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Global Times launches 2025 Annual Report on the Vitality, Resilience, and Development Confidence of China's Ports

The just-concluded China's Central Economic Work Conference said that "2025 is a truly extraordinary year." This year, amid an increasingly ...

Rubio shows China-Japan balance in Takaichi-triggered row; remarks shatter Tokyo's bid for Washington's backing: expert

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks made on Friday on the recent escalation of tensions between Japan and China—claiming ...

Political trust between China and South Asian countries reaches new heights: Chinese scholar

The Global Times Annual Conference 2026, themed "Trust in China: New Journey, New Opportunities," was held in Beijing on Saturday. ...

The four global initiatives are China's response to the gravity of the crisis of the global order: British scholar at Global Times Annual Conference
The Global Times Annual Conference 2026 took place in Beijing on Saturday, under the theme of "Trust in China: New ...

OP-ED

In mediating the Cambodia-Thailand conflict, China demonstrates a constructive role: Global Times editorial

De-escalating the Cambodia-Thailand conflict will be a gradual process. What matters most at present is to build mutual trust amid tensions and expand the space for dialogue amid sharp differences.

American society is entering a 'post-Kirk' moment of political fatigue

Yu Yixuanchen

GT Voice: National standard for digital humans underscores brisk pace of AI application

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CHINA

A softer pour: Inside the rise of China's domestic whiskies
For a long time, alcohol in China has primarily served as a social lubricant, a tool for banquets, business dealings, and collective gatherings, where formality, etiquette, and drinking prowess took center stage.
China pioneers commercial use of supercritical CO2 power generation
2025 Yearender: Peoples' exchanges across the Pacific show GT reporters 'how the world is supposed to be'
China-foreign cultural exchanges show a contrast of 'complex politics and economics, warming culture': Zhang Yiwu, Peking University professor
On Saturday, the Global Times Annual Conference 2026, themed “Trust in China: New Journey, New Opportunities,” was held in Beijing. During a discussion themed “an empowering country: what global dividends ...

The world trusts in China for its steadfast commitment to peaceful development, growing comprehensive strength: PLA Navy rear admiral
On Saturday, the Global Times Annual Conference 2026, themed “Trust in China: New Journey, New Opportunities,” was held in Beijing. During a discussion on the topic "A forward-looking country: how ...

Russia-China ties crucial for global stability: Putin at annual conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual press conference in Moscow on Friday to look back on the results of 2025, and forward to 2026, during which he highly evaluated ...

SOURCE

Foreign firms eye opportunities in Hainan FTP after special customs operations launched
China Port Watch: Hainan's Yangpu Port trailblazes advancing high-level opening-up innovations
Hainan FTP logs smooth cargo flows on first day of special customs operations
The value of zero-tariff goods imported through customs supervision of the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) reached 360 million yuan (about 51 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday, the first day of the island-wide special customs operations.
Iluvatar CoreX reportedly passes HKEX hearing; domestic GPU chip companies ramp up listing efforts
Recently, a number of China's domestic general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPU) chip companies have ramped up steps to list on the stock market, with Iluvatar CoreX becoming the latest example ...

China enforces equal treatment for domestic and foreign firms in government procurement
China has issued a guideline on Friday requiring all provincial-level governments and departments to fully ensure equal treatment for domestic and foreign-invested enterprises in government procurement according to relevant laws. ...

China's export controls on rare earth-related items not directed at any particular country: FM responds to question over export licenses
In response to a question regarding media reports about China recently issuing new rare earth export licenses, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, told a press conference on ...

LIFE

People across China hold diverse events to mark Winter Solstice
Children display dumplings they have just made at a kindergarten in Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 18, 2025. People all over the country held diverse events on Thursday ...

Guests attending 4th Shanghai Int'l Literature Week visit cultural sites
Guests attending the 4th Shanghai International Literature Week visit the West Bund Museum in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 17, 2025.

In pics: Zhaigou site in NW China's Shaanxi
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 8, 2025 shows part of the Zhaigou site in Qingjian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The Zhaigou site, a settlement site dating back ...
47 Nepali tourism professionals awarded Chinese language certificates
A total of 47 Nepali tourism professionals received certificates at the conclusion of a Chinese language training session here on Friday.
'Avatar: Fire and Ash' hits Chinese screens with mixed reviews
Archaeological discovery in eastern China pushes back local history to 4,100 years ago