Senior CPC official calls for unswervingly advancing national reunification: Xinhuanet
December 13, 2022
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for unswervingly advancing the cause of national reunification. Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at the 11th national congress of Taiwan compatriots that opened in Beijing on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Chinese ambassador rebukes claims of "debt trap" in Africa: Xinhuanet
December 13, 2022
The Chinese ambassador to the United States on Tuesday pushed back against claims that China is creating a "debt trap" in Africa, saying that the continent should be a place for international cooperation, instead of an arena where major powers compete for geopolitical gains. Click here to read...
New executive committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce elected: Xinhuanet
December 13, 2022
The 13th national congress of the China Federation of Industry and Commerce concluded Monday, with the 13th executive committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) elected. Click here to read...
China-made robot does first knee replacement operation: Xinhuanet
December 13, 2022
A China independently developed robot has successfully carried out a knee replacement surgery, the first commercial use of a China-made robot for human surgery. Under the control of orthopedic surgeons, the robot performed the joint replacement on a 73-year-old patient at the West China Hospital of Sichuan University. Click here to read...
PLA spokesperson makes remarks on Chinese border troops' routine patrol in Dongzhang area: China Military
December 13, 2022
Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), made remarks on Chinese border troops' routine patrol in Dongzhang area on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Chinese defense minister delivers keynote speech at fifth defense forum between China, LAC countries: China Military
December 13, 2022
Under the theme of "Peace and Cooperation", the Fifth Defense Forum China-Latin American and the Caribbean States was held via video link on December 13, 2022, in which leaders from the defense (security) departments and militaries of 24 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries participated. Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe also attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech. Click here to read...
Urban innovation takes center stage in Guangzhou: China Daily
December 13, 2022
The Guangzhou Urban Innovation Award event has concentrated wisdom for urban innovation to help realize the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, the mayor of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said on the 10th anniversary of the award. Click here to read...
Ministry calls for larger role of AI in education: China Daily
December 13, 2022
All countries should let teachers play a leading role in the digital transformation of the education sector and enable them to use technologies to improve the efficiency of their teaching, said Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng. Click here to read...
China ‘deeply shocked’ at Kabul hotel attack injuring five Chinese nationals, firmly opposes any terrorism: Global Times
December 13, 2022
China felt deeply shocked about the attack on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that wounded five Chinese nationals, and expressed strong opposition against any forms of terrorism. China has asked the Afghan authorities to make all-out efforts to search for and rescue Chinese nationals and punish the perpetrators, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Tuesday’s press briefing, after the extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the terror attack. Click here to read...
China’s Li Qiang makes speech for the State Council, hinting at premier’s job ahead: South China Morning Post
December 13, 2022
In the clearest sign so far of a future role as premier, Li Qiang, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man, has made his first public appearance representing the State Council, pledging support for the country’s private sector at a meeting on Sunday.
According to an official announcement in Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily on Monday, Li attended the opening ceremony of the 13th national congress of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and delivered a speech “on behalf of the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council”. Click here to read...
Washington reportedly ropes in allies to corner Beijing's semiconductor industry, while China fights back with WTO lawsuit: Global Times
December 13, 2022
As the US mounts efforts to intensify its crackdown on China's chip industry, China strongly fought back by filing a lawsuit with the WTO over the US' discriminatory measures, a move experts said is a smart action to solve a bilateral dispute under a multilateral mechanism and pave the way for further counterattacks. Click here to read...
China's MIIT requires security assessment before data is sent overseas: Global Times
December 14, 2022
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued trial regulations for industrial and information data security on Tuesday, which require important data in key areas to undergo a safety assessment before being provided overseas. Click here to read...
U.S. to add over 30 Chinese companies to trade blacklist: Reuters
December 14, 2022
The Biden administration plans to place Chinese chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and 35 other Chinese firms on a trade blacklist that would prevent them from buying certain American components, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The U.S Department of Commerce will add the Chinese companies to a so-called Entity List as early as this week, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter. Click here to read...
U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok: Reuters
December 14, 2022
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid U.S. fears the app could be used to spy on Americans and censor content. Click here to read...
China stops releasing asymptomatic COVID cases after easing: Kyodo
December 14, 2022
China on Wednesday stopped releasing data on asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, saying it is impossible to monitor them accurately, with many people no longer taking PCR tests after the government significantly eased its strict "zero-COVID" policy last week. The National Health Commission only reported about 2,200 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases with symptoms for the previous day. It began releasing data on asymptomatic cases in the spring of 2020, and those with no symptoms had been subject to quarantine at designated facilities under the zero-COVID policy. Click here to read...
India says China trying to change ‘status quo’ on Himalayan border: Taipei Times
December 14, 2022
Indian Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh yesterday accused China of trying to “unilaterally change the status quo” on their disputed Himalayan border last week when clashes left troops on both sides injured. Beijing said the situation was now calm and called on India to help China “together uphold the peace and tranquility of the ... border region.” Click here to read...
Beijing hospitals battle staff shortage and patient influx after China’s sudden zero-Covid switch: South China Morning Post
December 14, 2022
Hospitals in China’s capital Beijing are battling staff shortages and struggling to keep their doors open amid a flood of Covid-19 cases a week after the country’s sudden switch from strict pandemic controls to living with the virus. The city reported only 1,027 infections on Tuesday morning but the true scale of cases is believed to be much greater, with residents no longer required to have PCR tests or report their antigen test results. Click here to read...
Chinese vice premier stresses need to ensure smooth transition of COVID-19 response phases: Xinhuanet
December 14, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Tuesday stressed the importance of meticulously implementing various measures to optimize COVID-19 prevention and control, and ensuring the smooth transition of the country's COVID-19 response phases. Click here to read...
China outlines central, local government roles in rural revitalization drive: Xinhuanet
December 14, 2022
China has specified the roles of related central authorities, as well as the roles of local governments, in promoting and steering the country's campaign of revitalizing the countrysideClick here to read...
Chinese mainland reports 2,249 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
December 14, 2022
The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 2,249 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. The nucleic acid testing is now conducted on a voluntary basis and many asymptomatic carriers would no longer take the testing, making it impossible to monitor the accurate statistics of such carriers, the commission said, adding that the number of asymptomatic carriers will no longer be published. A total of 3,357 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Tuesday, said the commission in its daily report. Click here to read...
Rural e-commerce development helps farmers expand into new markets” Qiushi
December 14, 2022
With the help of e-commerce platforms, a county in northwest China's Shaanxi Province is now selling its famous jujubes nationwide, supplying a strong boost to the local agriculture sector. Click here to read...
Drive to modernize will boost prosperity: China Daily
December 14, 2022
China's ambitious target of achieving socialist modernization for its 1.4 billion people against the odds of an aging population, when accomplished, will shift the world's prosperity eastward, according to experts and various publications. Click here to read...
Indian front-line troops urged to show restraint: China Daily
December 14, 2022
China demanded on Tuesday that India strictly manage and restrain its front-line troops to jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border region following the latest clashes between the two countries' troops. Click here to read...
China to roll out second booster shot among elderly, high risk and people with chronic diseases: Global Times
December 14, 2022
China’s top health body issued a plan to roll out second booster shot on Wednesday. High risk groups: elderly above 60 years and people with underlying diseases, weak immune system, who received the first boost shot, will be the first to receive the second booster. Click here to read...
