The former residence of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Central China's Hunan Province, saw a hot reopening after a closure of more than 50 days for renovation, as people from around the country arrived and made pilgrimages to the residence amid celebrations for the centenary of the...more

An aircraft carrier group led by China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known voyage of the year, almost immediately after the country’s first carrier, the Liaoning, left the region, and Chinese analysts said on...more

Cheer of excitement and joy erupted from the crowds gathered outside the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, when the judge read out the verdict from the jury, finding that Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd with his knees, was guilty of murder and manslaughter. Celebration...more

A fresh effort to propel China's vision for technological self-reliance is in the works, with Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province issuing draft measures aiming for breakthroughs in key components and chips for 5G. The drive for technological independence will also focus on 6G-related research and experiments, according...more

The application of China's Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP), also known as digital yuan, which has already been on a fast development track since last year, is taking another critical step forward with new scenarios in the business-to-business segment and wage payments. JD.com Inc, the country's second-largest online...more

The majority of Americans say they approve of US President Joe Biden's job performance near his first 100 days in office, according to US media, and Chinese experts also weighed in on Biden's performance from China's perspective, saying that Biden's efforts on fixing ties with not only China,...more

Chinese exporters of personal protective equipment (PPE) are seeing surging demand from India that has their factories working around the clock, as the South Asian country reels from shortages of medical oxygen and other epidemic-related devices amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. However, even as they...more

Under tremendous pressure, the US, which has remained silent in face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in India, an important partner to Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy, over the weekend, finally responded positively, pledging medical aid such as raw materials for vaccines and oxygen concentrators. Such a U-turn in attitude...more

Australia continues its attempt to stamp its presence on the Taiwan question. Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday that a conflict with China over the island of Taiwan "should not be discounted," adding that Australia wants to continue being "a good neighbor in the region" that...more

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to attend a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in the UK in June, and the US will urge its G7 allies to step up pressure on China over the use of so-called forced labor in Xinjiang, a top White House...more

Approximately 90 percent of the young Chinese participating in the latest survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center believe China should not "look up to the West" anymore, with more people in the past five years even "looking down on the West" due to multiple reasons including...more

Japan is consuming its reputation as an economic and cultural powerhouse it has strived hard to achieve since the end of World War II, and its efforts to become a political major power and normal country will be questioned strongly by the international community, especially by neighboring countries,...more

As the recent expulsions of Russian diplomats from the US, Poland, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic demonstrate, this measure is becoming a standard international practice of the West. For the Biden administration, a new manifestation of the "Russia's threat" is an additional tool to discipline its European allies...more

Pakistan has offered to provide relief support, including ventilators, to India to help fight the deadly wave of COVID-19, according to Indian media reports. In a statement on Saturday, Islamabad said the two countries can explore possible ways to further co-operation to mitigate the challenges posed by the...more

Chinese population experts predicted that China's annual births may fall below 10 million during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and suggested that China should loosen its family planning policy as soon as possible, although the central government has not yet released the specific data from the seventh...more