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A cargo vessel transiting waters off Yemen's southern coast exchanged fire with an armed craft carrying six people, forcing the small boat to withdraw, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday.

Chang Jung-kung, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, will attend the conference of the 18th Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on June 13.

Wang Huning, China's top political advisor, has emphasized the need to safeguard social stability and advance modernization in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Chang Jung-kung, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, will attend the conference of the 18th Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on June 13.

The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Geopolitical conflicts have been flaring up, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and the UN-centered global human rights governance system is facing unprecedented challenges.

When asked to comment on the claim by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities that a Chinese mainland coast guard vessel entered the so-called “restricted waters” of the Dongsha Island on June 5, triggering a vessel standoff, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday denounced "Taiwan independence" separatist forces for their habitual smear tactics against cross-Straits exchanges, calling their attempt to politicize a zoo animal exchange program between the Shanghai and Taipei zoos

The giant panda Hua Ni (also known as Ai Bao) at Everland Resort, the largest theme park in South Korea, gave birth to a female cub weighing over 170 grams on June 3 at 10:53 am, the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda said on Wednesday via its official WeChat account.