Africa, a promising continent with abundant resources like solar and wind energies is well on its way to developing a world-class new-energy industry, and now, many African countries are opening arms to welcome Chinese investment to the emerging sector. African officials and delegates who participated in the Third...more

I've finally got back to Beijing after a four-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Four-year is not a lot of time in the long history of the city, but some recent changes are hard to miss. For the first time I entered China through a new gateway...more

Editor's Note: The death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, who was shot by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on June 27, has prompted violent protests in many regions across France as people have taken to the streets in consecutive nights of protests, setting cars alight,...more

More than 80 percent of respondents in 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region except for Japan said Japan's plan of dumping nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is "irresponsible" and nearly 90 percent of respondents showed negative sentiments such as worries and shock toward the plan, and 94 percent...more

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit China later this week and is scheduled to talk about a series of macroeconomic and financial issues between the two countries, which is seen as a positive sign of stabilizing China-US relations following the recent visit by US Secretary of State...more

Editor's Note: On the afternoon of June 26, 2023, the written exams for all subjects of the 2023 senior high school entrance examinations in Beijing came to an end. At the Beijing Jingyuan School, students walked out of the entrance exam site one after another, and parents greeted...more

As the US enhances the implementation of its Indo-Pacific Strategy, the country has been directing its focus on Vietnam. However, despite Washington's efforts to pull Hanoi to its side to confront and encircle Beijing militarily, Vietnam is unlikely to take the bait. USS Ronald Reagan, a US nuclear-powered...more

Over the one week or so since the Global Times first focused on the influx of foreign backpackers in China - seen in the many vlogs they post on video-sharing platforms - their curiosity and fondness toward this vast and fast-changing country have brought them closer to the...more

Editor's Note: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is paying a visit to China from Sunday to Friday with a trade delegation. As a member of Five Eyes Alliance, New Zealand's attitude toward China is clearly different from other member countries amid China-US tensions. What makes the difference?...more

Editor's Note: As the world tries to keep up with the changing stories about the Wagner private military group, the incident has subsided. Yet some people in the Western world won't let it go, with their rhetoric changing from Russia's "civil war" to "cracks" in Russian President Vladimir...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

In the watery villages along the southern part of the Yangtze River, bamboo is a major part of people's daily life. Before Wuzhen, a village in East China's Zhejiang Province, became famous for tourism and the World Internet Conference, it was a major handicraft town with a centuries-old...more

Despite that the Kremlin quelled the Wagner revolt within a short period of time over the weekend, Western officials changed their initial low-profile stances and began badmouthing the authority of the Putin administration as some said the Wagner mutiny exposed the fragility of his government. Some Western media...more

About 1,500 participants from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia are to gather in North China's Tianjin for the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC), also known as Summer Davos, after a three-year hiatus of the in-person event due to...more

In high summer temperatures, China has entered another diplomatic busy season, welcoming Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene of Mongolia, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the leaders will...more