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In a stark departure from the cooperative multilateralism that has defined global progress in recent decades, the US administration announced its withdrawal from 66 international organizations on Wednesday. The latest attack on multilateralism is another sign of the United States' troubling retreat into the shadows of the country's 19th century past when the US sought to consolidate its control of...

Chinese astronauts worked with the country's scientists and engineers to carry out 86 new scientific and technological tasks in 2025, highlighting the value of the Tiangong space station in research work, according to the China Manned Space Agency. 中国载人航天工程办公室表示，2025 年，中国航天员与国内科学家、工程师协同开展 86 项全新科技任务，彰显出天宫空间站在科研工作中的重要价值。 The agency said...

China will bar online platforms from using big data to engage in discriminatory pricing against consumers, as market regulators move to regulate the platform economy under new regulations released on Wednesday. 中国市场监管部门于周三发布新规，着手规范平台经济发展，明确禁止网络平台利用大数据对消费者实施价格歧视。 The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Cyberspace Administration of Ch...

China's ice and snow resources have turned into a robust economic driver, with experts noting the transformation of winter tourism and related leisure activities from a "niche experience" into a "popular trend" and predicting that the industry will continue to boom. 中国的冰雪资源已成为强劲的经济驱动力，专家指出，冬季旅游及相关休闲活动正从 “小众体验” 转变为 “大众潮流”，并预计该产业将持续蓬勃发展。...

Chinese mainland authorities named two senior officials from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party as die-hard "Taiwan independence" separatists on Wednesday and labeled a Taiwan prosecutor as an accomplice, saying that they will face lifelong legal accountability. Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a news conference that Liu Shih-fang, head of Tai...

The United Nations Security Council's first meeting of 2026 heard a global chorus of UN member states strongly denounce the United States' strike in Venezuela as a grave violation of the UN Charter, although a US representative defended it as a "surgical law enforcement operation". At Monday's emergency session, Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, urged Washington to heed t...

China's postal industry processed 216.5 billion delivery items in 2025, an increase of 11.5 percent year on year, according to data released at the 2026 national postal work conference on Wednesday. 2026 年全国邮政工作会议于周三发布数据显示，2025 年中国邮政行业处理寄递业务量达 2165 亿件，同比增长 11.5% The courier sector alone handled 199 billion parcels, marking a 13.7 percent growth from 2024....

China announced on Tuesday an immediate ban on exporting dual-use items to Japan, in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks hinting at the possibility of military intervention in the Taiwan Strait. 中国于周二宣布，立即禁止向日本出口军民两用物品，以此回应日本首相高市早苗有关暗示可能军事干预台湾海峡的错误言论。 These remarks "constitute gross interference in China's i...

An incident at the People's Hospital of Xuyi county in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, has captured widespread attention after a newborn's left middle finger was accidentally severed during the cutting of the umbilical cord. 江苏省淮安市盱眙县人民医院发生一起事件，一名新生儿在脐带结扎过程中左手中指意外被切断，该事件引发广泛关注。 The newborn's father, surnamed Sheng, said that due to the infant's small...

As the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index finished above the 4,000-point level on the first trading day of 2026, the upward momentum is likely to continue in the A-share market throughout the year, which is backed by self-reliant technology advancement and continued recovery in economic fundamentals, said experts on Monday. 专家于周一表示，2026 年首个交易日，基准上证综指收盘站上 4000 点整数关口，...

President Xi Jinping has underlined the need for Beijing and Seoul to stand firm on the right side of history and make correct strategic choices amid the transformation and turbulence of the international landscape. Xi made the remarks on Monday during his talks with Republic of Korea President Lee Jae-myung at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. With a large business delegation, Lee started...

China's tourism market hit its first travel peak of the year during the three-day New Year holiday period starting Thursday, with a strong festive demand drawing both domestic and international travelers to destinations across the country. 中国旅游市场在自周四起的三天元旦假期期间迎来了年内首个出行高峰，旺盛的节日需求吸引着国内外游客前往全国各地的旅游目的地。 The Ministry of Culture and Tourism sai...

President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae-myung arrived in Beijing on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first head of state to visit China in the new year. It is Lee's first visit to China since assuming office in June. During his stay, Lee will meet with President Xi Jinping, their second engagement in just two months. The two presidents met in November in Gyeongju, the ROK, as Xi made a state visi...

China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the United States blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday following US military strikes against Venezuela. 外交部发言人于周六就美国对委内瑞拉发动军事袭击一事表示，中方对美国公然对主权国家动武并针对该国总统的行径深感震惊，予以强烈谴责。 "Such hegemonic acts of t...

The United States will take interim control of Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro and does not rule out deploying US troops on the ground, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the US strikes set "a dangerous precedent". "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump...

In this episode, we explore the psychological significance of the New Year—not just as a calendar change, but as a moment to pause, reflect, and reset. The discussion unpacks the exhaustion and relentless pressure of modern life, highlighting how constant acceleration, hyper-productivity, and information overload drain human energy and make even rest feel like another task. Drawing on researc...

Greetings to all! Year after year, life opens a fresh chapter. As the new year begins, I extend my best wishes to you from Beijing! The year 2025 marks the completion of China's 14th Five-Year Plan for economic and social development. Over the past five years, we have pressed ahead with enterprise and fortitude, and overcome many difficulties and challenges. We met the targets in the Plan and made...

The People's Liberation Army continued its interservice exercise, named "Justice Mission 2025", near Taiwan Island for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, according to the PLA Eastern Theater Command. 周二， 中国人民解放军东部战区消息，解放军代号为 “正义使命 - 2025” 的军种间联合演习在台岛周边海域持续进行，演习已进入第二天。 Starting early in the morning, destroyers, frigates, fighters and bombe...

President Xi Jinping has underlined the need for Beijing and Washington to maintain the momentum  of the steady development of bilateral relations to strive for more positive progress, emphasizing that it is important for China and the United States to jointly safeguard the outcomes of the victory in World War II . 国家主席习近平强调，中国和美国有必要保持双边关系稳步发展的势头，争取取得更多积...

China is accelerating its push toward a consumption-led economic model, with policymakers identifying the expansion of domestic demand as the key driver of GDP growth during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), economists and officials said. 经济学家和相关官员表示，中国正加快向消费主导型经济模式转型，政策制定者已明确将扩大内需列为 “十五五” 规划时期（2026-2030 年）国内生产总值增长的核心驱动力...

The People's Liberation Army began to carry out an inter-service exercise  surrounding Taiwan Island on Monday, according to a military spokesman. 据一名军方发言人介绍，人民解放军于周一开始在台湾岛周边开展多军兵种联合演习。 Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the PLA Eastern Theater Command , said on Monday morning that his command has launched the "Justice Mission 2025" exercise, which invo...

The impeachment proposal against Taiwan leader, Lai Ching-te, initiated by the island's opposition lawmakers from the Chinese Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party, was approved by Taiwan's "legislative yuan" on Friday, allowing the case to proceed. 由中国国民党和台湾民众党反对派“立委”发起、针对台湾地区领导人赖清德的弹劾提案，于周五在台湾“立法院”获得通过，相关程序得以继续推进。 The impeachment moti...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he thinks "we're getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida. 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周日表示，在佛罗里达州与乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基会谈后，他认为“我们已经接近得多了，甚至可能非常接近”达成一项结束乌克兰危机的和平协议。 The two presidents spok...

Discipline inspection and supervision  bodies are urged to advance full and rigorous Party self-governance  with higher standards and more effective measures, to provide a strong guarantee for economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, according to a key Communist Party of China leadership meeting on Thursday. 据周四召开的中国共产党重要领导会议要求，...