A few days ago, the Chinese Tibetan Medicine Database Platform was officially launched online. It aimed to combine, preserve and utilize the Tibetan medicine resources through modern technology.

Despite rising tension in the Taiwan Straits stirred up by the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' collusion with US politicians, senior Chinese officials have in recent days been meeting with business leaders from the Taiwan region and have called ...

To effectively deal with the recent COVID-19 situation, China's National Health Commission announced on Monday that for people above 18 years old who have completed basic immunization, the interval between the first dose of booster immunizations will be shortened from ...

Following days of clear and bright weather, some parts of northern China once again are enveloped by sandstorms with the country's desertification monitoring center saying on Monday that the dusty weather originated in Mongolia and continued to move southeast along ...

China reiterated its stance in the Taiwan question as well as East and South China Sea issues during its 15th round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs with Japan in Tokyo on Monday. The meeting came as Japan said it ...

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu will visit Australia and Fiji this week at their invitation, the Chinese foreign ministry confirmed at a regular press briefing on Monday, saying Ma will hold the new round of political consultation between the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks urging Europe to reduce its reliance on the US and to be cautious about being dragged into a conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan question are being seen by observers as jamming the brakes ...

On Monday, the Chinese Consulate-General in Mandalay, Myanmar, issued a notice cautioning Chinese nationals about "high salary, low threshold" overseas recruitment advertisements, warning them to avoid being lured into criminal schemes, after such cases were repeatedly reported in the past ...

The hearing of China's first public interest litigation on elephants was held in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Monday, where a Beijing-based environmental protection organization sued the Wild Elephant Valley in Yunnan, a national park, for mistreatment of wild ...

The fire on March 27 at the "Temporary Station of Ciudad Juarez" - an immigration detention center in the State of Chihuahua a few meters from the Mexican border with the US, which killed 39 people has once again brought ...

Shandong aircraft carrier group hosts J-15 fighter sorties on third day of drills encircling Taiwan island

The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a blue alert for sandstorms on Monday, warning residents that billowing dust is expected to hit more than a dozen of provinces and regions in northern China.

A central discipline group has been dispatched to China's General Administration of Sport (GAS), as part of the nation's thunderous move in the latest anti-graft campaign in the sports field, once again proving that the country's anti-corruption work has no ...

A wildlife nature reserve in Weihai, East China's Shandong Province, said on Sunday that it will strengthen the management of more than 1,000 free-range peacocks in the park after news came out Saturday that a tiger had eaten up a ...

Cheers among Chinese netizens celebrating that giant panda Ya Ya saw her 20-year lease expire and will soon come back home are paralleled by voices opposing the renewal of the partnership with the Memphis Zoo in the US, which has ...

Shanghai market regulation authority has launched an investigation into food suppliers and will arrange mediation after several customers complained they felt sick and got the runs after dining in a Michelin three-star deluxe restaurant.

Recent cases of Chinese nationals who have been trafficked overseas with the promise of high salaries but ended up trapped in illegal activities including telecom scams and online gambling are a warning for Chinese nationals to keep a wary eye ...

The recent leak of classified US and NATO documents on the Ukrainian military and Kiev's much-anticipated "spring counteroffensive" has exposed that disunity, distrust and divergences among the US, the West and Ukraine are serious and keep worsening, said Chinese experts. ...

China has urged World Health Organization (WHO) officials to return to science and fairness and not to be subject to or willing to descend to become a tool of politicalization of certain countries, after some in the international organization smeared ...

As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly set to visit Vietnam next week, experts said on Sunday that his visit may yield results in some areas, such as maritime security, or some improvement in economic cooperation, but it ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command organized its multiple affiliated military services and branches and conducted joint precision strike simulations on the island of Taiwan on Sunday, the second day of its Taiwan Island encirclement combat alert ...

China has unlocked a high-yield industrial gas flow with commercial value in the Cambrian shale dating back 540 million years. The development is a global first which holds strategic significance in promoting regional economic and social development and ensuring China's ...

Kicking off the encirclement combat alert patrols and "Joint Sword" exercises around the island of Taiwan, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Saturday pressured the island from all four directions by deploying an aircraft carrier, long-range ...

A Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researcher on Saturday said she felt surprised that some officials at WHO accusing China of lack of transparency in COVID-19 origins-tracing, as Chinese scientists have shared all available information and the ...

​Amid waves of heated discussion about the origins of COVID-19 in the international community and China's recent release of new analysis collected at Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Market, the Global Times reporters on Friday conducted an interview with Liu Jun, a ...

Amid waves of heated discussions about the coronavirus origins in the international community and China's recent release of a new analysis collected at the Wuhan Huanan Seafood market, Chinese researchers on Friday highlighted that the results of this COVID-19 surveillance ...

The meeting between the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran in Beijing on Thursday will be hopefully the beginning of a much better situation in the West Asia, which can also create the momentum for rapprochement especially in the ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command announced on Saturday morning that it has started encircling the island of Taiwan from four directions with combat alert patrols and joint exercises, which are scheduled to last from April 8 ...

More than 50 political parties in the island of Taiwan staged a protest outside Taoyuan Airport in Taipei on Friday against regional leader Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The local government in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan Province, confirmed on Friday that four people had died in an apparent suicide pact on Tuesday after they jumped from Tianmen Mountain, known as the inspiration for the landscape in blockbuster movie ...

European leaders were wrapping up their three-day visit to China after Chinese and French top leaders met for informal talks in southern China's Guangzhou on Friday, marking the climax in high-level interactions between China and Europe. The visit also helped ...

Beijing on Friday imposed a package of sanctions on a diehard 'Taiwan independence' separatist, two Taiwan organizations, as well as US Hudson Institute and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and four US individuals, as countermeasures, signaling a resolute response to ...

As the international community closely watches the latest developments in the Middle East after Israel bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired from both territories, China on Friday urged all parties, especially Israel, to ...

After officially accepting Finland as a member and promising it an "ironclad security guarantee," NATO is reportedly divided over Kiev's postwar status. Experts said the division is rooted in the uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is growing along with ...

With China's growing national strength, the "fever" for learning Chinese language has become "an unstoppable storm" which is attracting more international students seeking learning opportunities in China, especially amid the post-pandemic era, according to experts at the first official offline ...

The news that a US thief admitted to snapping off and stealing a Chinese terracotta warrior's thumb but may be handed a lenient sentence has trended on Chinese social media on Friday and triggered the outcry of many netizens who ...

China's brand-new multirole helicopter, the AC332, successfully completed its first full-state flight in Binhai New Area, North China's Tianjin Municipality on Friday, with its developer saying that the aircraft will provide strong support for emergency rescue, transportation and general aviation ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Friday sanctions on the Hudson Institute and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and their directors in response to the latest meeting between the regional leader of the Taiwan island and the US House Speaker ...

China announced sanctions on two institutions – the Prospect Foundation and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats – which used “democracy,” “freedom” & “cooperation” as excuses to advance “Taiwan independence” and collude with anti-China forces.

China's top office on the Taiwan affairs - the Taiwan Work Office of Communist Party of China Central Committee - announced on Friday to sanction diehard "Taiwan independence" separatist Hsiao Bi-khim, who colluded with the US and provoked confrontation between ...

During talks with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Thursday that China and Europe share more common interests and there is more cooperation than confrontation between both ...

All issues at home can be properly resolved through consultation, and the Chinese mainland will facilitate exchanges and contacts between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, a senior mainland Taiwan affairs official told former chairperson of the Chinese ...

Saudi Arabia and Iran announced the resumption of diplomatic ties with immediate effect on Thursday in Beijing after the first formal meeting between the two countries' top diplomats in more than seven years. The amplification of China's mediation between the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday.

The latest meeting between the regional leader of China's Taiwan island and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US state of California ignited the anger of more residents in the island of Taiwan, with many lashing out that the ...

China will adopt firm and resolute measures to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity in responding to the latest meeting between the regional leader of the Taiwan island and the US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy - an erroneous move that ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in Beijing that China stands ready to issue a joint call with France for political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.

Given India's unfriendly treatment to Chinese reporters, China had to take reciprocal measures to defend the justified rights of Chinese media, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, urging India to correct its wrong deeds and offer convenience ...

Japan's act of welcoming NATO to become more involved in Asia will only end up hurting itself by drawing wolves into its own home, experts warned on Thursday.

Given the long list of turmoil, division and devastation left behind by the US military around the world, countries around the South China Sea should think carefully about what consequences the increased US military deployments in the region could have, ...

In Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a network of roads, railways, and airports not only supports the well-being of the people living there but also guarantees the nation's security and regional stability. Recently, Global Times reporters visited Xizang region to ...

As a day of remembrance, the Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day which was commemorated on Wednesday, April 5, this year, saw the festival celebrated in tradition and modern eco-friendly ways.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the armed forces of Cambodia recently wrapped up the Golden Dragon-2023 joint exercise after a comprehensive live-fire phase simulating a terror attack on a major international event, with experts saying on Thursday that ...

​Through years of efforts, the development of China's organ donation and transplantation has achieved tremendous progress, with the total number of registered organ donors exceeding 6.18 million in the country, officials announced recently.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing on Thursday.

In China, voluntary donation from citizens is the only legal source of human organ transplants.

Some schools in South China's Guangdong Province suspended classes, while pediatric outpatient units at hospitals have increased manpower in response to the increased prevalence of influenza dominated by H1N1.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday attended a voluntary tree planting activity in Beijing and called for more efforts in afforestation to write a new chapter in building a beautiful China.

Multiple Chinese authorities including China's top legislature, the Taiwan Work Office of CPC Central Committee, Chinese defense ministry and Chinese foreign ministry firmly opposed and condemned the latest meeting between the regional leader of China's Taiwan island and US House ...

The spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Thursday issued a statement on the meeting between Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The ...

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Thursday issued a statement in response to the meeting between U.S. congressional members including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen in the United ...

Spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense delivered remarks on Thursday concerning the "transit" trip of Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen through the United States. The following is the full text of the remarks:

Spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday delivered remarks regarding Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen's "transit" trip through the United States. The following is the full text of the remarks:

Chen Jining, the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, met with former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday.

The aircraft carrier Shandong of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly started its first exercise in the West Pacific on Wednesday after sailing past the island of Taiwan, breaking the first island chain, with analysts saying that the ...

In a latest move to tie its Southeast Asian ally tighter to its geopolitical chariot, US State Secretary Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet their Philippine counterparts next week, following the announcement of four additional US military ...

The top diplomats of Saudi Arabia and Iran will reportedly meet in Beijing on Thursday. Experts believe the three sides will discuss detailed arrangements following the Saudi-Iran agreement reached last month brokered by China. They noted that in the long ...

The controversy over former Chinese table tennis superstar and world champion Zhang Jike continued to make headlines, as media and netizens demanded investigations to find out whether any laws were broken.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, embarking on a three-day visit of “restarting exchanges and advancing cooperation,” officials and experts said. Macron landed in China shortly ahead of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen as the two ...

China recently carried out a successful rocket vertical landing test at sea, with developers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) saying Thursday that the technology would lay the foundation for future applications including a recyclable near-space experiment platform as ...

The Trump show has again turned into a historical scene in the US when Donald Trump became the first former US president to face criminal charges in New York on Tuesday. Chinese observers opined that although it is too early ...

Editor's Note: Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments and conveying friendship and expectations. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China ...

With flowers in hand, people of different ages stand in front of the tombs of Chinese revolutionary martyrs, gently bowing low in honor of the forerunners who dedicated their lives to the country.

Two border areas of Mainling and Cona in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region have been upgraded from “county” to “county-level city” to boost the economic development and society governance of border regions.

Ahead of a planned meeting between Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command vowed to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, with multiple ...

Screenshots of an employee from a Chinese state-owned electronics technology company scolding his supervisor went viral online since Tuesday, during which the employee vented anger over excessive hours and workload. The company later denied the employee belonged to the group. ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged solid efforts to carry out the education campaign on the study and implementation of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era ...

With a Finnish flag rising first time outside the NATO headquarters, the Nordic nation officially became NATO's 31st member country at a meeting of the US-led bloc's foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Tuesday in Brussels, ...

The China-proposed Global Security Initiative (GSI) emphasized a comprehensive and sustainable security concept, providing a new path of promoting dialogue rather than confrontation, partnership rather than alliance and win-win rather than zero sum mentality. China always promotes peace and dialogue ...

Former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday paid a visit to the tomb of KMT general Zhang Zizhong in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Paying respects to a national hero who died for the country in ...

China resolutely opposes Taiwan regional leader engaging in secessionist activities in the name of "transit" which damages China-US ties, spokesperson of China's Consulate General in Los Angeles said in a statement on Tuesday.

In the face of profound international changes, the stalemate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and an uneven global economic recovery after the pandemic, the upcoming visit of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China from Wednesday to Friday has drawn worldwide ...

China's tourism sector continued its strong rebound, with bookings for one-day trips during the Qingming Festival, which falls on Wednesday this year, jumping by over five-fold, data from domestic online travel agencies showed.

In the past week, former Chinese table tennis superstar and world champion Zhang Jike has been embroiled in a controversy over alleged gambling debt and spreading other people's private videos. Although the star's camp has denied all the accusations, many ...

A new study has revealed that the mass loss of 2.7 gigaton (Gt) lake-terminating glaciers in the Himalayas has been significantly underestimated from 2000 to 2020, due to the inability of satellites to see glacier changes occurring underwater, with critical ...

On the heels of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit China from April 5 to 7, and they are likely to be followed by German Foreign Minister ...

A seven-member work group has been sent by China's General Administration of Sport (GAS) to take over operations at the Chinese Football Association (CFA), its affiliated soccer department, as a number of senior officials at the CFA have been put ...

The global oil price spiked on Monday as investors jotted over a surprising production cut announced by Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-OPEC allies, including Russia, that translates to ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that "China will take firm measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity," in response to a question over how it would react if US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Tsai Ing-wen, leader of ...

Former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Ma Ying-jeou on Monday expressed high expectations for exchanges and cooperation between Taiwan island and Chongqing Municipality while meeting with mainland officials, as his 12-day ancestral trip in the Chinese mainland entered ...

Through CPEC energy projects, Pakistan has been able to overcome its energy shortage, and the people of Pakistan will never forget that China helped them at a time when the whole country was plunged into darkness due to power shortages, ...

A type of portable electromagnetic riot gun developed by China recently went through a firing test and displayed traits superior to traditional firearms, including low noise, little muzzle flash and low recoil, with experts saying on Monday that the technology ...

China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has standardized the names of 11 places in Zangnan (southern part of Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region) in Chinese characters, Tibetan and pinyin, in accordance with regulations on geographical names issued by the State Council, ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit China from April 5 to 7, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron to pay a state visit to China from April 5 to 7: Chinese FM

Following the news of renowned Japanese composer and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto's death, entries related to him quickly topped the trending topics on Sina Weibo on Monday, with Chinese netizens sharing his music and quotes to commemorate him.

In a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged Japan to meet China halfway and strengthen dialogue and cooperation, as well as manage discrepancies. Officials from both countries also discussed key issues such ...

A slew of vloggers have recently announced they will stop posting content on China's popular short video platform Bilibili due to the unbalanced income and expenditure that has resulted from reduced income from the platform, as well as the impact ...

After the grassroots "Village Basket Association" in Southwest China's Guizhou Province swept the internet last week, a bullfight feast from the province gained fame as an equivalent phenomenon, shedding light on the future path of China's push to advance rural ...

The J-8, a type of legacy fighter jet domestically developed by China, is still playing a surprise role in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) although it is close to its eventual retirement, a pilot said recently, citing the aircraft's ...