Even if there are differences between China and Belgium, as long as the two sides mutually respect each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and core interests, they can overcome differences and engage in effective cooperation, which is the key principle underpinning the sound and steady development of China-Belgium relations, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming told […]

Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, became the first senior CPC official to visit the US since the summit meeting between two heads of state in San Francisco last November. Chinese experts believe Liu's visit, apart from allowing inter-party diplomacy to play bigger role in […]

China’s State Council, the country’s cabinet, issued guidelines on Saturday to improve the operating budget system for state-owned capital, in an effort to give more support to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and promote high-quality development of China's economy. The decrees outline detailed measures, aiming to put in place a comprehensive, optimized, smooth and effective budget system […]

The Chinese women's national soccer team is gearing up to face their Asian opponents in the second-stage qualifiers for the Paris Olympics.  The team will be competing in front of a home crowd in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, on October 26.  To secure their place in the third-round qualifiers, they will have to battle […]

The China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) and Global Development Initiative (GDI) are widely welcomed and well received, and if these goals can be achieved, the whole world will applaud, said John L. Thornton, chair emeritus of the US Brookings Institution. He believes the aspiration China has is admirable, and it would be a step forward […]

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed on Wednesday to build a "brighter future" for the country as he scrapped the northern leg of the flagship HS2 rail project and introduced a raft of new measures to shore up support for the ruling Conservative Party as the next general election nears. Announcing the decision […]

The highly anticipated third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation currently underway is expected to not only highlight the achievements of the last decade since the initiative's inception, but also provide a blueprint for the BRI's new era in the next decade, Gan Tian Loo, the vice president of the Association of […]

Scientists identified a new species of fish in the Dangqu River, a source of the Yangtze River, on Monday, bringing the total known fish species in the area from five to six, according to a recent report by the Xinhua News Agency. A member from the Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSRI) captured more than […]

Researchers in China have edited the genes of human embryos to make cells resistant to HIV infection. It’s the second reported case of using molecular scissors called CRISPR/Cas9 to alter genes in human embryos. In the new work, published April 6 in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, the researchers snipped a gene called […]

Fossils of a humanlike species with some puzzlingly ancient skeletal quirks are surprisingly young, its discoverers say. It now appears that this hominid, dubbed Homo naledi, inhabited southern Africa close to 300,000 years ago, around the dawn of Homo sapiens. H. naledi achieved worldwide acclaim in 2015 as a possibly pivotal player in the evolution […]