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On April 13, 2018, when President Xi Jinping announced that China would support Hainan, a tropical island about the size of Taiwan province off China's southern coast, in exploring the creation of a free trade port  with Chinese characteristics, the message traveled far beyond China's southern shores. 2018年4月13日，习近平主席宣布，中国将支持位于中国南部沿海、面积与台湾省相当的热带岛屿海南，...

The wide-ranging impact of Australia's new social media ban for children under 16 — the first of its kind in the world — is already being felt at home and abroad, especially for major platforms that have controversially allowed children full access. 澳大利亚针对16岁以下儿童实施的新社交媒体禁令。此类禁令是全球首例，其广泛影响已在国内外显现，尤其对那些曾引发争议地允许儿童全面使用平台的巨头企业造成冲...

Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer  of the US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, said on Wednesday that the chipmaker is committed to deepening its investments in China. 美国半导体公司超威半导体董事长兼首席执行官苏姿丰周三表示，该公司致力于进一步深化在中国的投资。 Su made the comments in a meeting with Li Lecheng, China's minister of industry and information technology, in...

China has been implementing targeted pro-consumption measures to spur immediate spending while advancing structural reforms to unlock sustainable consumption growth, as the country moves toward a more balanced growth model anchored by its vast domestic market, economists said. 经济学家指出，中国正实施有针对性的促进消费措施以刺激即时支出，同时推进结构性改革以释放可持续消费增长潜力。随着中国朝着以广...

President Xi Jinping has underlined the strategic importance of intellectual and moral development for minors, and called for joint efforts to create a sound social environment conducive to the healthy growth of young people. 习近平主席强调了未成年人智力与道德发展的战略重要性，呼吁各方共同努力，营造有利于青少年健康成长的良好社会环境。 Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of Chi...

Experts have called for stronger policy and financial support for young people and enhanced efforts to eliminate workplace discrimination to foster a marriage-and birth-friendly society. 专家呼吁加强针对年轻人的政策和财政支持，并加大消除职场歧视的力度，以营造一个支持婚姻和生育的社会环境。 According to the China Statistical Yearbook, which was published recently by the National Bureau of Statistics...

The death toll  from a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday has risen to 16, with a father and son identified as the attackers, police said Monday. 警方周一表示，周日在悉尼邦迪海滩发生的枪击事件死亡人数已升至16人，袭击者已被确认为一对父子。 Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Monday morning that 16 people have been confirmed dead after the shooting. 新南威尔士州警方周一...

Eager to tap into a huge potential customer base, industry players are accelerating their push into the artificial intelligence-driven toys market, hoping to unlock new growth as supportive policies inject fresh momentum into the sector. 为挖掘庞大的潜在客户群体，行业参与者正加速进军人工智能驱动的玩具市场，期待借政策支持为该领域注入新动能，从而开启新的增长空间。 Experts and business leaders noted...

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukraine stands ready to agree on security guarantees based on NATO Article 5  as a part of a compromise in the peace process, the Ukrinform news agency  reported. 基辅——据乌克兰国家通讯社报道，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周日表示，作为和平进程中达成妥协的一部分，乌克兰已准备好接受以北约《第五条款》为基础的安全保障安排。 "Fro...

China aims to broaden insurance coverage for childbirth-related medical expenses and strengthen support for pharmaceutical innovation in the coming year, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration. 国家医疗保障局表示，中国计划在未来一年扩大生育相关医疗费用的保险覆盖范围，并加强对医药创新的支持力度。 The goals were outlined in a report delivered by Zhang Ke, director of the admini...

China has pledged to build a robust domestic market to bolster its economy and counter external challenges, as it set out priorities for next year's economic policy at the two-day annual Central Economic Work Conference, which concluded on Thursday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered a speech at the conference. In his speech, Xi, who is also...

This is a special episode titled Graduation Trips: Your Speed-Listening Habit Might Be Becoming an Invisible Burden, in whichIn this age of information overload, we've grown accustomed to watching videos at 1.5x or even 2x speed, seeking to compress time and boost efficiency. Yet recent research suggests this habit may be quietly damaging our brains—from fragmented attention to a decline in d...

Thursday marked the opening of an institution of learning that aims to upskill over 100,000 delivery workers. China's first "rider academy" was launched in Guangdong province, in a move that reflects the authorities' push to support the expanding courier workforce. 周四，一个旨在提升10万余名配送员技能的教育机构正式揭牌。中国首家“骑手学院”在广东成立，体现出政府对不断壮大的快递与配送群体的支持力度。...

A Chinese mainland spokesman on Wednesday condemn ed Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for banning the mainland social media app RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, calling the move "an act against democracy" and driven by self-interest . 中国大陆发言人周三谴责台湾民进党当局封禁大陆社交媒体应用“小红书”（RedNote），并称此举是“反民主行为”，受私利驱使。 Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Counc...

China's major airlines have extended free refund and rescheduling policies for Japan-bound tickets as weekly Sino-Japanese flight volumes sink to their lowest level in a month and Chinese travelers redirect their winter holiday plans toward emerging hubs in Russia, Central Asia and domestic ice-and-snow destinations. 中国主要航空公司已延长日本航线机票的免费退改政策，因中日每周航班量跌至一个月来最...

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower the target range for the federal funds interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 to 3.75 percent, marking its third rate cut this year. 华盛顿电——美国联邦储备委员会周三决定将联邦基金利率目标区间下调25个基点至3.5%至3.75%，这是美联储今年第三次降息。 The latest move was widely anticipated, making it the third rate cut in a row since the Federal Open...

The Democratic Progressive Party authorities have banned the mainland social media app RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, out of self-interest, depriving the people of Taiwan of their right to information and to freely use social media platforms, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday. 中国大陆发言人周三表示，民进党当局出于私利，禁止大陆社交媒体使用小红书，剥夺了台湾民众获取信息和自由使用社交媒体平...

Given Japan's colonial rule over Taiwan from 1895 to 1945, which inflicted atrocities on the Chinese people, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has nonetheless attempted to exploit the Taiwan question to provoke trouble and threaten China militarily, which is "utterly intolerable", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. 中国外交部长王毅表示，鉴于日本在1895年至1945年间对台湾的殖民统治给中国人民带来了深...

The Shenzhou XXI crew aboard China's Tiangong space station conducted their first spacewalk on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. 据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，神舟二十一号乘组周二在中国空间站“天宫”完成了首次出舱活动。 Mission commander Senior Colonel Zhang Lu and spaceflight engineer Major Wu Fei returned to the Wentian science module at 6:45 pm after working for approximately e...

The European Union has once again underlined its willingness to stand up to big technology companies after its executive arm, the European Commission, fined Elon Musk's social media platform X 120 million euros ($140 million) for breach es of the bloc's digital regulations, known as the Digital Services Act. 欧盟再次强调其对抗科技巨头的决心。欧盟执行机构欧盟委员会以违反《数字服务法》为由，对埃隆·...

China will continue exerting a "more proactive" fiscal policy and "moderately loose" monetary policy next year, as it strives to promote "effective qualitative improvement" and "reasonable quantitative growth" in its economy, according to a key Party leadership meeting on Monday. 周一召开的党内重要领导会议指出，中国明年将继续实施“更加积极”的财政政策和“适度宽松”的货币政策，着力促进经济实现“质的有效...

A court in Beijing delivered the first-instance judgment on Monday on the compensation claims lawsuits filed by some families of the missing passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 — awarding eight families 2.9 million yuan ($409,813) each in damages. 北京一家法院周一对马来西亚航空MH370航班部分失踪乘客家属提起的赔偿诉讼作出一审判决，判令赔偿八户家庭各290万元人民币（约合409,813美元）。 The dis...

The election of the eighth-term Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sunday marks another important moment in the SAR's steady advance toward high-quality democracy under the guiding principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong". 香港特别行政区第八届立法会选举于周日举行，标志着香港在”爱国者治港”的指导原则下，朝着高质量民主稳步前进的又一重要时刻。 This is the seco...

Voters across the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region cast their ballots in the Legislative Council election on Sunday to pick 90 lawmakers who will serve in office for the next four years. 香港特别行政区选民周日参与立法会选举投票，选出90名议员，任期四年。 A total of 161 nominees  are in the fray for all 90 seats—20 seats from 10 geographical constituencies, 30 from 28 functional constitu...