The Pinglu Canal is expected to shorten transport time, lower logistics costs and strengthen connectivity between China's western inland regions and Southeast Asia, ASEAN diplomats said during a recent visit to south China.

China on Monday urged the United States to stop smearing Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies and threatening them with sanctions, saying such actions lack factual and legal grounds and constitute a typical form of AI hegemony.

Editor's note: Liu Xu is executive director of the Center for International Energy and Environment Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China.

The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo is scheduled to be held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from Sept. 17 to 21, with all preparatory work entering the final phase. This year's expo features an upgraded ASEAN exhibition zone covering around 20,000 square meters, with

Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) closed at 49 yuan (about 7.22 US dollars) on its Shanghai STAR Market debut Monday, up 465.82 percent from its IPO price of 8.66 yuan, with full-day turnover surpassing 140 billion yuan.