

The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was ignited Wednesday at the historic site of Ancient Olympia, marking the start of its journey to Italy.


Giant panda Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi return to China on Nov. 25, 2025 from France's Beauval Zoo, while their twin cubs Huan Lili and Yuan Dudu will stay in France until January 2027.

A Chinese national reported missing in Cambodia has been rescued successfully, according to the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Wednesday.

The Chinese Embassy in Japan on Wednesday evening once again reminded Chinese citizens to stay alert to personal safety risks, citing Japan’s deteriorating public security situation in recent years.


Firefighters extinguish the blaze at the scene after a fire breaks out in Wang Fuk Court, a residential area in Tai Po of Hong Kong, on Nov. 26, 2025.

A major fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, Hong Kong, has left 44 people dead and 45 injured, local authorities said at a press conference early Thursday, People’s Daily reported.

The two giant pandas Xiaoxiao and Leilei still in Japan are scheduled to return to China on Feb. 20, 2026, according to the agreement between both countreis. By then, there will be no giant pandas left in Japan.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Wednesday officially began issuing a set of commemorative coins to celebrate 2026, the Year of the Horse.


Hundreds of Japanese citizens gather in front of the Prime Minister's Residence in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025 to protest Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent erroneous Taiwan-related remarks made in the Diet. Demonstrators demand Takaichi to withdraw the remarks, provide an explanation, and issue an apology.

A Chinese spokesperson on Wednesday responded to reports that the suspects involved in the serious assault on two Taiwan compatriots in July have been arrested, and urged the Japanese side to swiftly and severely punish the perpetrators.


First artificially bred spotted seal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau enjoys the winter.


The U.S. President Donald Trump continues the tradition of ceremonially pardoning two turkeys Gobble and Waddle at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S on Nov. 25, 2025. After an online vote, Gobble is selected to go onstage to receive the presidential pardon.

Giant panda Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi returned to China on Wednesday from France's Beauval Zoo, while their twin cubs Huan Lili and Yuan Dudu will stay in France until January 2027, according to the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens.


The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia erupts violently on Nov. 23, 2025, with a towering column of smoke rising straight into the sky.


Track-laying for the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway completed on Tuesday. The Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway is China's northernmost high-speed railway under construction.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning dismissed claims circulating in Japan that it’s the Republic of China (ROC) rather than the People’s Republic of China (PRC) who accepted Japan’s surrender, so the PRC is not in a position to discuss the Taiwan question.
Walking throughUrumqi's Grand Bazaar, a vendor lifted a samsa from the tandoor and pressed it into my hands, flaky, peppery, uncannily close to a Cornish pasty. He began in a volley of Uyghur, then grinned and switched to English, "Hey bro, where are you from?" For a heartbeat I wondered if I had stumbled back to the UK; alas, I was in China's far northwest, Xinjiang.

China's Shenzhou-22 spacecraft successfully completed an autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking with the space station on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

China will launch a series of scientific satellite missions during its 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–2030), focusing on major frontiers such as the origins of the universe, space weather, and life, the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said.

Sanae Takaichi's far-right mindset like toxic octopus tentacles. The international community must stay vigilant and respond firmly to such actions that threaten regional security and hard-won peace.

China launched the Shenzhou-22 spaceship from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday, marking the first emergency launch mission in the country's manned space program.


The 2025 29th Sanya Tianya Haijiao Wedding Festival and Romantic Ceremony grandly opened on Sunday in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. The event featured four themed showcases, including Tang Dynasty-style, Ming Dynasty-style, neo-Chinese style, and Western-style wedding ceremonies, bringing to life the diverse wedding customs of different eras and cultures.


The 27th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, a renowned seasonal theme park in Harbin, officially began construction on Tuesday.

(ECNS) -- The number of planned flight cancellations on routes from China to Japan between Nov. 24 and Dec. 31 has risen by about 56 percent compared with the same period last month, CCTV News reported on Monday.

Chinese former women’s volleyball head coach, Lang Ping, has been awarded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award, according to the IOC website.

China urges Japan to elucidate its self-claimed consistent stance on the Taiwan question, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Monday.

China plans to launch the Shenzhou-22 spaceship on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The fear that Japan, under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is drifting away from its postwar pacifist identity and edging toward a revival of the militarism that once devastated the region is not irrational. To many outside observers, China's warnings may sound exaggerated or politically expedient. But dismissing them overlooks the deep historical trauma that shapes Chinese perceptions—and the political reality no Chinese leader can afford to ignore.

Greece and China, though geographically distant and seemingly isolated from one another, each stand as the cradle of great and enduring civilizations. These two cultures—pillars of the Western and Eastern worlds, respectively—are justly regarded in contemporary scholarship as classical. The foundational principles and values they cultivated continue to underpin the architecture of the modern global order.

Since its launch in 2018, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) has been a vital bridge for global businesses to enter and expand in the Chinese market. Among those capitalizing on this unique platform are Norwegian companies, which have steadily built a more substantial presence in China, driving brand visibility, partnerships, and trade.
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