prevention, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.
The swimming management center of General Administration of Sport of China on Wednesday issued a statement condemning online abuse targeting Chinese Olympic diving champion Quan Hongchan, vowing zero tolerance for cyberbullying and defamation that harm athletes' well-being and tarnish the national team's image, as relevant training canter reported the case to the police, according to the information released on China Swimming Association's official website.
Both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to one China. People on both sides are Chinese and part of one family. Affairs across the Straits are family matters of compatriots on both sides and should naturally be discussed and resolved by members of the family themselves. Our compatriots on both sides have sufficient wisdom and ability to properly handle their own issues, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday after Mainland Affairs Council of the island of Taiwan claimed that the Chinese mainland is "internalizing the cross-Straits question" regarding the visit to the Chinese mainland by a delegation led by Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party.
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, led a KMT delegation on Wednesday morning to pay homage to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree enacting new regulations aimed at safeguarding the country's industrial and supply chains. The rules were released on Tuesday and took effect immediately.
China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into space.
China will accelerate the development of the space computing industry ecosystem, and China is currently the first country to realize the in-orbit networking and operation of a space computing satellite constellation, according to a WeChat post published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday, citing a report from China Central Television.
Building on the mature technology of its Lihong-1 vehicle, Chinese commercial space start-up CAS Space has developed the upgraded Lihong-2 fully reusable suborbital vehicle, which is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight later this year, the Global Times learned from CAS Space on Tuesday.
The Taiwan question is China's internal affair, and cross-Straits relations are not a diplomatic matter; China's opposition to military connections between the US and Taiwan region is consistent and clear, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Tuesday when asked whether China and the US would discuss arms sales to Taiwan region, given that the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party chairperson Cheng Li-wun is visiting the Chinese mainland a month before US President Donald Trump will reportedly visit China.
Basketball player Guo Ailun, also known as Allen Guo, on Tuesday denied media reports published a day earlier that he and his family had allegedly been targeted in an acquaintance fraud case.
China's 42nd Antarctic expedition has set a new record with the country's first hot-water drilling experiment on the Antarctic ice sheet, reaching a depth of 3,413 meters and surpassing the previous global mark of 2,540 meters, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday, citing China's Ministry of Natural Resources.
Three people were killed and two others sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at a chemical company in Yumen City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on Monday morning, according to Xinhua.
A delegation of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, led by its chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, arrived in Shanghai at noon on Tuesday for a mainland visit that will run through Sunday.
The public security bureau of Yuexi county, East China's Anhui Province, issued a statement on Monday evening, saying that a missing six-year-old girl surnamed Wang had been murdered, and the suspect had been arrested.
The Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday issued a notice reminding Chinese citizens not to engage in illegal gold mining and smuggling activities in the country.
With a simple voice command like "Order 40 cups of milk tea," an AI assistant springs into action, instantly generating the order and completing payment, all done seamlessly.
Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, is scheduled to visit the Chinese mainland from April 7 to 12. This visit has garnered wide attention from the island of Taiwan, with local media also calling it an icebreaking journey.
"Why am I allergic now when I wasn't before?" — That's a question clinical staff say they've been hearing often from patients recently. As spring outings, flower viewing, and suburban trips have become popular choices for citizens relaxing over the Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day that falls on Sunday this year, some media reports noted on Monday that as temperatures warm, willow and poplar catkins have entered their initial flight period in many regions.
Unlike traditional tomb-sweeping rituals featuring flowers and incense candles, Chinese young people have come up with novel ways to honor the deceased during the Qingming Festival holidays which runs from April 4 to 6. As historical records note that Cao Cao, a ruler of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) known for his chronic headaches, suffered from severe migraines during his lifetime, his tomb in Anyang, Central China's Henan Province, is now filled with various types of ibuprofen, accompanied by thoughtful "medical notes", the Global Times found on Chinese social media platforms including Red Note and Sina Weibo.
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced on Monday that construction of a 50 MW trough-based concentrated solar power plant at an altitude of 4,550 meters started in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
An estimated 845.38 million passenger trips were made across China during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, up 6 percent year on year, transportation authorities said on Monday.
As China observed the Qingming Festival, the nation paid tribute to the fallen heroes who gave their lives in service to the country. From revolutionary struggles to modern-day frontlines, their sacrifices were remembered in ceremonies across the country.
China's National Meteorological Center renewed a blue alert for rainstorms and a blue alert for gales on Monday, forecasting heavy downpours in the south and strong winds in the north.
Recently, Guo Ailun, also known as Allen Guo, and his family were allegedly involved in a large-scale fraud case by an acquaintance, with the amount involved nearing 10 million yuan ($1.38 million), reported Xin Huanghe, a new media account affiliated with Jinan Daily. It learned from relevant authorities in Shenyang in Northeast China's Liaoning Province that Guo's family has reported the case to the police.
On the first day of the spring break, eight-year-old Wang Siyuan could hardly contain his excitement as he ran into a science museum in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei.
The 2026 "Centennial Lilac Poetry Festival" in Beijing's Xicheng District, themed “Lilac as Message, Youth as Poetry,” officially opened on Friday at Baoguo Temple. In this season filled with blooming lilacs, the thousand-year-old cultural heritage of Xuannan is being revitalized through the voices of young people in the new era, allowing the world to appreciate the beauty of the East through the rhythm of poetry.
Just days after China's newly revised regulations on funeral and interment management took effect on March 30, advocating civilized, low-carbon, and safe tomb-sweeping practices, the China Funeral and Burial Network, developed under the guidance of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, officially went live on Sunday, the Qingming Festival.
The ashes of comrade Su Yilin, a heroic martyr of the covert front, who obtained a great deal of top-secret military intelligence from the Kuomintang (KMT) authorities and sacrificed his life 75 years ago on the island of Taiwan, was interred at the Panshan Martyrs Cemetery in North China's Tianjin on Saturday, China Central Television reported.
"We wanted the trip to feel unhurried," Lin, a tourist from Central China's Hunan Province traveling with his wife and primary school-aged child.
Placing a chrysanthemum before the monument, wiping clean the names of the fallen heroes engraved on the wall, using AI technology to bring a revolutionary couple into a tender embrace... As the Qingming Festival approaches, various commemorative events have been held across China to pay tribute to martyrs and unsung heroes who have demonstrated extraordinary courage and righteousness.
China's Supreme People's Court on Thursday released a set of typical cases highlighting the strict punishment of crimes involving the trafficking of women and children. The number of such cases has shown an overall downward trend as a result of China's decade-long efforts to combat these crimes. In 2025, the number of trafficking cases dropped by 77.95 percent compared with the peak in 2012, indicating that the crimes have been effectively curbed, according to the court's official WeChat account on Thursday.
A Chinese industry association issued a statement on Thursday condemning the growing misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including face-swapping, voice cloning and unauthorized use of actors' images and audio for AI model training.
Though it was winter vacation, 17-year-old Yangyang started his day early, walked to the supermarket on his own and returned home to whip up a bowl of seafood noodles for his younger sister.
Four people trapped in a coal mine accident in north China's Shanxi Province were confirmed dead by local authorities on early Thursday.
In response to the problem of nationally protected birds being illegally hunted and sold, from August to December 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) deployed organs nationwide to carry out the Ping'an Yuanye-2025 (Safe Wilderness-2025) special campaign. During the operation, a total of 9,705 criminal cases were filed and investigated, of which 3,562 were cases involving harm to birds, an MPS official revealed at a special conference on Wednesday which marks the International Bird Loving Day.
A surge in mosquito activity across China has triggered fresh public concern, as health authorities elevated the classification of two major mosquito-borne diseases — dengue fever and Chikungunya — to Class B notifiable infectious diseases starting on Wednesday, warning of heightened risks as the insects appear earlier than usual this year.
Stronger exchanges and dialogue between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang will have an important and positive impact on safeguarding peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, Zhang Han, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday when asked what message the mainland hoped to convey through the invitation to Chinese Kuomintang Chairperson Cheng Li-wun to visit the mainland.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, in pursuit of political self-interest, have persistently manipulated the judiciary and suppressed and persecuted political opponents. Such retrogressive actions have already sparked growing opposition from more and more people on the Taiwan island. Right and wrong, and where justice lies, are clear in the hearts of the people, Zhang Han, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, gentle sunlight bathed Anxian Cemetery in suburban Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, where heroic Chinese pilot Wang Wei's cenotaph rests amid ringed pines and cypresses. His statue and monument gleamed with renewed clarity in the sun.
China will implement a set of guidelines on Wednesday to strengthen the crackdown on fraud in the country's universal basic medical insurance.
Chinese scientists have, for the first time, precisely measured the thermal conductivities of a single lunar soil particle from the Chang'e-5 mission, discovering that lunar agglutinates in the soil provide insulation in a vacuum comparable to high-performance synthetic aerogels, marking the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported for a natural material, the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU), Chinese Academy of Sciences, announced on Tuesday.
Two neighboring southern Chinese provinces – Guangdong and Hainan – are currently experiencing dramatically different weather conditions. On Tuesday, cities across Guangdong were hit by severe convective weather, including hailstorms and even tornadoes, while Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, sweltered under a blistering heatwave, with temperatures reaching 37 C.
The fully domestically developed NORINCO LUCA large cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully completed its maiden flight on Tuesday in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province. According to its developer from China's state-owned Norinco Group, it is now the largest logistics unmanned cargo aircraft in the world to have achieved a successful first flight, marking the arrival of China's first 7-ton-class fixed-wing "unmanned aerial heavy truck" in the low-altitude economy and expanding the range of potential applications.
Four people were killed and nine others were injured in a blast that ripped through a highway tunnel under construction in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Monday afternoon, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Authorities in Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan Province, issued an investigation report on a case in which a woman claimed her uncle fraudulently registered a marriage using her deceased mother's ID. The news sparked public controversy.
Despite South China's Guangdong Province having officially ushered in summer, hailstorms have been battering the region. As of 12:00 noon on Monday, a total of 12 orange alerts for hail had been issued across the province, Chinese media outlet Southcn.com reported.
Chinese scientists have recently discovered fossils of a new species of ancient ray-finned fish that lived about 244 million years ago, which they have named P. huoae. The discovery is the first record of Ptycholepis in China, filling the previous deficiency of marine ptycholepids in Asia, media reported on Monday. The dating of the specimen also makes it the oldest known fossil of this genus in the world.
China's top court said on Monday that courts across the country have issued around 33,000 personal safety protection orders since the anti-domestic violence law took effect in 2016, as the law marks its 10th anniversary this year.
As Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) approaches and people mourn the deceased, the China Organ Donation Administration Center held a collective commemorative event for organ donors on Sunday, where AI-generated digital human footage of the donors touched the event participants.
China on Monday launched a Lijian-2 Y1 carrier rocket with three satellites onboard.
At dusk on a cool March evening in 2026, as the last rays of sunlight faded over the Gobi Desert, the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone came alive with anticipation. Kinetica-2 liquid-propellant rocket, developed by China's commercial space firm CAS Space, ignited with a thunderous roar around 7 pm, roaring to life for its maiden flight.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for mobilizing the whole society to actively participate in afforestation, stressing that a sound ecological environment is shared by all and requires the joint efforts of all.
After a building that partially collapsed early on Sunday, local authorities in Hailin Township, Hailin city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Monday said the rescue efforts have completed, and all the nine people trapped were found, with two injured and seven killed, per a statement by Hailin authorities.
China consistently upholds respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and opposes the violation of other countries' sovereignty or interference in their internal affairs under any pretext, Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday when asked for China's comment regarding US President Donald Trump's claim that "Cuba is next."
This is an "extremely unusual and serious case," Japanese Police Commissioner General Yoshinobu Kusunoki reportedly told an emergency meeting on Monday over the incident in which a Ground Self-Defense Force member intruded the Chinese Embassy in Japan.
The World Data Organization (WDO) held its first general meeting in Beijing on Monday, marking its official establishment.
Air China resumes direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday.
China's domestically developed "Linghang," the world's largest-diameter high-speed-rail shield tunneling machine, has successfully completed the 11,180-meter underwater section of the Yangtze River crossing and made landfall in Taicang, East China's Jiangsu Province, according to People's Daily on Sunday.
The 2026 China Internet Media Forum opened in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, on March 29. Hosted by the Cyberspace Administration of China, People's Daily and the cyberspace commission of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the forum is themed "Leveraging the leading role of mainstream media, unleashing the creativity of diverse stakeholders, and jointly building a prosperous online content ecosystem."
The AEP100 turboprop, independently developed by a research and development institute of Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), has successfully completed full ground-tests. It marks China's first liquid hydrogen engine to meet megawatt-level full-performance standards, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Sunday.
Viral videos circulated online showed that more than 1,000 Japanese demonstrators gathered in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Saturday to mark a local peace festival. Holding placards and glowing sticks, the people at the gathering chanted "Apologize to China" and "Prime Minister Takaichi, apologize," just a few days after a 23-year-old second lieutenant in Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, forcibly broke into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo while carrying an 18-cm blade and threatened to kill diplomatic personnel on March 24.
At an exhibition held during the ongoing 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) in Beijing, a range of brain-computer interface (BCI) products -- from specialized chips to rehabilitation systems -- drew large crowds.
Three people were killed and 23 others injured, nine critically, in a fire that broke out at a building near Qinxian North Street in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday evening, CCTV News reported on Sunday.
The China Manned Space Agency announced that it would solicit proposals for a space human research program starting April 1, targeting major strategic, fundamental, and forward-looking scientific issues related to the long-term healthy survival of humans during future space station flights and lunar landing missions.
Dr. Henry C. Lee, a world-renowned forensic scientist, died Friday at his home in Henderson, Nevada at the age of 87, according to a release from the University of New Haven.
The Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, or NeurIPS, a leading global conference in machine learning and computational neuroscience, issued a public apology on Friday via its X account over a controversial policy in its 2026 submission handbook, soon after boycotts from several China's federations for technology professionals.
Students fly kites on the playground of a school in Suqian city, East China's Jiangsu Province on March 26, 2026. Photo: VCG
Two pandas play on a tree in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Southwest China's Sichuan Province on March 26, 2026. Photo: VCG
As Qingming Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday honoring the deceased and marking the “Pure Brightness” solar term, approaches, some young people are planning to put a modern spin on the tradition by visiting the graves of famous historical figures, many set in scenic locations. What, then, draws people to the tomb of a historical figure?
“We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and have lodged solemn representations with the US side,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday in response to a case that a Chinese postdoctoral researcher recently died by suicide the day after being summoned for questioning and interrogated by US law enforcement officers.
“We plan to train more Chinese-speaking tour guides in South Korea and enhance reception services at popular tourist destinations for Chinese travelers,” Choi Hwi-young, South Korea's Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said in an interview with the Global Times in Beijing.
Token, a key concept in the artificial intelligence (AI) field that has recently been standardized in Chinese as "ciyuan," has become one of the most talked-about buzzwords among entrepreneurs and experts at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum).
A travel alert advising Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan popped up on many people's cellphones on Thursday, citing "constant deterioration of security environment for Chinese nationals in Japan" concern while referring to the extremely vile act of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member who broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan.
In front of the PLA, there is no "Taiwan Shield," only "Taiwan Cage." The "Taiwan independence" armed forces seeking to resist like a cornered beast are doomed to destruction, Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, deputy director-general of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defense and the ministry spokesperson, said on Thursday when addressing a question that Taiwan island is considering building a "Taiwan Shield" modeled on Israel's air defense system, how does the PLA assess such an anti-missile system and from a military perspective, does the PLA believe this anti-missile system can succeed. "Taiwan independence" is a dead end, and China's reunification cannot be blocked, Jiang stressed.
In response to foreign media reports claiming that Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from people suspected of breaching the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, portraying the new rules as a “further crackdown on dissents,” a spokesperson from the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) told the Global Times on Thursday that the reports are misleading, noting that law enforcement officers must apply to the court for a warrant and obtain judicial approval before searching electronic devices such as mobile phones.
China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space.
China's 307,000-ton new-generation very large crude carrier (VLCC) Empire Hope, independently researched, developed and designed by China, was delivered in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Wednesday. With indicators of performance reaching world-class standards, the vessel has further boosted China's global competitiveness in the construction of VLCC, CCTV reported on Wednesday.
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 its WeChat account.
The sudden cardiac death (SCD) of Zhang Xuefeng, an online influencer and well-known tutor specializing in China's college entrance examinations, has triggered an outpouring of grief online while also drawing widespread attention to the heart health risks. Chinese medical experts say the condition is showing a worrying trend toward younger generations, often linked to high-risk factors such as chronic sleep deprivation, excessive fatigue and unhealthy lifestyles.
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.
"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 Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday. Zhu noted that their malicious nature and fawning posture have already been rejected by the public.