China’s top divers qualify for Paris Olympics at national championship

China’s elite diving athletes Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi have secured spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning gold at the national diving championship on Wednesday in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province. Over 200 divers are competing at the annual event that will last till Tuesday. An analyst told the Global Times on […]

China sets medal record at Asian Games with 201 golds

China once again dominated the Asian Games by bagging 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals in Hangzhou, surpassing its record of 199 gold medals in 2010. But the harvest in Hangzhou goes beyond winning medals. The national swimming team is the biggest contributor to the medal tally, as they took home 28 gold, […]

Bane and boon of fandom culture

With the rise of social media networks and involvement of capital, fandom culture as a niche subculture has attracted more and more attention from the mainstream.  From an external perspective, the rapid advancement of technology and social media platforms have served as prerequisites, while investment from the capital market has fueled its development. As to […]

Beijing Design And Art Expo kicks off focusing on lifestyle

The Beijing Design And Art Expo, one of the key events of the Beijing International Design Week, opened on Thursday at the China National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing.   Taking the theme Rejuvenating Life, the expo covers three distinctive units: Beauty of Technology, Beauty of Taste and Beauty of Life.  With 17,000 square meters of […]

Indonesia: Business forum and Indonesia Night held in Beijing

The Indonesia-China Business Forum and Indonesia Night were successfully held in Beijing to promote Indonesian culture and seek economic cooperation between the two countries. A total of 250 people from the Chinese business community and various business sectors in Indonesia attended the event.  Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun presided over the forum and stated […]

China-ASEAN cooperation under BRI provides tangible benefits for region, gives impetus for future growth: Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Center

Editor's Note: On October 18, 2023, as the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) came to a conclusion, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced eight major steps China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation in a keynote speech. Benefiting over 150 countries, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the most popular […]

Argentina: China-Argentina friendship exchange concert

The Central Conservatory of Music held a China-Argentina Friendship Exchange Concert  with the support of the Embassy of Argentina in China and the National University of the Arts in Argentina. The finale of the concert, "Jasmine Tango," was performed by the Central Conservatory of Music Chinese Chamber Orchestra. This piece was composed for the Tango […]

Xiconomics in Practice: Under Xi's leadership, China moves swiftly to help private sector tackle challenges, achieve sound devt

Editor's Note: Since 2012, China has witnessed an extraordinary economic transition, with historic achievements in all aspects of the economy from its size to quality. Such an unparalleled feat does not just happen, especially during a tumultuous period in the global geo-economic landscape and a tough phase in China's economic transformation and upgrading process. It […]

GT investigates: US scapegoats China for fentanyl crisis but illness rooted in decades of painkiller abuse, FDA-pharmacy collusion

The US is plagued with a drug abuse problem more acute than any other countries as 12 percent of global drug users come from the North American country, two times higher than the proportion of its population.  Provisional data indicates that nearly 110,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, the highest of all time, […]

Indonesia: Business forum and Indonesia Night held in Beijing

The Indonesia-China Business Forum and Indonesia Night were successfully held in Beijing to promote Indonesian culture and seek economic cooperation between the two countries. A total of 250 people from the Chinese business community and various business sectors in Indonesia attended the event.  Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun presided over the forum and stated […]