A certain Philippine politician cares only about his selfish interests. He is trying to gain political influence by taking an extreme anti-China position, expand his own military power by creating "external threats", and trade for foreign support through stirring up troubles in the South China Sea, Chen Xi, a spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, said on Friday when asked to comment that recently, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro kept making an issue of the South China Sea and making false remarks about China.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Friday refuted the "selective quotation and overinterpretation" of the Chinese envoy's recent remarks by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and has urged the DFA to play a more responsible role in preventing actions that undermine normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said in a statement.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Auspicious Ark arrived in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, on Wednesday to begin a friendly visit and provide medical services, marking the first visit by a Chinese naval hospital ship to the country. The hospital ship, which is carrying out Mission Harmony-2026, docked at Abidjan at about 10:00 a.m. local time (1000 GMT).
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday extended congratulations to faculty, students and alumni of Hunan University as it marks its 100th anniversary.
China will host the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan) from Oct. 23 to 25 in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province, according to the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
More and more foreign visitors are arriving in China with empty suitcases and returning home with bags full of Chinese goods. What is behind this trend? British YouTuber Elliot Page offered a glimpse of the appeal with a shopping vlog filmed in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Exploring Chinese sportswear brands such as Li-Ning and Anta, Page was impressed not only by their affordability, but also by their design and quality. Sportswear is just the tip of the iceberg. As "China Haul" gains traction on social media worldwide, an increasing number of international visitors are traveling to China not only to explore its attractions, but also to discover and shop for products that catch their eye.
Launched by the FAO to mark the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, the global initiative recognizes 100 women for their outstanding contributions to agriculture, food systems and rural development. The FAO said it received 609 nominations from 131 members. The selection process involved an eligibility review, an assessment, and ranking by senior management, and two rounds of deliberations.
As the US anti-war organization CodePink embarks on a 12-day trip to China to explore the country's revolutionary history and its high-tech infrastructure and development, Medea Benjamin, the group's co-founder, is sharing her experiences on social media. Through her posts, she offers her personal perspective on China beyond mainstream Western media narratives and reiterates the message that “China is not our enemy.”
range of unmanned and intelligent counterterrorism systems, including specialized humanoid robots and robotic dogs equipped with firearms, were showcased at the 2026-Great Wall International Forum on Counter-Terrorism, held from Tuesday to Thursday. The exhibits highlighted China's latest advances in frontline counterterrorism equipment development, Global Times reporters observed.
Deep in the forests of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, scientists have discovered a giant fungus that can stand half a meter tall and weigh more than two kilograms. But its extraordinary size is only part of the story. The discovery marks not only the identification of a new species, but also the discovery of an entirely new fungal family. Researchers estimate that the family originated around 65 million years ago, roughly when dinosaurs went extinct.
The new China-DPRK Yalu River bridge officially opened to traffic on Thursday, with both sides jointly holding an opening ceremony on this cross-border artery.
Chinese researchers have identified a new Jurassic bird fossil – a discovery that challenges the conventional notion that the origin and early evolution of birds were primarily driven by adaptations for flight, according to a report released by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.
Opening ceremony held for new China-DPRK border bridge over Yalu River
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the 140th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair. In his letter, Xi said over the past 70 years since its establishment, the Canton Fair has played a significant role in promoting trade exchanges between China and other countries, serving as an effective platform for China to expand high-level opening up and promote the building of an open world economy.
US teenagers visit Tsinghua University in Beijing on October 13, 2026. The group of about 40 students are participating in a China-US youth exchange event co-hosted by the China Education Association for International Exchange and Peking University. Photo: VCG
China's total imports and exports reached 39.94 trillion yuan ($5.94 trillion) in the January-September period, soaring 18.8 percent year-on-year, marking the highest level for the same period in five years, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed on Wednesday. Chinese experts noted that these better-than-expected figures highlight the strong momentum of China's foreign trade, demonstrating the competitiveness and resilience of the country's manufacturing sector.
China's plan to build a 2,800-satellite AI computing constellation in space took another step forward on Wednesday, as eight computing satellites were successfully launched into orbit to test technologies for AI model training, high-speed data transmission and advanced cooling technologies in space.
Indoor fitness competition HYROX announced on Wednesday that its Shanghai event would be postponed because of unforeseen problems with venue arrangements. The indoor hybrid fitness endurance race had previously faced attention after a competitor experienced a bowel incident mid-race at HYROX Beijing.
Proactive joint efforts by both China and South Korea have facilitated the return of a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion sculptures to China this year, a curator at the National Museum of Korea told the Global Times, noting that despite broader challenges in securing the return of cultural artifacts held overseas, the case demonstrates what bilateral cooperation can achieve.
A new bridge will officially open to traffic on Thursday across China's border river with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
A video of a man doing pull-ups on a beam at the 1,500-year-old Xuankong Temple, or Hanging Temple, in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, has gone viral recently, sparking public concerns about potential damage to the historic structure, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday.
The 2026 Great Wall International Forum on Counter-terrorism opened in Beijing on Tuesday, with more than 320 delegates from 62 countries and international organizations attending to discuss advancing practical counterterrorism cooperation in the artificial intelligence (AI) era, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday.
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced three members of the Myanmar-based Wei family criminal group to death in first-instance verdicts. Three others received life imprisonment, while 55 defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three years and 3 months to 24 years.
Shanghai has been named one of the first winners of the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) “City of Innovation” award, alongside Charleroi in Belgium and Liverpool in the UK, according to WIPO's official website. WIPO highlighted Shanghai's pledges to expand education and support on intellectual property, widen access to facilities and data that support innovation, and strengthen links among researchers, entrepreneurs, businesses and investors.
China, which operates the world's largest high-speed rail network, has issued a railway science and technology innovation plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Chinese city Shanghai, Britain's Liverpool and Belgium's Charleroi were announced Monday by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as winners of the first WIPO City of Innovation award.
More than 2,000 firefighters and rescue personnel were mobilized in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to contain a wildfire that broke out in neighboring Mongolia last Friday and advanced toward the Chinese border driven by terrain and strong winds, but has caused no damage to China's forests or grasslands and no casualties on the Chinese side so far, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
China and the EU have made fresh progress in automotive trade, following recent in-depth discussions on hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) trade under their trade and investment consultation mechanism. A spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Monday that the two sides have maintained dialogue under the mechanism and reached a series of consensuses and outcomes, which will help maintain a stable and balanced trade partnership between the two major economies.
The 5-meter-diameter stainless steel propellant tank, a key component of China's commercial reusable launch vehicle Nebula-2, has recently rolled off the production line, marking a major step forward in the rocket's intensive engineering development phase, the Global Times learned from its developer, Wuxi-based commercial space startup Deep Blue Aerospace, on Monday.
The 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opened in Beijing on Monday under the annual theme “Digital Intelligence Era and People's City.” International guests were invited to observe frontline operations, including big-data dispatching, AI-generated work orders, multilingual services for foreign-related inquiries and accessible services using sign language.
China's top political and legal affairs authority has issued a guideline calling for stronger efforts to investigate and punish food safety violations and crimes, with particular attention to meat products, food served in schools, health food products, vegetables and fruit. The guideline also calls for strict adherence to the “four strictest” requirements to ensure food safety, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.
When asked to comment on US President Donald Trump's announcement that Russia and Ukraine had reached an "energy ceasefire," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday that China's position on the Ukraine crisis remains consistent and clear: dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way to resolve the crisis, and China supports all efforts conducive to peace.
Hulunbuir, a city in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, sharing border with Russia's far east region, has released a plague risk prevention notice following reports of a suspected fatal plague-related case in neighboring Russia recently.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March. As one of its important starting points, Yudu County in east China's Jiangxi Province, a place best known as the starting point of the Long March by the Central Red Army, the historic military maneuver in modern Chinese history, has become more than a place of remembrance. It was from Yudu that more than 80,000 Red Army soldiers crossed the Yudu River and began the Long March in 1934, the roughly 12,500-kilometer trek later described by American journalist Harrison Salisbury as "a great human epic."
In the morning, after being dressed in a white shroud, Lu Guijun was laid gently in a coffin surrounded by lilies and chrysanthemums. Relatives and friends came to say their goodbyes, one by one. When the ritual ended, he sat up, climbed out, and hugged his wife and two children, unable to hold back his tears. It was a rehearsal funeral. "I wanted to experience death once," he said. "So I can help my patients face the end of life."
China's tennis ace Zheng Qinwen said she was hungry for more achievements in her career after becoming the first Chinese player to win the China Open women's singles title on Sunday, describing the triumph as a first step toward realizing her potential.
Tourists climb the “cloud ladder" at the Mingtang Mountain Scenic Area in Anqing, East China's Anhui Province, on October 11, 2026. Photo: CNS Photo
An attack on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday afternoon has reportedly left 12 people dead and 309 injured, triggering reactions across the region and beyond.
A spectacular 3D light show illuminates ancient city walls. Visitors take the wheel of a tractor. A giant hydraulic press at a manufacturing plant demonstrates the precision of China's heavy industry. These are some of the experiences awaiting international city chiefs in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, where the 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue opened over the weekend.
China's Zheng Qinwen claimed the women's singles title at the 2026 China Open on Sunday, defeating Russia's Mirra Andreeva in the final.
China's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday strongly criticized Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's so-called "Double Ten speech" for exaggerating the mainland military threat and inciting cross-Straits confrontation, warning against attempts to seek "Taiwan independence" through military buildup and reliance on external force
A ceremony was held on Sunday ahead of the Monday opening of Huanggang Port between South China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen, which will provide customs clearance for travelers and passenger vehicles round the clock and significantly cut the time for passage.
A documentary revealing Japanese wartime atrocities, titled Inside Unit 731: Japan's Secret Human Experiments, produced by Singapore's mainstream English-language media outlet Channel NewsAsia (CNA), has received Singapore's national award for Best History Documentary at the 2026 Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) and has become a finalist for the 2026 AIBs in the international affairs documentary category.
China's Ministry of National Defense spokesperson on Sunday slammed Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's so-called “Double Ten” speech for hyping up “mainland military threat” and pushing increased defense spending, saying Lai's remarks expose his attempt to seek “Taiwan independence” through military buildup and by soliciting external support.
A 34-year-old Chinese photographer who went missing in Thailand has returned safely to China, his sister said in a social media post on Sunday. The case drew widespread attention in recent days after his sister published an online missing-person notice saying he had lost contact with his family after arriving in Bangkok for a photography assignment.
Thousands of visitors flocked to the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge during China's recent week-long National Day holiday, not simply to cross the world's highest bridge in southwestern Guizhou Province, but to stop and explore the surrounding area.
A type of moss discovered in a desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region can survive conditions that would kill most plants, including severe dehydration, intense radiation, extreme cold and Mars-like space environments.
Scientists with China's Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition announced on Saturday that they had found more than 24,000 glaciers in the region and warned of accelerating melt there.
China's Ministry of Justice announced on Saturday the official launch of "Lex Com," a nationwide platform designed to provide legal services to Chinese companies and citizens operating overseas.
How does an international engineer perceive China's green building? In September, 60 building professionals from China, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and beyond gathered in Beijing for the 2026 Capacity Building Workshop for Chinese and International Engineers (Green Building). In this episode of Voices of Engineers, we step into the shoes of an Indonesian engineer to witness how cutting-edge green building practices and smart technologies are shaping modern infrastructure.
China aims to return samples from Mars to Earth in around 2031, with the Tianwen-3 mission scheduled to launch around 2028, Zhang Jiajun, an associate research fellow at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrote in an article titled "Why do we venture to Mars?" published by the People's Daily on Saturday.
A joint counterterrorism exercise involving competent authorities of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states was held in Minsk, Belarus, from October 4 to 8, marking the first time Belarus has hosted the exercise since joining the SCO, with counterterrorism law enforcement forces from China and other member states taking part, according to a statement sent to the Global Times by China's Ministry of Public Security.
Several regions, in provinces including South China's Guangdong Province, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and North China's Shanxi Province, have announced autumn holiday schedules for second and primary school students. The breaks generally last three to four days, with some arranged alongside weekends to form five-day holidays, CCTV News reported on Saturday.
China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on Saturday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, sending an internet satellite group into space.
A Chinese national was killed along with two local security personnel in an attack on a construction site in Nigeria's Kebbi State on Thursday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday, citing local police.
Two Chinese porcelain objects dating to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Kangxi period at the British Museum were allegedly damaged on Sunday after a bowl fell from its display shelf. The museum reportedly said in response that neither the shelf nor its mounting showed signs of failure and that an investigation into the incident was continuing, according to Red Star News.
A video recently posted online showed a bear hanging motionless near a fixture at a wildlife park in Linyi, East China's Shandong Province, prompting concerns that it was in danger. After visitors reported the incident, zoo staff members told them the bear was not in danger and frequently behaved this way. Several visitors had previously raised similar concerns, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported on Wednesday.
Visitors to Wild Elephant Valley in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, have discovered an unusual line of souvenirs: notebooks, postcards, fridge magnets and gardening products made from elephant dung. Videos of the items recently drew attention online, with a sign outside the souvenir shop joking that "poop is for sale here," Jimu News reported.
A taxi driver in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, has won praise after returning 100,000 yuan in cash to a passenger, delivering the man's forgotten phone the following day, and then making a third trip to return a 10,000 yuan reward the passenger had secretly left in his cab, Dahe.cn, a media outlet operated by Henan Daily, reported on Wednesday.
A Chinese woman in Australia got more than she bargained for after spending A$50 ($34.70) on a secondhand money jar, only to discover dozens of currencies from around the world inside, turning the unusual thrift-store purchase into a small profit, Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.
China's FAST telescope has helped uncover the first known primordial pulsar triple with a still-evolving companion star, according to a statement sent to the Global Times by the National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Chinese and European scientists independently confirmed the finding through shared data from observatories around the world.
Crime drama "Traces of Justice" topped China's National Day holiday box office, in a market that fell from a year earlier, with some analysts citing the absence of a blockbuster-scale title. The seven-day holiday frame ending on Wednesday generated 1.165 billion yuan (about 173 million U.S. dollars) from nearly 32 million admissions, according to the China Film Administration. Daily takings exceeded 100 million yuan throughout, but the total was well below last year's eight-day holiday, which grossed 1.835 billion yuan, according to ticketing platform Maoyan.
Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut and deputy chief designer of the China Manned Space Agency, has said here that the country's space station will become a global research platform for scientists worldwide. Yang made the remarks at the ongoing 77th International Astronautical Congress in Türkiye's Mediterranean city of Antalya, noting that China hopes to actively engage in exchanges and seek cooperation with other countries in areas such as scientific research, astronaut training, providing flight opportunities, and science education.
As autumn sets in, a breeze sweeps across the Xiaohe National Wetland Park in Xiaoyi, North China's Shanxi Province. Reeds sway and waterbirds skim the surface, while small groups of residents stroll along the riverside paths, enjoying the refreshing air. On September 30, Yan, a visitor to the wetlands, filmed the scenery along the banks of the Xiao River. She explained that she was recording the video to share with friends living elsewhere and show them the changes in her hometown. "The air is fresh and the environment is lovely; it's incredibly pleasant to come here in the evening."
Former Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen again targeted the Chinese mainland in a speech at Stanford University on Wednesday, claiming that "cyberattacks, cognitive warfare, information manipulation, and economic coercion have become almost a daily occurrence," while linking the island's technological and manufacturing capabilities with cross-Strait stability, "Indo-Pacific" security and global supply chains.
All Russian government agencies are making relentless efforts to safeguard public health and safety and urging the public not to worry, the Russian Embassy in China said on Thursday, as concerns over a possible pathogen exposure at a Russian plague research institute have emerged after a researcher died of pneumonia of unknown etiology.
Five people in Heyuan, South China's Guangdong Province, developed rhabdomyolysis after eating wild Cyprinus carpio rubrofuscus (red-tailed carp) in April, with four meeting the clinical criteria for Haff disease, in what constitutes the second carp-associated cluster of Haff disease confirmed in China, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday, citing a report published by China CDC Weekly.
The average size of monitored wild vertebrate populations worldwide declined by 73 percent over the past 52 years, while nature still shows the potential to recover when conservation action is sustained, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Can you imagine tourists nowadays using AI tools to search for and compare homestays in remote Chinese villages before having made the trip? In Guyuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, such a shift is helping villages move beyond the traditional farmstay model, as idle homes are turned into cultural tourism offerings and digital platforms connect them with a new generation of travelers.
Unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province, was successfully connected to the grid on Thursday, officially sending its first kilowatt-hour of electricity to the grid and laying a solid foundation for its subsequent commercial operation, the Global Times learned from China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
A research team at China's Tsinghua University has successfully developed an operational nuclear clock, marking a major breakthrough in humanity's decades-long pursuit of more precise timekeeping and opening up new possibilities for applications ranging from satellite navigation to fundamental physics research, the Global Times learned from the university on Thursday.
Initially a fan of Chinese TV series, 19-year-old Zuura Zakirova is now a student of the Chinese language. Recently, the third-year Confucius Institute student at Kyrgyzstan's Osh State University performed a modern Chinese song and played the guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither, winning thunderous applause at an institute event -- one of her accomplishments after two years of Chinese learning.
The Global Development Initiative (GDI) has played a key role over the past five years in revitalizing the global development agenda and promoting South-South cooperation, a Pakistani envoy has said. The initiative was proposed at an important time, bringing development back to the mainstream global agenda, which is an important contribution, Tahir Andrabi, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said in an interview with Xinhua.
One more survivor of the Nanjing Massacre passed away on Wednesday, reducing the number of registered living survivors to 20, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders said. Massacre survivor Guo Xiulan died at the age of 94, according to the memorial hall in Nanjing, the capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
From the downfall of the notorious "four major families" criminal gangs in northern Myanmar to joint operations targeting fraud compounds in Myanmar's Myawaddy and the establishment of an international anti-fraud mechanism initiated by China, a major three-part documentary airing on the Chinese state broadcaster offers a rare, in-depth look at how China's years-long fight against cross-border telecom fraud has evolved from dismantling major criminal strongholds to promoting broader international law-enforcement cooperation.
A documentary airing on the Chinese state broadcaster revealed further details in the case of Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was trafficked to a telecom fraud compound in Myanmar's Myawaddy region as the case previously attracted widespread public attention in China and Thailand. The latest disclosures revealed that he had been sold three times in just four days after being taken to the region, while “Have you fed the cat?” was once used as a distress signal.
The moments when Chen Zhi, the ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate based in Cambodia and two other key members of the group were escorted back to China and had their hoods removed was disclosed in the third episode of a major documentary aired by China's state broadcaster.
In 1972, Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing arrived in the US following then US president Richard Nixon's visit to China, beginning one of the most recognizable chapters in people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Over the decades, giant panda cooperation has grown beyond public fascination with the animals. China has carried out giant panda conservation and research cooperation with zoos around the world, covering breeding, disease prevention, scientific research, personnel training, and the protection of wild populations and habitats.
"Tourist marvels, local cuisine, educational activities for the kids, and a bit of tech... these are the key words for my family's trip to Datong," said 30-something Pan Li, a Beijing resident who just wrapped up a family self-driving tour to the culturally rich city in North China's Shanxi Province.
DeepZang, China's first Tibetan large language model (LLM), has begun a new round of upgrades to enhance Tibetan-language artificial intelligence (AI) technology and advance the deployment of multilingual simultaneous interpretation, aiming to further integrate the model into public services, education and healthcare, cultural tourism development, grassroots governance and other application scenarios, according to recent media reports.
Television host Kevin Tsai from the island of Taiwan has drawn backlash after appearing at a Taipei mayoral campaign event for Puma Shen, a die-hard supporter of “Taiwan independence.” In its latest commentary, Jun Zhengping, a Sina Weibo account affiliated with the People's Liberation Army Daily, said that those who profit from opportunities on the Chinese mainland while cozying up to “Taiwan independence” forces will eventually find themselves on the wrong side of history and pay a price they can ill afford.
A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic device made another appearance aboard China's space station recently, where it monitors the health of the taikonauts, CCTV News reported on Wednesday.
Actor and singer Nicky Wu from the island of Taiwan has drawn widespread attention after posting a video of himself waving the Chinese national flag at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate China's National Day. A baseball event that he had been scheduled to attend on the island was subsequently canceled, while Wu later posted two more videos and responded to a netizen by saying, “This is my stance even if I don't make money.”
On brightly lit Qilou Old Street, vendors slice open pink wax apples, their juice sparkling under the lights. A drone captures traffic weaving across Haikou's cross-sea bridge, while elsewhere, women in ethnic attire craft traditional goods amid lush rainforests, and rockets launch into space from the vast coastline.
A stream of new occupations is emerging at the forefront of China's new technologies, industries and business models, mirroring industrial upgrading and improvements in people's livelihoods.
People were randomly killed as ritual sacrifices, including one victim whose skull was found to have seven bullet holes. The second episode of a new serial documentary reveals how the Wei family, one of the so-called “four major families” in northern Myanmar involved in telecom fraud, established and maintained its foothold in the region and imposed violent control over fraud compounds through armed forces.
A Chinese documentary has revealed details of a deadly shooting in Myanmar in which more than 20 Chinese nationals attempting to flee a telecom fraud compound were intercepted by armed Myanmar nationals and shot at close range with AK-47 assault rifles, leaving six dead and eight injured.
The China Air Transport Association (CATA) said Monday that China Eastern Airlines had secured evidence and filed a report to the police over an incident in which a China Eastern Airlines flight attendant knelt down to apologize to a passenger.
For years, Yang Liangen saw strangers as a threat. After a series of break-in attempts at a 900-year-old temple in north China's Shanxi Province, Yang moved into the compound in 1997, sleeping behind its gates and guarding its rare sculptures and wooden structures.
After key members of the so-called "four major families" in northern Myanmar, including Wei Qingtao and Liu Zhengqi, entered Chinese territory in October 2023, a special task force moved decisively to make the arrests. The entire operation lasted just 10 minutes, according to a new documentary on China's efforts to crack down on northern Myanmar-linked telecom scams, which is set to air on Monday.
Researchers from Chinese and British institutions have developed a wireless charging system for new energy vehicles (NEVs) with conversion efficiency exceeding 98 percent.
China's Ministry of State Security warned on Sunday that some overseas organizations have entered ecologically sensitive areas under the guise of tourism or scientific research, or illegally collected human blood samples through purported medical testing to steal China's genetic resources and research data.
China has completed the main structure of its first offshore platform designed to inject carbon dioxide to boost natural gas recovery, CCTV News reported, citing China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
Although called Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace," China's space station is becoming less distant and more like home, as astronauts bring the comforting tastes into orbit.
A Reuters report on Friday linked China's construction activities at Lingyang Jiao of Yongle Islands in the South China Sea to potential military expansion, citing analysts who predicted that a runway could be completed by mid-2027. Chinese experts, however, said satellite images or construction progress alone offer no evidence of a facility's intended purpose, and that such speculation overlooks practical needs including support for fishermen, maritime transportation and environmental protection.
China's longest undersea highway tunnel completed all shield-driven excavation work on Friday as a shield machine reached its designated position at a depth of 105 meters beneath the sea surface in Jiaozhou Bay, eastern China's Shandong Province, according to China Railway Construction Corporation Limited.
China and 27 other countries, including Russia, Egypt and Iran, on Thursday called on the international community to end unilateral coercive measures, saying they interfere in other countries' internal affairs and undermine the foundation of multilateralism.
China registered 6.765 million marriages in 2025, up 10.8 percent from the previous year, according to a statistical bulletin released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on September 30.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan said Thursday that the case of Kodai Murata, who has been charged with illegally intruding into the embassy armed with a knife as an active-duty officer in the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF), is supported by clear facts and conclusive evidence and leaves no room for denial.
Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have arrived at their new home at Zoo Atlanta. But why were this pair chosen for the journey to the US? The China Wildlife Conservation Association offered an explanation on Friday.