The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran, fueling tensions in the region.

The China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation has ushered in a "golden period" of rapid development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday as he landed here for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 and a state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

In 1999, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky sent $5,000 to Chinese farmer Yin Yuzhen after learning of her fight against desertification in the Maowusu Sandy Land in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Instead of spending the money on herself, Yin used it to buy better saplings. Decades later, those trees have transformed once-barren sands into a vast green landscape. Reunited after 27 years, the two came together in August 2026 to plant a commemorative tree. (Produced by Fan Liuyi, Ni Tao, Di Jingyuan, Yu Xingxin, Geng Ziyun, Li Zhiyao, Zhao Jingfeng, Li Mingzhi, intern Wang Shuyi and intern Xiang Xueying)

Check out this unique Ming Dynasty blue-and-white piece on display at the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. While it is a Chinese artifact, its shape was modeled after 14th-century West Asian metalwork used in Islamic prayer, making it a 600-year-old "crossover" piece of cultural fusion. With the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit right around the corner in Bishkek, this precious artifact documenting East-West cultural exchange once again stands as a witness to Silk Road exchanges in the new era.

Joint rescue teams raced against time to reach the front lines, into the heart of Gyirong Port, where search-and-rescue operations entered a crucial stage after a mudslide in Nepal on August 26 struck the border port of Gyirong in Xigaze, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The barrier lake above mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has basically drained, forming a flowing state of the river channel, China's Ministry of Water Resources said Sunday, citing drone footage and panoramic images captured in the morning and reports from

​The 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges was launched to deepen dialogue between the two civilizations.

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An avalanche of ice and rock originating from a high-mountain glacier in Nepal has been identified as the cause of a devastating mudslide that struck Gyirong Port in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The glacier, equivalent in size to more than 60 football fields, collapsed and struck Gyirong Port at the speed of a bullet train, said Su Pengcheng, a professor of engineering at Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on August 30. The event lasted only six to seven minutes, but resulted in the catastrophic destruction of Gyirong Port. (Source: China News Service; Produced by Wang Ruofan and Heng Shimin)

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran, fueling tensions in the region.

"With mutual benefit as our driving force, we have delivered real benefits to our people," wrote President Xi Jinping in a signed article published in Kyrgyz media ahead of his state visit to the Central Asian country. Today in Ak-Olon village, water is flowing through the China-aided Kyrgyzstan Irrigation System Renovation Project – transforming dry fields and improving the lives of more than 20,000 people. Watch to learn a story of change, growth and friendship.

Why has China's NEV industry been able to succeed? It benefits from a unique institutional advantage.

Gyirong County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region is expected to see more rainfall in the coming days, with significant nighttime precipitation, the National Meteorological Center said on Sunday.

Serbia's first robot factory officially began production in the western city of Sabac on Saturday local time. Jointly built by China and Serbia, it is also Europe's first mass-production base for humanoid robots. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, attending the launch ceremony, called the project

A glacier in Nepal collapsed at an altitude of about 5,200 meters at around 10:52 a.m. on Wednesday, triggering an ice-rock avalanche that developed into a massive mudslide, Su Pengcheng, a researcher at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said