The China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) announced on Thursday that it signed a letter of intent with Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, France, to extend their international cooperation on giant panda conservation.

State Councilor and head of the national anti-drug committee Wang Xiaohong on Wednesday urged stricter control over addictive substances as well as materials used in drug manufacturing, and called for the rigorous enforcement of international verification and export-control measures, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

Taiwan region's so-called “internal affairs department” said on Thursday it would restrict access to Instagram-like Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, known in English as RedNote, for one year, under the excuse of cybersecurity risks and its alleged involvement in over 1,700 ‌fraud cases since 2024, multiple Taiwan local media outlets reported on Thursday. The announcement has triggered backlash from some netizens of the island, who questioned why the island authorities allow fraud on Facebook unchecked.

China launched a reusable carrier rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday from northwest China. The second stage of this rocket entered the designated orbit, but the recovery of its first stage failed. Despite the setback in the booster landing, the mission marked China's first orbital flight of a liquid-propellant reusable rocket, instantly igniting global online enthusiasm. LandSpace, the private commercial space firm that developed the Zhuque-3, has found itself among wide supporting and encouraging comments.

On a cold and sunny Wednesday morning in Beijing, capital of China, Xu Wei, who is visually impaired, joined about 40 other attendees, including people with different disabilities, at a community center in Xicheng District to "watch" the Chinese street dance film "One and Only."

​The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government strongly disapproved and rejected foreign forces, including anti-China media organizations, and anti-China and destabilizing forces for not just making unfounded and slanderous remarks regarding the HKSAR government's relief work on and investigations into the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, but also for their sowing of discord and malicious attack on the rescue operations, according to a statement issued by the HKSAR government on late Wednesday.

In a martial arts club in Yaounde's Mimboman neighborhood, the steady thud of feet and sharp shouts fill the room as scores of students mirror the fluid, forceful movements of their instructor, Martin Mangwandjo.

Seated in a wheelchair, 39-year-old Li Peipei deftly twisted a strand of golden corn husk between her fingers, watching as a delicate earring materialized from the humble fibers. Restricted in mobility due to infantile paralysis, Li has become a master practitioner of straw plaiting, an ancient craft involving the weaving of plant fibers like wheat straw and corn husks into both practical items and artistic creations. For this native of Daming County in north China's Hebei Province, the craft carries profound cultural significance. A tradition long cherished in her hometown, it was officially recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.

A promotional event was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday for the English edition of the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," drawing around 200 participants.

The highly anticipated "School of Space Exploration" (SSE) of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) has made its official debut - being listed under the "Colleges, Departments and Centers" section of the UCAS official website. Meanwhile, the official website of the former School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been formally renamed the School of Space Exploration.

French artist Bernar Venet donated his iconic sculpture to China as a demonstration of the cultural friendship between China and France, at a ceremony attended by visiting French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Wednesday.

17 provinces in China are seeing high influenza rates, while other provinces are experiencing moderate spread of the disease, China Central Television (CCTV) News reported on Wednesday, citing an official from the National Influenza Center under the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).

The maiden flight of the ZQ-3 Y1 rocket, developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company LandSpace, has achieved partial success. The second stage reached its designated orbit; however, abnormal combustion occurred during the process, preventing a soft landing of the first stage on the recovery pad, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday afternoon.

China launched a reusable carrier rocket on Wednesday from northwest China. Its second stage entered the designated orbit, but the recovery of its first stage failed.

Less than a week after he threatened to carry out strikes to deter what the US calls "Venezuelan drug traffickers" in his Thanksgiving remarks, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday local time US ground strikes in the Caribbean targeting traffickers in the Caribbean "very soon."

A 27-year-old Chinese woman was arrested as the holder of a puppet account involved in imitating the webpage of a local social welfare organization to deceive people into donating money to assist affected residents, local media reported on Tuesday citing the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). The deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential compound has so far claimed 156 lives.

China's top internet watchdog has ordered major platforms to step up crackdown on abusive livestream tipping, focusing on sexually suggestive group streams, deceptive online personas, inducement of minors and tactics that spur irrational spending, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.

To prevent similar tragedies, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will establish an independent commission chaired by a judge to conduct a detailed investigation into the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The commission will submit its recommendations and report to the HKSAR Chief Executive, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said during a press conference on Tuesday.

China's healthcare institutions nationwide handled 10.15 billion medical consultations and treatments in 2024, and Chinese residents' average life expectancy reached 79.0 years, the statistics released on Tuesday by China's National Health Commission (NHC) show, Xinhua News Agency reported.

"With the help of the Xihe satellite, we can obtain full-disk solar spectra at more than 300 wavelength points simultaneously every 46 seconds. Each wavelength corresponds to different layers of the solar atmosphere, from the photosphere to the chromosphere," said Ding Mingde, chief scientist of the Xihe program and professor at Nanjing University, in an interview with Global Times.

To prevent similar tragedy, the Hong Kong SAR government will establish an independent commission chaired by a judge to conduct a detailed investigation into the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The commission will submit its recommendations and report to the HKSAR Chief Executive（CE）, Hong Kong CE John Lee Ka-chiu said during a press conference on Tuesday.

China's first sea-based platform dedicated to rocket net recovery was recently delivered. According to its developer the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), it marked the completion of a crucial link in the reusable launch vehicle technology chain, advancing its transition from technological verification to engineering application.

A forum on the English edition of the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Monday, with about 200 participants attending the event.

Twenty-seven provinces across China are now authorized to issue maternity allowances to individuals, after Hunan and Guangdong provinces joined the ranks, the National Healthcare Security Administration said on Tuesday.

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, sent another letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday local time, firmly refuting the unreasonable arguments made by Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN Kazuyuki Yamazaki in his November 24 letter to the Secretary-General, according to a release on the website of China's Permanent Mission to the UN.

On Tuesday, a Japanese fishing boat illegally entered the territorial waters of China's Diaoyu Dao. China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels took necessary law enforcement measures in accordance with the law and warned the boat to leave, said CCG spokesperson Liu Dejun.

A robot named "Pasini" drew crowds at the 2025 World Green Development Investment and Trade Expo & China Green Food Expo, as it moved its mechanical arms, which are fitted with nearly 2,000 tactile sensors.

China's first electric powered tethered kite balloon for remote sensing monitoring completed its maiden flight in Jianping county, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Saturday, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.

Hong Kong police have arrested a total of 13 people on suspicion of manslaughter following the deadly five-alarm fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential compound, and there is a possibility of further arrests as the investigation is ongoing, according to an update made by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Monday. According to police, on-site forensic work has found that scaffolding net samples taken from seven locations at the affected building did not meet flammability-resistant standards, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

China's newly revised Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, which is set to take effect in 2026, has aroused widespread concern in recent days for introducing a new system to seal records of certain public security violations. The fact that records of administrative penalties for drug use are also within the scope of sealed records has sparked heated debate.

Beijing has entered the peak season of influenza, with the predominant strain identified as Influenza A (H3N2). Compared to previous epidemic seasons dominated by the same strain, this year's outbreak intensity remains lower than historical peaks. On Monday, Beijing Municipal Health Commission reported that the capital city is adopting multiple measures to ensure adequate medical services for pediatric patients, according to Beijing Daily.

Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki announced on November 28 via social media the cancellation of her scheduled Shanghai concert next day, igniting online controversy among netizens in Japan and China over the weekend, as tensions in Japan-China relations, triggered by erroneous remarks from Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Sanae, escalated, according to multiple media reports.

It was a crack - measuring less than 1 millimeter - that went through all the way on the porthole of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft reentry module, and the most likely cause of the crack was space debris, Jia Shijin, chief designer of the manned spacecraft system, with the China Academy of Spacecraft Technology under the state-owned space giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), revealed details of the space emergency response of Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission in an recent interview with the China Central Television (CCTV.)

Ten government departments have moved to establish an ecological law-enforcement mechanism to strictly crack down on prominent crimes such as environmental pollution, destruction of wildlife resources, damage to ancient and valuable trees, illegal fishing, illegal mineral extraction, illegal river-sand mining, and the unlawful occupation of farmland, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced on Monday.

China's Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site achieved a milestone on Sunday, conducting its 10th launch of 2025, in the first time it has seen double-digit annual launches.

The Hong Kong government on Sunday expressed its gratitude for the central government's support as the deadly fire killed at least 146 as of Sunday 4 pm, with 159 residents from the missing persons list confirmed safe.

British football club Brighton apologized after a club social media post featuring Kaoru Mitoma and an academy player holding up an image of a Japanese WWII soldier. The post sparked anger and disappointment among fans in Asia, which suffered under Japanese atrocities during WWII.

China's annual national civil service exam, the first since the relaxation of age threshold, were held on Sunday, with more than 2.83 million applicants sitting the written exams for general subjects at the same time in 250 cities across the country. The ratio of qualified applicants to planned hires is about 98:1, according to China News Service.

China has started to solicit public opinions on the drafted new cybersecurity supervision regulations in a bid to better regulate the cyberspace security supervision and inspection work, safeguard state security, social stability and public interest, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

The 2025 MAMA Awards took place in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the first time in seven years, with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat's appearance and on-stage tribute to victims of the city's deadly residential fire drawing wide attention from local media and netizens. However, the ceremony also sparked controversy after an online survey listed Hong Kong and Taiwan as separate "nationality" options, prompting organizer to issue an apology on Weibo and Instagram after strong backlash from netizens.

The “Ming Dynasty edict to the King of Ryukyu,” recently re-exhibited at the Lushun Museum in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, has drawn widespread attention. Han Xingfang, former deputy director of the museum who has long engaged in related research, believes that the edict reveals an important historical fact – that Ryukyu was once a vassal state of China – and provides significant evidence for the study of Ryukyu's history as well as Japan's history of aggression against it, Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.

The China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) reported on Thursday that the influenza positivity rate among influenza-like illness outpatient and emergency cases nationwide has approached 45 percent. Overall, this indicates a moderate level of influenza activity, although some provinces have reached a high level, according to the report. Experts predicted the influenza season would peak in December and subside by early January.

Chinese mainland authorities on Saturday initiated a mechanism to coordinate emergency supplies for disaster response and relief following a residential building fire in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).

A total of 144 individuals previously listed as missing in the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire have been confirmed safe, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced at a press conference on Saturday afternoon. The firefighting and rescue operations at Wang Fuk Court have been completed on Friday. On the same day, a fire survivor surnamed Lim at this residential compound posted a long story on social media, providing a gripping first-person account of moments between life or death. His testimony offers netizens a rare and visceral look into the chaos, fear and helplessness that residents experienced during this devastating fire that had caused at least 128 death as of Saturday afternoon.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced at a press conference on Saturday afternoon that 144 individuals previously listed as missing in the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire have been confirmed safe.

The State Council's Work Safety Commission issued a notice on its website on Saturday, launching a special campaign to investigate and rectify major fire hazards in high-rise buildings.

Both China Coast Guard (CCG) and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command carried out the relevant patrols in the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao and surrounding areas on Saturday. These actions are aimed at resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty and security and firmly maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea region, according to official announcement.

After Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang urged Hong Kong society to stand together and leave no room for those who seek to disrupt the city while handling the aftermath of the deadly fire incident, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) issued a statement on Saturday to express solidarity with all sectors of society following the fire, emphasizing that although efforts by the central government, the HKSAR and the public, including those on the mainland, have demonstrated unity in disaster response, some anti-China troublemakers disrupting Hong Kong continue to exploit the situation with malicious intent.

Staff members work at a laboratory of the Haikou Customs' technical center in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 27, 2025. China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will launch island-wide independent customs operations as of Dec. 18, a major milestone in the opening-up drive of the world's second-largest economy despite rising protectionism worldwide.

John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), along with principal officials of the HKSAR government and civil servants, participated in a memorial service at the government headquarters on Saturday, paying tribute to the victims of the residential building fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po.

The Second Nuclear Technology Application Industrial Chain Co-Chain Action Conference was held on Thursday in Nanning, Guangxi, where the event released China's first Nuclear Technology Applications Industrial Chain Consolidation Action Plan and showcased how nuclear technologies empower various industries.

China will strengthen ethical examination for artificial intelligence (AI) in the patent review process to guide the AI technology to comply with laws, social morality and public interests, the country's top intellectual property (IP) regulator said on Friday.

A memorial service was held for victims of Hong Kong's residential buildings fire on Saturday morning.

After two days of all-out rescue efforts to fight against the deadly five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court residential compound in Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), firefighting and rescue operations were essentially completed, a local official said on Friday. Local authorities pledged to carry on a full investigation as a multi-departmental investigation task force has been established, which will soon begin its work, focusing on two main areas including the cause of the fire and the reasons for its rapid spread as well as the environmental factors that contributed to the large number of casualties.

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Friday released the 2025 survey and assessment report on the ecological environment of the waters around China's Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea, saying that the waters around the island maintain good quality.

Several civic groups in Taiwan island held a rally outside the "Legislative Yuan" on Friday to denounce regional leader Lai Ching-te for pushing a $40 billion special arms-purchase budget and proposing to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, slamming that such moves would recklessly drag Taiwan toward the battlefield and destruction.

Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) arrested eight individuals on Friday in multiple districts, including engineering consultants, scaffolding subcontractors, and a middleman as it has launched a full investigation into possible corruption involving the maintenance works at Wang Fuk Court residential compound in Tai Po. The compound, which was under maintenance work, has been engulfed in a deadly five-alarmed fire, causing 128 deaths as of Friday afternoon.

Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court on Friday issued the first-instance verdict in the case of a 14-year-old male student who murdered a female classmate living in the same residential compound, China News Service reported. The defendant, surnamed Zhong, was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for life, the report said.

During a press conference jointly held by the Hong Kong Security Bureau, Fire Services Department and the Hong Kong Police Force on Friday afternoon on the updates about the devastating five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po housing estate, Secretary for Security Chris Tang revealed that preliminary investigations show that the external scaffolding nets and protective nets on the buildings engulfed in the fire met fire-resistance requirements, but the foam panels attached to the exterior windows were highly flammable.

Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday arrested two directors of an engineering consulting firm responsible for overseeing the maintenance work of Wang Fuk Court, a residential complex engulfed by a major fire since Wednesday afternoon.

Death toll jumps to 128 in Hong Kong residential building fire: fire department

In the wake of the devastating five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po housing estate—which left heavy casualties and hundreds of residents displaced— many Hong Kong artists have taken to social media to express their prayers and support for the victims. They have been actively sharing community relief information to help amplify rescue and assistance efforts, while also paying tribute and offering condolences to the frontline responders.

From conference credentials to mineral water bottles and shopping bags, such everyday items at the 5th International New Materials Industry Conference held recently in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, were made from an innovative material -- polylactic acid (PLA).

Death toll rises to 94 in Hong Kong residential building fire: fire department

Hong Kong's local media have described it as the city's most serious blaze in several decades — the fire at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po housing estate raged from Wednesday into Thursday, burning through almost the entire night. With the all-out rescue efforts of local authorities, the fire has been largely brought under control on Thursday.

China aims to build a new “air-space-land-sea-network” infrastructure system and develop a Chinese version of a holographic digital Earth by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. The initiative is expected to accelerate the rapid development of new quality productive forces in fields such as geology mineral resources, oceans, forestry and grassland, and geographic information.

As influenza enters its peak season, Beijing Children's Hospital has initiated open-registration outpatient services, extended consultation hours, and provided pre-consultation testing services to address the seasonal surge in patient visits, BRTV News reported on Thursday.

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate on Thursday issued work guidelines on handling public interest litigation cases related to the protection of minors, stressing six key areas of focus including the protection of minors' personal information and their online safety.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee, along with the relevant officials, met the media on Thursday afternoon, saying that the fires in all seven buildings in Wang Fu Court in Tai Po housing estate have now been largely brought under control, and the HKSAR will also distribute HK$10,000 in emergency cash to each affected household.

The Henry Fok Foundation in Macao, The Henry Fok Foundation in Hong Kong and the Fok Ying Tung Group announced on Thursday afternoon a donation of HK$30 million ($3,860,000) to support residents of Wang Fu Court in Tai Po following the deadly fire, according to a Facebook post published by Kenneth Fok Kai-kong.

In the recent past, just behind Shanghai's skyline of soaring towers, one could still turn a corner to stumble upon the aging houses and the sight of elderly residents carrying their chamber pots.

In response to a Global Times reporter's question about whether the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) plans to provide support after a major fire broke out at a residential compound in Tai Po in New Territories in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, causing heavy casualties and prompting assistance from various sectors, Jiang Bin, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday that the PLA Hong Kong Garrison will follow orders, perform its duties in accordance with the law, and safeguard Hong Kong.

The five-alarm fire at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po starting from Wednesday afternoon has sent shockwaves through Hong Kong. The blaze, which claimed at least 55 lives, also took the life of Ho Wai-ho, a 37-year-old firefighter.

Chinese scientists have whipped up an artificial tongue that may say, "Yep, that's spicy!"

China's State Council Information Office on Thursday released a white paper titled "China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era."

Peace and development are eternal themes of human society. Peace needs to be fought for and be upheld. Arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation embody humanity's aspiration to turn swords into plowshares and lay down their weapons. They represent important missions of mitigating the risk of war, addressing the security deficit, and promoting global peace. Together, these efforts are vital to global strategic security and the shared wellbeing of humanity, and have gradually become a common expectation of the international community.

After a five-alarm fire broke out at Wang Fu Court in Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), resulting in at least 44 deaths, large numbers of residents had to be evacuated to community centers and halls with many warm-hearted neighbors in the district quickly offering to help, donating bottled water, biscuits, bread, clothing, and other supplies, according to local media reports.

A test train conducting seismic detection collided with construction workers who had entered the track at a curved section of Luoyang Town Railway Station in Kunming, capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, in the early hours of Thursday, leaving 11 dead and 2 injured, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.

China's State Council Information Office on Thursday released a white paper titled "China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era."

The death toll from the five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has risen to 44, including one firefighter, authorities confirmed on Thursday. In the early hours of the morning, police arrested three local men on suspicion of manslaughter. The suspects are senior figures at the engineering firm responsible for maintenance work at the housing estate, according to local media reports.

China called on Japan to speed up the disposal of abandoned chemical weapons (ACWs) in China during the Conference of the States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Wednesday in The Hague, the Netherlands.

China's space agency released an action plan to back commercial space firms and encourage them to pursue international cooperation over the next two years.

China has established a permanent mission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). A reception marking the inauguration was held at the Chinese Embassy in Britain on Tuesday evening.

Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Sam Hou Fai expressed his condolences to the families of victims of a fire that broke out on Wednesday, according to the Macao SAR government.

A large number of domestically produced cars gather at Yantai Port in East China's Shandong Province on November 26, 2025, waiting to be loaded onto ships for export. Photo: VCG

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent congratulations to a UN meeting held on Tuesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday extended condolences over a deadly residential building fire in Hong Kong, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

When asked to comment on Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's recent article in The Washington Post, in which he claimed to introduce a "historic $40 billion supplementary defense budget" to respond to mainland's "threat" and that convened a meeting on the matter on Wednesday, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Peng Qing'en said that the DPP authorities, driven by their own political interests, have allowed external forces to take whatever they want.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu updated at a press conference held on Thursday early morning around 1:20 am that the massive fire has so far caused at least 36 deaths, with 279 missing. The No.5 alarm fire was gradually brought under control, he told the conference.

The Fire Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) deployed eight hose lines, seven aerial ladder trucks, 22 search teams, 128 fire engines, 57 ambulances, and 767 fire and ambulance staff for the rescue operation as local departments spared no effort in rescue work in a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po that claimed at least 13 lives as of Wednesday evening.

As respiratory viruses have recently entered an active phase, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and several local health commissions have issued health advisories, noting that influenza activity across the country has entered a period of comparatively rapid upsurge, with children being the primary affected group.

Regarding the fire that broke out at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and resulted in at least 13 fatalities and 28 injuries, the HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday that “I am deeply saddened and extend my heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and those injured," adding that multiple departments are fully committed to firefighting, rescue operations, and medical treatment, according to a statement sent to the Global Times.

The concepts of orbital data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) satellites have become a heated topic recently, following US startup Starcloud's successful deployment of a refrigerator-sized satellite containing a powerful NVIDIA H100 graphics processing unit (GPU) into orbit via a rideshare mission by the SpaceX Falcon 9 in early November. The feat came just days after US tech billionaire Elon Musk said his SpaceX could be capable of deploying data centers as early as next year through its Starlink program.

When asked to comment on remarks of Raymond Greene, head of the "American Institute in Taiwan" Taipei office, who welcomed Taiwan's announcement of a $40 billion "defense spending plan," and to comment on Taiwan region's "defense spending plan," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that the Chinese side's opposition against official, and even military, contacts between the US and Taiwan region is consistent. Any attempt by the DPP authorities to resist reunification or pursue "independence" by force is doomed to fail, Mao said.

A multi-functional cultural space jointly launched by international brand Chanel and the Power Station of Art (PSA), a Shanghai-based museum dedicated to contemporary art, was unveiled in this east China metropolis on Monday.

Liu Weidong, a former deputy general manager of state-owned defense contractor China South Industries Group Corp (CSGC) has been prosecuted for accepting an exceptionally large number of bribes, China Central Television reported on Wednesday, citing China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).

China-born giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi on Wednesday arrived safely in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, after traveling on a chartered flight from France. They were then transferred to the quarantine facility at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where they will undergo at least one month of quarantine and medical observation, according to an official release from the research base.

The hills of Guling hold countless touching stories of friendship between China and the United States. As the Guling Forum is going to happen in New York, we look back at these moving historical moments that span over a century.

The hills of Guling witness profound friendships between China and the US. As the Guling Forum gathers, we share one woman's journey back to her childhood landscape.

A cargo flight carrying power lithium batteries equipped with a newly developed active safety system took off from an airport in central China on Tuesday, marking a breakthrough in resolving global bottlenecks regarding safe air transport of risky energy products.