
The author is the deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and director of Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanxi Agricultural University (Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences).

In a technology park in Shanghai's Xuhui district, 58-year-old Zhang Wei is fine-tuning a drone used for agricultural inspection. With 35 years of experience as an aircraft mechanic, he remains one of the most reliable technicians in the factory.

Shen emphasized that Chinese judges have extensive experience in dealing with complex cases and coordinating across departments, which has contributed to the success of the mediation approach.The term of Gao, the first Chinese national to serve on the tribunal, runs until June 30. In June 2023, Gao was elected as First Vice-President of the tribunal.

China's top prosecutor said Monday that crimes committed by minors and crimes against minors both declined in the first 11 months of 2025, marking what officials described as the first simultaneous drop in recent years.

Waking up in a sheep shed at an altitude of 4,500 meters left an indelible mark on Bai Pingyan. For that field survey in the Xizang autonomous region, the worksite was a full day's drive from their Lhasa base. With no nearby housing, the shed became their only shelter.

Six people were injured after a blast at a government dockyard in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday morning, according to local media reports.

A video shows a mother and her daughter from China's Taiwan province deliberately knocked down by a woman while they were crossing a street in Shibuya, Tokyo recently, sparking widespread discussion in Taiwan after the footage of the incident went viral.
Jennifer Wu, a Chinese Canadian animation director and visual development artist whose work is followed closely across North America, Europe, and Asia, said China has played a particularly meaningful role in her story of international recognition.

A growing number of teachers are expanding their presence from the classroom to the smartphone. From subject tutoring to comedy skits set on campus, teacher-vloggers have become a popular, yet increasingly contentious, fixture on China's shortvideo platforms.
Free trains and dedicated buses are helping a large number of migrant workers return to jobs after the Spring Festival holiday, especially those traveling from China's central and western regions to the eastern seaboard.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed in western Balikesir province early Wednesday, killing its pilot, according to the country's Ministry of National Defense.

The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the University of California (UC) for what it described as "engaging in a hostile work environment against Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff at its University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus."

Record travel volumes were expected across China on Monday, the final day of the Spring Festival holiday, as highways, rail stations and airports nationwide filled with people returning to work and school after the Chinese New Year break.

One traffic police officer was killed and two others were injured following the detonation of an unidentified device at Savyolovsky Station Square in Moscow, the Russian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
An armed police officer on duty at Dakaihe Border Inspection Station in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province.On an average, officers check about 15,000 vehicles, 42,000 travelers and over 8,000 metric tons of cargo per day.
For people in China, February often means the excitement of Spring Festival, but in Europe, the wet, gloomy skies can make it a miserable time. So it's "a happy accident" that this is the very time when London's Kew Gardens holds its annual Orchid Festival, which has a China theme this year.

A man was shot dead by U.S. Secret Service agents and local police early Sunday morning after an unauthorized entry into the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago, an estate in Palm Beach, Florida, owned by President Donald Trump.

China's Spring Festival travel rush hit a historic high on February 20, with daily cross-regional passenger trips exceeding 350 million, according to data released by the Ministry of Transport on Saturday.
Eight skiers have been killed and one remains missing following an avalanche on Tuesday in Nevada County, US Northern California, local authorities said Wednesday.

The meeting stressed that fireworks retail outlets are strictly prohibited from operating in mixed-use buildings that have retail space on the ground floor and residential units above.

Britain's King Charles III issued a public statement on Thursday after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the king's younger brother and former British prince, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, saying he received the news with "the deepest concern."

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Britain's ex-prince and King Charles III's younger brother, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday, British media outlets reported.

Twelve people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks retail store in central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said.

China's Supreme People's Court has issued a landmark ruling, clarifying that drivers remain criminally responsible as the operator of a vehicle even when its assisted driving systems are active.

Ten people, including a suspected shooter, were found dead following a mass shooting in a town in northeastern British Columbia on Tuesday, Canadian police said.

China has the ability to halt the decline in fixed-asset investment and push for a gradual stabilization in 2026, but it will hinge on restoring private-sector confidence and aligning investment policy more closely with structural reforms, leading economists said.

As the country's biggest holiday approaches, the Chinese New Year — especially this year's extended nine-day break — has become a critical period for consumption, offering a vital window for retailers to bolster their performance.
Across China's major cities, a quiet migration known as Lao Piao— literally "elderly drifters" — is unfolding as older adults leave their hometowns to help care for grandchildren in urban households.

Farmers in Spain and Portugal say crops worth millions of euros have been wiped out after a so-called storm train of consecutive devastating weather fronts caused torrential rain and high winds across the Iberian Peninsula, wreaking havoc, leaving fields flooded and leading to several deaths.

Chinese courts provided judicial assistance to more than 128,600 individuals in 90,400 cases from 2023 to 2025, significantly alleviating hardships for many in need, an official from China's top court said on Friday.
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