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China will continue to lead global growth in 2024 as economists forecast GDP expansion of 5%

GT staff reporters January 24, 2024

China will continue to lead global growth in 2024 as economists forecast GDP expansion of 5%

The world economic recovery is expected to remain slow and imbalanced in 2024, with China to continue to lead global growth, a report showed on Saturday. Analysts said China's GDP growth is expected to reach about 5 percent this year, calling for stepped-up fiscal policy to further tap...more

Telecommunications fraud cases in China decrease by nearly 30% since August

Global Times January 18, 2024

Telecommunications fraud cases in China decrease by nearly 30% since August

The central political and legal work central conference convened from Saturday to Sunday revealed that since last August, the number of telecommunications fraud cases nationwide has decreased by 28.6 percent compared with the previous year. According to the central conference on judicial, procuratorial and public security work held...more

Combination of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft, Long March-7 rocket rolls to launch pad

Deng Xiaoci January 18, 2024

Combination of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft, Long March-7 rocket rolls to launch pad

The combination of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft and Long March-7 Y8 carrier rocket was rolled out to the launchpad in Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province on Monday. All facilities in the Wenchang spaceport are in good conditions and testing work is underway for the first...more

PLA Air Force’s Red Falcon Aerobatic Team arrives in Laos for first performance abroad

Liu Xuanzun and Guo Yuandan January 17, 2024

PLA Air Force’s Red Falcon Aerobatic Team arrives in Laos for first performance abroad

JL-8 trainer jets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force's Red Falcon Aerobatic Team arrived in Laos on Saturday in preparation for its first-ever flight performance in a foreign country, with experts saying on Sunday that the visit will contribute to development of the two countries'...more

China, Arab League urging immediate, comprehensive cease-fire of Israel-Palestine conflict

GT staff reporters January 17, 2024

China, Arab League urging immediate, comprehensive cease-fire of Israel-Palestine conflict

China and the League of Arab States issued a joint statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict on Sunday, urging an immediate and comprehensive cease-fire and stressing the two-state solution as "a basis" for any future settlement concerning the fate of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the...more

Experts urge Philippines to remain restrained after longest pause of provocation in South China Sea

Liu Xuanzun January 17, 2024

Experts urge Philippines to remain restrained after longest pause of provocation in South China Sea

It has been apparently more than one month since the Philippines last sent ships to trespass into waters off China's Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef), marking the longest pause in Manila's provocations since August. This is a situation that marked a temporary de-escalation in tensions in...more

China, Nauru to ramp up cooperation in agriculture, infrastructure construction and more: experts

Liu Yang and Tao Mingyang January 17, 2024

China, Nauru to ramp up cooperation in agriculture, infrastructure construction and more: experts

As Nauru announced Monday that it will recognize the one-China principle and sever "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, experts noted that Nauru has seen win-win results of cooperation between China and South Pacific island nations, and China and Nauru will accelerate cooperation in agriculture and infrastructure fields. In a...more

Nauru to sever ‘diplomatic ties’ with Taiwan region, showing one-China principle a prevailing consensus

Chen Qingqing, Zhao Juecheng and Bai Yunyi January 17, 2024

Nauru to sever ‘diplomatic ties’ with Taiwan region, showing one-China principle a prevailing consensus

Chinese Foreign Ministry said China appreciates and welcomes Nauru's decision of severing "diplomatic ties" with the Taiwan region, which was announced on Monday on the heels of the regional election in the island, reflecting that the one-China principle is a prevailing consensus among the international community. The decision...more

Bustling holidays portend solid start for China’s economic recovery in 2024

GT staff reporters January 4, 2024

Bustling holidays portend solid start for China’s economic recovery in 2024

China's three-day New Year's Day holidays, which ended on Monday, saw a consumer market boom with bustling travel and spending activities across the country, according to various data on Monday, offering more vivid displays of sustained vitality and vast potential in China's consumption market, the biggest driver for...more

Infrastructure, tech innovation to help boost consumption in new year

Wen Sheng January 4, 2024

Infrastructure, tech innovation to help boost consumption in new year

As the new year of 2024 has begun, Chinese people are hopeful of a more substantive rise in family incomes than in 2023. But uncertainties will continue to engulf the world, including hot conflicts, cold economic wars, blockades of important waterways like the Red Sea, and possibly, another...more

US tariffs, chip restrictions stir concerns; China’s abundance of talent sparks optimism for technology progress: Nobel Laureate Thomas Sargent

Wang Yi January 4, 2024

US tariffs, chip restrictions stir concerns; China’s abundance of talent sparks optimism for technology progress: Nobel Laureate Thomas Sargent

Editor's Note: In recent years, the US has displayed an increasing willingness to implement tariffs and chip restrictions. These moves have raised concerns about the potential impact on the global economy and cooperation between China and the US. In an interview with Global Times reporter Wang Yi (GT),...more

World ushers in 2024 with both celebrating fireworks and flame of wars

GT staff reporters January 4, 2024

World ushers in 2024 with both celebrating fireworks and flame of wars

The world ushered in the year 2024 amid both celebrating fireworks and flame of wars, much like the hope and crisis that this era holds. Although people learned to coexist with COVID-19 in 2023, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reminded the world of the complex and...more

Anti-espionage efforts of China against US spies ‘essential, effective’

Yang Sheng and Zhang Yuying January 4, 2024

Anti-espionage efforts of China against US spies ‘essential, effective’

US espionage and intelligence agencies that work to infiltrate other countries are complaining to the US media about the difficulties of their malicious undertakings against other countries' national security, in order to convince Washington's politicians and decision-makers to allocate them more resources and money. In other words, they...more

GT investigates: Nearly 90 percent of Chinese respondents believe US lacks sincerity in improving bilateral ties: GT survey

GT staff reporters January 4, 2024

GT investigates: Nearly 90 percent of Chinese respondents believe US lacks sincerity in improving bilateral ties: GT survey

Editor's Note: The year 2023 witnessed many changes in the international landscape and also saw more voices from the Global South on the global stage. It was also a year in which the US continued to forcefully impose its ideology on other countries, Japan's nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping was...more

2023 Yearender: BRI marches toward hi-tech, digital, green cooperation

Li Xuanmin January 3, 2024

2023 Yearender: BRI marches toward hi-tech, digital, green cooperation

In the 12th century, Ismail Al Jazari, an engineer from the Middle East, created automated devices including mechanized wine servant. It was a remarkable invention back in the medieval time, manifesting the Middle East people's early quest for a futuristic high-tech lifestyle. Now, after roughly a millennium, robots...more