Severe cases rise in Taiwan as DPP shuns mainland doses, mass screening
With an average of over 480 new COVID-19 cases recorded per day in the last seven days, the island of Taiwan has seen more severe cases, as experts in both…
“I Heard the Last Artillery Fire of the Huaihai Campaign” — The Story between American Journalist Seymour Topping and the CPC
On 10 January, 1949, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) won the great victory of the Huaihai Campaign after 66 days of strenuous fight. One of the people there to witness…
Xi congratulates Assad on re-election as Syrian president
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Bashar al-Assad over the latter's re-election as president of Syria. File photo: CFP
China reports world’s first H10N3 human infection case; ‘no evidence of human-to-human transmission’
East China's Jiangsu Province has reported the world's first case of a human infected with H10N3 avian influenza. China's health authorities said on Tuesday that it was an occasional poultry-to-human…
China enters main flooding season, warnings issued for 5 rivers in 4 provinces
China entered the main flooding season from Tuesday after experiencing a series of heavy rains in South China since May, said the Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR). A new round…
Xi stresses improving China’s international communication capacity
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed improving the country's capacity for engaging in international communication to present a true, multi-dimensional, and…
New documentary shows lives of normal workers in Xinjiang, in contrast to ‘forced labor’ accusations
Telling the stories of ordinary residents from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region but working in different places across China, a new documentary shows how people in Xinjiang pursue a…
Rapport with Afghanistan, Pakistan an advantage for China in Afghan peace process: ambassador
China can play a major role in regional peace as the US withdraws from Afghanistan, said Afghan Ambassador to China Javid Qaem on Tuesday. A prominent advantage that China enjoys…
Words over actions: US eyes diplomatic interests, yet to deliver on pledged vaccines
US President Joe Biden pledges to allocate 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with other countries on May 17 in a bid to counter Russia and China. "Just as in…
Guangzhou reports 18 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 14 previous asymptomatic patients
Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, reported 18 local confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, of whom 14 patients were previously diagnosed as silent virus carriers. The other four newly detected cases…