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  • U.S. is South China Sea ‘troublemaker’: military spokesperson

    A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said the United States has become a ‘troublemaker’ and ‘accident-maker’ in the South China Sea, rather than a ‘defender’ of free navigation and overflight as it has claimed. The United States has aggravated tension by blatantly sending military ships and aircraft to the South China Sea, said Tan Kefei,… Read more

  • Chinese FM elaborates China’s basic position on Ukrainian issue

    The Chinese side supports and encourages all diplomatic efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday elaborated China’s basic position on the Ukrainian issue. He made these remarks and… Read more

  • New study shows racial minorities in U.S. experienced more COVID-19-related discrimination

    All racial minorities were more likely than White adults to experience COVID-19-related discrimination, with Asian and American Indian adults being most likely to experience such discrimination, according to a study. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — A new study suggests that racial ethnic minorities in the United States were more likely than White adults to experience… Read more

  • U.S. ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy’ interferes in China’s internal affairs: defense spokesperson

    A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday criticized the recently released U.S. ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy.’ The U.S. report hyped up foreign threats and tried to form exclusive cliques yet claimed to promote regional freedom, openness, prosperity and security, which is “void of any logic or reason,” said Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense,… Read more

  • HKSAR government eases legal requirements to fully leverage mainland support against COVID-19

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday said it has relaxed legal requirements on licensing, registration and application, among others, in order to fully leverage the mainland support in combating the COVID-19 epidemic. The Emergency (Exemption from Statutory Requirements) (COVID-19) Regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance has come into operation on… Read more

  • U.S. should have abandoned so-called China Initiative long ago: spokesperson

    The United States should have abandoned its so-called China Initiative long ago, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, urging the U.S. to cease regarding China as an ‘imaginary enemy.’ Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a press briefing when asked to comment on the U.S. Department of Justice’s scrapping of its China Initiative.… Read more

  • China urges U.S. to immediately cease malicious cyber activities

    China on Thursday urged the United States to offer an explanation for and put an immediate end to its malicious cyber activities, vowing to take necessary measures to safeguard its cybersecurity and its own interests. Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to relevant reports that exposed… Read more

  • China urges U.S. not to harass Chinese students

    China urges the United States to immediately correct its mistakes and stop harassing Chinese students studying in the country, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Thursday. According to reports, several Chinese students studying in the United States have been recently harassed, interrogated and even deported by the U.S. authorities. The United States has rudely asked… Read more

  • Xinjiang makes progress in consolidating poverty alleviation

    Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has made progress in consolidating poverty alleviation achievements and advancing rural revitalization, local authorities said. Last year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents living in areas lifted out of poverty in Xinjiang hit 14,798 yuan (about 2,343 U.S. dollars), an increase of 12.08 percent over the previous… Read more

  • Happy life in mountain village in China’s Xinjiang

    Rasekam is a small hamlet that perches on the Pamir Plateau, with an average altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level. Formerly consisted of 12 groups of herdsmen who resided scatteredly in mountainous area, Rasekam village was poor in both transportation and livelihood. Since 2017, the local government has started relocate locals from the inhospitable… Read more

  • U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy counterproductive to regional peace, destined to fail

    Stirring up trouble after trouble, Washington is anything but a responsible constructor or protector in the Asia-Pacific, and its intention to contain China in the region may be a sort of testament to Gresham’s law — since its bad morals are trying to drive out good. BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — The White House’s newly-released… Read more

  • HKSAR chief executive hails passage of 6th-round anti-epidemic fund by LegCo

    Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam welcomed the passage of the HKSAR government’s funding application of 27 billion Hong Kong dollars (3.46 billion U.S. dollars) for the sixth-round Anti-epidemic Fund (AEF) by the Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee on Tuesday. In a statement issued Tuesday night, Lam also tasked… Read more

  • Putin, Scholz agree on need to avert war amid Ukraine tensions

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow on Feb. 15, 2022. (Kremlin press release) Russia will act “in accordance with the plan” and its moves will reflect the latest realities, Putin said. MOSCOW, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on… Read more

  • Xi extends condolences to Brazilian president over heavy rains disaster

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message of condolence to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the heavy casualties caused by the heavy rains disaster in the country. In the message, Xi said he was shocked to learn the heavy rains disaster in the Rio de Janeiro state, which had caused heavy casualties and… Read more

  • Beijing 2022 achieves success with extreme satisfaction from athletes, says IOC chief

    IOC chief hails Beijing 2022’s success so far with extreme satisfaction and unprecedented Olympic spirit from athletes. BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — The Beijing 2022 has achieved success so far with extreme satisfaction and unprecedented Olympic spirit from the athletes, said Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a press conference… Read more

  • Two-thirds of Americans say U.S. on wrong track: poll

    Forty-three percent of Americans say they “strongly approve” or “somewhat approve” of the job Joe Biden is doing as the U.S. president, while roughly 53 percent note they “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove” of it, according to a recent poll. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Two-thirds of Americans say that the United States is on… Read more

  • S. Korean president calls three decades of relations with China ‘remarkable’

    “Relations between South Korea and China have made remarkable progress in the 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1992,” Korean President Moon Jae-in said. SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s relations with China have made ‘remarkable’ progress in the past 30 years, Korean President Moon Jae-in said, who also stressed the… Read more

  • Multiple factors affect oxygen levels on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: study

    Altitude, vegetation and temperature collectively contribute to the variation in oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese researchers have found. The finding has challenged a view long held by researchers from home and abroad that altitude is the only factor that determines oxygen levels worldwide. “At any given altitude, the oxygen concentration is higher in… Read more

  • China seriously concerned over India’s crackdowns on Chinese companies, apps

    China’s commerce ministry on Thursday expressed serious concerns over India’s crackdowns on Chinese companies and related apps, saying the behaviors have damaged legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. “We noticed that foreign investors, including Chinese companies, are increasingly worried about the investment environment in India,” said Gao Feng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce… Read more

  • Washington plans yet another information war against China

    The Senate bill is “a dangerous declaration of Cold War on China,” “epitomizes the worst errors of the new Washington ‘consensus’ on what a rising China supposedly means,” and contains “almost exclusively zero-sum (and in some instances dangerous) policy recommendations,” wrote Michael D. Swaine, a scholar of Chinese security studies and director of the East… Read more