State-owned telecommunication operator China Mobile sent two experimental satellites into low-Earth orbits of 500 kilometers, in a bid to further test 5G- and 6G-related technologies, the company told the Global Times on Sunday. China Mobile 01 satellite, one of the two, was co-developed by China Mobile and Chinese...more

Chinese researchers released an artificial intelligence (AI) governance index on Monday, which shows that the US and China are leading in terms of overall quantity in AI development and China ranks in the first echelon, second only to the US in terms of AI governance. The AI Governance...more

The movie award season has shone the spotlight back on the movie Oppenheimer, a Christopher Nolan-directed epic about the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, as the commercial hit won five Golden Globe awards this year, and earned 13 Academy Award nominations in January. The movie, based on the biography...more

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region secured top spot in exports to the five Central Asian countries in 2023, reaching a record-breaking 246.57 billion yuan ($34.3 billion). The result marked substantial year-on-year growth of 23.2 percent. Xinjiang's total imports and exports with the five Central Asian countries reached...more

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region took the lead in China's exports to the five Central Asian countries in 2023, with a year-on-year growth of 23.2 percent, the Xinjiang Daily newspaper reported on Monday, adding to a slew of indicators that pointed to the region's robust economic growth...more

A special campaign to promote China's booming ice and snow tourism resources has recently been launched in Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and its Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces are known for their unique winter tourism landscapes, and...more

To celebrate the Chinese New Year, which falls on February 10, various celebrations with unique features have kicked off across the country. Hanging the Chinese character fu, or "fortune," on doors and walls is one of the most common and important customs when celebrating the festival. The character,...more

As Spring Festival celebrations continue, crowds flock to scenic spots such as the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and the Ming Tomb scenic spot in Nanjing, and the Baolian Temple in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province. Evenings come alive with enchanting lantern displays at Bailuzhou Park. (In association with Global...more

As the Chinese Lunar New Year is just around the corner, the strong atmosphere of the Year of the Dragon is already palpable not only throughout China but also across the world, which is also the first Spring Festival since the UN listed the Chinese Lunar New Year...more

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin recently announced that Thailand and China will sign a visa exemption agreement. Starting March 1, citizens of Thailand and China can travel between the two countries without a visa, with a maximum stay of 30 days. On Thursday, China and Singapore also signed...more

As 2024 Spring Festival approaches, a number of cities across the country have held exhibitions and fairs for the upcoming shopping spree, attracting numerous consumers and merchants from home and abroad to jointly celebrate one of the most important holidays in the country. "This is my first time...more

China's annual Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, kicked off on Friday, and saw tens of millions of people rush to take trains, planes and other packed vehicles to reunite with their friends and families on the first day. Red lanterns, Chinese knots and bamboo dragons...more

As the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported last week the Chinese economy expanded by 5.2 percent in 2023 from the previous year, several Western media outlets immediately cast doubt over the reading, casting it in a negative light and seized the opportunity to wage a smear campaign...more

In many countries, a growing trend to push for the withdrawal of stationed foreign troops from their territories can be observed in recent years. For instance, the South Asian island nation of the Maldives is ordering Indian troops out of its territory. This appears to be the beginning...more

The US has shown a biased approach to dealing with the Palestine-Israel conflict, and its failure to address the symptoms of the Red Sea crisis led to the current stalemate in the region. Against this backdrop, it wants to prove its leadership to the world, but it can...more