Japanese media has reported that China has told Japan that its blanket radiation testing on seafood imports from Japan is necessary to protect its consumers. Chinese observers said they believe the bilateral diplomatic communication over the nuclear-contaminated wastewater issue can help restrict Japan from starting its arbitrary dumping...more

Seventy eight years ago, the Japanese government officially announced its unconditional surrender, signifying the end of World War II and the victory of people worldwide against fascism. Despite post-war efforts by the Allied powers, Japan's war criminals were subjected to appropriate trials and penalties. However, the specter of...more

As ancient China's central institution of higher learning, Guozijian, established in the Sui Dynasty (581-618), received a large number of international students from neighboring kingdoms and regions, which are present-day Ryukyu Islands of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam. Official students from the Ryukyu Kingdom even had their...more

Starting in 2023, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has been practicing new methods of drone combat, including remote controlled takeoffs and landings and jointly operating with other military services and branches. In a recent exercise held in the deserts of Northwest China, a GJ-2 armed...more

With the US, Japan and South Korea boosting military linkage, tension is growing in Northeast Asia. Ahead of the upcoming virtual meeting of foreign ministers from the US, South Korea and Japan, a prelude to a summit between their leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected major...more

Located in Yading village, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Shambhala Cultural Museum is set to become the world's highest-altitude cultural museum. Expected to open its doors to the public by late September, it will stand as a "landmark" for the area, Wang Gui­qian, the project manager of China...more

China has overtaken Greece as the world's largest maritime fleet owner in terms of gross tonnage (GT), global shipping information provider Clarksons Research said on Saturday. Greece held that position for a decade, but China's position as the world's manufacturing hub, its resilient cargo trade and strong financial...more

Editor's Note: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Through the lens of foreign pundits, we take a look at 10 years of the BRI - how it achieves win-win cooperation between China and countries along...more

Tuesday, August 15, marks China's first National Ecology Day. On August 15, 2005, 18 years ago, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), first put forward the concept that green mountains are themselves gold mountains, when he visited Yucun,...more

New progress has been made on an investigation into a cyberattack incident targeting the Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center affiliated to the city's Emergency Management Bureau, after a joint investigation team formed by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) and Chinese cybersecurity company 360 discovered malicious backdoor...more

As the Biden administration continues to push for supply chain restructuring, some US media outlets have detected more signs of "decoupling" from China in bilateral trade data. That shouldn't be seen as a proud economic achievement by politicians, but a regrettable failure. As a result of accelerated efforts...more

As China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) made its debut on Chinese social media platforms and opened a channel to report suspected spy activities, and also released on Thursday a video featuring major incidents such as the black-clad riots in Hong Kong in 2019 and the return of...more

Washington has held a hegemonic position for the better part of 80 years. Yes, some of what America has done with that privilege has been good, but there is a lengthy history of using power for the wrong purposes. The increasing use of economic sanctions is one example...more

The so-called strengthening of US-Japan-South Korea strategic cooperation is in fact building a "small NATO" in the Indo-Pacific region and would only damage regional security, Chinese experts said Sunday as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he hopes to discuss further strengthening of three-way strategic cooperation with...more

The Biden administration's approval of the transferring of cluster munitions to Ukraine has sparked widespread criticism and worry. While the bombs, along with the numerous deadly weapons the US and its Western allies have provided to Ukraine, put civilians and children there in grave danger, their manufacturers are...more