Releasing its latest teaser, the second season to popular web drama Joy of Life <慶餘年> has attracted 11.72 million views in just 2 days. Besides showing Sweet Li (李沁) in a stunning wedding outfit, an epic battle of wits between Zhang Ruoyun (張若昀), Chen Daoming (陳道明) and Wu Gang (吳剛), is balanced by several humorous scenes, while the addition of supporting actresses Gina Jin (金晨), Wang Churan (王楚然) and Mao...
A Kuaizhou-1A rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, January 5, 2024. /CMG A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying four meteorological satellites blasted off at 7:20 p.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday. The satellites successfully entered their designated orbit, marking the first win for China's space...
A researcher conducts genetic testing for cancer in the city of Guiyang in Guizhou Province, China, on January 4 Recently, China initiated a series of research and clinical programs aimed at the early detection and treatment of various types of cancer. Under the direction and support of the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education,...
China’s AI market, firms and tech are growing strongly, while the regulatory climate is maturing. Hong Kong can contribute by providing AI talent and funding A woman stands in front of a poster during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6 last year. Photo: AFP If we are in the midst of a global...
The presidents of the world’s two biggest economies have congratulated each other’s countries for 45 years of diplomatic relations The exchange marks a welcome start to the new year for Washington and Beijing after years of tensions amid their growing rivalry China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden exchanged congratulatory messages on Monday, the first day of...
Speaking at event to mark anniversary of US-China relations, Chinese foreign minister says ‘artificial decoupling and containment’ will ‘backfire’ In the speech, Wang also notes progress in resuming military communications, anti-narcotics cooperation and panda exchanges The US and China should not head towards confrontation over their differences but should remove barriers to cooperation, Chinese Foreign...
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, vowed to provide strong and effective support for steady economic growth and high-quality development in 2024 at a work conference held in Beijing from Thursday to Friday. The PBOC said it will work to sustain healthy financing activity while expanding financial opening-up this year as part...
The actress' cause of death was revealed in a statement by her sister, who also shared that Kathy's multiple pets will remain in Beijing and will be cared for by friends. The circumstances surrounding the death of HK actress Kathy Chow, who passed away earlier this month (Dec 11) at the age of 57, has finally been...
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping (pic) vowed on Tuesday (Dec 26) to resolutely prevent anyone from "splitting Taiwan from China in any way", the official Xinhua news agency reported, a little more than two weeks before Taiwan elects a new leader. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the strong objections of the government in...
BEIJING: China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, a senior climate expert said. This year has seen China lurch from some of its hottest temperatures...
