BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), on Thursday presented certificates of order to promote two military officers to the rank of general. The promoted officers are Wang Renhua, secretary of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CMC, and Xiao Tianliang, president of the University of National Defense. Zhang Youxia, vice …
NEW YORK: Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), said on Thursday that he will soon finish his five-year term in the post and return to China. According to a statement released by China’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Zhang called his UN posting “a great honor and heavy responsibility.” His UN tenure started in 2019. “It …
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Japan to promote regional peace and stability when meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, appreciated Fukuda, former chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, for his care about the development of the …
PESHAWAR: At least six people, including five Chinese nationals, were killed in an explosion when their convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber in the Bisham area of Shangla district on Tuesday, a top police officer said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers which was on its way from Islamabad to their camp …
BEIJING: China on Saturday condemned the Philippines’ trespassing into the adjacent waters of Ren’ai Jiao of China’s Nansha Qundao and urged it not to undermine the peace and stability of the South China Sea. China Coast Guard spokesperson Gan Yu said in a statement that the Philippines on Saturday once again sent two coast guard ships and one supply ship …
BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Saturday met with a delegation led by Kim Song Nam, international department director of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, in Beijing. Noting that it is an unswerving policy of the CPC and the Chinese government …
Zhanjiang city in south China’s Guangdong Province has vigorously developed the marine fishery sector in recent years, cultivating a modern industrial chain of marine breeding. With a sea area of 20,500 square kilometers, Zhanjiang boasts natural advantages in turning its vast sea waters into a “blue granary.” Shrimp fingerlings bred in Zhanjiang have been sold around the country, helping people …
South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is the leading consumer and producer of rice noodles in China, accounting for over 50 percent of the country’s rice noodle production. The tradition of rice noodle production and consumption in Guangxi dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-207 B.C.) and reached peak popularity during the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties. Initially, …
Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality is a city built on mountains. The unique landform is an integral feature of this “mountain city” that delights both locals and tourists. However, it also means inconvenience for the 892,400 people with disabilities in the city. In recent years, Chongqing has been continuously promoting the construction of a barrier-free environment to make life more convenient …
BEIJING: China will exert great efforts to establish a modern ecological environment monitoring system by 2035 for building “Beautiful China,” according to a document released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) in Beijing on Friday. Beautiful China Currently, three monitoring indicators for evaluating “Beautiful China” have been proposed, including healthy ecosystem, beautiful environment as well as green and …