The deadly residential fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po in Hong Kong last November was possibly caused by lit cigarette ends igniting combustible materials, according to the latest investigation report.

Multiple national departments and local authorities have activated emergency response measures as Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of 2026, approaches China's eastern coast, in an effort to safeguard people's lives and property.

A Hyrox indoor fitness competition recently held in Southwest China's Sichuan Province became a social media sensation, with clips showing sweat-soaked, exhausted but determined participants crossing the finish line quickly spreading online. The event also put into spotlight a sport which some netizens jokingly describe as "1 kilometer is merely a comma."

A giant python caught stealing ducks in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, was later captured by members of a local civilian rescue team and released into the mountains, domestic media outlet Jimu News reported.

A 20-year-old woman survived a fall from the 18th floor following an argument with her boyfriend after her fall was cushioned by trees, according to domestic media outlets.

A psychiatrist's official profile photo went viral for its heavily beautified look, which stood in stark contrast to no‑frills style of standard official portraits most people use. Some netizens joked that people “got cured of depression without booking a consultation,” domestic media outlet The Paper reported.

Amid the super ElNino and extreme weather driven by climate change, a Chinese team has developed a flood-response “super brain” capable of conducting flood drills by simulating key hydrodynamic factors with errors below 15 percent, predicting floods using AI, and simulating evacuations with VR technology.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Gaoxian county in Yibin city, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 1:08 pm on Friday. As of 4:30 pm, the earthquake had left one person dead after being injured by the collapse of an outdoor wall during evacuation, one person with minor injuries, and five others with slight injuries, according to CCTV News.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has resorted to blocking the Chinese mainland's “Taiwan youth e-home” service platform under pretexts that are nothing but separatist rhetoric. In fact, the very act of blocking only proves that the platform meets the needs of young people in the Taiwan region and strikes a raw nerve with the DPP authorities, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Friday.

A Chinese tourist was killed and his daughter was injured after their motorcycle plunged off a cliff in Pattaya, Chonburi Province, Thailand, on Friday, according to China Central Television (CCTV) News.

A viral internet joke about eating raw green beans for weight loss has recently put the humble vegetable in the spotlight. After news reports that a guy lost weight following food poisoning caused by undercooked beans, Chinese netizens jokingly dubbed them a "forbidden weight-loss hack." Others took the joke even further, asking — tongue firmly in cheek — exactly how undercooked the beans needed to be to achieve the "best weight loss effect."

China's health authorities said Thursday that the recent rise in COVID-19 infections has begun to ease, with transmission levels remaining moderate and no new pathogens or high-risk variants detected in nationwide surveillance.

China's launch of its first national security investigation in the field of foreign trade marks an important step in upgrading the country's economic and trade governance framework and a new stage of the enforcement of its legal regime for safeguarding national security in foreign trade, experts have said.

A burst of flame lit the morning sky over waters off Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province on Wednesday as a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket lifted off, drawing cheers from viewing sites along the coast.

Provinces including Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong have activated emergency responses and taken preventive measures as Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, approaches, potentially bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Dolphin is about to enter the 48-hour warning zone of China and is expected to make landfall along the coastal areas between Zhejiang Province to northern Fujian Province as a typhoon or severe typhoon between Sunday afternoon and Monday Morning, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday.

According to South Korean media, the Independence Hall of Korea announced on Thursday that Wang Jinsi, a Chinese collector specializing in historical materials documenting China's resistance against Japanese aggression on Tuesday transferred and donated 12 rare historical documents documenting the joint Chinese-Korean resistance against Japanese aggression. The materials were collected by Wang Jinsi over the past two decades from China, Japan and other countries. Several South Korean media outlets, including Yonhap News Agency, covered the cross-border donation on Wednesday.

Using the latest data from the Chang'e lunar exploration program and other lunar exploration efforts, Chinese scientists have completed a 1:5,000,000 geological map of the entire moon, for the first time providing a more detailed global classification of the moon's late-stage geological layers and key scientific support for China's future lunar research station, landing site selection and deep-space exploration, while contributing to humanity's exploration on the Solar System's evolution, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

After a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage was believed to have struck the moon on Wednesday after drifting in space for nearly a year, as US media AP reported Thursday, citing scientists, this unexpected lunar impact has drawn attention to both scientific opportunities and the growing challenge of managing space debris.

When Zhou Zhihong's 14-year-old granddaughter finishes her homework, she sometimes runs over to the 67-year-old with an unusual request -- Grandma, wanna play? The two meet inside Naraka: Bladepoint, a multiplayer combat video game in which Zhou has become skilled enough to captain a senior team to victory.

By improving cross-border ecological corridors, expanding joint monitoring, sharing scientific expertise and coordinating anti-poaching efforts, China and Russia have helped protect the movement of Amur tigers between the two countries, a Chinese expert with years of experience working with Russian counterparts told the Global Times, noting that such cooperation had strengthened habitat connectivity and provided critical support for the recovery of the species in the wild.

Beijing has been designated as the UNESCO-UIA (International Union of Architects) World Capital of Architecture 2029, UNESCO announced on Wednesday.

A rafting service operator at a park in Southwest China's Guizhou Province was ordered by local authorities to suspend operations for “rectification” with a joint investigation launched after the service had been advertised offering female companions who can kiss and hug with customers, Chengdu Economic Daily reported.

As Typhoon Dolphin is forecast to enter the East China Sea with a high chance of making landfall in China, and is expected to bring heavy to torrential rain to the eastern areas across China from Saturday before shifting north to affect parts of North China, the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration activated a Level IV typhoon emergency response on Wednesday morning in response to the approaching typhoon based on the typhoon's development and projected track.

Wanting to move but being unable to is the plight of patients with lower-limb mobility impairments. Today, a homegrown cutting-edge technology is working to solve this problem. Recently, at the high-end equipment exhibition area of the Anhui Innovation Pavilion in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui Province, a brain-computer interface (BCI) rehabilitation exoskeleton robot attracted significant online attention.

Former deputy head of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Zhang Jianhua was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the first-instance trial for accepting bribes and taking bribes by leveraging his influence, according to the Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday.

Chinese scientists on Wednesday released the first complete set of observational images captured by China's new-generation ground-based infrared telescope, filling a gap in the country's near-infrared astronomical observation capabilities and reducing reliance on foreign infrared detector technology, China News Service reported on Wednesday.

A fatal fall at a shopping mall in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province last month was determined to be an accident, authorities said Wednesday. The victim, surnamed Yan, died from injuries suffered in the fall, with investigators finding no signs of foul play or other abnormalities.

A total of 72 robot “employees” have been deployed across 14 municipal parks in Beijing this summer, taking on tasks ranging from cleaning and patrols to providing guided tours, detecting pests and discouraging inappropriate behaviors, Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.

China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Tuesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellites, the 23rd group of the low-orbit internet constellation, lifted off aboard a Long March-8A carrier rocket at 4:52 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered their preset orbits successfully.

China succeeded in another orbital launch from sea on Wednesday, with Smart Dragon-3, developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), delivering Satellite 01 and 02 of the Dongfang Huiyan spatiotemporal intelligent constellation hyperspectral remote sensing satellite system into their designated orbits.

Before boarding her flight to Shanghai in east China, Saudi tourist Fay had already planned exactly where she wanted to shop. Saved on her phone was a curated list of Chinese brands she had discovered on social media. Instead of luxury boutiques, her itinerary featured homegrown brands such as handbag label MUVA, and she hoped to see the products in person before making a purchase.

Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport has apologized and disciplined security personnel over their inappropriate behavior during their duties to stop a Chinese passenger who caused disturbance and violated security measures. The incident sparked controversy following the denial of boarding to 22 Chinese passengers on a Bangkok-Beijing flight.

An AI-powered smart blackboard unveiled by a Chinese company at the 2026 World AI Conference has gone viral on overseas social media as it instantly generates graphs from handwritten equations and demonstrates other state-of-the-art capabilities. Many overseas self-media vloggers have hailed the technology, calling it “the future of education,” China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday.

DeepSeek's V4 Flash model has officially moved from preview to general availability, sparking a wave of enthusiastic reactions across Chinese and overseas social media platforms which hailed its combination of near-frontier performance and ultra-low pricing, with many calling it a potential market disruptor.

A hand-cranked alarm broke the darkness in a village in Zayu County, Nyingchi city, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. In the scenario unfolding that night, prolonged rain had pushed a mountain stream above its orange-alert level. Power, telecommunications and road access had all been cut. A drone carrying lighting equipment rose above the village, illuminating the flood-monitoring point and an evacuation route as emergency teams assessed the danger and went door to door to move residents.

Typhoon Dolphin is still far away from China and won't affect its waters before August 6. It is forecast to enter the East China Sea on August 8 via the Ryukyu Islands, where its moving speed will slow and its path will become less certain, an official from China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Tuesday.

Several major online audio-visual platforms announced on Tuesday they have removed more than 13,300 artificial intelligence (AI)-manipulated videos that distort classic film and television works and took action against over 30 accounts as part of a crackdown on AI-altered content violations in July, China Central Television reported on Tuesday, citing the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA).

A total of 49,925 households, or 115,756 people, have been evacuated and relocated to safety across Northwest China's Shaanxi Province during the latest round of rainfall, China Central Television (CCTV) News reported on Tuesday.

China's Qinling Station, the country's newest Antarctica outpost, has achieved a major breakthrough in green energy use, with renewable energy accounting for around 50 percent of its electricity supply even during the harsh polar night, Wang Tao, head of the station, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

With El Nino conditions continuing to strengthen over the past two months, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Tuesday that a strong to super Eastern Pacific (EP) El Nino is expected to develop during summer–autumn, bringing more frequent heatwaves and increased typhoon activity across China in August.

Light is the source of energy for solar cells, but it can also become a factor accelerating performance degradation. For wide-bandgap subcells in perovskite-organic tandem solar cells, which have long been troubled by light-induced phase segregation, Chinese researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome this challenge.

Chinese scientist Wang Jinsong has become the first Chinese recipient of the William Nordberg Medal, a major international award recognizing distinguished contributions to the application of space science, CCTV News reported on Monday.

A fake “cooperation contract” email containing a remote-control Trojan downloader has been blocked by cybersecurity police in Hebi, Central China's Henan Province, with recent phishing attacks targeting China found to have frequently used IP addresses from countries including the US, the Netherlands, South Korea, India and Japan, according to a post published by the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday.

Across the fertile black soil of Heilongjiang, autonomous tractors work tirelessly, while intelligent drones fly overhead to monitor crop growth. Powered by smart farming solutions, technological upgrading is reshaping the heartland of China's granary in the province, bolstering the country's food security.

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered 2,300-year-old grain wine residues from a cemetery of people from Qin State during the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) – roughly the time of Aristotle – in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, revealing the ancient wine's ingredients and brewing methods through multidisciplinary analysis, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

Market regulators in Shantou city and Raoping county in South China's Guangdong Province and Dongshan county in East China's Fujian Province on Monday issued notices saying they had launched investigations into companies involved in a case where bullfrogs were found to contain excessive antibiotic residues.

Two elderly residents were finally rescued after being trapped in a mountain in Beijing for more than 30 hours, longer than it should have been, as they stayed silent and ran from rescuers out of superstitious belief that one should not answer to strange calls of names in the mountains as they might be from ghosts or spirits in the wild, media reported on Saturday.

The first robotics 9S center in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - a new platform integrating robot exhibition, sales, leasing, customized development, maintenance, science education and industrial empowerment - is under construction in Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone, with the project expected to officially begin operation by the end of August, the project operator told the Global Times on Monday.

China has recently been selected to host the International Standard Organization (ISO) technical committee secretariat on artificial ice-and-snow landscapes, the first of its kind in ice-and-snow sector, according to CCTV News on Monday.

Four more bodies, including that of Chinese mountaineer Wang Zhong, have been reportedly recovered after a significant avalanche struck a 10-member international climbing team led by renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak in Karakoram Mountain range in Pakistan on July 30, Alpine Club of Pakistan's official social media accounts shows.

Amid scorching summer heat, some residents in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, are enjoying central cooling: indoor temperatures can remain around 25 C without turning on air conditioners in households, thanks to the cool water running beneath their feet from an abandoned coal mine.

A gesture made by a Chinese host at the Beijing premiere of Christopher Nolan's latest film The Odyssey has sparked heated online debate over the weekend, after a video showing her crouching while handing a microphone to foreign cast members went viral.

China's national security authorities on Monday released a case involving a former technician at a water resources research institute who was held criminally responsible eight years after leaving his position for failing to hand over and properly dispose of classified topographic maps stored on his personal hard drive.

Seven staff members at the Sayram Lake Scenic Area have been put to 10 to 15 days of administrative detention and fined 1,000 yuan ($148) each for assaulting a tour bus driver, according to a report released on Monday by a joint task force formed by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, which is under jurisdiction of Xinjiang. The report also announced disciplinary action against the responsible government departments and officials, including dismissals and Party disciplinary measures.

China's cyberspace regulator has intensified a campaign to clean up misconduct in group livestreaming entertainment, targeting issues such as excessive tipping incentives, vulgar content, and violations of minors' rights. It has taken action against more than 1,840 violating accounts, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Monday.

In the past few days, around China's Huangyan Dao, warships and aircraft rehearsed control of the sea and air, coast guard officers practiced intercepting and towing intruding vessels, and new rules drew stricter legal boundaries around a national nature reserve.

China has launched a one-year nationwide campaign starting from July to deepen its crackdown on organized crime based on new trends and characteristics, and focusing on those involved in illegal resource control and local bullies, as well as those cyber gang crimes, CCTV News reported on Sunday.

Driven by hunger, exhaustion and hostility, migrants who swam or climbed over fences to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta were returning home on Saturday, Reuters reported. But the fallout from the crisis is expected to linger. Chinese experts said it has not only heightened tensions among European countries but also provided fresh ammunition for Europe's rising right-wing parties, allowing them to further weaponize migration as a political issue.

China's National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management on Sunday activated a Level IV flood control emergency response for Beijing and Hebei Province, the Global Times learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The Shenzhou-23 crew has successfully harvested the first batch of rice samples grown from seeds brought to China Space Station in May, a study that could support future in situ food production beyond Earth, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday.

Extreme weather warnings were issued across multiple parts of China on Sunday, with heavy rainfall and extreme heat sweeping across multiple regions, amid a developing super El Nino event which, combined with typhoons and monsoon activity, has altered atmospheric circulation patterns over southern China and could become one of the strongest such events in 150 years.

Africa is seeking to move from being a participant in space science discussions to becoming an active contributor to humanity's exploration of the Moon and deep space, with the “Africa2Moon” initiative representing a new chapter in the continent's space ambitions, Carla Mitchell, mission director of the Africa2Moon initiative and Africa Program manager at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), told the Global Times in a recent exclusive interview.

China's third medical expert team arrives in DR Congo to support Ebola response

As temperatures soar across China this summer, a familiar seasonal soundtrack has become unexpectedly dangerous. Some social media platforms have lately been flooded with complaints from netizens saying that the annual chorus of cicadas seems louder and more relentless than in previous years. For some, the incessant buzzing has crossed the line from a mere nuisance to a serious medical emergency — leading to confirmed cases of hearing damage in the country.

The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that a Chinese mountaineer went missing in an avalanche near Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday, and has activated consular protection emergency response mechanism and urged Pakistani authorities to make every effort in the search and rescue operations, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.

A total of 62 people have been held accountable for a January accident at a steel plant in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that killed 10 people and injured 84 others, according to an investigation report published on Sunday, which also detailed the cause of the incident.

A State Council executive meeting on Friday approved eight reactor units, six of which will feature Hualong One nuclear technology, with two units designated as demonstration projects for the Hualong One technology, version 2.0, according to a release by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on its official WeChat account on Friday.

Among the three most prevalent pathogens detected in respiratory samples collected from influenza-like illness cases at sentinel hospitals nationwide over the past week, COVID-19 continues to rank first, with a positivity rate of 20.3 percent, an increase of 4 percentage points week-on-week, according to media reports on Saturday, citing the latest data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).

By the end of 2025, 323.38 million people in China were aged 60 and above, accounting for 23 percent of the country's total population. The number of people aged 65 and above reached 223.65 million, representing 15.9 percent of the total population, according to the latest data released by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on Friday.

A barbecue chef at a restaurant has shot to fame for his striking resemblance to tech billionaire Elon Musk. By coincidence, his surname Ma shares the exact phonetic pronunciation of Musk, and his likeness has given the restaurant a modest boost in customers.

Foreign livestream host Gu Aihua, also known as Edward Kuperman, who was selected for a position at Northwest China's Dunhuang media convergence center, has withdrawn from the recruitment process, local authorities said, after a controversial talent recruitment program sparked online debate over its compensation package and compliance, according to China Central Television (CCTV) News.

A dog swept away by river currents miraculously trekked back home all on its own after ten days adrift, domestic media outlet Guangxi Daily reported.

A boy living with cerebral palsy has been working out since the age of 5. Now 21, he competed in Asia's largest and most comprehensive bodybuilding competition, domestic media outlet The Paper reported.

Footage of a snow leopard, a first-class nationally protected wild animal, was captured again at the Siguniang Mountain national nature reserve, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The footage was taken in an adjacent zone, years after the reserve first recorded snow leopard sightings back in 2019, chinanews.com reported.

"I believe this is not only the result of their individual efforts, but also a reflection of the vitality and upward spirit of contemporary Chinese youth, demonstrating their confidence and courage to break new ground and strive for success," Mao Ning, spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Friday in response to a question about recent global attention on young Chinese talent, including Chinese mathematicians winning the Fields Medal and young entrepreneur in the robotics sector appearing on the cover of Time magazine.

On July 31, the China Coast Guard (CCG) task group led by CCGS Xiushan conducted routine law-enforcement patrols in waters east of China's Taiwan island in accordance with the law, Jiang Lue, spokesperson for the CCG, said in a statement released by CCG on Friday.

The death toll from a mountain collapse in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has risen to 51, and 10 people are still missing, local authorities said Thursday.

The PLA has always adhered to combat-oriented training, honing its capabilities to defeat adversaries and win battles. It remains ready for combat at all times and is prepared to fight whenever called upon, Jiang Bin, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday in response to a question about foreign media reports claim that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has built life-size replicas of major government buildings of the island of Taiwan at a remote training ground, allowing troops to conduct drills under highly realistic conditions, with the scale and specificity of such exercises being unprecedented.

A routine flood-season patrol over the loess hills of Northwest China's Gansu Province took an unexpected turn when a police drone spotted a suspicious SUV parked at the entrance to a remote canyon. Within days, what began as a geological hazard inspection unfolded into a race against both crime and an approaching rainstorm.

China's implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has made substantial progress in clinical trials, enabling multiple patients with high-level quadriplegia to return to work, with command latency below 50 milliseconds, the Global Times learned from Shanghai-based medical technology firm StairMed on Thursday.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has started soliciting public opinions on a draft law against cyber abuse in a bid to prevent mass dissemination of content involving insults, defamation, hate incitement, polarization, threats, discrimination, or other harmful material, as well as cyberbullying activities conducted by overseas organizations or individuals targeting entities or individuals within China.

Five minutes after the cobra's head was severed from its body, the seemingly lifeless reptile staged a sudden retaliatory strike, sinking its fangs deep into the hand of the man who had killed it. The vicious bite put the elderly man's life in imminent peril. “The head was already cut off, how could it still bite?” he murmured.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries and societies, access to computing power is becoming an increasingly important factor in technological development. While global computing resources remain largely concentrated in regions with advanced digital infrastructure, a new frontier is emerging beyond Earth: space-based computing. China has entered the first tier of global space-based computing development in terms of engineering verification, industrial chain completeness and application exploration, according to a Chinese computing scientist.

China sent new communication technology test satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday.

Two red pandas gifted by Shanghai Zoo made their public debut at Taipei Zoo this week, drawing enthusiastic crowds even though the island's authorities rejected a Shanghai delegation's applications to attend the welcoming ceremony.

China's Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday activated a Level-IV flood emergency response in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The world's first 630 C ultra-supercritical double-reheat thermal power unit began full-capacity operation on Tuesday in Yuncheng, East China's Shandong Province. Featuring a designed thermal efficiency surpassing 50 percent, its single unit capacity reaches 1,000 MW, according to Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.

China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit on Wednesday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan.

COVID-19 activity in Beijing is currently experiencing a periodic fluctuation, with young and middle-aged people making up more than half of reported cases, The Beijing News reported on Wednesday, citing the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing CDC).

Chinese national security authorities warned that some government departments and organizations' improper disposal of office equipment, including used printer toner cartridges, could pose serious risks to state secrets and sensitive data, unintentionally creating a “convenient gateway” for the theft and leakage of classified information.

Imagine you have built a thriving career and have a devoted partner who has stayed faithfully by your side for years. Just as you are poised to embark on a brand new chapter of life, a life-threatening spinal tumor forces you to undergo two major surgeries and remain paralyzed for three years with no curative treatment available. Faced with the rest of your life, how would you then choose to move forward? For Wang Ning, 33, wallowing in self pity or resigning himself to fate was never an option. Instead, he built a brain-controlled wheelchair. As he lifted his hands from the wheelchair's control panel, the device glided forward. He had built it in just 48 hours through self study and with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

The coast guard of east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday conducted routine law-enforcement patrols in the waters near Kinmen, a spokesperson with the China Coast Guard said.

Chinese scientists have developed an AI-physics based ensemble forecast system for typhoons. The system combines China's domestically developed FuXi AI weather model with their proposed Orthogonal Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbations (O-CNOPs) method, which generates physically interpretable initial perturbations to predict multiple possible typhoon tracks. the Global Times learned from the research team on Wednesday.

"We are closely following the earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture and express our condolences to the victims and sympathy to their families and those injured," Chinese FM spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday when asked how Chinese side viewed the earthquake disaster situation.

A pair of front-page special reports honoring Chinese mathematician Wang Hong's historic Fields Medal victory have ignited an unprecedented nationwide scramble for physical newspapers, triggering a rare revival of print media in China's digital age.

A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said a fisheries resource survey conducted by the Lanhai 201 research vessel in waters east of Taiwan island was a legitimate and lawful scientific activity, criticizing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for using the issue to push for a larger maritime security budget and stoke cross-Straits confrontation.

China's wild populations of Siberian tigers and Amur leopards have continued to recover over the past decade. In Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, the number of wild Amur tigers has increased from 27 in 2017 to 72, while the wild Amur leopard population has risen from 42 to 115, more than doubling over the period, marking a milestone in the conservation of the two flagship species, according to statistic released by China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) on Wednesday, International Tiger Day.

Ordinary personal photos, from casual selfies and everyday snapshots to group pictures with colleagues, can now be manipulated by AI tools into fake nude images, with some services charging as little as 1.5 yuan ($0.22) per image, as the rapid spread of “AI undressing” technology has created a complete underground industry chain, ranging from software sales and image processing services to further criminal activities, CCTV News reported.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Tuesday issued a statement addressing recent public concerns after a Chinese female fan was allegedly subjected to violent treatment by an employee of Thai entertainment company GMMTV, saying that it understands the impacts on fans from both countries and event host, and expressed regret over the situation.

Six Chinese government departments have jointly issued a notice banning the sale of decommissioned and retired military equipment to prevent their unauthorized circulation, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced on Tuesday.