Tag Archives: China

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China’s foreign trade maintained sound momentum in the first three quarters of 2026, with both exports and imports growing rapidly and the overall growth rate reaching its highest level for the same period in five years, official data showed Wednesday. The country’s total imports and exports …

    CHENGDU | Xinhua |  When Ngorcog was a child growing up on the vast grasslands of Sichuan Province in southwest China, she never imagined that barley and fruit would one day “fall from the sky.” For the young Tibetan woman, cargo transport used to rely on horses and …

  An aerial drone photo taken on June 2, 2026 shows a “horn of victory” themed installation at Jiajin Mountain in Baoxing County of Ya’an City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)   BEIJING | Xinhua |  This year marks the 105th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  Liu Zengyuan, a railway engineer, watched familiar fields slip past the train window. This time, he was not heading to a construction site, but going home for the National Day holiday on the high-speed line he had helped build, just days after it opened. This line, …

  Beijing has already surrounded its AI sector with public obligations, regulatory oversight and an evolving framework of risk assessment   COMMENT | MADELINE CARR | Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei, …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzania’s avocado exports to international markets, including China, reached 52,000 tonnes in the 2025/2026 season, surpassing the country’s 2030 target of 40,000 tonnes, the Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA) said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by COPRA, export volumes rose …

  Foreign tourists buy handheld camera equipment at a flagship store of DJI in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)   BEIJING | Xinhua |  Andrea Triboldi, an Italian tourist, arrived in China with a long shopping list. After landing in Shenzhen, a thriving tech hub …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China’s newly opened high-speed railway sections are expected to boost tourism, especially during holidays such as the ongoing National Day holiday, industry experts and local officials said. On Monday, China opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic, spanning northern, northwestern, central and northeastern China, which …

COMMENT | Lyazid Benhami |  Chinese President Xi Jinping made his second state visit to the United States, 11 years after his first. China-U.S. relations are entering a new phase.  A new expression has appeared in the diplomatic vocabulary: “strategic stability”. Can it offer a new approach to managing differences …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China’s railway network handled 25.204 million passenger trips on Oct. 1, the first day of the week-long National Day holiday, setting a new single-day record, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) said Friday. On Oct. 2, the railway network is expected to handle 20.39 …