China's only female space flight engineer set to debut in Shenzhou-19 mission

Chinese taikonauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will carry out the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission, scheduled for launch at 4:27 am Wednesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Of the three taikonauts, Wang, the only female […]

Yao Ming steps down as president of Chinese Basketball Association

Yao Ming has stepped down as president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and vice chairman Guo Zhenming was appointed the new chief, it was announced on Thursday. The former Houston Rockets All-Star center was first elected as CBA president in February 2017 and later became chairman of the board of CBA Company. Yao was […]

Witness to history: Chinese vessel captain and evacuees recount thrilling moments and touching rescue efforts to withdraw from Lebanon

Editor's Note: On October 1, as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a ship carrying around 80 Chinese nationals and their foreign family members arrived safely at the Port of Limassol, Cyprus, as part of the country's evacuation operation as tensions continue to rise in […]

Xi inspects east China's Anhui Province

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday afternoon inspected the cities of Anqing and Hefei in east China's Anhui Province. Xi visited the Liuchi Alley in Tongcheng City under Anqing and the Hefei Binhu Science City. During the visits, he learnt about the local efforts to carry forward […]

Remains of late Chinese leader Wu Bangguo cremated in Beijing

The remains of Wu Bangguo, former chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, China's top legislature, were cremated in Beijing on Monday. Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and other leaders paid their final respects to Wu at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Hu Jintao sent a […]

China stands ready to work with Australia to continue properly resolve each other’s concerns, FM spokesperson responds to reported lobster resumption

China stands ready to work with Australia to continue properly resolving issues of each other's concerns through dialogue and consultation, so as to build more mature and stable bilateral relations for the benefit of the two peoples, Mao Ning, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, said at a regular press conference on Thursday, when asked for […]