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The Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that if TikTok's parent company ByteDance is forced to sell its stake in the popular video-sharing app, the Chinese government will decide whether or not to grant its approval solely based on Chinese laws and regulations. 3月23日，商务部表示，如果TikTok的母公司字节跳动被迫出售其拥有的股份，中国政府将根据中国的法律法规决定是否批准。 Ministry spokeswoman Shu...

A sandstorm that originated in Mongolia on Tuesday swept through vast swaths of northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin, causing heavy pollution, reducing visibility substantially  and disrupting public transportation. 3月21日，起源于蒙古的沙尘暴席卷了包括北京和天津在内的中国北方大片地区，造成严重污染，能见度大幅降低，公共交通中断。 The storm, which according to the National Meteorologi...

Zibo's special barbecue has gone viral. The city in Shandong province has long sought to publicize its unique take on roasted skewers of meat, veggies, seafood and assorted other foodstuffs, hoping that it would become a must-try "brand" of the city.  淄博烧烤火出圈了。山东省的这座城市一直在努力宣传其独特的烤肉串，包括肉类、蔬菜、海鲜和各种其他食品，希望它能成为这座城市必尝的“品牌”。 Unt...

Chen Weizhi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and president of Shanghai New Epoch Education Group, a private K-12 school group, suggested canceling English courses for first and second grade primary school students and also reducing the course hours of English for secondary school students. 全国政协委员、上海新纪元教育集团董事长陈伟志在...

Scams targeting seniors took center stage at this year's annual "315 Gala" event hosted by State broadcaster China Central Television on Wednesday, which coincides with World Consumer Rights Day on March 15. 3月15日，由国家广播公司中国中央电视台主办的年度世界消费者权益日"315晚会 "上，针对老年人的诈骗成为焦点。 The gala took aim at livestreaming hosts who try to sell "magic drugs" to elderly people...

The closure of retail stores in some major US cities has sparked a political dispute about the reasons, with organized shoplifting  rings and employee safety often cited. 美国几个主要城市的零售店关闭的原因引发了一场政治争论，原因是有组织的入店行窃团伙和员工的安全问题。 Recently, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, Ted Wheeler, said the largest US retailer Walmart is leaving the Northwest city beca...

China will resume issuing all types of visas starting on Wednesday, another step toward vigorous  people-to-people exchanges between the country and the world. 3月15日，中国将开始恢复签发各类签证，这是中国与世界人民交流蓬勃发展迈出的的又一步。 The decision was announced by the Foreign Ministry's Department of Consular Affairs, which said the country will also resume issuing all types of port...

Students and teachers are no longer required to wear masks on campuses, the latest COVID-19 epidemic control plans for schools and universities said on Monday. 《新型冠状病毒感染防控技术方案》3月13日发布。 Jointly issued by the Ministry of Education, National Health Commission and the National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control, the plans also said students and teachers can choose to...

The Federal Reserve's meeting next week will be closely watched in light of recent bank failures in the United States, as the central bank is still trying to get a handle on persistent inflation. 美国最近几家银行相继倒闭，下周的美联储会议将受到密切关注。美联储仍在努力控制持续的通货膨胀。 A day after a handful of US agencies announced that all depositors at two failed banks would be made whole, inv...

President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the people's trust is the biggest motivation that drives him to march on and is a great responsibility that he shoulders. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in Beijing in a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National...

The Asian-led multiverse  adventure "Everything Everywhere All at Once" turned out to be a big winner Sunday night at the 95th Academy Awards, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with seven trophies. 3月12日晚，在洛杉矶杜比剧院举行的第95届奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，由亚洲人主演的多元宇宙冒险片《瞬息全宇宙》成为大赢家，斩获7座奖杯。 The film, a hilarious  and big-hearted sci-fi action advent...

It is estimated that millions of Americans enter Mexico each year for medical treatment, risking robbery , kidnapping and others. Low costs and short waiting times are the main reasons. According to Mexico's Medical Tourism Council,despite the huge risks, about 1 million Americans travel to Mexico each year for medical care. 据统计，每年有上百万美国人冒着抢劫、绑架等风险进入墨西哥就医。费用低、等...

Xi says people's trust is biggest motivation for him to forge ahead President Xi Jinping said Monday that the people's trust is the biggest motivation that drives him to march on and a great responsibility he shoulders. "I will faithfully fulfill my responsibilities bestowed by the Constitution, with the nation's needs as my mission and the people's interests my yardstick," he said when addressing...

About 2.6 billion people globally – 38% of the world population – are already overweight or obese. But on current trends that is expected to rise to more than 4 billion people (51%) in 12 years’ time, according to research by the World Obesity Federation. 目前全球已有26亿人口(占世界总人口的38%)超重或肥胖。但据世界肥胖联合会的研究显示，按照目前的趋势，12年后，这一数字预计将上升至40亿以上 (占世界总...

FBI director Christopher Wray said in a US Senate hearing on Wednesday that TikTok "is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government — and it, to me, it screams out with national security concerns". 3月8日，美国联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷在美国参议院听证会上说道，TikTok "是一个最终由中国政府控制的工具，对我来说，它在和国家安全问题叫板"。 In the same hearing, the director o...

Chinese experts will head to Memphis Zoo in the United States next week to assist in the care of giant panda Ya Yato ensure her health and well-being. The move comes after the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens received reports of Ya Ya's poor health condition and was instructed by the country's regulatory authorities to take action. 中国专家将于下周前往美国孟菲斯动物园协助照料大熊猫"...

Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday that the United States defining its relations with China as "strategic competition" is "a reckless gamble with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity", and the "competition" will get the two countries locked in a zero-sum game. 3月7日，外交部长秦刚表示，美国将对华关系定义为“战略竞争”是“一场以两国人民根...

Age anxiety is a social pressure that is especially common among women. Even the outstanding #HongKong pop diva Sally Yeh once struggles with it. Let’s figure out how she deals with her age anxiety. #womensday

China has set its GDP growth target at around 5 percent for this year, which analysts said is "pragmatic" and "achievable". The real figure could turn out to be even higher, they said, suggesting that the country implement more targeted macroeconomic policies to boost consumption and prevent high inflation, in order to promote stable growth. They also said China's stable growth is set to help reli...

中国式现代化 Chinese modernization 社会主义现代化国家 modern socialist country 恢复和扩大消费 the recovery and expansion of consumption 现代化产业体系 modernization of the industrial system 新型举国体制 a new system for mobilizing resources nationwide 稳字当头、稳中求进 prioritize economic stability and pursue progress while ensuring stability 亲清政商关系 a cordial and clean relationshi...

Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report at the opening of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on Sunday.  Here are some highlights from the report. Main targets for 2023 - China sets its GDP growth target for 2023 at around 5 percent - China targets inflation rate, or increase in consumer price index (CPI), of around 3 percent for 2023 -&nb...

President Xi Jinping is a fervent admirer of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. The spirit described in the book is an eternal spirit, he has said. Here we look at Xi's openness to different cultures.