With Israeli-Palestinian conflict or not, IMEEC is just a castle in the air

The outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has cast a shadow over the US' Middle East strategy. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), which received Washington's support at the G20 summit last month, was once touted as a Western competitor to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). US President Joe Biden called it a "really […]

China, EU conduct ‘productive talks’ during high-level dialogue, agree to set up financial working group

China and EU have concluded productive talks during the 10th High-level Economic and Trade Dialogue through candid and pragmatic discussions addressing investment, trade, industrial and supply chain issues as well as financial cooperation, with the two sides reaching consensus on them, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The dialogue, which came amid a profoundly […]

‘Asian Games economy’ strong enough to resist Western slander

The successful hosting of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province has made a splash, but some Western media outlets, habitually looking at China through a biased lens, maliciously manipulate public opinion by making use of the multi-sport event as a tool to discredit the Chinese economy. However, their hype surrounding a "collapse […]

Hui Ka Yan subject to mandatory measures: China Evergrande Group

Hui Ka Yan, the founder of real estate developer China Evergrande Group has been placed under mandatory measures, the group said in a filing it sent to Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday. China Evergrande said it received notification from relevant authorities that Hui Ka Yan, an executive director of the company and chairman of […]

Chinese scientists discover new strategic mineral crucial for high-tech components

China National Nuclear Corp announced on Thursday that a key strategic mineral named Niobobaotite was discovered by three Chinese scientists. It is the 13th new mineral discovered in the past 70 years since the establishment of China's uranium geology system, and has great application and economic potential.  Discovered by researchers Ge Xiangkun, Fan Guang and […]

No confirmed evidence shows existence of sequelae after recovery from coronavirus: epidemiologist

There is no confirmed evidence in academia that shows the existence of sequelae after recovery from contracting coronavirus, said a senior Chinese epidemiologist in response to the public's concerns on Wednesday. Chong Yutian, chief physician of Internal Medicine at the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of the Sun Yat-sen University and deputy director of Guangzhou Huangpu Makeshift […]

China to build constellation of very-low Earth orbit satellites

China is planning on building up a constellation of very-low Earth orbit satellites, and the first launch will be this September, the Global Times learned from China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) on Wednesday. Very-low Earth orbit refers to an altitude of 150 to 300 kilometers away from the Earth. Compared with traditional orbits, […]

China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform put into operation

China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform has been successfully launched and made accessible to the public in South China's Hainan Province.  The platform, built by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), has a total area of about 670 square meters. As an important raw material for nuclear power, uranium resources have been described as the […]