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Choral concert held in New Zealand to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
Chinese and New Zealand artists performed together at a choral concert in Wellington on Wednesday evening in celebration of the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.Maori artists and performers from Shenzhen Star Bright Choir enchanted the audience with 17 choral pieces from the two countries.
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Innovative rural governance powers China...
Innovative rural governance powers China’s modernization
Editor's Note: China's rural revitalization is often discussed in policies and statistics. But what does it truly look like on the ground, especially in the eyes of foreign visitors? In this "Village Walk" series, the Global Times invites foreign visitors who have explored China's villages
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Tunisia nabs 5 drug traffickers, seizes 2,650 pills intended for youth
Tunisian security units in the eastern Sousse province arrested five suspected drug traffickers overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, seizing about 2,650 psychotropic pills intended for sale to young people, private radio station Mosaique FM reported.The arrests followed over two weeks of
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Young Americans see China for themselves...
Young Americans see China for themselves and something clicks
Watch young visitors from the US have their assumptions challenged while traveling across Hainan, south China's island province.This video features unfiltered sound bites from American delegates: a student compares real‑world performance between DeepSeek and overseas AI tools; a finance analyst
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Defense spokesperson responds to whether...
Defense spokesperson responds to whether Iraq has formally requested to purchase Chinese-made air defense systems
China and Iraq maintain friendly relations between the two countries and two militaries, and both sides continue to engage in exchanges and cooperation, playing a constructive role in promoting regional and global peace and stability, Jiang Bin, spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of National Defense,
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Thailand unveils national chip strategy, eyes 80 bln USD investment by 2050
Thailand unveiled its first national semiconductor strategy on Thursday, aiming to attract about 80 billion U.S. dollars in cumulative investment by 2050 as it seeks to move beyond chip assembly into design and front-end manufacturing.The plan, approved by the National Semiconductor and Advanced
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Premier Li Qiang says China to ease mark...
Premier Li Qiang says China to ease market access, boost digital trade
China will further ease market access and improve policies for cross-border e-commerce retail imports, Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday, pledging to share opportunities in its market with other countries.Addressing the opening ceremony of the Fifth Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, east
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Record small boat migrants arrive in Britain in one day in 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrived in Britain after crossing the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, Sky News reported Thursday.The figure marked the highest number of such arrivals in a single day so far this year, surpassing the previous daily record for 2026 of 752 people set on July 29.A
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German institutes raise 2026 growth fore...
German institutes raise 2026 growth forecast to 1.3 pct
Germany's leading economic institutes on Thursday raised their growth forecast for the country's economy this year to 1.3 percent, up 0.7 percentage points from their spring projection, citing a stronger-than-expected recovery in the first half of 2026.The German economy has been on an upswing
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Chinese naval escort task group arrives ...
Chinese naval escort task group arrives in Myanmar for goodwill visit
The 48th escort task group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy arrived at Yangon Port on Thursday afternoon, starting a five-day goodwill visit to Myanmar.More than 300 people, including staff members from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, representatives of the local Chinese
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Chinese embassy holds reception in Ghana...
Chinese embassy holds reception in Ghana to mark 77th anniversary of PRC
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana late Tuesday held a reception to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
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Death toll from capsized ship in Indonesia rises to 42
The death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 42 on Thursday, with 93 people still missing, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency.All the bodies recovered so far have been taken to Banjarmasin for identification, the agency said.According
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Fiji caters for tourists with mobility c...
Fiji caters for tourists with mobility challenges
Fiji's tourism industry is introducing specialized equipment to make the country's beaches and ocean experiences more accessible to visitors with mobility challenges.Tony Whitton, managing director of Rosie Travel Group, said the industry now has specialized beach access mats and carbon-fiber
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Several injured in multi-vehicle crash in Japan's Kobe
A crash involving ten vehicles, including two trailer trucks, occurred Thursday afternoon in Kobe, western Japan's Hyogo Prefecture, leaving several people injured, local media reported.A man in his 50s was taken to the hospital after being trapped inside a car, while several others sustained minor
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