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Xi, Algerian president exchange congratulations over successful launch of Algerian satellite

H-6K bomber joins PLA sea-air combat readiness patrol in waters and airspace near China's Huangyan Dao

The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized naval and air forces to conduct a combat ...

Gold, silver plunge by 'France+UK GDP' after Fed chair pick; panic selling, short-term pullback won't change long-term up trend: analysts

Gold and silver prices plunged drastically on Friday US time, with the scale equivalent to the combined GDP of the ...

Chinese team identifies Asia's first Middle Jurassic amphibian tracks in Beijing, first discovered by a 12-year-old primary school student
A Chinese-led research team has identified Asia's first recorded amphibian footprint fossils from the Middle Jurassic period in Beijing, filling ...

OP-ED

You wish! China's military delivers a resounding response: Global Times editorial

You wish! The Chinese military's response rings loud and clear. This confidence comes from the steady strengthening of China's defense capabilities, and from the resolve of a force for peace to safeguard tranquility around the world.

Takaichi's decision to call early election a political gamble facing multiple challenges

Zhang Yongqing

GT Voice: Clean energy can create shared opportunities for China and UK

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CHINA

UK-China Business Council meeting held in Beijing
UK-China Business Council meeting held in Beijing
UK firms buzz over growing China opportunities, investment prospects amid PM's China visit
China bolsters essential safety net within social assistance system to help vulnerable groups
In Forbidden City, British PM Starmer says relationship with China is in a good, strong place, media report
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said relationship with China is “in a good place, a strong place" in Forbidden City on Thursday.

Chinese Defense Ministry responds to Philippines military smear of China's rescue of Filipino crew members
Question: Since January 23, China Coast Guard (CCG) forces had been involved in searching and rescuing overboard crew members from a capsized foreign cargo ship near China's Huangyan Dao. While ...

'China has never added fuel to the fire': Chinese FM spokesperson on whether China supports Russia's ballistic missile production
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated at the press conference that China's position on the Ukraine crisis is consistent and clear, emphasizing "We have never added fuel to the ...

SOURCE

China's cumulative installed capacity of wind, PV power exceeds 1.8b kW for first time
China's 2026 spring travel rush set to hit record-breaking 9.5b trips
China's ports handle 350 million TEUs in 2025; foreign trade container throughput up 9.8%: official data
China's ports posted solid growth in foreign trade throughput in 2025, with nationwide foreign trade container handling rising by nearly 10 percent year on year, while overall port cargo volumes linked to external trade also recorded strong gains, underscoring the steady expansion of China's trade flows and logistics ...
China supports Cuba safeguard its national sovereignty and security, FM says regarding US' tariff threat on Cuba's oil suppliers
Regarding US President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order on Thursday threatening to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China's Foreign ...

18 localities post GDP growth faster than 5% in 2025; fostering new quality productive forces, a focus in new year
A total of 18 Chinese localities have announced GDP growth rates that exceeded the national level of 5 percent in 2025, the Securities Times newspaper reported on Thursday, citing recent ...

MIIT pledges to curb 'involution-style' competition in PV sector
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) convened a symposium with photovoltaic (PV) industry entrepreneurs on Wednesday, listening to opinions and suggestions from key enterprises and industry association on ...

LIFE

National Library, Beijing subway launch traditional colors exhibition
With China's newly released Regulation on the Promotion of Nationwide Reading ready to take effect on February 1, the National Library of China (NLC) and Beijing MTR unveiled a new ...

On the Great Wall, cats become unlikely stewards of centuries-old stones
A post on Xiaohongshu (also known as RedNote app), China's lifestyle platform, showing an animal protection group rescuing two cats living on the Great Wall, drew public attention. The images ...

Southwest China's Guiyang to host Pentathlon World Championships in August
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has confirmed that Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou Province, will host the Pentathlon World Championships in August 2026.
Tent of spirit: Upgraded newsstands retained as community service nodes
Editor's Note: Reading is an important avenue for humans to acquire knowledge, expand wisdom and cultivate virtue. It enlightens us and helps us aim high and stand upright. As China's first national regulations to promote public reading are set to take ...
Urban health logic for Beijing's 6,000 regular winter swimmers
Young people embrace rural markets