A Long March 3B rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, Dec 26, 2023. Asteroid 2024 RW1 has, by entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning out 25 kilometers above the Philippines on Sept 5, the day China announced its asteroid defen...
The development of artificial intelligence AI and autonomous weapon systems will boost the defense capability of some countries, changing traditional strategic and tactical landscapes, giving rise to new challenges and making risk management more difficult. Generally, the application of AI techno...
A VTVL-1 experimental rocket ignites as it prepares to lift off at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. LandSpace, a leading private rocket maker in China, conducted a major technological demonstration on Wednesday, bringing the company closer to its goal of building a reusable carrier rocket. An e...
The hero image for the "Gen Z x Gender Exploration Guide" website, generated using the AI tool Midjourney. Liu Siyi's innovative website combines her expertise in gender studies with AI technology to create a comprehensive and accessible resource for Gen Z exploring feminism and gender issues. I...
Wind turbine blades at a port in Yantai, Shandong province, in August. Over the past decade, China has made remarkable contributions to global green transformation, thanks to its continuous technological advancements, complete industrial supply chains and favorable market environment, according t...
President Xi Jinping greets representatives attending an award ceremony honoring model teachers and outstanding groups and institutions in the education sector in Beijing on Tuesday, China's 40th Teachers' Day. President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to make solid progress toward the strategic g...
China and the United States will make joint efforts to ensure a successful United Nations climate change conference in November, a key task of which will be to set a new financial target for supporting developing countries in their climate actions. The announcement came after a three-day meeting ...
A rescue team from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, repairs power facilities damaged by Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, Hainan province, on Sept 9, 2024. The island province of Hainan, battered by the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Yagi on Friday, is working to return to normalcy, including facilitat...
The country's top drug regulator has cleared a mpox vaccine developed by Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm for clinical trial on Monday, which could be the nation's first experimental dose to battle the deadly disease, according to the company. The domestic vaccine candidate, created by the Shang...
Tourists enjoy a dance performed by a Uygur artist at a homestay in the ancient city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on June 14, 2024. After being pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic a few years back, China's economy is showing signs of recovery. The biggest factor driving it is domes...
This photo taken on Aug 29, 2024 shows the logo of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation FOCAC near China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China. Leaders of Africa and China are meeting in Beijing to map out the future of China-Africa cooperation. The continent...
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong and Minister of Interior, Community Development and Public Security of Burundi Martin Niteretse co-chair the first China-East Africa Ministerial Dialogue on Law Enforcement and Security Cooperation and deliver keynote speeches i...
Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping and the UNESCO special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, accompanies the spouses of leaders attending the 2024 FOCAC Summit before a meeting on women's education on the sidelines of the summit in Beijing on Thursday. Spouses of le...
US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US, May 15, 2024. US President Joe Biden is reportedly prepared to block Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of US Steel. By saying no to the $14 billion merger, even before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the country puts...
Visitors learn about WeChat payment options at a finance expo in Beijing in July. Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall announced on Thursday that they will accept mobile payment options from Tencent's WeChat Pay gradually from Sept 12, a signif...
This photo taken on Aug 26, 2024 shows a delivered MA-60 firefighting aircraft in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. China has begun deploying large firefighting aircraft, giving fresh hardware to its emergency response and rescue system. According to the Aviation Industry C...