The city of Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has announced that outbound channels at Wuhan's train stations and airports would be closed starting from 10 am Thursday, and bus, subway and ferry services would also be shut down. The notice also requires that local residents should not leave...more

Beijing. The Chinese government is taking resolute and effective measures to effectively prevent and control the novel coronavirus epidemic through scientific approaches and maintaining close cooperation with the World Health Organization and other international partners. "We have full confidence that we can get it under control soon and...more

When a project develops new technologies, lasts more than 30 years, and is realized with two completely different countries located on the antipodes of the globe, a "community of shared future" is created. That is the case with CBERS, the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program that recently put...more

Beijing. China recently completed an in-flight verification for satellite drag-free control technology, marking a step forward in the country's space-based gravitational wave detection program. State-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed the successful verification with the Tianqin-1, the country's first satellite for space-based gravitational wave detection,...more

Despite the optimism surrounding the expected signing of the phase one trade deal between China and the US, there has been growing skepticism over how far the deal could go to ease trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. While some US media outlets have raised questions...more

The year 2020 will be the "early harvest year" for China and Nepal to implement their leaders' consensus, with economic and trade ties further developing through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times. Hou noted that...more

Extradition hearing of Meng Wanzhou, Chinese tech giant Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, is set to begin on January 20 in British Columbia's Supreme Court in Canada. After more than a year since the arrest of Meng shattered China-Canada relations, it is time for Ottawa to reflect on its...more

The CNN report about "government destroying Uygur cemetery" was apparently biased and partial, the Global Times found, after visiting the "cemetery" mentioned by the CNN. CNN reported last Thursday that "more than 100 Uygur graveyards were demolished by Chinese authorities," showing satellite images of the Sultanim "cemetery" and...more

"There are so many people in China and other countries learning English nowadays. Can this be called genocide of our culture or other countries' cultures?" said Maidingjiang Yilimu, who started a tutorial institute in Artux, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Maidingjiang asked the question in response to...more

Beijing. The year 2020 will see a peak of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal as both countries will further advance economic and trade ties in the new year through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times on...more

Beijing. Chinese visitors will vie for the largest share in tourist arrivals to Nepal with Indian tourists once the infrastructure across the Himalayas is completed, a veteran Chinese tour operator said on Monday. The comment came after a tweet by Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi stormed the...more

Comrades, friends, ladies and gentlemen, The year 2020 is arriving. From China's capital Beijing, I would like to extend my New Year wishes to you all! In 2019, we sweated and we toiled as we pressed ahead with concrete efforts for achievements. Thanks to our steady pursuit of...more

Beijing. The allegations that China has detained millions of Uyghur people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region came from unreliable studies and sources backed by US government, based on shoddy methodologies and works of a far-right anti-China and anti-communist researcher, a recently published essay in the Grayzone revealed. "The...more

Chinese companies are definitely investing much more in India than they were a decade ago, but their hopes of replicating China's business success in India may be less certain. As of December 11, Chinese investment in India reached $8 billion, compared with less than $200 million a decade...more

The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing witnessed unusually long lines, with people converging from the whole country to wait outside on Thursday, the 126th anniversary of the late leader's birth. The hall, which normally opens only in the morning, expanded their opening time to...more