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Chinese consumer brands are rapidly expanding across Southeast Asia, moving beyond electronics and electric vehicles into sectors such as beauty, food service and home appliances, according to a report by Euromonitor International. 市场研究机构欧睿国际的一份报告显示，中国消费品牌正在东南亚迅速扩张，其业务已从电子产品和电动汽车拓展至美妆、餐饮和家用电器等领域。 Its “Rise of Chinese Brands in Southe...

When I reached the road leading to the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, around noon on Saturday, it had already been sealed off. Ambulances waited nearby. Rescue vehicles rushed in and out. Police cordons marked the boundary between the outside world and a rescue operation unfolding deep underground — in tunnels rendered extremely dangerous by cave-ins, flooding and toxic ga...

In this episode of CD Voice, we explore a quiet but powerful shift in what modern audiences truly want from a movie. Against the backdrop of a surprise box-office hit — Letter to Grandma, a film made with no stars, no marketing blitz, and almost no professional actors — we ask a simple question: why did millions of people walk out of theaters saying, “It doesn‘t feel like a movie — it fe...

China agreeing to purchase 200 aircraft from Boeing is expected to bolster commercial ties between China and the United States, especially in the aviation sector, as industry analysts said the agreement represents a partial easing of strained industrial ties after nearly a decade. The Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday that China will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft "in accordance with its a...

President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to further extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, while pledging to further strengthen political mutual trust, strategic coordination and practical cooperation between the two countries amid a fluid and turbulent international situation. The agreement was reached during talks betw...

Lai Ching-te's tenure as the head of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities of China's Taiwan region has been marked by a series of missteps and failures that have not only strained cross-Strait relations but also undermined the island's development prospects. Contrary to his shameless claim in a speech on Wednesday marking the two-year anniversary of his tenure that he has maintained the st...

Thirty-eight-year-old construction engineer Peng Pai sent a lighthearted message to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of an upcoming reunion, the plans for which were reported by Russia's TASS news agency. Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a state visit. 38岁的建筑工程师彭湃在即将与俄罗斯总统普京重逢前夕，向他发出了一条轻松幽默的问候，俄罗斯塔斯社此前报道了两人见面的安排。普京于5...

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a two-day state visit to China, marking his 25th trip to the country since assuming the presidential office in 2000. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京于5月19日晚抵达北京，开始对中国进行为期两天的国事访问。这也是他自2000年就任总统以来第25次访问中国。 Prior to his departure, Putin delivered a video address in which he said, "I'm deligh...

China Central Television (CCTV) has secured the broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup following months of tough negotiations, according to multiple media reports on Friday. 据多家媒体5月15日报道，经过数月的艰难谈判，中国中央电视台最终拿下了2026年世界杯转播权。 Multiple industry insiders confirmed on Friday that CCTV and FIFA have reached a formal agreement on rights acquisition with a re...

Marriage: Mass weddings held across regions to promote simple ceremonies 多地举办集体婚礼倡导婚事简办 Couples across China are rushing to tie the knot on Wednesday and Thursday — May 20 and May 21 — two dates that sound like "I love you" when said aloud in Mandarin, with marriage registration slots fully booked weeks in advance in several major cities. 全国多地情侣争相在5月20日和5月21日登记结...

"Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?" Confucius once said. The ancient Chinese saying offers a fitting note as China welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for his 14th visit to the country since 2013. Putin used the same phrase when recalling his first meeting with Xi Jinping, then Chinese vice-president, in Moscow in March 2010. The meeting, he wrote in a signed article...

The first shipment of 24,500 Chinese-made electric vehicles has been cleared for import in Canadian ports recently. The anticipation, excitement and positive feedback from Canadian car dealers, consumers and auto market analysts make it clear that Chinese EVs are by no means the "threat" to industry or security some Western politicians have portrayed them to be. On the contrary, they are a boon to...

The rejection by the 79th World Health Assembly, or WHA, of a proposal concerning Taiwan for the 10th consecutive year demonstrated that adherence to the one-China principle is a universal consensus within the international community, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Monday. 国务院台办发言人5月18日表示，第79届世界卫生大会连续第十年拒绝涉台提案。这充分说明，坚持一个中国原则是国际社会的普遍共识...

China's value-added industrial output, a key economic indicator, increased 5.6 percent year-on-year in the first four months, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. 国家统计局周一发布数据显示，作为一项重要经济指标，我国前四个月规模以上工业增加值同比增长 5.6%。 In April alone, industrial output grew 4.1 percent year-on-year, and rose 0.05 percent compared to the previous month, according...

The exchanges between the Chinese and US leaders on Thursday and Friday have provided much-needed strategic guidance for the future of China-US relations. The two sides agreed to build a "constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability". The "constructive strategic stability" means positive stability with cooperation as the mainstay, healthy stability with competition within proper limit...

The China-United States summit has dealt a severe blow to the "pro-independence" stance of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party and sent a clear warning to separatist forces, experts said. During his talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, President Xi Jinping underscored that safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait remained the biggest common denominator betwee...

As artificial intelligence tools become cheaper, smarter and easier to use, they are helping more Chinese entrepreneurs turn personal expertise and online followings into one-person companies (OPCs), building lean businesses powered by digital platforms and AI-driven productivity. 随着人工智能工具变得更实惠、更智能、更易用，越来越多的中国创业者正借助AI，将个人专长与线上粉丝转化为“一人公司”，构建以...

China and the United States will work toward building a constructive bilateral relationship of strategic stability, a new vision that President Xi Jinping and visiting US President Donald Trump agreed on to define how the world's two largest economies will handle their relations, during their summit in Beijing on Thursday. 中美两国将致力于构建具有战略稳定性的建设性双边关系。这一新愿景由国家主席习...

The more than 600-year-old Temple of Heaven in Beijing provided a symbolic setting on Thursday for President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump as they posed for photos at the site after their closely watched talks earlier in the day. 5月15日，在备受瞩目的中美元首会谈结束后，习近平主席与特朗普总统来到拥有六百多年历史的北京天坛合影留念，这座古建筑为两国关系增添了象征性注脚。 The visit to the...

China and the United States should find the right way for major countries to get along well with each other in the new era, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. Xi made the remarks during his talks with visiting US President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. 5月14日，国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普举行会谈。习近平指出，中美应当在新时代探索大国之间的正...

As the world's two largest economies, China and the United States can benefit businesses on both sides and inject fresh momentum into global economic recovery by finding more common ground and working together to manage differences, said economists and business executives. 经济学家和商界高管认为，中美作为全球最大的两个经济体，若能在更多领域凝聚共识，携手管控分歧，不仅能让两国企业从中受益，也能为全...

With less than a month remaining before the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off in Mexico City, a wave of Chinese-made products, from footballs and flags to fan jerseys and drinkware, is already flowing into the tournament's host countries and beyond. 距离2026年世界杯在墨西哥城开幕仅剩不到一个月，从足球、国旗到球迷球衣、水杯等一大批“中国制造”产品，正源源不断涌入赛事主办国及其他市场。 The tournament betw...

The bullish momentum recently seen in the Chinese market is likely to continue thanks to the structural opportunities provided by the country's rapid adoption of emerging technologies and ongoing economic recovery, said experts. 专家表示，中国市场近期的看涨势头有望延续，这得益于中国快速采用新兴技术所带来的结构性机遇以及持续性经济复苏。 Their comments were made on Monday after the benchmark Shangha...

Beijing said on Monday that it was ready to work with the United States to expand cooperation, manage differences and inject more stability and certainty into a turbulent and changing world as it confirmed that US President Donald Trump will pay a three-day state visit to China starting from Wednesday. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, President Xi Jinping will hold in-depth exch...