Global Times - Weekend
Space expo
People visit the 2026 Beijing International Commercial Space Exhibition in Beijing on January 23, 2026. The exhibition kicked off in Beijing on the day.
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ICE agent’s killing of woman in Minneapolis sparks outcry
With the protests sparked by the US military’s forceful seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yet to subside, a new wave of demonstrations triggered by the fatal shooting of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has...
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China slams Japan’s 2026 defense budget hike plan
China urged Japan on Friday to face squarely and deeply reflect on Japan’s history of aggression, take concrete actions to show remorse for the crimes committed by Japanese militarists and respect to the victims, and not further compound the wrongdoing...
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Metro station attack
Investigators secure the perimeter after several smoke grenades were set off inside the Taipei Main Station in Taipei, China’s Taiwan region, on December 19, 2025. An attack incident occurred in Taipei on Friday, where a man threw smoke bombs and...
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FM slams Japanese militarism before Massacre victims memorial
On the eve of China’s 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday blasted the Japanese militarists’ wars of invasion against China and other Asian countries as a disgrace in the history of...
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Xi and Macron have friendly exchanges in China’s Chengdu
Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron had friendly exchanges on Friday in Dujiangyan in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Upon their arrival, Macron...
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HKSAR to conduct comprehensive probe into residential compound fire
After two days of all-out rescue efforts to fight against the deadly five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court residential compound in Tai Po in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), firefighting and rescue operations were essentially completed,...
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China’s first crossboundary National Games culminate in landmark ceremony
The 15th National Games, the first cross-boundary edition of the country’s premier multi-sport event, concluded in Shenzhen on Friday with a landmark ceremony that underscored the event’s cross-boundary integration across Guangdong, Hong Kong and...
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Xi attends commissioning of China’s Fujian aircraft carrier
Official Chinese media on Friday revealed that the country’s third aircraft carrier, the electromagnetic catapultsequipped Fujian, was officially commissioned on Wednesday. President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended the commissioning and...
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Xi puts forward 5-point proposal for building Asia-Pacific community
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday put forward a five-point proposal for promoting universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization and building an Asia-Pacific community, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi made the proposal in his...
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▶ Preparing for launch
This photo taken on October 24, 2025 shows the combination of the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket to be transferred to the launching area. The Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship will be launched at an appropriate time in the...
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Robots, AI, innovative items shine at 138th Canton Fair
The 138th Canton Fair is becoming a stage for a breathtaking prologue to the future with innovative and cutting-edge products such as robots and artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered items. From humanoid robots that interact with you to AI companions...
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Xi congratulates Kim on WPK’s 80th founding anniversary
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jongun, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the WPK,...
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Aviation show
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force aviation open-day activities and the Changchun Air Show officially kicked off on Friday in Changchun, Northeast China’s Jilin Province. From the static display of the J-10 aircraft in the first...
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Remains of 30 CPV martyrs in Korean War return home
The remains of 30 Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, carried by a Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Y-20 transport aircraft, were returned to China on...
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Honoring the martyrs
Nell Chennault Calloway, granddaughter of Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers, attends a special exhibition and pays tribute at the aviation martyrs’ cemetery while visiting the Nanjing Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Memorial Hall in...
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Press briefing reaffirms vision for a community with shared future
A press conference on activities marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in Beijing on Friday, with a senior Chinese diplomat providing a...
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Xi to attend SCO Tianjin Summit, host relevant events
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025, which will be held in Tianjin Municipality in North China on August 31 and September 1, and host relevant events. Xi will chair the 25th Meeting of the...
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China summons Japanese diplomat amid Yasukuni visits
China on Friday summoned a senior Japanese diplomat in Beijing and lodged stern representations with Japan over Japanese political figures’ visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine earlier in the day, which marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s...
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Xi urges all-out rescue efforts following mountain torrents in Gansu
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out search and rescue efforts, and flood control and disaster relief work after mountain torrents since Thursday in northwest China’s Gansu Province have left 10 people dead and 33 missing as of 3:30 pm...
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2025 World AI Conference to kick off in Shanghai
The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance is scheduled to kick off in Shanghai on Saturday, showcasing cutting-edge technologies and innovations by domestic and foreign tech enterprises...
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Booming night economy
People eat dinner and snacks in the square in front of the National Agriculture Exhibition Center in the evening on July 18, 2025. In recent years, the “night economy” in China has been booming.
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China, US top diplomats hold ‘pragmatic, constructive’ talks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Kuala Lumpur Friday on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings. The two diplomats exchanged views on the China-US relationship and issues of...
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Carrying the flag
Students and teachers from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region visit China’s Shandong aircraft carrier on July 4, 2025, getting up close to various aircraft on the flight deck, as part of the Shandong’s public open-house events.
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Ready for export
Construction machinery units are gathered for export shipment at the Lianyungang Port in East China’s Jiangsu Province on June 27, 2025. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that from January to May, profits of...
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Xi meets NZ PM, calls for greater emphasis on co-op
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Beijing on Friday, calling on both sides to place greater emphasis on cooperation, according to the Xinhua News Agency. For more than 50 years, since the...
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Iran-Israel tensions escalate after Israel hits nuclear sites, military leadership
The Middle East has once again become the focus of global attention, after Israel launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear facilities, and Tehran vowed to retaliate. In the face of the danger of escalating tensions, various...
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Rigorous measures put in place as China gears up for annual gaokao
A total of 13.35 million Chinese students are preparing to sit this year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, starting on Saturday, according to China’s Ministry of Education. As the country gears up for this year’s college...
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Welding robots
Intelligent welding robots perform precise and efficient welding operations at an automobile manufacturing enterprise in Jiangdu High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Yangzhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province on May 23, 2025.
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Xi’s letter inspires confidence among Danish, EU businesses
Multiple Danish businesses on Friday reaffirmed their confidence in growth and further cooperation with China amid optimism about the economic prospects and vast opportunities of the world’s secondlargest economy, as Chinese President Xi Jinping...
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Xi attends Russia’s Victory Day celebrations in Red Square
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended on Friday celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War in Moscow. Leaders from more than 20 countries and international organizations were invited to the...
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▶ Light show celebration
A light show themed “Tide of the East, Light for the Future” is underway along the Huangpu River, Shanghai on April 17, 2025, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pudong New Area’s development and opening-up.
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Xi calls on China, EU to jointly resist unilateral bullying
There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in selfisolation, President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Friday. Noting that both China and the EU are major...
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China an ‘ideal, secure, promising’ destination for foreign firms: Xi
As China wraps up a week in which it hosted two top-level forums – the China Development Forum (CDF) 2025 and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Meeting 2025 – to drive home its commitment to high-quality opening-up, Chinese President Xi Jinping met...
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China, Russia, Iran endorse dialogue for nuclear solution
China, Russia and Iran issued a joint statement on Friday, reaffirming that political and diplomatic engagement and dialogue remains the only viable and practical option for the Iranian nuclear issue after deputy foreign ministers of the three nations...
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China’s sense of responsibility, pledge to multilateralism on full display
Through head-of-state diplomacy, China’s relations with the world have undergone positive and profound changes. President Xi Jinping personally planned and conducted head-of-state diplomacy in the past year, and many fruitful results were achieved,...
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Xi meets Shoigu, calls for enhanced co-op, strategic coordination
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Beijing on Friday. Analysts view the meeting and visit as demonstrating a high level of strategic mutual trust between China and Russia, which...
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Robot football
Robots from Booster Robotics play football during the Global Developer Conference, organized by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025.
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China’s role in global governance highlighted at 61st MSC
Dubbed the “Davos of Defense,” the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) officially opened on Friday. Observers noted that across a broad spectrum of discussions, China’s role is attracting an ever-growing share of the interest. The lobby of the Hotel...
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Asian Winter Games kicks off in Harbin with spirit of unity, co-op
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Friday night during a festive ceremony highlighting the city’s ice and snow culture. The opening of the Games in Northeast China’s Harbin, Heilongjiang Province marked the...
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China’s GDP expands 5% in 2024, hitting annual target
China’s GDP grew 5 percent year-onyear to 134.9 trillion yuan ($18.41 trillion) in 2024, breaking the 130-trillionyuan mark for the first time, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. The positive expansion is...
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China, UK to hold economic, financial talks during Reeves’ visit
China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed the China visit of British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and the restart of the Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), which is seen as an effort to reset bilateral relations and promote...
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Arrest attempt on Yoon suspended after standoff
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency attempted to detain impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday over his failed martial law bid – the first time in the country’s modern history that an arrest warrant was issued against a sitting president, but the...
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China launches first Type 076 amphibious assault ship
China on Friday launched its first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, a type of large vessel an expert said is the first of its kind in the world equipped with electromagnetic catapult and arresting technology, allowing it to launch manned and unmanned...
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‘One country, two systems’ policy must be long upheld: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Friday the longterm adherence to “one country, two systems” as Macao celebrates a quarter-century of transformative success since its return to the motherland. At a televised ceremony held in a major sports...
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Xi hears work report from HKSAR chief executive
President Xi Jinping on Friday said the central authorities fully support Hong Kong in aligning with national strategies and fostering new momentum and advantages for economic development, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi made the remarks when...
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▶ Drone show
Thousands of drones form two snowmen in the air over the Harbin Ice-Snow World seasonal theme park in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province on December 6, 2024, to warm up for the local ice and snow sculpture festival.
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White paper outlines China’s rural road devt, achievements
China’s State Council Information Office on Friday released a white paper titled “China’s Rural Roads in the New Era” to outline the achievements and vision of rural road development in the new era and to share China’s experience. In terms of general...
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China vows to promote steady growth of foreign trade
Officials from five Chinese departments including the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People’s Bank of China vowed to promote the steady growth of foreign trade at a press conference held on Friday in a move...
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Xi calls for elevating China-Peru ties to new heights
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lima, capital of Peru, on Thursday for a state visit and the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Xi held talks with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and said that China and Peru should improve and upgrade...
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Xi to attend APEC , G20, pay state visits to Peru, Brazil
At the invitation of Peruvian and Brazilian presidents, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the two countries to attend the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima and the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro and pay state visits to the two...
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China, Slovakia lift relations to strategic partnership
China and Slovakia have decided to elevate bilateral relations to a strategic partnership, which meets the future development needs of both countries and will inject new and strong momentum into bilateral cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said...
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China, EU agree to hold further talks over EV tariffs
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Friday held a video call with the European Commission (EC)’s Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis at the latter’s request, during which the two sides agreed to conduct further...
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▶ Intelligent workshop
Industrial robots carry out welding operations in an intelligent workshop of an automobile manufacturer located in Jiangdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Yangzhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province, on October 18, 2024. China’s GDP grew 4.8 percent...
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China, Japan agree to monitor nuke wastewater discharge
China and Japan reached a four-point agreement on the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water, in which both sides agreed on Japan establishing a longterm international monitoring arrangement and allowing stakeholders including China to...
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China calls for pooling strength for peace at Beijing Xiangshan Forum
The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum entered its second day on Friday with an official opening ceremony highlighted by a congratulatory letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping and a keynote speech by Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, as the keyword...
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Fruitful FOCAC summit sends strong message of joint devt
The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) concluded in Beijing on Friday with significant achievements made. In addition to reaching a clear political consensus on enhancing all-round cooperation, China and African countries...
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China-Africa closer cooperation driven by real needs of continent
A tour bus filled with travelers passed by a bustling construction site in a suburb of Tanzania’s Zanzibar, adorned with posters of Chinese companies and where Chinese engineers were busy at work. One American tourist couldn’t help but wonder: why are...
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Xi to address key forum on China-Africa cooperation
Chinese and African leaders will meet in Beijing in early September for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) – the largest diplomatic event to be hosted by China in recent years with the highest attendance of foreign leaders. The event will...
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China-US coordination key to global financial stability
The reported meeting of China-US Financial Working Group, which was widely expected to focus on topics such as macroeconomic and financial stability, governance of the IMF and capital markets issues, signaled that despite the trade tensions, both sides...
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▶ Defending gold
From left, Chinese paddler Fan Zhendong, men’s team coach Wang Hao, paddlers Ma Long and Wang Chuqin celebrate their victory in the table tennis men’s team final on August 9, 2024 after defeating Team Sweden 3-0. Since the men’s team event entered the...
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China to boost trade co-op amid global protectionism
China is ramping up efforts to promote free trade cooperation by accelerating talks and upgrades of free trade agreements (FTAs) and enhancing the development of its free trade zones (FTZs), the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said at a press conference...
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Summer Olympics back to Paris after 100 years amid excitement
Amid both anticipation and controversy, the Summer Olympic Games have returned to Paris after 100 years, the hometown of Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics. While the 2024 Paris Olympics are first Summer Olympic Games held after the...
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3rd plenum boosts confidence, injects certainty into world
Chinese officials as well as domestic and foreign observers on Friday applauded the adoption of a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization, highlighting China’s resolve to maintain focus in pursuing...
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Deeper reform drives highquality devt, modernization
As the Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to convene a crucial reformthemed meeting next week, a look back on China’s remarkable achievements in comprehensively deepening reform and opening-up over the past decade, which underpinned China’s...
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