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China's Q1 GDP expands by 5%, getting off to a strong start

At the state-of-the-art automated terminal of Qingdao Port in East China's Shandong Province, a colossal oceangoing freighter rests ...

Mozambique's president begins China visit to deepen ties

Beneath a soft Spring drizzle in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo and First ...

Vietnam's top leader To Lam continues China visit; 10-hour high-speed train ride spotlights connectivity agenda, underscores railway cooperation: Chinese expert

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Vietnamese President To Lam, departed Beijing ...

Distorted reading in ulterior motive: Multiple sources refute Western media's lie of 'Chinese fishing boasts militarily massing in East China Sea'
Chen Yanping, a 62-year-old fisherman from Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, never imagined that after a lifetime of ...

OP-ED

Data of first quarter in 15th Five-Year Plan period reveals three things unchanged: Global Times editorial

The fundamentals of China's economic development have not changed, the long-term positive trend has not changed and the strong support for high-quality development has not changed.

Understanding the logic behind the enduring appeal of 'China Travel': Global Times editorial

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GT Voice: Why latest Western hype about 'China shock' doesn't hold water

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CHINA

As Mainland pushes Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge, Kinmen residents call on DPP authorities to prioritize Cross-Straits exchanges
As the Chinese mainland pushes forward the construction of the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge, with the Xiamen section on track to complete its main offshore structure by the end of 2026, the Kinmen side remains largely untouched, underscoring a widening gap in progress between the two ends of the project, ...
Chinese FM, embassy and consulates in the US issue reminder over unreasonable questioning targeting Chinese scholars by US CBP officers
New pterosaur tracks discovered in S. Korea hint flying reptiles foraged on land
China rolls out electronic border area travel permit; move facilitates travel with no adverse impact: industry insider
The electronic border area travel permit policy, announced earlier in April by China's National Immigration Administration (NIA), become operational on Wednesday. Previous paper permits will remain valid until they expire, ...

Flu test positivity in China climbs for third straight week, experts call for precautions
With the positivity rate of influenza tests rising for three weeks in nationwide sentinel surveillance data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), medical experts have ...

China's Wuhan launches direct passenger route to Jakarta
A new direct air route linking central China with Southeast Asia was launched on Sunday, with the inaugural flight departing from Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, to Jakarta. The route ...

SOURCE

Spain eyes CIIE to expand cooperation with China, as two countries demonstrate pragmatic attitude toward collaboration: expert
China may become top tourism economy by 2030 as inbound travel surges: report
China's industrial momentum shifts toward new drivers as high-tech manufacturing powers growth
China's industrial growth in the first quarter showed a clear shift toward new growth drivers, with equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing posting robust expansion, while high-tech sectors accounted for more than half of total industrial profit growth, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Thursday.
Debuts shine at major consumer expo as businesses tap market opportunities
From trendy toys to artificial intelligence (AI) glasses, and from massaging armchairs to DIY cosmetic machines, a wide range of products is on display at the Sixth China International Consumer ...

China-Europe Railway Express freight rises 29% in Q1, reaching 235 European cities
The China-Europe Railway Express handled 5,460 freight train runs in the first quarter of this year, up 29 percent year-on-year, with the volume of goods transported up 22 percent year-on-year ...

China trims US Treasury holdings modestly in February, part of reserve diversification: Chinese expert
China's holdings of US government debt stood at $693.3 billion in February, a slight decrease of $1.1 billion from the previous month, data from US Treasury Department showed on Wednesday. ...

LIFE

1991 HK classic film set for May Day release, expected to add nostalgic appeal to box office
A newly restored 4K version of the 1991 Hong Kong action film Once a Thief is scheduled to be released in the Chinese mainland on May 3, marking its first ...

Table tennis icon Fan Zhendong leaves behind more than victories in Saarbrucken
After Chinese table tennis icon Fan Zhendong finished his last home game for German club Saarbrucken on Wednesday night, the club held a farewell ceremony to pay tribute to his ...

Chinese delegation set for Asian Beach Games in Sanya with record participation
The Chinese delegation for the 6th Asian Beach Games Sanya 2026 in South China's Hainan Province was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday. A total of 171 Chinese athletes will participate ...
Chinese writer Ye Mei's decades-long ecological literature journey
Ye Mei, a well-known ecological writer, has spent decades traveling and writing, leaving behind heartfelt records of China's rivers and mountains.
Chinese, Greek scholars call for deeper co-op in higher education
Production depth helps fuel micro-drama's growth