China’s third medical expert team to assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in fighting Ebola arrived in Kinshasa, the DRC capital, on Aug. 1, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday.
Consumer associations across China handled 985,928 complaints in the first half of 2026, down 1.01% from a year earlier. Of these, resolving 567,926 cases, helping consumers recover 447 million yuan ($66.2 million), the China Consumers Association said Wednesday.
A family of three stray cats at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport in Gansu Province has become a popular photo spot after being appointed as the airport’s “mouse control officers.”
China's newly promulgated Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law has elicited a predictable response from certain Western media outlets. Whenever ethnic unity is referenced, some Western critics rush to frame it as "assimilation" or a push for uniform national identity.
The global popularity of “China travel” is igniting a retail frenzy, with Shanghai recording a near three-fold increase in departure tax refund applications in the first half of 2026, CCTV News reported.
Extreme weather contributed to a month-on-month decline in online registrations of second-hand home sales in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in July, according to the local real estate agents association.
All 30 weak-current buildings along the Chongqing section of the Chengdu Chongqing Central High Speed Railway have had their main structures topped out, China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. announced on Tuesday.
"Chinamaxxing," a social media buzzword describing immersion in all things Chinese, is reshaping inbound tourism as more international visitors move beyond sightseeing to embrace culture, technology and daily life.
Shanghai recorded more than 4 million total inbound and outbound trips between July 1 and August 4 this summer, averaging 117,000 daily, Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection announced on Wednesday.
The Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, has emerged as a major destination for AI investment, with several companies securing funding worth billions of yuan this year.
The 2026 China-Africa Friendship Tour—Shandong meets Africa Cultural Gala opened in Jinan, Shangdong Province on Tuesday.
Chinese boy Huang Sixing claimed gold in the 9-11 age group 30-second single rope event at the 2026 Asian Jump Rope Championships with an incredible 234 skips in just 30 seconds, shattering the world record.
The first-ever shipment of fresh guavas from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, was exported to Singapore on Tuesday, marking a new addition to the city’s fruit export portfolio. The consignment weighed 6.4 metric tons.
Fang Taozi, the main character in the viral AI-generated Chinese short drama “The Girl Who Was Laid Off,” has begun promoting products online, with reported advertising rates reaching as high as 258,000 yuan ($38,200) per video, drawing both cheers from fans and doubts from netizens who question the credibility of products promoted by a non-human character.
Northwest China's Qinghai Province recorded a net inflow of $142 million in bank-handled cross-border receipts and payments for clients in the first half of 2026, up 80% year-on-year, according to the third regular press conference of 2026 held by the Qinghai Branch of the People’s Bank of China on Tuesday.
China successfully sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit on Tuesday from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
A male West African manatee calf named Bixin has turned one month old at Chimelong Spaceship, an indoor theme park in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, joining China’s largest captive conservation population of the species.
Yanji Airport in northeast China's Jilin Province handled 230,300 passenger trips in July, a single-month record, the airport said Tuesday.
Fuel surcharges on domestic flights in China were cut again on Wednesday, the third reduction since June, as the summer travel season hits its peak.
Chinese tech giant Huawei has denied a nationwide removal or ban on a traditional toy known as "bamboo cicada," after a viral video compared its buzzing sound to the cheers heard at a 2023 Huawei product launch, sparking complaints about the brand.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced on Tuesday that it will conduct a 500 billion yuan (about $69.6 billion) outright reverse repo operation on Wednesday.
A new wave of inbound tourism is sweeping China this summer, with international visitors seeking deeper local experiences under the banner of “China Cool.”
China's meteorological authorities said on Tuesday that El Nino conditions strengthened in June and July 2026 and are expected to develop into a strong to super event, peaking in autumn and winter before weakening in spring and summer 2027.
China's services trade totaled 3.78 trillion yuan (about $526.4 billion) in the first half of 2026, up 8.3% year on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).
Weekly outpatient and emergency visits for COVID-19 in Taiwan rose to 18,990 in the week ending Saturday, Aug. 1, up from 10,605 a week earlier, the healthcare department in Taiwan said Tuesday.
China recorded its second hottest July on record, with the national average temperature reaching 23.5 degrees Celsius, the China Meteorological Administration said Tuesday.
A conversation between Chinese podcaster Zhong Shu and British American filmmaker Christopher Nolan about his new film The Odyssey has gone viral on Western social media, drawing tens of millions of views and igniting broad debate over media, education and public culture in the United States.
The path of severe Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of 2026, is expected to become clearer by Thursday, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said Tuesday.
A cooperative under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is sun-drying Hami melons to extend shelf life and reduce waste during the peak harvest season.
The Chinese Embassy in South Korea has rejected recent media reports that claimed Chinese tourists are the core growth engine in the casino industry in South Korea. The embassy urged Seoul to tighten oversight of the casino industry and curb gambling-related solicitation targeting Chinese visitors.
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