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China welcomes preliminary peace deal between US, Iran: FM
The announcement that the US and Iran have reached a preliminary peace framework has offered a potential turning point after months of heightened tensions in the Middle East. The development has drawn widespread attention from the international...
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US, Iran send mixed signals on deal after twists and turns
A US-Iran deal to stop the fighting seems to be taking shape after several rounds of twists and turns. Yet over the weekend, Washington and Tehran offered different timelines for signing any agreement, sending mixed signals about whether a deal is...
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Chinese football fans, businesses get ready for 2026 World Cup
By 2 am, Sanlitun, one of Beijing’s busiest nightlife districts, had largely quieted down. But inside Cafe Groove, owner Sui Jinpeng and his staff were still moving through the restaurant, testing upgraded audio equipment and large screens ahead of the...
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Xi calls on China, DPRK to consolidate trust, boost co-op
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, said on Monday that China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust and...
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12.9 million Chinese students sit 2026 gaokao
It is the time of the year once again when one examination commands the attention of the nation. As China’s national college entrance exam, or gaokao, began on Sunday, scenes at test sites captured the moment: parents offering hugs and encouragement as...
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Kyrgyzstan secures first UNSC seat as Germany suffers setback
A closely watched United Nations (UN) Security Council election delivered a mix of continuity and change on local time Wednesday, as Austria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, and first-time member Kyrgyzstan secured seats as non-permanent...
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China Medical Expert Team arrives in DRC to aid Ebola battle
Luku Maleyo Marius, a representative of the DRC Ministry of Health, welcomed the team at the airport, saying that China’s dispatch of the medical experts represents timely and strong support for the Congolese government and people, according to...
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CCG conducts rights-protection patrols east of Taiwan island
The China Coast Guard (CCG) task group led by CCGS Daishan conducted routine law-enforcement patrols in accordance with the law in the waters east of China’s Taiwan island on Monday, said CCG spokesperson Jiang Lue. This is a necessary operation in...
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China’s voice echoes widely at SLD amid security discussions
The 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) concluded in Singapore on Sunday, where defense officials and scholars from around 40 countries and regions had gathered to discuss regional and global security issues. During the three-day event, “China” emerged as...
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China’s carmaker SAIC joins global ‘100-million-unit club’
Domestic carmaker SAIC Motor delivered its 100 millionth vehicle in Shanghai on the afternoon of Thursday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to surpass 100 million units in cumulative production and sales, according to the Xinhua News...
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China’s call for revitalizing, strengthening UN wins support
As mounting conflicts, geopolitical divisions and humanitarian crises continue to test the postwar international order, China has reiterated its firm support for the UN Charter and multilateralism at a high-level United Nations Security Council...
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China pivots June toward global business, trade, investment
After a bustling May dominated by high-level diplomacy, China is pivoting its June agenda toward global business, trade, and investment. As a series of major economic platforms kicks off this summer, analysts say the packed schedule underscores...
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Beijing welcomes iron-clad friends amid diplomatic blitz
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday held back-to-back talks in Beijing with visiting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as China’s home-field diplomacy welcomes old friends amid an active diplomatic...
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Rescue efforts continue as coal mine blast leaves 82 dead
Rescue efforts continued on Sunday after a gas explosion hit Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county of Changzhi, North China’s Shanxi Province at 7:29 pm on Friday. A total of 82 people have been confirmed dead, with two still missing and 128...
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Flying robot
A flying robot is exhibited at the 10th Drone World Congress, which opened in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province, on May 21, 2026.
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Xi hails ‘new stage’ of relations in meeting with Putin in Beijing
Military band performances, a 21-gun salute, a march-past by the honor guard, as well as children waving flowers, together constituted the grand welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People held by President Xi Jinping for Russian President...
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▶ Tourism boom
People row dragon boats for a cruise along the Xiaoshui River in Daoxian county, Central China’s Hunan Province on May 19, 2026, the China Tourism Day.
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China, Russia eye deeper ties ahead of Putin’s visit to Beijing
China and Russia are preparing for another high-level diplomatic moment, with Russian President Vladimir Putin set to pay a state visit to China from Tuesday to Wednesday. Ahead of the visit, both sides signaled strong expectations – on Monday in...
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Beijing emerges as a focal point of global diplomacy
Beijing is fast emerging as the focal point of global diplomacy. China’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China from May 19 to 20 – just days after US President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip. The...
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Xi, Trump hold talks, agree on new vision for bilateral ties
As President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump posed for a photo before the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven, a new historic footnote to China-US relations was written on Thursday. Trump’s state visit – the first by a...
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▶ Yangtze River regulation
An aerial photo taken on May 13, 2026 shows a view of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Central China’s Hubei Province. According to the China Three Gorges Corporation, since launching dry-season water replenishment dispatch on November 21, 2025, the...
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China’s diplomatic calendar shifting into high gear
China’s diplomatic calendar is shifting into high gear. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met separately with Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office of Brunei Darussalam Haji...
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Tianzhou-10 docks successfully with China Space Station in series’ 10th mission
Early on the Monday morning, sunlight spilled over the Wenchang Space Launch Site located in the South China’s tropical island province of Hainan, glinting off the towering combination of the Long March-7 Y11 rocket and the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft...
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Putin calls China-Russia co-op a pillar of global stability
Hours after Victory Day ceremonies concluded in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin faced the press in a stately Kremlin hall, his dark suit pinned with a symbolic Victory Day ribbon. Putin cast Russia’s relationship with China as a pillar of...
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May Day travel boom unfolds with boosted consumption expected
China’s national railway officially kicks off the annual May Day holiday travel rush on Wednesday, unleashing a sweeping nationwide travel frenzy. Soaring air and road passenger flows, red-hot travel service reservations, robust hotel and scenic...
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Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting on economic situation and work
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Tuesday to analyze and study the current economic situation and economic work, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of...
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FM voices willingness to enhance co-op amid Pakistani president’s week-long China visit
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s ongoing China visit in Central China’s Hunan Province is packed with highlevel meetings with provincial leadership, impressive industrial tours, and concrete cooperation agreements as the two countries mark the...
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After gunshots at correspondents’ dinner, Trump rushed to safety
Attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time in years, US President Donald Trump joined the press corps on Saturday evening. However, the event was abruptly cut short before the first course could be cleared when gunshots rang...
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Nationwide celebrations mark PLA Navy’s 77th anniversary
At a naval port in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, the Type 081 mine countermeasures ship Qingzhou opened to the public for the first time, drawing steady streams of curious visitors eager for a rare, upclose look at the vessel. The open...
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China, Mozambique upgrade ties as Xi, Chapo hold talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo held talks in Beijing on Tuesday, and the two heads of state agreed to upgrade bilateral ties to a China-Mozambique community with a shared future in the new era, according to...
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Foreign leaders explore China in new, diverse ways
From learning about the advanced experiences in green mining development in Qinghai and joining villagers in the Anzhao dance, to trying his hand at operating a crane in Central China’s Hunan Province, visiting Mozambican President Daniel Chapo’s China...
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Humanoid robot breaks human half-marathon record
Just a year ago, humanoid robots stumbled awkwardly across the pavement, tripping mid-stride as human handlers rushed in to steady them. But on Sunday at the second Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, robots didn’t just keep their balance – they...
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China’s Q1 GDP expands by 5%, off to a strong start
At the state-of-the-art automated terminal of Qingdao Port in East China’s Shandong Province, a colossal oceangoing freighter rests at the berth, its deck stacked with brightly colored shipping containers. Ashore, newly minted electric vehicles stand...
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Xi, To Lam hold talks on advancing wide-ranging co-op
China and Vietnam should uphold the principles of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit, and work together to oppose unilateralism and protectionism, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese...
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Xi meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, makes four-point proposal on Middle East peace
President Xi Jinping met with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in Beijing on Tuesday. Xi said the UAE is China’s comprehensive strategic partner, and that China has always attached...
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China issues new rules to counter unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a decree of the State Council to publish a new set of rules on countering foreign states’ unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction measures, in order to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development...
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US-Iran Islamabad negotiations end without a deal
After 21 hours of intense negotiations in Islamabad, the US-Iran talks, which multiple news outlets said to be the highest-level face-to-face meeting between US and Iranian officials since 1979, ended on Sunday without an agreement to halt the...
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Ceasefire deal in jeopardy on Day 1 as Iran closes Hormuz following Israel strikes against Lebanon
The fragile calm that followed the US-Iran ceasefire began to unravel almost as soon as it took hold, raising fresh doubts about the durability of the agreement. On Wednesday local time, Israel launched what appeared to be its most extensive airstrike...
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Xi urges breaking new ground in high-quality devt of service sector
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for striving to break new ground in the high-quality development of China’s service sector, according to the Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...
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KMT chairperson Cheng kicks off six-day mainland visit
Smiling and waving as she stepped onto the tarmac at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Tuesday, Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun arrived in Chinese mainland on Tuesday to kick off a closely watched six-day tour. Broadcast heavily...
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US, Iran escalate threats as Trump’s ultimatum looms
The conflict triggered by the US-Israeli military attacks against Iran grounded into its 37th day on Monday, caught between fragile hopes for a 45day ceasefire and the reality of escalating tensions. As regional mediators relayed Tehran’s positions and...
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Holiday consumption boosted as people embrace spring break
“We wanted the trip to feel unhurried,” Lin, a tourist from Central China’s Hunan Province traveling with his wife and primary school-aged child. “What we need most is time – and the government is giving us that time. We finally had the time to slow...
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Heroic pilot commemorated 25 years after fatal SCS collision
On Wednesday morning, gentle sunlight bathed Anxian Cemetery in suburban Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, where heroic Chinese pilot Wang Wei’s cenotaph rests amid ringed pines and cypresses. His statue and monument gleamed with renewed...
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China, Pakistan issue proposals on Gulf, Middle East situation
China and Pakistan put forward five proposals on restoring peace and stability in the Gulf region and the Middle East during talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in...
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CPC Central Committee, Xi invite KMT chairperson to visit mainland
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, have invited Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, to visit the Chinese mainland from April 7 to 12, a CPC...
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Over 3,000 protests staged across US on one month of Iran war
To the rhythm of beating drums and ringing bells, hundreds of protesters marched past the Lincoln Memorial and onto the National Mall on Saturday, filling the heart of Washington DC with a chorus of chants. They were a small fraction among millions of...
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Boao highlights ‘a better Asian home,’ calls for cooperation
As words like “war,” “missiles,” “airstrikes” and “turbulence” dominate global headlines, a strikingly different list of keywords is being read in South China’s Hainan Province. In the balmy, manicured resort town of Boao, delegates gathering for the...
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China hosts multiple key forums, spotlights co-op, opening-up
With a few simple, precise movements, a robot completes the whole process of picking up ingredients, skewering them, and handing over a candied hawthorn skewer. Nearby, music plays as two robots perform together on electronic keyboards. These scenes...
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Japanese SDF member broke into Chinese Embassy in Japan
China lodged strong protests with Japan and demanded a thorough investigation after a Japanese man, claiming to be a sitting officer in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), on Tuesday scaled the wall of the Chinese Embassy and threatened to kill Chinese...
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Xi inspects Xiong’an New Area, urges building it into high-quality devt model
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday urged efforts to build the Xiong’an New Area in North China’s Hebei Province into an innovation hub in the new era and a model of promoting high-quality...
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Global CEOs gather in China for predictability amid uncertainty
As US and Israeli strikes against Iran rattle financial markets and send oil prices surging, over 80 leaders of the world’s largest multinational corporations, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola...
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China says killing of Iranian leaders unacceptable
China on Thursday said it is “shocked” by the remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he have authorized the Israel Defense Forces to kill any Iranian official without the need for additional...
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China’s national legislature concludes annual session
The 14th National People’s Congress ( NPC), China’s national legislature, held the closing meeting of its fourth session on Thursday. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xinhua...
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China’s top political advisory body concludes annual session
The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, concluded its annual session on Wednesday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi Jinping and other Party and state...
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China’s foreign trade posts strong start to 2026 with double- digit growth
China’s total goods trade reached 7.73 trillion yuan ($ 1.12 trillion) in the fi rst two months of 2026, with year- on- year growth returning to double digits at 18.3 percent, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs ( GAC)...
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China’s national legislature holds second plenary meeting
The fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress ( NPC) held its second plenary meeting on Monday. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the meeting, according to Xinhua News Agency. Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing...
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FM pitches China’s diplomatic vision in world of turbulence
In roughly 90 minutes, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday addressed 21 questions ranging from China’s relations with major countries of Russia and the US, to the situation in Iran and the China- Japan ties… In front of this barrage of...
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China’s national legislature opens annual session
The 14th National People’s Congress ( NPC), China’s top legislature, opened its fourth session on Thursday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the...
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China’s top political advisory body starts annual session
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC) National Committee, China’s top political advisory body, opened its annual session on Wednesday in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported. President Xi Jinping, together with other...
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‘Two sessions’ shed light on China’s next devt blueprint
Roughly one hour before the fi rst press conference of China’s “two Sessions” of 2026, some 200 Chinese and foreign journalists had already formed a long line outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the event is held. Despite the...
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US- Iran feud hardens amid exchanges of words, missiles
As the US- Israeli military operations against Iran entered its third day on Monday, fi ghting and mutual retaliatory attacks intensifi ed, with rising casualties on all sides and growing risks of a wider regional war. Amid the tense situation, China...
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China condemns killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader
China on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling the move “a grave violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security.” The US- Israeli strikes against Iran have drawn widespread attention and...
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Merz wraps up China visit with Palace Museum, robots show
China’s state- of- the- art robots on Thursday put on a martial arts show, and the German chancellor watched from the front row. Touring Unitree Robotics in the Chinese tech hub of Hangzhou on Thursday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz watched with widening...
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Xi meets Merz, puts forward three suggestions for further devt of ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Beijing on Wednesday, putting forward three suggestions for the further development of ChinaGermany relations and saying that the two sides need to continue promoting their all-...
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MOFCOM restricts exports to 40 Japanese entities over military ties
China on Tuesday put 40 Japanese entities, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co and SUBARU Corporation, on two lists in light of the growing trend of militarization in the country. Announced on Tuesday, the fi rst working day after...
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Nine- day Spring Festival holiday fuels consumption momentum
China’s Year of the Horse Spring Festival holiday, featuring a record- long nine days, concluded on Monday and unleashed a surge in tourism and consumer spending, with multiple key indicators reaching historic highs. Beyond the numbers, this year’s...
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▶ Pre- festival shopping
Residents shop at Spring Festival market at the Longfusi commercial area in Dongcheng district, Beijing, on February 12, 2026.
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