Chinese navy icebreaker completes survey mission

07:37, February 01, 2021

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  To contain China, mission impossible: spokesperson

  File photoBEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- It is an impossible task to contain China, a Chinese military spokesperson said Thursday.Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a press conference in response to a media query on the military relations between China and the United States during and after the Trump administration.China-US relations experienced severe difficulties during the Trump administration, with the military ties between the two sides facing numerous risks and challenges, Wu noted."Facts have proven that to contain China is a mission impossible and will only end up shooting oneself in the foot," Wu said.Wu called on the new US administration to work with the Chinese side, in the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, to strengthen dialogue, focus on cooperation, and manage and control divergences, so as to promote the sound and steady development of bilateral ties.At the beginning of the year, the two militaries carried out practical exchanges on several occasions, Wu said, noting that the two sides held a video-based work meeting on searching for the remains of American war captives and missing persons on Jan. 26 and 27, which demonstrated the importance China attaches to the humanitarian concerns of the US side.Wu called on the United States to work with China toward the same goal, properly address Chinas concerns related to bilateral military ties, and push their military relations forward along the right track.

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  Medics return home after accomplishing missions in Hebei

  Members of medical assistance teams wave goodbye to people seeing them off at an airport in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, Jan. 30, 2021. Medical assistance teams from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, both in east China, took flights back to Nanjing City in Jiangsu and Hangzho

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  I will never forget my 11 years in the UK: Chinese envoy

  As 2021 brings fresh opportunities and new hopes, I will be heading home upon completing my 11-year-tour of office as the eleventh ambassador of New China to the UK. I am the longest-serving both in the history of China-UK relations and of all Chinese ambassadors of all time. In these 11 year