A Chinese company vows to build the world’s first all-high-temperature superconducting tokamak using artificial intelligence technology by the end of this year, as more stakeholders are looking ahead to the development of the nuclear fusion energy, which is believed to be the future ideal "ultimate energy" for humankind....more

A new COVID-19 infection wave in 2023 will likely peak in late June at about 65 million cases per week, China's top respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan said Monday. Zhong made the remarks at the 2023 Greater Bay Area Science Forum on Monday in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong...more

Debugging and testing began on Monday on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It marks an important milestone before the full launch of the project. To ensure the safe and stable operation of the train, strict testing, inspection...more

Cathay Pacific Airways, a Hong Kong-based airline, apologized for a third time on Tuesday evening and dismissed three flight attendants following two apology statements released on Tuesday morning and Monday evening, after a passenger complained that cabin crew kept using discriminatory words against non-English-speaking passengers during a flight....more

Following the latest G7 summit and Quad meeting that outlined a strong stance against China and ramped up efforts to hype China-related issues, US President Joe Biden adopted an apparently softer tone by claiming that the frosty bilateral relations between China and the US will begin to "thaw"...more

Senior Chinese and Russian officials met in Moscow to discuss security affairs on Monday, which will be followed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's scheduled visit to China on Tuesday and Wednesday. The frequent, high-level interactions demonstrated the stability, great potential and strong momentum of China-Russia relations, which...more

Standing in the middle of a massive construction site with a strong, gusty wind and constant construction noise in the background, Fu Xing, a mid-aged, bespectacled construction manager with a slight figure can barely be heard. Wearing his typical workman outfit - a white hard hat and a...more

This year's Group of Seven (G7), under Japan's presidency, has advocated a stronger relationship with the "Global South" and invited leaders from India and other developing countries to attend the G7 Hiroshima Summit. However, ultimately, most of the summit's focus was put on opposing Russia and China. In...more

The US state of Montana has taken the drastic step of banning the popular social media app TikTok within its borders. Enforcement will begin January 1, 2024, presuming the law is valid. And there are legitimate questions about that. Let us not mince words here. The new law...more

Editor's Note: The recent developments in East Asia, such as the détente between South Korea and Japan, South Korea's increasing hostility toward China, and the talk of a liaison office of NATO in Tokyo, have raised alert of observers, as the US escalates confrontation with China. What are...more

The news that Micron's products sold in China did not pass the network security review has caused a strong reaction in the US. This indirectly shows China's decision has touched some Americans, demonstrating its power and producing additional effects. However, the true nature of the matter cannot be...more

Multipolar organizations such as BRICS and the SCO have begun to play a greater role in the global systemic transition over the past decade, which has challenged the dominance of Western-centric ones like the G7 and NATO over international relations. Some observers have naturally taken to comparing each...more

The College of Chinese and ASEAN Arts will hold a folk music concert next week to celebrate its five-year establishment, aiming at promoting folk music to the world while strengthening cultural ties through the exchanges of music between China and Southeast Asian countries. The Carry Forward the Traditional...more

China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui is set to visit Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Russia as part of China's efforts to help find a political solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The main mission of the visit will be learning and communicating on demands and opinions...more

As the China-Central Asia Summit scheduled for this week rapidly approaches, global observers are paying growing attention to economic cooperation between China and Central Asian countries - a region where the grand Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed which also are the first batch of countries...more