Winter supplies orders surge in Yiwu

Editor's Note: With the onset of the cold winter weather, the "warm economy" in Yiwu is thriving. There has been a significant rise in demand for winter products from both domestic and international buyers, resulting in a surge of orders for gloves, hats, scarves, and other winter accessories. Photos: Li Hao/GT

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 […]

Chinese speed skaters make breakthroughs at World Cup

Chinese speed skaters made some breakthroughs at the speed skating World Cup in Beijing over the weekend, as they totaled two silver and four bronze medals in the three-day competition. Ning Zhongyan has become the marquee name for the Chinese speed skating team this year as he bagged one silver and two bronze medals in […]

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, […]

Fingerprint art project helps elderly people with no family

With the name Temple of Heaven, an artwork jointly created by Chinese contemporary artist Zou Cao and “isolated elders,” or elderly people who have no family, has recently been finished and revealed to the public.  The art piece took Zou and his partners two months to create. There are 10 different versions of the art prints. […]

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 […]

China takes proactive role in de-escalation efforts amid Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Even since the eruption of the recent Israeli-Palestine conflict, China has taken a proactive role in de-escalation, collaborating with the international community to spare efforts to bring an end to the fighting, safeguard civilian lives, and provide humanitarian aid. In recent days, the Chinese Government's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun has […]

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, […]