The Taklimakan Desert, known as the "Sea of Death," has been completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt stretching 3,046 kilometers, said local authorities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Xinhua News Agency reported.  Satellite remote sensing images show that this is the world's longest green ecological barrier surrounding a desert, the Xinjiang […]

China strongly condemns the US' arranging for leader of China's Taiwan region Lai Ching-te's "stopover" and has lodged serious protests with the US, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region, firmly opposes any trip by leader of the Taiwan […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reportedly didn't get meeting he sought with US president-elect Donald Trump, who though met with Argentina's President Javier Milei last week. Observers said that the cold shoulder Ishiba received may be a sign that Japan may not be marked as a priority on the diplomatic agenda of the next US […]