Zhang Han for Global Times July 29, 2019
Beijing. Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province is planning a high-speed maglev line with a top speed of 800 kilometers per hour to Chongqing Municipality, which will boost regional integration and the economy, analysts and local residents said. The train will run at 600-800 kilometers per hour, cutting...more
Beijing. Beijing has strongly criticized the US' unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies and urged Washington to correct its wrongdoing immediately, a spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. "It is legal and reasonable for the international community including China to develop energy cooperation with Iran within the...more
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed by China in 2013. Not long after the inception of the initiative, the Nepali government made a full commitment to join. An all-party consensus exists where Nepal should reap the benefits of the BRI to meet domestic development and prosperity...more
Beijing. The Chinese economy grew by 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year. In the second quarter, it expanded by 6.2 percent from a year ago, the lowest growth rate in the past 27 years. While future of China-US trade war remains uncertain, the data...more
Co-hosted by the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) and the Guangming Daily Press, the symposium on the theory of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy was held in Beijing on Thursday. Universities, research institutes and media from all over China were...more
Beijing. China's GDP grew 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, slowing from 6.4 percent in the first quarter but falling within the annual target set by Chinese policymakers and surpassing those of other global economies. Given persistent downward pressure from the China-US trade war and...more
Beijing. Chinese post-millennials are passionate about Party stories and visiting the birthplace of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Shanghai during their summer holiday. Located in a brick-and-wood building on Xingye Road in Shanghai, the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China...more
Beijing. China will firmly stick to the path of peaceful development and will never seek hegemony, expansion or a sphere of influence, senior Chinese officials emphasized at a forum in Beijing on Monday that gathered strategists, former foreign government officials and scholars. Addressing the opening ceremony of the...more
Beijing. As the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China draws near, the big day is gaining growing attention. What has China achieved in seven decades? Have these accomplishments affected people's lives? How should one view the problems that persist in Chinese society? These...more
Beijing. The number of members in the Communist Party of China (CPC) has zoomed past 90 million with a third of them born in the 1980s and 1990s, a top Party department announced Sunday, a day before the 98th anniversary of the establishment of the CPC. Experts say...more
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping embarks on a historic visit of North Korea on Thursday. The first visit since 2005 by a top Chinese leader to the country has the international community watching intently. This is a big event on China-North Korea relations. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un...more
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping vows to strengthen China's traditional friendship with North Korea in a signed article published in North Korean mainstream media including the flagship newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea on Wednesday, one day before his two-day state visit to North Korea. Xi, also...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia Wednesday for a state visit. China and Russia agreed to upgrade their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. This is a major event in China-Russia relations. During Xi’s trip, the two countries are expected to...more
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov on Thursday held a meeting where they agreed to promote the China-Kyrgyzstan comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level and continue firm support for each other to push cooperation in every field. Experts, residents of Bishkek and Chinese companies...more
Chinese President Xi Jinping is to attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday. Over the past 18 years, as Xi said at the 18th SCO summit in 2018, "guided by the SCO...more