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China harnessing AI tech to boost seed development and crop yields, with a project in Hainan at forefront of efforts
In the vast, sun-drenched fields of Yazhou Bay in Sanya, Hainan province, a quiet but monumental shift is taking place. Here, the practice of crop breeding is being rewritten not with a hoe, but with computer algorithms. For generations, developing a...
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AI growth engine
Fast-evolving artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to play a pivotal role in bolstering industrial upgrades, helping China build new growth drivers and injecting strong momentum into high-quality economic growth, experts and company executives said.
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Retail power
Talk about China’s shift toward consumptiondriven growth often begins with the myths that households, scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic, made precautionary savings, and that property market adjustments dented confidence, leading to weak consumer...
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Global anchor
The world economy faced strong headwinds in 2025, primarily as a result of escalating trade tensions amid Washington’s “reciprocal tariffs”, causing substantial uncertainties in supply chains and the global economy. China, meanwhile, managed to...
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Future ready
Hua Yilian, a 28-year-old based in Beijing, witnessed the full force of technology’s impact on the employment market after securing a job in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry in 2024. As a business developer at a large model company, she had...
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New lease of life
Cheng Shuo works as an accountant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, but the 27-year-old’s real passion is attending live music performances. Almost every month, she travels to different cities for concerts, music festivals, and fan events. Before each...
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Sky is the limit
At sunrise over the Persian Gulf in Dubai, a black, pod-shaped aircraft detached from its six-wheel carrier vehicle and rose steadily into the sky. For several minutes, it circled above calm waters before returning smoothly to the helipad. The flight...
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Shanghai sits on top of China’s flourishing livestreaming sector in an e-commerce economy astutely driven by policy guidance, action plans
Zhu Yiwen, better known online as “Wangwang”, has been hailed by netizens as a model of how ordinary people can reach the peak of the livestreaming industry. With 860,000 followers on lifestylesharing platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, she started in...
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Reel SUCCESS
Galim Gaisin grew up wanting to be an actor. It is a dream he has since realized — albeit not on the big screen but in short serial dramas played out on smartphones. After appearing in a commercial for earphones four years ago, the career of the...
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World of opportunity
Foreign and Chinese companies are scrambling to explore vast opportunities in Hainan, as the island province is poised to officially begin its special customs operations next month. The Hainan Free Trade Port will implement major favorable tariff...
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Shared destiny
With the Republic of Korea (ROK) hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting this week, followed by China next year, officials, scholars and business leaders have voiced high hopes for success of both the...
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Inspiring vision
When Penildon Silva Filho, vice-president of Brazil’s Federal University of Bahia, set foot in China for the fifth time, the crisp autumn breeze in Beijing felt warmly familiar. Six years ago, during his first academic exchange at Renmin University of...
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Factory visits become a favored choice for a growing crop of young travelers seeking niche learning experiences
Spending your holiday touring a factory that makes stinky noodle dishes seems like an unusual way to enjoy a vacation, but that is exactly what Lu Jiaying and her boyfriend did recently.
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New horizons
Under the searing sun, 19-year-old Wu Yuqing dragged her suitcase across the sprawling campus of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia — her new home for the next four years. Just a day earlier, she had been in her hometown of...
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Lofty ambitions
Booking “air taxis” for intercity commuting and sightseeing tours, and drones making food and parcel deliveries are no longer scenarios from the future. They are already gradually becoming part of everyday life for people in China. The nation’s...
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Hail the future
Shanghai teenager Tang Yuyang paid 21 yuan ($2.95) to ride 5.8 kilometers in a robotaxi for the simple joy of becoming a small part of the city’s automotive history.
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Serving the world
Zhang Wei, a graduate student studying horticulture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is one of a growing number of young Chinese people turning to the United Nations, driven by a mix of idealism, professional ambition, and China’s expanding global...
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On a roll
Shanghai is poised to cash in on the “happiness economy” as it undergoes a surge in construction of new theme parks and upgrades to existing ones, according to tourism and industry experts. Already the theme park capital of China, Shanghai has seen...
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Pride and honor
As the world watched China marking Victory Day, the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (193145) and the World Anti-Fascist War, on Sept 3, the nation sent out a clear message that it is...
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Charting the future
With the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit set to open in Tianjin on Aug 31, all eyes are on China and how it will employ home-ground diplomacy to turn the regional grouping into a platform for further promoting solidarity and...
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Cool fusion
From TikTok dance trends to flying taxis and myth-based blockbuster video games, China is no longer just manufacturing the future, it is influencing global imagination. A decade ago, the country’s profile was tightly linked to economic growth and...
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Driving change
Commercial application of China’s cutting-edge autonomous driving technology is spreading globally as Chinese enterprises speed up efforts to expand their presence in overseas markets and deploy robotaxi fleets. Residents in some Middle East cities,...
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Weekend wanderlust
In Stark’s world, Friday nights usually mean going to the airport to get an international flight out of the country and returning on Monday morning, ready to head straight to work. The 20-something Shanghai-based tech professional, who prefers to keep...
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Shoppers' paradise
While strolling around Shanghai’s trendiest shopping district on their visit, Vietnamese couple Nhu Truong and Tu Vo had an unexpected opportunity to take part in an exciting new retail trend. In upmarket Shanghai Xintiandi, the two 30-year-olds...
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Net gains
The Jiangsu Football City League, a national sensation for birthing viral memes, has unleashed an unlikely sponsorship frenzy across one of China’s wealthiest provinces. Dubbed the “Suchao” or “Jiangsu Super League”, this grassroots tournament, made...
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New-age caregivers
In the not too distant future, humanoid robots will not only be able to perform caregiver tasks for the elderly, such as pushing them in a wheelchair, but also respond to them with a range of sympathetic “emotions”, according to a leading...
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Dawn of a new era
China and the five Central Asian countries signed a treaty of permanent good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation on June 17, enshrining the principle of everlasting friendship across generations in the legal form.
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On 10th anniversary of key China-Australia FTA, firms eye brighter future for deal that benefits both countries
Australia’s landmark free trade agreement with China has reaped significant rewards in the decade since it was signed, proving wrong initial skepticism and becoming a bright spot amid challenges to the global economy, analysts and stakeholders...
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Shanghai allure
Less than two weeks after French reinsurer AXA Reinsurance held an opening ceremony for its new Shanghai office, George Stansfield, deputy CEO of AXA Group, paid a visit to the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Shortly...
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Weaving magic
The story of the transformation and upgrading of a labor-intensive industry unfolds in a small village in Pingyang county, Wenzhou. Yutang village, located on the western edge of Mabu, lies in the southern part of Zhejiang, close to Fujian province,...
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Domestic buffer
China has rolled out a set of measures to help foreign trade companies expand into the giant domestic market to hedge against the uncertainties of foreign business. For China’s exporters, switching to sell in the domestic market comes with challenges,...
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Guardians of peace See Legacy, page 3
President Xi Jinping has called on the world to draw wisdom and strength from the lessons of World War II, “resolutely resist all forms of hegemonism and power politics” and “work together to build a brighter future for humanity”.
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Flying into the Future
The dream of owning a flying car, however wild it may sound, is poised to soon become a reality with a Chinese automaker projected as one of the first in the world to start commercial production. In late March, XPeng Motors Chairman He Xiaopeng told...
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Rise of the humanoids
In a cutting-edge facility in Shanghai, engineers are precisely assembling humanoid robots, while rows of newly manufactured units stand ready for quality checks. In an adjacent testing zone, 100 humanoid robots are being trained to perform daily tasks...
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Kindred ties
Mazlim Husin, chief commercial officer of Kuantan Port, has personally seen how Chinese investments have transformed Kuantan — the capital city of the state of Pahang — which is located on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Shared future
As the tariff war launched by the United States is surging across the world and having an impact on the fragile global economy, China’s commitment to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind has become more relevant in...
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Toast to China
Chinese consumers’ importance to Australia’s winemakers has been uncorked since tariffs were lifted, with the demand offering relief at a time when the Australian wine industry faces major challenges of oversupply and overfamiliarity in the global...
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Shared prosperity
In 2009, five years after Chinese smartphone maker Oppo debuted in its home market, the company ventured overseas and introduced its products to Thailand. Oppo has not looked back since. Not only did it capture a large market share in Thailand but it...
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Silver lining
A78-year-old quantum physics professor going viral “dissecting” Schroedinger’s cat on short-video platform Douyin, silver-haired models from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, strutting defiantly at Paris Fashion Week, and musicians with an average age of...
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Powering Up
China’s sharpened focus on pursuing integrated advancements in technological and industrial innovation showcases its determination to translate scientific breakthroughs into real-world applications, and such a strategy will help it transform into a...
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Innovation engine
Outside an unremarkable building in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a humanoid robot is doing something truly remarkable. The Unitree G1, standing at 1.2 meters tall and weighing 35 kilograms, takes a martial arts stance, shifts its weight back and...
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Unprecedented box office success of Ne Zha 2 leads to ripple effects across China’s movie ecosystem
The China-made animated hit Ne Zha 2 exploded onto screens with the force of a “demon child” during the Chinese New Year, raking in a staggering 13.8 billion yuan ($1.88 billion) at the box office in four weeks — and still counting. The unprecedented...
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Shaping the AI future
Competition is heating up in the fast-developing artificial intelligence (AI) sector as the emergence of startup DeepSeek underscores China’s growing innovation capacities in cuttingedge technology, signaling a profound shift in the global AI...
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Trump takes wrong path with fresh China tariffs
Keeping his campaign promise, United States President Donald Trump unleashed his tariff agenda almost immediately after assuming office. For imports from China, an extra 10 percent tariff was introduced on top of the existing ones, and the de minimis...
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Growth driver Belt and Road Initiative bolsters sustainable development in 150 countries and regions and joins hearts
For Gonzalo Rios, Chancay Port in Peru is more than just a workplace — it represents dedication and commitment. Since joining the port in 2019, Rios has closely followed its development, from construction to installation, and has been deeply involved...
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China will shine more in Year of the Snake
Many famous people were born in the Year of the Snake. There is Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), a major figure in the “scientific revolution”, who established that Earth revolved around the sun, not the other way...
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Trump has chance to amend ties with China
Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Jan 20 as the next president of the United States. One of the first responsibilities Trump could shoulder is to stabilize and improve relations with China. Let us not mince words, no country is as important a...
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Tipping point
The year 2024 was marked by unprecedented climate challenges, with record-breaking heat and increasingly severe weather events becoming the new norm. Climate change, a topic that has dominated global headlines for years, has become more of a reality,...
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All eyes on how China will perform in new year
Nearly 30 years ago, the World Bank published a famous report titled “The East Asian Miracle”. It told an uplifting story of how East Asian economies had transitioned from poverty after World War II to modern middleincome status. The formula was...
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Pride and glory
When recalling the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School in Macao, Chao Linchai said she did not realize that it had already been five years. Chao was then giving an open class in history to...
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Smart herding
Caring for livestock during the cold season in Northwest China has been modernized in recent years, with Beidou positioning, mobile support vehicles and real-time weather updates making the trek to winter pastures easier for herdsmen and animals.
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Bold vision
In a fragmented world that needs to fix deficits in peace, development and governance, China’s visions, proposed by President Xi Jinping at the 19th G20 Summit, of building a just world of common development and promoting a fair and equitable global...
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Multipolar world order represents best choice
As we grapple with the twists and turns of today’s geopolitical realities, responding intelligently to even unintelligent foreign policy actions, while trying to reconcile them with domestic policy needs, becomes increasingly challenging. At this...
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Nurturing talent
Fresh off her Olympic victory, Zheng Qinwen embarked on a grueling stretch of four consecutive tournaments, culminating in a runner-up finish at the Wuhan Open, her hometown event, in October. In a parallel storyline, 11-yearold Li Mengxiao, also from...
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Cementing solidarity
At the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct 23, President Xi Jinping called on member countries to jointly build the expanded grouping into “a primary channel for strengthening solidarity and cooperation among Global South nations and a vanguard...
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Tapping AI's potential
When Dipuo Mazibuko embarked on her first overseas travel, it was to China in September. She took a close look at the country’s achievements in the field of artificial intelligence and gained a deeper understanding of the importance of working with...
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China seeks dialogue of civilizations, not discord
The United States rolled out its “Pivot to Asia” strategy in 2011. The pivot in its second phase, from 2015 onwards, strengthened the alliances between the US and Japan and between the US and the Republic of Korea, and implemented the deployment of 60...
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Glorious journey
The 75-year journey of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has witnessed the relentless efforts of the Chinese people to pursue development and progress, creating a miracle of long-term economic growth and social stability. As it embarks on the...
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Salvaging history
The cargo vessel Lisbon Maru was converted into a troop carrier by the Japanese army during World War II. In October 1942, while carrying about 1,800 British prisoners of war (POWs) from Hong Kong to Japan, it was torpedoed by a United States submarine...
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China-style democracy delivers for the people
The collective West has long had an entrenched ideological prejudice against China’s governance system, questioning the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China as the country’s ruling party. The West is biased against China because, as some in the...
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Mooncake makeover
On a recent shopping trip in Beijing, Huo Ran noticed something different about this year’s mooncakes — they were smaller than usual. She refers to them as “bite-sized delicacies”. The shop had just introduced a new pork-filled mooncake ahead of the...
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China key to Africa’s goal of ‘second liberation’
For centuries, Africa has been like the big tree, the fruits of which always fell behind the fence, benefiting others rather than its own people. In the colonial period, its raw materials were looted, and its human resources were taken as slaves to...
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Renminbi allure
In recent months, a seemingly surprising trend has emerged on the global financial landscape — foreign investors are flocking to Chinese renminbi bonds, even as US bonds boasted higher yields. As of July, overseas institutions’ holdings in China’s...
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Race for 6G
Chinese academic researchers and telecom operators are leaving no stone unturned in efforts to establish a beachhead for 6G, the next-generation wireless technology that has already become a key battleground for innovation and industrial...
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Taking to the skies
Fueled by a boom in Chinese travelers visiting Japan this summer, extra direct flights have been launched between the two countries with more flights expected to be added, industry players said. The rush to visit Japan has been fueled by Chinese...
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China wins global trust as conflict mediator
The fourth week of July was hectic for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He spent several days discussing how to end the two deadliest conflicts in the world today. First, Wang hosted the gathering in Beijing of 14 Palestinian factions, including...
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