In response to remarks by US President Donald Trump during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on his state visit to the UK — in which Trump again criticized the Biden administration’s Afghanistan policy, said his government was preparing to retake control of the Bagram Air Base, repeatedly stressed its strategic value, called such a move necessary, and even sought to link it to China by claiming the base is close to China’s nuclear facilities — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated on Friday that…
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The Afghan government has quickly responded to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the US has been working to regain the facility, the Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, rejecting the idea of a renewed presence for the US military in the country, while left the door open for “political and economic relations,” The New York Times reported on Friday. During a news conference on Thursday with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump said that his administration had been working to reclaim the Bagram Air Base, which US…
The container ship Istanbul Bridge completed loading its final container at Berth 7 of the Beiyi Container Terminal in Ningbo Zhoushan Port, East China’s Zhejiang Province, on Monday. It is scheduled to depart on September 24 for Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, via the Arctic shipping route, marking the official launch of the world’s first China-Europe Arctic container express route. The route, operated by the Chinese-invested shipping company Sea Legend, cuts the shipping period by 22 days compared with traditional routes and reduces carbon emissions by about 50 percent.…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a response to a number of countries recognizing a Palestinian state, according to multiple media reports. “You are giving a huge prize to terrorism,” Netanyahu said in a video statement, according to the Associated Press. “And I have another message for you. It will not happen. There will be no Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. For years, l have prevented the establishment of this terrorist state despite tremendous pressure both domestically and internationally. We did this with determination and we did it…
China Meteorological Administration has activated the Level II emergency response for major meteorological disasters (typhoons) as Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful typhoon of this year, is approaching, CCTV News reported on Monday. The 18th typhoon of this year, Ragasa super typhoon level, was located about 570 kilometers northeast of Manila, the Philippines, at 8 am on Monday. The maximum wind force near its center reached above Level 17, 62 meters per second. It is moving westward at a speed of approximately 20-25 kilometers per hour and is expected to enter…
HEFEI — The list of 2025 China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises was released Saturday at the World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province. Jointly issued by the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) and the China Enterprise Directors Association (CEDA), the ranking has been published for 21 years in a row, highlighting the consistent progress of China’s manufacturing sector. Based on companies’ operating revenue, the list shows that the threshold for entry rose from 11.09 billion yuan ($1.56 billion) at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) to…
The second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau successfully conducted the Jimu 1 tethered balloon atmospheric observation experiment in Lunang town, Nyingchi, Xizang autonomous region. The tethered balloon, which carried 16 types of scientific payloads across three major categories weighing about 200 kilograms, ascended to 5,500 meters above sea level. Through coordinated multi-payload observations, the experiment marked a technological leap from single-point sampling to three-dimensional monitoring. Zhang Taihua, a senior engineer at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the experiment accurately obtained…
Washington urged to provide open, fair business environment for Chinese firms President Xi Jinping has urged the United States to avoid taking unilateral trade restrictive measures in order to prevent undermining the achievements from multiple rounds of economic and trade consultations. Xi made the remarks during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Friday. Both leaders had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on current China-US relations and issues of mutual concern, providing strategic guidance for the stable development of bilateral ties in the next stage. The…
Inside a workshop of Jilin SSK Electromechanical Co in Northeast China in late August, robotic arms moved with precision as workers performed final adjustments on a shipment of machines bound for Russia. The shipment marked the fourth delivery to Northeast Asia this year by the company, a manufacturer of intelligent poultry slaughtering and deep processing equipment in Siping, Jilin province. From January to July, Jilin SSK’s total foreign trade value surged to 31.96 million yuan ($4.48 million), jumping 612.3 percent year-on-year, with exports to countries in the region reaching 17.13…
Global pharmaceutical leader Novartis will deepen its investment in China, buoyed by an accelerating innovation ecosystem and regulatory reforms in the country, two senior executives said. During a recent interview with China Daily, Shreeram Aradhye, president of development and chief medical officer, and Patrick Horber, president of its international unit, expressed strong confidence in the Chinese market and emphasized the company’s commitment to local collaboration in research, development, and commercialization. “The world now sees China as not only a fast follower to other innovation, but also a source of new…