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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on BRICS members to conform to the general trend of the rise of the Global South and actively respond to the call of countries to join the BRICS cooperation mechanism. The group should advance the process of expanding membership and establishing partner countries and enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in global governance, Xi said. He made the remarks when addressing the 16th BRICS Summit.
 
China and India have reached resolutions on issues concerning the border area and China will work with India for the implementation of these resolutions, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Chinese experts called on New Delhi to strictly and fully implement the resolutions, which they said are positive for pushing bilateral relations back on track for stable and sustainable development.  
 
Chinese experts on Tuesday slammed US proposals to restrict investment in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and other technologies in China, saying the proposed measures are just the latest example of the intensifying US campaign to contain China's development.
 
On a day in early October, a Global Times reporter visited two residential communities in Quanzhou city, East China's Fujian Province, where the residents in two compounds once had a decade-long animosity toward each other, due to an ownership dispute on a middle pathway. However, in Quanzhou, the reporter witnessed the sun shining on the clean and tidy pathway, as residents from both communities warmly greeted each other and engaged in friendly conversation.
 
Chinese tennis players' stellar performance at major international competitions this year has led to a skyrocketing of enthusiasm in the sport in China, with audiences filling up domestic tennis events to full capacity and booking tennis a court becoming a headache. Will tennis be the next national sensation? Global Times journalists dig into the phenomenon.