An investigation published by Yuyuantantian, a social media account affiliated with China Media Group, said on Saturday that Japan's government-run generative AI platform Gennai could become a vehicle for right-wing political narratives in administrative work.

US President Donald Trump's reported push to reshape the US Navy's next-generation aircraft carriers - from moving the island to abandoning electromagnetic catapults in favor of steam-powered systems - could impose heavy engineering, financial and schedule costs, Chinese military affairs experts said, warning of a widening gap between political preferences and the realities of building some of the world's most complex warships.

China's embassy in the Philippines on Saturday questioned the arrest of Chinese workers at a steel mill, dismissing Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.'s accusations as baseless and detailing cramped detentions and alleged photo staging during the raid.

China strongly deplores Japan's negative moves related to the Yasukuni war shrine, and has lodged serious protests against Japan, a Chinese Foreign Ministry (FM) spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday, in response to Japanese politicians paying respects to the Yasukuni war shrine, which honors Class-A war criminals, on the 81st anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.

China strongly deplores Japan's negative moves related to the Yasukuni war shrine, and has lodged serious protests against Japan, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday regarding Japanese politicians paying respects to the Yasukuni War Shrine which honors Class-A war criminals.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression, local media reported.

The Chinese Embassy in South Sudan awarded scholarships to 36 students from the University of Juba on Friday, reinforcing China's ongoing commitment to the country's higher education and youth development.

August 15 this year marks the 81st anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II. As the main battlefield in the East for the war, China fought a 14-year resistance war at the cost of 35 million casualties. It pinned down the bulk of Japanese military forces and made indelible contributions to the victory of the global anti-fascist cause. On this significant anniversary, French youth Marcus Detrez, his compatriot Bastien Rata, and Chinese youth Zhong Haosong will donate precious historical archives to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.

China urges the US to stop playing up tensions and instigating confrontation in the South China Sea, stop citing the illegal and invalid "award," and stop using maritime issues as a pretext to smear China, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Friday.

When even major US allies and trading partners are swept into Washington's alleged China-linked transshipment network, is the US still cracking down on its so-called illegal tariff evasion, or is it raising its "small yard, high fence" higher and tighten it further by wielding its tariff stick and extending tariff controls across normal global supply chains?

China rejected on Friday an accusation by Philippines' Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. that China had used action against Filipinos to pressure the Philippines over its law enforcement operations against Chinese nationals, saying that foreign nationals in China should abide by Chinese laws and regulations.

The US government is encouraging American companies to launch their own cyberattacks against criminal hackers, a move that certain US media claimed would bring the US closer to the practices of some of its chief cyber adversaries, including China and Russia. A Chinese expert slammed the claim as factually unfounded, saying that the US move would seriously disrupt the global cyberspace order. Washington has long projected its own conduct onto other countries, inventing adversaries to justify the militarization of cyberspace, the weaponization of artificial intelligence (AI) and even a privateer-style model of cyber piracy, said the expert.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azín will pay a state visit to China from August 16 to 23, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Friday.

China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Friday warned of the dangers posed by Japan's neo-militarism, as Tokyo continues to expand its defense budget, develop offensive capabilities and aggressively expanded its military industry under the pretext of addressing so-called external threats.

China has firmly rejected and condemned a new annual report by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service on Friday which once again fabricates and sensationalizes claims about so-called "Chinese interference" and "China threat," stressing that the report is rife with Cold War thinking and contains unfounded accusations against China.

The groundless accusations made by US Ambassador to Argentina Peter Lamelas against Chinese companies, including Huawei, and the Chinese government at a recent US commerce chamber's event "are baseless smears that deliberately overstretch the concept of national security in an attempt to create market panic," a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Argentina said on Friday.

Some Indian media outlets and regional political forces have recently sought to amplify allegations of an unverified China-India border confrontation, while official signals from Beijing and New Delhi have emphasized stability, communication and the importance of managing differences through established mechanisms.

A US public opinion survey indicated that most younger Americans don't see China as a critical threat to the US and favor a policy of friendly cooperation and engagement. A Chinese expert said that public sentiment demonstrates that narratives long constructed by certain US politicians to contain China's development has lost traction among young Americans, adding that, aided by social media, they are better able to form independent judgments about the reality of China's development.

This year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Türkiye and China. The two countries share a long history of friendly exchanges. The ancient Silk Road linked the millennia-long history of mutual learning and people-to-people exchanges of the two sides, forging a profound foundation for the friendship between Türkiye and China.

Due to concerns about fueling tension with China and South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering refraining from visiting the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression, to mark the anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II (WWII) on Saturday, Japanese media outlet Kyodo quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying on Wednesday.

Chinese and Thai police have recently busted a transnational credit card fraud ring targeting Chinese citizens, dismantling multiple criminal dens and arresting nine suspects – four Chinese and five Thai nationals.

Newly released wartime records from the Hailar branch of Japan's notorious Unit 731 reveal how the Japanese military disguised biological warfare personnel as conventional infantry troops to conceal secret operations, including human experimentation.

The global perception landscape is changing. For decades, the United States occupied a dominant position in international public opinion. The latest Pew Research Center survey, however, points to a notable turning point: for the first time in more than two decades, China is viewed more favorably than the United States across a larger number of countries. What explains China's growing appeal?

The Philippine military side has again claimed that resupplying its grounded warship at Ren'ai Jiao needs no foreign approval and resupply there is within its self-claimed so-called EEZ, while Philippine media acknowledged that 15 “safe” resupply missions were made over the past two years under a China-Philippines provisional arrangement.

It has been three months since China becomes the first major economy to grant unilateral, comprehensive zero-tariff treatment to all African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, as well as all least developed countries having diplomatic ties with China. Effective May 1, China extended the favorable policy to 53 African countries. Two African diplomats stationed in China have shared with the Global Times about the benefits of China's policy, particularly in trade of coffee, as well as China's exemplary role in promoting cooperation among Global South countries.

As a good friend of Cambodia and Thailand, China has all along made active efforts to promote talks for peace in our own way and encouraged the two countries to realize a ceasefire at an early date and resume bilateral contact, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday. We hope both countries will work in the same direction and resolve their border disputes peacefully through friendly consultation. China stands ready to continue playing a constructive role to this end.

Bank of China's branch in Türkiye recently announced that during the 140th Canton Fair, it will provide Turkish participating enterprises with comprehensive, one-stop cross-border financial services, Xinhua reported. These services cover core areas such as cross-border settlement, trade finance, credit enhancement, and exchange rate hedging, while also offering value-added services like business matchmaking and policy consultation. By establishing end-to-end financial support for Turkish companies exhibiting and conducting trade in China, the bank aims to help them seize business opportunities at the fair.

The so-called joint statement by the US and relevant countries at the Conference on Disarmament, which brandished the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation and alluded to China's missile test launch, was driven solely by political motives and fully reveals their hypocrisy and double standards, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Wednesday.

American scientists have voiced opposition to a proposed rule which seeks to ban federal funding for US science collaboration with China, saying that it would instead hurt US interest, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Chinese experts also warned that the slew of US restrictions on China-US scientific cooperation is unlikely to deal a fatal blow to China's scientific development, but could instead backfire on the US.

China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Chijiang rejected a US-led joint statement concerning ballistic missile launch notifications at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday, stressing that China's legitimate and reasonable defense modernization should not be called into question and Beijing's goodwill in providing advance notification of missile launches should not be hijacked by geopolitical calculations. Li also said China firmly opposes attempts by certain countries to misuse the conference as a platform for political manipulation.

In Nairobi, a 60,000-seat football stadium is entering the final stage of construction. Built in just two years, the Talanta Stadium will serve as the main venue of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. "The schedule was extremely tight -- just two years, while comparable projects elsewhere usually take more than three," Du Xiao, project manager of the stadium for China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), told Xinhua in a recent interview. "There is a very real sense of pride."

US Pentagon official Elbridge Colby's latest Manila speech, in which he called on allies to “invest more” in their own defense and stressed that Washington wants “partners, not protectorates,” has drawn attention from some Philippine media. Colby's claims also expose the fragility of the Manila-Washington alliance and Washington's push to enlist “Indo-Pacific” allies in serving its own strategic interests, a Chinese expert said, warning that the Philippines, by placing itself on the front line of provocations against China, risks being a geopolitical pawn left to bear the consequences on its own.

Vietnamese President To Lam and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Tuesday to broaden cooperation across major areas including defense, maritime and border security, agriculture, energy and minerals during Lam's visit to Australia.

When asked about the progress of the judicial proceedings regarding two Japanese nationals detained in Dalian, Liaoning Province in May for suspicion of smuggling products subject to import and export controls, and to confirm media reports that several more Japanese senior executives of Japanese companies have been detained in similar cases, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday that “We have responded to relevant question before. Competent Chinese authorities handle illegal acts and criminal offences in accordance with the law.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolences to Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella over a severe earthquake in Colombia.

In a radiology room at Lumumba Regional Hospital in Tanzania's Zanzibar, a quiet technological shift is reshaping how doctors detect disease, make decisions, and save lives. On the island, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are helping doctors interpret medical images, while remote consultations connect local physicians with specialists thousands of kilometers away.

A new report funded by Australia's Department of Defense played up security risks to submarine cables in the Indo Pacific waters and pointed finger at China and some other countries over alleged undersea‑cable attacks in recent years, while claiming threats against subsea cables are growing. A Chinese expert said that accusing China without conclusive evidence constitutes “over‑securitization” made by Australian side, as well as a calculated pretext for its own military expansion.

Recent reports from the Telegraph – that a Chinese wind turbine maker previously barred from the UK under national security pretext is seeking to overturn the decision, and that components in Royal Navy drones allegedly transmitted data to China – represent another episode in which some British media and some politicians have amplified the “China threat” narrative. Chinese experts said some British institutions are projecting their own practices onto China and making unsubstantiated claims about the security risks of Chinese equipment, while political pressures, defense priorities and efforts to preserve Britain's strategic relevance are also shaping the debate. They warn that sustained negative rhetoric could gradually erode mutual trust and complicate UK-China relations.

When asked to comment on claims by Taiwan island's "representative to Japan" that Taiwan's so-called "national dignity" and status have been deliberately downgraded, which is regrettable and disappointing, a spokesperson of Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Monday that Taiwan is not a country, and there is no such thing as "national dignity." Overreaching itself in seeking attention everywhere will only bring humiliation upon itself, the spokesperson said.

Amid a new round of Philippine hype over its so-called territorial claims involving China's Huangyan Dao, the US State Department on Saturday, in a statement, smeared China's Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve as “destabilizing” and pledged support for its ally. A Chinese expert said Washington is encouraging Manila to disrupt regional peace while offering little more than hollow verbal assurances, further undermining stability in the South China Sea.

Japanese officials and members of the public urged the government to uphold the Three Non-Nuclear principles and pursue a security policy that does not rely on nuclear weapons, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi maintained an ambiguous stance on the long-held policy during a speech on Sunday marking the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

A recent invitation from Naoero President David Adeang to Chinese Ambassador to Naoero Lü Jin to cycle around the island has drawn widespread attention as such a bicycle ride with a head of state is hardly a fixture on a diplomat's schedule.

The Chinese Embassy in Thailand on Saturday issued a notice urging Chinese nationals traveling to Thailand for cultural and sports activities to comply with local laws and regulations, respect local customs, familiarize themselves with event rules, and through official channels to safeguard their rights.

The US Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would impose sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, a measure that had long been championed by the late senator Lindsey Graham before his death last month, CNBC reported. A Chinese expert criticized the legislation, warning that if implemented, the bill, driven largely by political motives aimed at catering to US domestic political correctness, could severely disrupt the already fragile global energy market and economy. He also noted that the bill is essentially a tool of political coercion, weaponizing tariffs and unilateral sanctions to hijack normal global energy trade and override sovereign economic choices of independent nations.

As foreign ministers and senior representatives from Pacific nations convened in Suva for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to discuss key regional issues, New Zealand's foreign minister reportedly pushed to secure a joint statement condemning China's missile tests in July, however, his effort ultimately fell flat. A Chinese expert described the outcome as a clear rebuke to Canberra and Wellington's ingrained habit of speaking for the Pacific, saying the two countries must come to terms with a shifting reality: Pacific Island states are increasingly unwilling to let Australia and New Zealand dictate who their friends, foes and perceived security threats should be.

vCloaked in the academic mantle of a Stanford‑affiliated "think‑tank" but operated by retired US military officers; dispatching no warships but endlessly churning out provocation scripts in the South China Sea, and shifting from choreographing footage of maritime stand‑offs to meddling in legitimate China‑Philippine cultural and academic exchanges, the SeaLight has loomed behind numerous China‑Philippine maritime frictions over the past years.

Recent moves by those running the Japanese government to clamor for "nuclear option" and seek to violate the three non-nuclear principles only reveal Japanese right-wing forces' inflating political and military ambitions, who are gambling with the future of over 100 million Japanese people, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Friday.

China and India held the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs (WMCC) in New Delhi on Thursday. The two sides exchanged views on issues including boundary delineation, border management and control, mechanism building, and cross-border cooperation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

A recent academic seminar on the sovereignty issue of the Batanes Islands held at Jinan University has stirred a wave in Philippine government departments after Chinese scholars pointed out, citing archaeological evidence, historical records, and international treaties, that the islands have longstanding historical ties with China's Taiwan region and that relevant legal grounds exist for China to claim sovereignty.

A 15 percent tariff on polysilicon products could become the latest symptom of Washington's deepening obsession with technology containment against China, as the US administration continues to expand its China-targeted restrictions from raw materials to finished products, ranging from chips and AI to critical resources such as lithium battery scrap and tungsten.

Japan's reported plan to send F-2 fighter jets to India for the first time to take part in joint training, with a Defense Ministry official openly linking the move to "countering China." Although Japan and India each hope to use defense cooperation to advance their own interests, India should remain cautious about being turned into a frontline player in Japan's geopolitical rivalry against China or inadvertently facilitating Tokyo's push to revive militarism, said a Chinese expert.

In response to Indian reports by Indian media claiming that the Pakistani Army had ordered officers and military personnel to stop using WhatsApp, an instant messaging service owned by US tech giant Meta, and switch to China's WeChat for official and operational communications, an official from Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) told Global Times on Wednesday that the report was “incorrect,” not based on truth and was filled with “guessing work.”

China firmly opposes the recent moves of the US Embassy in Argentina, which has deliberately hyped up the “China threat theory,” generalized the concept of national security, and blatantly obstructed Argentine enterprises from conducting normal cooperation with China's Huawei by revoking visas, Chinese embassy in Argentina said on Thursday.

China has lodged serious representations with Japan over the Defense of Japan 2026 white paper which once again targeted China with groundless accusations, rehashing the so-called “China threat” and grossly interfering in China's internal affairs with brazen comments on China's Taiwan region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday.

The Fifth Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held on Tuesday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, marking the first time the event has taken place outside China.

Behind a brightly colored anime-style cover showing smiling young people in a futuristic city, Japan's latest defense white paper sets out a considerably harder security agenda: longer-range missiles, counterstrike capabilities and closer cooperation between the military and private technology companies.

In response to a statement from Manila on China's ethnic unity policy, a Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that this so-called statement, full of disinformation and smears designed to interfere in China's internal affairs, constitutes a political provocation of an extremely malign nature, to which China expresses firm opposition.

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.

China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) launched a training initiative Monday to build local expertise in Cameroon. The Seagull Talent Program was launched in the capital, Yaounde, with senior Cameroonian government officials, Chinese diplomats, faculty from the National Advanced School of Public Works (ENSTP), and the trainees in attendance.

A new round of political attacks against allegedly “pro-China” officials has unfolded in the Philippines after the presidential palace endorsed Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.'s call for government officials who do not support Manila's position on the South China Sea to consider resigning.

The Nathu La Pass resumed operation for border trade between China and India on Saturday, signaling a new phase of mutually beneficial cooperation and development in cross-border trade, Gong Shijun, head of Yadong county government in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, said at the reopening ceremony, according to a statement sent to the Global Times.

Seventy-six percent of people in Japan support upholding the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles of not possessing, not producing, and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons into its territory, Kyodo News reported Sunday, citing a nationwide opinion poll, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Students in Botswana discover China through Chinese zodiac film

A Chinese business delegation, many of whose participants are known as “new trio” or “next new three” industries' enterprises, is currently visiting the US to advance commercial cooperation and implement the consensus reached between the two countries' leaders at the Beijing meeting. However, Chinese experts warned that a series of recent US suppression moves targeting China are still continuing, and urged the US side to show sincerity and meet the Chinese side halfway.

China on Friday firmly rejected and said it will never accept the delimitation of the so-called "baselines of the territorial Sea" of China's territory of Huangyan Dao by the Philippines, stressing it is illegal, null and void, according to a statement released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that China firmly rejects and will never accept the delimitation of the so-called “baselines of the territorial Sea” of China's territory of Huangyan Dao by the Philippines, stressing it is illegal, null and void, according to a statement released on its official website.

"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.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday that an attack on a building of a Chinese company in Kuwait which caused one death didn't affect any Chinese national and stressed that any attack on innocent civilians and non‑military targets is unacceptable.

The US should immediately stop threatening Cuba with force and cease all forms of unilateral blockade and sanctions against Cuba, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Friday, in response to media inquiries over recent reports that the US has examined a range of options for possible military action against Cuba.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday criticized Japan's establishment of a National Intelligence Bureau as another negative development in Japan's domestic and external security policies, noting that Tokyo's accelerating “remilitarization” threatens regional peace and stability and urging Japanese political leaders to draw lessons from history and act prudently.

Japan officially launched its National Intelligence Bureau on Friday, July 31, claiming the new agency is intended to strengthen the government's intelligence capabilities, with the choice of the "7/31" date triggering anger among Chinese social media users. They said the numbers evoke Unit 731, the notorious Japanese biological warfare unit responsible for atrocities in China and many countries in Asia during World War II, and accused Tokyo of displaying historical insensitivity while expanding its intelligence and security amid renewed concerns over the specter of Japanese militarism.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command (STC) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on Thursday. The PLA has deployed new equipment such as the Navy's Type 054B frigate and the Air Force's JL-10 jet.

A new survey has found that 95 percent of respondents who regarded China as influential in Africa viewed its impact positively, marking the second consecutive edition in which China ranked as the continent's most positively perceived foreign power.

Claims made by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday were rejected by Chinese expert, for his calling for greater scrutiny of foreign academic and cultural exchange programs after a so-called “investigation” by a Western security-linked think tank baselessly linked Jinan University in South China's Guangdong Province to the normal and legitimate training of Chinese-language teachers in the Philippines.

When asked to comment on the recent visit by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to China, and whether China will attend this year's BRICS Summit to be held in India, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying held the China-India vice foreign minister and foreign secretary-level dialogue with Misri in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on implementing the important consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries, continuously enhancing political mutual trust, advancing exchanges and cooperation across various fields, properly handling differences and frictions, and advancing China-India relations along a sound and stable track, Mao said.

The China-Russia joint military patrol was carried out over the high seas rather than the so-called "exclusive economic zone" (EEZ) claimed by Japan, Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), said at a press conference on Thursday, in response to media inquiries regarding recent allegations by Japan's Ministry of Defense that while four Chinese and Russian naval vessels were sailing southwest of Okinotori Reef, one Chinese warship conducted shooting drills within Japan's so-called EEZ.

China firmly urges Japan to conscientiously and fully fulfill its duties and obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the bilateral memorandum between the two governments, to promptly provide actionable intelligence on burial sites, accelerate the disposal of the chemical weapons it abandoned in China, and thoroughly eliminate the scourge of these weapons at the earliest possible date, so as to restore a clean and unpolluted homeland to the Chinese people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, in response to a question about an update on the progress of Japan's disposal work on Chinese territory and China's concerns.

Recently, Japanese vessels and aircraft have provoked and harassed a Chinese naval formation carrying out routine training missions. The Global Times obtained an exclusive audio recording in which Japan's Self-Defense Forces referred to itself as the "Japan Navy." In response, the Chinese navy task group has taken firm stance and corrected Japan's mistaken rhetoric.

The reports are not true and are groundless, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday in response to a question about media reports claiming that China would provide Iran with 400 missile launchers. We have made our position on this issue clear on multiple occasions. China has consistently played a constructive role in promoting peace and de-escalating conflicts, Mao said.

The Chinese military has always conducted its activities in strict compliance with international law and international practices, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, when asked to comment on reports that a commercial drone captured footage of Chinese warship in the Philippines' "exclusive economic zone." "We also want to remind relevant parties to avoid dangerous approaches toward Chinese naval vessels in order to prevent any accidents," Mao said.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters' racist remarks, in which he told a lawmaker of Chinese descent to “go back to your own country,” have drawn criticism from netizens and invoked a response from the Chinese ambassador to New Zealand. The ambassador stated on Thursday that “a statement says more about the person who makes it than anything or anybody else.”

Washington has tightened technology restrictions on China on two fronts in less than a week. On Tuesday local time, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added advanced robots and power inverters to its Covered List, barring imports of new models.

Following recent provocative claims by Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the AIT on Tuesday made another provocative and rare move by posting on social media a photo showing vessels from the US Coast Guard and Taiwan region's coast guard together.

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in China staged an orchestral concert performance in Beijing on July 24, titled "A Musical Tapestry of the Archipelago." The Trinity Youth Symphony Orchestra (TRUST), a non-profit Jakarta-based youth community orchestra, played the Chinese household melody "Mo Li Hua," or Jasmine flower, among nine other pieces. Vice Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to China, Dr. Irene M. Han said in her welcome remarks that through music, the concert is aimed to bring a small piece of Indonesian traditional and contemporary culture to Beijing.

The Embassy of the Republic of Peru in China hosted a reception to celebrate the 205th anniversary of Peru's independence in Beijing on July 24, where Carlos Vasquez, Peruvian ambassador to China, stressed that Peru looks forward to deepening long-term bilateral cooperation during APEC 2026 in China.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini continued his state visit to China on Wednesday with a visit to tech company Baidu, a Chinese leader in AI, cloud computing and autonomous mobility. Together with his tour of a robotics mall in Yizhuang, southeast Beijing, on Tuesday, the visit gave him a firsthand look at modern technologies developed in China.

The Chinese and Russian naval task force participating in the maritime joint patrol arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday, marking the conclusion of the joint patrol, according to China's Ministry of National Defense.

The 2025/2026 edition of the CIIS (China Institute of International Studies) Blue Book on International Situation and China's Foreign Affairs was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday at a launch event jointly hosted by CIIS and World Affairs Press.

China on Wednesday expressed grave concern over Japan's right-wing forces leveraging AI in an attempt to distort the history of Japan's aggression against China, calling it an “open provocation” against international fairness and justice as well as the post-war international order, which the international community must stay highly vigilant against and firmly resist.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Carlos Vila Nova on his reelection as president of Sao Tome and Principe.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have been unscrupulously currying favor with foreign forces for support, but this is not the first time they have been rebuffed, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Thursday.

The Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka, Japan told the Global Times on Wednesday that it had so far received no reports of Chinese nationals injured in the Kumamoto earthquake. Several Chinese nationals in Kumamoto have contacted the consulate for assistance and the consulate is responding to their requests, the consulate said.

China stands ready to join hands with Slovakia in forging a strategic partnership that features mutual respect and trust, equality and mutual benefit, as well as stability and resilience, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, during talks with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, who is on a state visit to China from Monday through Wednesday.

Just days after the Philippines' deliberate provocations at multiple points in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed in his state of the nation speech on Monday that Manila will defend the so-called “South China Sea arbitration award.” A Chinese expert said on Tuesday that the Philippines constantly hypes the so-called ruling in an attempt to provide flimsy cover for its unilateral maritime provocations, amounting to nothing but political grandstanding.

Lithuania has reportedly resumed negotiations with China's Taiwan region on an economic cooperation action plan after talks were suspended during the government transition. A Chinese expert criticized the latest move as an attempt to "have it both ways" - seeking to repair ties with the Chinese mainland while simultaneously deepening cooperation with the Taiwan region. However, such contradictory signals are inconsistent with Lithuania's previous indications that it intended to normalize relations with China and fail to demonstrate the concrete actions needed to rebuild political trust between the two countries.

In response to the US' reported plan to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars to counter China's growing influence in the Americas, Africa and Asia, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday that the development of normal relations and conduct of regular cooperation between countries should not target any third party. China has always opposed forming closed and exclusive blocs.

Despite repeated solemn demarches from the Chinese side, Japan has repeatedly delayed the investigation and handling of the case under various pretexts, including a so-called “psychiatric evaluation,” and has failed to promptly bring the perpetrator to justice. China expresses strong dissatisfaction with this, Lin Jian, spokesperson from Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday in response to a question about a Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) active-duty member was indicted for unlawfully entering the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a knife.

China hopes Slovakia will play a constructive role in promoting the sound and steady growth of China-EU relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center on Monday, for the first time in almost two decades of the center's surveys, both Canadians and Mexicans now view China more favorably than their shared neighbor, the US. A Chinese expert said that this shift in public opinion is a bellwether, indicating that China's sustained and consistent foreign policy has gained wider acceptance internationally, and that the US' doctrine of placing its own interests above those of all other countries is eroding Washington's global influence.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's latest remarks that Japan would “continue communicating” with China and that she was “looking forward to the APEC leaders' meeting” were dismissed by a Chinese expert as lacking sincerity and a rhetorical maneuvering aimed at deflecting mounting domestic criticism on her government's stalled bilateral relations with China. The expert said Takaichi continued to evade the source of the tensions – her provocative, erroneous remarks on China's Taiwan – and noted that hype of possible bilateral meetings with China cannot mask that reality.