Xi extends condolences over mudslide disaster in Nepal
Xi extends condolences over mudslide disaster in Nepal
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Body of senior national political advisor Chen Wu cremated
The body of Chen Wu, vice chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was cremated in Beijing on Friday. President Xi Jinping and other senior leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state, including Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding
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China adopts new law to strengthen healthcare security
Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt a new law on healthcare security to improve healthcare services and strengthen the country's healthcare security system. The law, passed at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027
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China to continue contributing to world development: top economic planner
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior official with China's top economic planner on Friday said China's contributions to world development are tangible and its opportunities accessible, while rejecting the so-called China squeeze narrative as an attack and smear against China based on zero-sum thinking.China has been 'setting up ladders' through concrete actions to support the industrialization and green development of developing countries, said Li Chao, spokesperson of the National Development and Reform Commission, at a press conference held by the commission on Friday.There is no single modernization model in the world, nor universally applicable modernization standards, Li said. The misleading narrative presumes that all countries must pursue modernization using the same model and standards, or they would squeeze others' development space. This logic is completely wrong, he said.In just a few decades, China has completed the industrialization process that took developed countries several hundred years. It has acheived this goal by relying on institutional innovation and path exploration suited to its national conditions. This has not only provided valuable reference for other developing countries, but also contributed Chinese solutions and wisdom to humanity's exploration of better social systems, Li said.While maintaining a reasonable share of manufacturing, China has actively promoted the optimization and upgrading of its industrial structure, improving the quality and variety of products and services to safeguard people's livelihoods while creating high-quality employment, so that the fruits of industrialization benefit all the people more extensively and equitably, he added.China has always been a companion on the Global South's modernization path and a sharer of development opportunities, supporting countries in pursuing modernization paths suited to their national conditions with pragmatic actions, Li said.China's exported clean energy products h...
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5.1-magnitude quake hits SW China's Sichuan: CENC
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Longchang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 1:13 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 29.23 degrees north latitude and 105.22 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a
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China to provide emergency aid to mudslide-hit area in Nepal: CPC meeting
China to provide emergency aid to mudslide-hit area in Nepal: CPC meeting
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Lead ship of China's second-generation guided-missile destroyers retires
The Harbin, the first second-generation domestically built guided-missile destroyer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, was decommissioned on Friday in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, after more than 30 years of service.
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Barrier lake forms upstream of Gyirong Port at China-Nepal border
A barrier lake has emerged upstream of Gyirong Port in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region following a mudslide that struck the border area on Wednesday morning. Holding an estimated 2.5 million cubic meters of water, the lake continues to expand as loose landslide deposits on both banks shift, posing potential safety risks to the rescue teams. Relevant authorities are closely monitoring hydrological and geological conditions and conducting risk assessments.
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Powered pontoon bridge helps evacuate flood-stranded villagers
Typhoon Narra brought torrential rain to Chongzuo, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, prompting rescue teams to deploy a powered pontoon bridge to deliver supplies and evacuate villagers cut off by flooding. (Produced by Xu Zheqi, Li Zhuoman and intern Shen Shichun)
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Shenzhou-23 astronauts complete first series of extravehicular activities
The Shenzhou-23 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits SW China's Sichuan: CENC
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Longchang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 1:13 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 29.23 degrees north latitude and 105.22 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a
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Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting on Gyirong County mudslide rescue efforts
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday chaired a Party leadership meeting to deliberate and make arrangements on rescue and relief efforts after a devastating mudslide hit Gyirong County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
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Chinese Embassy in Nepal rebuts ‘fake news’ claims over devastating mudslide in border areas, urges cooperation for saving lives
The Chinese Embassy in Nepal has rebutted two pieces of fake news relating to the devastating mudslide in China-Nepal border areas, including a claim that the collapse of a geological-disaster dam on the Chinese side caused major losses in Nepal.
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2026 China-South Africa Human Rights Seminar held in Hangzhou
The 2026 China-South Africa Human Rights Seminar was held in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday, with around 60 participants reaching consensus on advancing human rights through common modernization.
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