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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/004/20250825_004_01_33063.png\" /><p>Ethiopian medical professionals attend training at Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co on Thursday, part of a 21-day program in China focused on medical imaging technology.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/004/20250825_004_01_81063.png\" /><p>Online See more by scanning the code.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/004/20250825_004_01_90063.png\" />\n<p> Twenty-four medical professionals from Ethiopia are taking part in a 21-day medical imaging technology training program in China, where they are visiting top-tier and district-level hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai and Jiangsu province and exchanging insights on imaging practices from both developed and developing regions.</p>\n<p> The participants — who are among Ethiopia's top hospital leaders, clinical doctors and imaging technicians — said they were impressed by the cutting-edge radiology technologies and the use of artificial intelligence in clinical settings in China.</p>\n<p> Some expressed optimism that adopting such technologies in Ethiopia could significantly enhance diagnostic and treatment capabilities, particularly in the acute management of conditions such as stroke.</p>\n<p> The program, which began on Aug 15, is hosted by China's Ministry of Commerce and organized by the International Health Exchange and Cooperation Center of the National Health Commission. It aims to foster collaboration between hospitals in the two countries.</p>\n<p> Chinese clinical experts contributed by presenting the latest advancements in CT, PET-CT, and MRI technologies.</p>\n<p> Shi Zhang, a radiologist from Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai, tailored his lectures to Ethiopia's challenges, where stroke treatment rates remain relatively low. His sessions focused on rapid identification of stroke using imaging modalities to prevent treatment delays.</p>\n<p> He also emphasized optimizing existing equipment with AI algorithms to produce high-end diagnostic results with standard machines.</p>\n<p> "It's kind of like taking a photo and then enhancing it with editing tools to produce sharper definition and clearer details," Shi said. "I believe such attempts will have practical value for improving medical services in hospitals at the grassroots and in remote regions."</p>\n<p> In Shanghai, part of the program was held at Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co, which specializes in medical imaging, radiotherapy equipment and life science instruments.</p>\n<p> "In big Chinese cities, AI has already been fully integrated throughout the entire medical imaging process — from patient positioning through diagnosis and follow-up," said Li Chenwei, vice-president of clinical application and clinical marketing for the international business department at Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co.</p>\n<p> "While Ethiopia is at the nascent stage of adopting such technologies, the potential benefits, particularly in standardizing diagnostic procedures, were of great interest to the Ethiopian healthcare professionals," Li said. "Given Ethiopia's large population and the lengthy training period for doctors, AI could play a crucial role in helping establish standardized examination processes there."</p>\n<p> Training participant Tsion Befekadu Beyecha, a medical radiology technologist at Washington Medical Center in Addis Ababa, said medical modalities in her country have not yet integrated AI.</p>\n<p> "The advanced integration of AI in medical imaging here is new to me. Witnessing and experiencing such integration is exciting," she said.</p>\n<p> She added that radiologists are in short supply in Ethiopia.</p>\n<p> "In case of emergency, for example, a hemorrhagic stroke, the diagnosis for the patient requires a rapid result. I saw here that AI modality can detect any hemorrhage, which definitely adds value to patient care," she said.</p>\n<p> Another participant, Yeraeifirae Sileshi, CEO of Waji Healthcare in Holeta, said most participants in the training program were on their first visit to China and were encouraged by the advancements they witnessed.</p>\n<p> "The country is actually way more advanced in the healthcare sector than what we had expected," said Sileshi, who is also a general physician. "I look forward to visiting more public hospitals in China during the program to see their workflow and operations. Together with the advanced machines and technologies that function both accurately and swiftly, it makes it possible to manage the large population of local patients well."</p>\n<p> As part of the effort to build a China-Africa community of health, the National Health Commission launched the CLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><p> Authorities in central China have levied fines totaling nearly 178 million yuan ($25 million) and punished 18 people involved in a major illegal surrogacy case uncovered in Changsha, Hunan province, State broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday.</p>\n<p> The penalties followed a multidepartment investigation launched in May after the Changsha county health bureau received a tip about suspected illegal surrogacy activities in a rented residential property.</p>\n<p> Health, police, law enforcement and market regulation officials conducted a joint inspection that led to the discovery of two unlicensed surrogacy agencies — one in Changsha's Kaifu district and another in Changsha county. Both operations were shut down.</p>\n<p> On Sunday, the Kaifu district government announced that four administrative cases had been filed in connection with the illegal surrogacy network. Five people were penalized, including two organizers who were fined 25.18 million yuan and forced to turn over illicit gains totaling 1.68 million yuan. Related medical equipment and medicines were also seized.</p>\n<p> A doctor involved received a warning, had illegal earnings of 117,500 yuan seized, was fined 30,000 yuan and was suspended from medical practice for one year.Authorities also confiscated 60,000 yuan from a nurse and 10,000 yuan from a lab technician.</p>\n<p> Earlier, the Changsha county administrative law enforcement bureau had launched nine cases against 13 individuals. Four organizers were fined 132.8 million yuan and had illicit revenue of 8.85 million yuan confiscated. Four unlicensed practitioners were fined a combined 19.79 million yuan, with illegal income of 2.8 million yuan seized. One licensed doctor received a warning, had 157,500 yuan confiscated, was fined 30,000 yuan and was suspended from medical practice for one year. Four support staff members also had illicit earnings totaling 598,200 yuan confiscated.</p>\n<p> In May, Elephant News, affiliated with the Henan Broadcasting System, received tips indicating that illegal surrogacy facilities, including surgery and laboratory rooms, were operating in Changsha county and Kaifu district. After several days of investigation, the outlet published an undercover report on May 12 exposing two such organizations.</p>\n<p> One facility in a house in Changsha county was equipped with a laboratory, operating room and patient wards. A large number of medical devices and medications related to embryo transfer and egg retrieval were found on site. Reporters also observed unlicensed vehicles transporting more than 10 women into the facility in a single day.</p>\n<p> Inside one of the wards, reporters discovered a deaf-mute woman participating in the surrogacy program.Using sign language, she said the agency had offered her 280,000 yuan to undergo embryo transfer surgery.</p>\n<p> When Elephant News reporters and law enforcement officers entered another illegal surrogacy site in Kaifu district, they found a woman under anesthesia left alone on the operating table. Several staff members attempted to flee before police arrested them. The woman was taken to a hospital.</p>\n<p> By the evening of May 13, authorities said, 18 people connected to the two agencies had been detained.</p>\n<p> <span>zoushuo@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/005/20250825_005_01_109404.png\" />\n<p> Global experts discussed the historical and legal basis for China's recovery of sovereignty over the South China Sea on Saturday, stressing that it is a key part of the postwar order and must be respected and protected.</p>\n<p> Wu Jilu, head of China Institute for Marine Affairs of the Ministry of Natural Resources, noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.</p>\n<p> Wu said upholding the international order established after World War II is a crucial foundation for lasting peace and stability, with respect for the territorial sovereignty of all nations at its core.</p>\n<p> He added that China's recovery of sovereignty over the Xisha and Nansha islands formed an important part of the postwar order in the South China Sea and should be firmly safeguarded.</p>\n<p> The remarks were made at an international seminar in Beijing attended by more than 40 experts from countries including China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore and the United Kingdom.</p>\n<p> Zhang Shi'ao, an assistant research fellow at the Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies at Nanjing University, echoed Wu's view. He said China's recovery of sovereignty over the South China Sea islands was carried out under international legal instruments such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, which required Japan to surrender territory it had seized illegally.</p>\n<p> "A significant advancement in civilization after World War II was the recognition that acts of war and the use of force are generally illegal," Zhang said. "Territories, including the South China Sea islands seized by Japan from China through illegal means, cannot confer legitimate titles or rights and should revert to China."</p>\n<p> He said China's efforts to reclaim these territories represent "a concrete practice of the postwar international order and rules embodied by the spirit of the UN Charter".</p>\n<p> Anna Malindog-Uy, a professor with the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute, said the South China Sea is "relatively peaceful, stable and secure, except for the Philippines-China bilateral relations" over the waters.</p>\n<p> "It's not necessarily because Filipinos want to quarrel with China," she said. "It's more about the foreign policy that is very much on the side of the United States. And the United States is pushing and pushing, maximizing this kind of foreign policy that is patterned after the United States' foreign policy."</p>\n<p> Malindog-Uy said Washington sees China as its main competitor, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and seeks to weaken China through potential military conflicts over the South China Sea or Taiwan, similar to how it challenges Russia in Europe through Ukraine. Under President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, she said, the Philippines — heavily reliant on the United States — was positioned as a proxy in conflicts with China.</p>\n<p> She said that China's claims to sovereignty over the South China Sea are better supported by historical documents and international law, noting that Chinese vessels were navigating the sea 2,000 years ago during precolonial times.</p>\n<p> Other claimant states such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, however, cite the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. That convention, which China also ratified, gives countries exclusive rights to explore and exploit resources within 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from their coastlines.Malindog-Uy noted the convention concerns resource rights, not sovereignty.</p>\n<p> "To be frank, the problem in the South China Sea cannot be resolved anytime soon," she said, adding that multilateral efforts are vital for managing disputes and easing tensions.</p>\n<p> She emphasized the importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in advancing a code of conduct that is recognized and observed by all nations.</p>\n<p> <span>limenghan@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_29.png\" /><p>At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a human player imitates a malfunctioned robot that needs to be moved out of the field by referees after being knocked down by a robot during the human vs robot soccer match on Aug 17.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_46.png\" /><p>Two robots compete in a boxing match during the games, on Aug 15.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_63.png\" /><p>An award ceremony is held for robot winners of the 100-meter dash competition during the games, on Aug 17.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_169.png\" /><p>From left: An engineer adjusts a robot on Aug 13, during the games. A human performer (middle) and two robots, dressed as terracotta warriors, wait for their turn to participate in the Soul of Terracotta Warrior performance during the opening ceremony of the games on Aug 14.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_148.png\" /><p>Wan Shanlin, a robot operator from Unitree Robotics, poses with a humanoid robot on Aug 17.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_80.png\" /><p>Two robots compete in the 100-meter dash on Aug 17.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_131.png\" /><p>A model interacts with a humanoid robot during the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the games on Aug 13.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/006/20250825_006_01_165.png\" /><p>Online Scan the code to watch the video.</p>\n<p> Since the beginning of the year, humanoid robots have undoubtedly taken center stage.</p>\n<p> No longer confined to sci-fi films, they are gradually becoming "new companions" in real life. On the sports stadium, robot athletes are met with wave upon wave of cheers from the audience.</p>\n<p> From sprinting in a 100-meter dash to teamwork on the field, from precise punches in the boxing ring to flawlessly completing tasks in scenario-based competitions, they have demonstrated remarkable potential, marking a significant step toward the integration of humanoid robots into human life and setting a promising vision for the future.</p>\n<p> At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, when Ruben Michel Beumer and Peter Teurlings from the Netherlands carried a Chinese robot onto the field, holding it overhead like a child, it evoked the image of parents lifting their toddling infants. Generation after generation of researchers has shouldered the weight of their intellectual creations, supporting a future that stretches beyond human footsteps.</p>\n<p> As robots demonstrate improved mobility and environmental interaction, our expectations of artificial intelligence are no longer just about efficiency and intelligence — they now carry a sense of warmth and emotional connection.</p>\n<p> <span>dongsenhe@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> China on Friday announced tightened rules over the mining and processing of rare earths, extending enhanced regulations to imported minerals and requiring enterprises to report the flow of the strategic materials monthly.</p>\n<p> The rules were released as guidelines on the implementation of the country's rare earth management regulations, which took effect in October.</p>\n<p> The rules, effective immediately, stipulate how government agencies should manage quotas for designated companies and make the flow of rare earth products traceable, according to three departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.</p>\n<p> As the MIIT noted, rare earths are important strategic mineral resources, and changes in the industry mean that earlier rules were no longer suitable for current needs.</p>\n<p> Despite that, some still try and misinterpret the move as the latest sign of China's "weaponization" of the strategic items.</p>\n<p> An important reason that they claim this every time the country adjusts its rare earth rules is that they have long taken it for granted that China is "obliged" to sell rare earths for peanuts.</p>\n<p> That was what China did for decades before the mid-2000s when the country's rare earth elements' export prices were so low — a few or a few dozen dollars per kilogram depending on the element — that the prices didn't even cover the production and environmental costs under higher industry standards and pollution-control requirements.</p>\n<p> Rare earth elements, which are called "industrial vitamins", enable huge technological functions, and they are widely applied in the electronics, automotive, energy, defense, aerospace, healthcare and medical tech industries.</p>\n<p> That means China has made tremendous contributions to the high-tech industry's rise in the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea and some major European countries, all top rare earth elements importers, since it started becoming a major producer, processor and exporter of rare earth-related items in the early 1980s.</p>\n<p> To some extent, it was the large amounts of high-quality rare earth elements China provided at an extremely low price in those years that enabled the fast development of relevant industries that played a pivotal role in these developed countries' fast development since the 1980s.</p>\n<p> Even after China started reforming its rare earths industry about 20 years ago achieving remarkable progress in the refining, separation and purification of rare earth elements and magnet manufacturing, the export price of its rare earth-related items remained markedly lower than that of any other exporters.</p>\n<p> In the past, extensive and unregulated development led to the undervaluation of resources and ecological damage. This unsustainable model not only threatened to deplete the country's natural resource endowment but also posed risks to the long-term stability of the global industry and supply chains.</p>\n<p> Currently, with about 40 percent of the world's known rare earths reserves, China, which holds core know-how on smelting and separating rare earth elements, mines around 70 percent of the materials and processes nearly 90 percent of the world's rare earths.</p>\n<p> China's innovations in rare earths processing technology in the early 21st century have contributed to the development of indispensable modern technologies, such as semiconductors, renewable energy and artificial intelligence.</p>\n<p> But China's contribution — be it the historical one at considerable environmental cost to itself or the current one that comes along with its tech breakthroughs — has long been ignored by some.</p>\n<p> Instead, they try and hijack China's reform of its rare earths industry with their "weaponization" claim as if to ensure the developed economies' access to high-quality, clean and sufficient rare earth elements is an obligation for China. Not to mention some developed countries have implemented discriminatory restrictive export policies in high-tech products and services against China while trying to contain China's high-tech progress by attacking its technology enterprises.</p>\n<p> Despite that, being well aware of the important role it plays in the world's rare earths sector, and hence its responsibility to help sustain the global industry and supply chains, China has never "weaponized" its processing or exports of rare earth elements.</p>\n<p> The series of actions China has taken in recent years to adjust its rules and policies on rare earth-related items have been driven by the need to keep its rare earths industry sustainable.</p>\n<p> The series of breakthroughs China has made in rare earths processing technology since the new century and the improved performances of its rarLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><p> A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not being planned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the media on Friday, stating the "agenda is not ready at all". His comments came a week after US President Donald Trump met with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for talks aimed at ending the three-year conflict in Ukraine. The US president also met with Zelensky and European leaders on Monday last week.</p>\n<p> Despite the desire for peace shared by all parties, the US-led peace process, which once looked workable after the multilateral meetings at the White House, has come to a halt again.</p>\n<p> So far the only major outcomes of the process are to the benefit of the United States — the signing of a favorable mineral resource deal with Ukraine and getting the agreement of most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of their GDP, with most of it earmarked for weapons purchases from the US. The US administration has not managed to prompt any major substantial breakthrough on the core issues concerning a negotiated end to the Ukraine crisis.</p>\n<p> That Moscow and Kyiv have not narrowed the gap between them on the territorial issue or how to realize a security guarantee for Ukraine means there is still much work to be done to get the two sides to soften their positions to get peace talks started.</p>\n<p> Commenting on a potential meeting between Putin and Zelensky, Trump told reporters on Friday: "We're going to see if Putin and Zelensky will be working together. You know, that's like oil and vinegar a little bit. They don't get along too well... but we'll see, and then we'll see whether or not I would have to be there. I'd rather not. I'd rather have them have a meeting and see how they can do."</p>\n<p> Although Trump still didn't rule out his possible participation in a meeting in the statement, it shows a delicate change of attitude compared with the more positive remarks he made after the meetings at the White House when one of the focuses was on whether there should be a four-party meeting involving major European countries after the US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral meeting, as the French president urged.</p>\n<p> The US-brokered peace process seems to have come right back to where it was after the Trump-Putin meeting on Aug 15.</p>\n<p> No wonder Zelensky, who dares not criticize either the US or European countries, tried to point a finger of blame at Russia indicating Moscow is "doing everything" to prevent his meeting with Putin from taking place.</p>\n<p> "The meeting is one of the components of how to end the war. And since they don't want to end it, they will look for space to (avoid it)," the Ukrainian president claimed.</p>\n<p> But he should be reminded that before Moscow and Kyiv can reach any agreement on the core issues, no meeting between him and Putin is likely to produce any desirable result.</p>\n<p> Both Russia and Ukraine have intensified attacks on each other's energy infrastructure over the past week.</p>\n<p> Notably, Ukraine launched an attack on the Unecha pumping station in Russia's Bryansk region, which is a crucial part of the Druzhba oil pipeline that supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia, two members of the European Union, making the situation even more complicated.</p>\n<p> While ruling out a suggestion put forward by Lavrov that permanent United Nations Security Council members could underpin a security guarantee for Ukraine under a settlement that ends the Ukraine crisis, Zelensky even blamed China for not helping to stop Russia's "special military operation" in 2022, and made groundless accusations that China had "aided" Moscow. This view bears no resemblance to the reality. China has always acted in an open, fair and objective manner on the Ukraine crisis, and its constructive role is widely recognized by the international community.</p>\n<p> As Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in response to a question on Zelensky's blaming of China on Friday, China is willing to play a constructive role in the peace process.</p>\n<p> All sides should uphold a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept, and work to promote a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/009/20250825_009_01_14.png\" />\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/009/20250825_009_01_35.png\" /><p></p>\n<p> This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War. In the World Anti-Fascist War, the Asian theater made perhaps the greatest contribution to the Allied victory, as it began much earlier and lasted longer than the Western theater.</p>\n<p> Following Japan's acceptance of the 1945 Potsdam Declaration and unconditional surrender to the Allied forces on Aug 15, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept 2, 1945. In China, the surrender signing ceremony was held in Nanjing on Sept 9, 1945, ending the 14-year-long Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.</p>\n<p> However, Japan's attitude toward its history of aggression raises a major question, for which the regression of Japanese governments' position is to blame. Japan issued three "statements". The first was the 1982 statement by then chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet Kiichi Miyazawa which included the "close-neighbors clause" of "not provoking neighboring countries" by including controversial issues in history textbooks, and promised that "the Japanese government will correct contents recorded in textbooks in a responsible manner".</p>\n<p> The second was the 1993 statement by then chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet Yohei Kono who acknowledged that the Japanese military established and managed "comfort stations", and "recruited" and retained "comfort women".</p>\n<p> And the third was the 1995 statement by then prime minister Tomiichi Murayama on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender. Murayama expressed "deep reflection" on Japan's past colonial rule and aggression, emphasizing the need to learn lessons from history. He said that "our task is to convey to younger generations the horrors of war, so that we never repeat the errors in our history". These three statements were seen as reflecting Japan's official position on its history of aggression.</p>\n<p> But Japan's "1955 system" collapsed and Japanese society became "generally conservative" in the following years, allowing erroneous historical views to be spread. Right-wing conservative forces denied, and even glorified, the country's history of aggression in a bid to get rid of the so-called postwar system.</p>\n<p> In 2015, then Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, deliberately avoiding the historical facts of militarist Japan and colonial rule in Asian countries, saying "we must not let our children, grandchildren and even further generations to come, who have nothing to do with that war, be predestined to apologize".</p>\n<p> Abe also floated the theory that "the definition of aggression is undefined". While then mayor of Osaka Toru Hashimoto said that the "recruitment" and retention of "comfort women" were "necessary" for Japanese soldiers in order to "maintain discipline", then deputy prime minister Taro Aso suggested Japan secretly revise its Constitution by emulating the practices of Nazi Germany before World War II.</p>\n<p> Needless to say, those Japanese leaders, by trying to distort history, violated international law.</p>\n<p> Contrary to Abe's claim, the international community reached a consensus on what constitutes "aggression" almost a century ago, corroborated by the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, the 1946 United Nations General Assembly resolutions, the 1948 verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and the 1974 UN resolutions.</p>\n<p> Besides, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, established in January 1946, highlighted the fact that the Japanese army massacred more than 200,000 civilians and prisoners of war in and around Nanjing. And the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal, established in February 1946, ruled the Japanese army killed no fewer than 340,000 people in Nanjing. Both said the acts of the Japanese army were "aggressions" and examples of barbarity.</p>\n<p> Unlike post-war Germany, Japanese society did not cut ties with its prewar history. This explains why the conservative governments led by the Liberal Democratic Party have consistently been evasive about the country's history of aggression.</p>\n<p> On Aug 15, 2022, the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, a museum in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, for the first tiLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/012/20250825_012_04_34873.png\" /><p>Police officers and volunteers evacuate residents from the front line near Dobropillia in Donetsk on Friday.</p>\n<p> MOSCOW/KYIV — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday that Western countries were trying to "block" peace negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict, after a flurry of diplomatic activity appeared to stall.</p>\n<p> US President Donald Trump has been championing a bilateral meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents — but both sides have blamed each other for not wanting the talks to come through, Agence France-Presse reported.</p>\n<p> "They're just looking for a pretext to block negotiations," Lavrov said in an interview with state TV station Rossiya aired on Sunday on Telegram.</p>\n<p> He slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for "obstinately insisting, setting conditions, demanding an immediate meeting at all costs" with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.</p>\n<p> On Friday, Lavrov said "no meeting "between Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin was planned.</p>\n<p> Earlier last week, Zelensky, for his part, said Russia was "trying to wriggle out of holding a meeting".</p>\n<p> "I've reaffirmed my readiness for any format of meeting with the head of Russia," Zelensky wrote on X after speaking with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday.</p>\n<p> "President Ramaphosa stressed the urgency of holding bilateral and trilateral meetings between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine and the United States as key to signal a firm commitment to ending the war," said a statement from his office.</p>\n<p> Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the G20, spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, the statement added.</p>\n<p> Having spoken with Putin recently, Ramaphosa will also be speaking with other European leaders in the coming weeks.</p>\n<p> Meanwhile, US special envoy Keith Kellogg attended Ukraine's independence celebrations on Sunday in Kyiv. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Ukraine's capital on Sunday morning for meetings with Zelensky.</p>\n<p> Despite diplomatic efforts, fighting showed no signs of abating over the weekend.</p>\n<p> Russia's Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses intercepted 95 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight into Sunday.</p>\n<p> Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 72 drones and decoys, along with a cruise missile, into Ukraine overnight into Sunday. Of these, 48 drones were shot down or jammed.</p>\n<p> Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions, following the arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in Italy, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN, said on Friday on social media.</p>\n<p> Polyanskiy said the meeting will take place on Tuesday under the presidency of Panama.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/014/20250825_014_02_44764.png\" />\n<p> As Xizang autonomous region is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its establishment as an autonomous region in Southwest China, Palden Tsering in Lhokha is eager to learn more as a Tibetan power worker.</p>\n<p> As a newcomer to State Grid Lhokha, he knows all too well that to help accelerate the progress of Lhokha — which administers one district, one county-level city, and 10 counties — he needs to sharpen his caliber.</p>\n<p> With its regional GDP reaching 30.442 billion yuan ($4.24 billion) last year, an annual rise of 5.8 percent, the prefecture-level city has at least 37 types of proven mineral deposits and more than 100 mining sites, in addition to rich forestry and plant resources.</p>\n<p> "Sufficient power supply is crucial to the economic lifeline of Lhokha, which has some 354,030 permanent residents living in 118,810-odd households," he said.</p>\n<p> He was told that as a granary and power hub of Xizang, Lhokha has unique regional features as well as technical challenges in power grid development.</p>\n<p> For many years, the State Grid Corp of China has always regarded serving Xizang's high-quality development as a major task, asking its employees in the autonomous region to work arduously, driving remarkable achievements in the local power sector.</p>\n<p> Besides sending technical staff for assistance, the State Grid has also put cultivating more high-quality local professionals as a top priority to help bolster Xizang's economic and social progress.</p>\n<p> As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang autonomous region, two subsidiaries of the State Grid — State Grid Lhokha and State Grid Suqian Power Supply Co in Jiangsu province — have launched a joint-study program to accelerate the cultivation of more young professionals.</p>\n<p> On Aug 11, the Youth Home facility of State Grid Suqian was buzzing with activity. Staff members of State Grid Lhokha, which is over 3,000 kilometers away from Suqian, were linked via video conference with their peers in the prefecture-level city of Suqian.</p>\n<p> Trying to deepen their knowledge on power-grid development in their respective regions, the attendees understand that supporting the local socioeconomic development and letting their service take deep roots in the public are their paramount tasks.</p>\n<p> They discussed the technical difficulties facing them, their innovative experiences, and management models, sharing ways to enhance their work.</p>\n<p> "Young professionals are the bedrock of our corporate development," said Ji Junfeng, Party secretary of State Grid Suqian, noting that: "We would like to share the good experiences we have gained with our peer company, so that we can learn from each other and advance together."</p>\n<p> Suqian, located in northern Jiangsu, has witnessed its grid construction advance rapidly in recent years and its transmission system continuously improve.</p>\n<p> Palden Tsering raised a question: "When replacing imported dispatch-automation systems with home-developed ones, what technical problems did you meet and how did you solve them?"</p>\n<p> Zhao Yu, deputy director of the dispatch and control center in State Grid Suqian, picked up the microphone and gave him an answer immediately.</p>\n<p> Migmar Tsering, Party secretary of State Grid Lhokha Power Supply Co, noted that the cross-regional joint learning program is an important measure to strengthen Lhokha's talent cultivation.</p>\n<p> "This event is not only a sharing of knowledge, but also an integration and innovation between the sister units of the State Grid," he said.</p>\n<p> On the basis of joint study, both sides can continue to share innovative achievements and establish a regular exchange mechanism in a bid to lay a solid foundation for deeper cooperation in the future, he said.</p>\n<p> <span>hanjingyan@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/016/20250825_016_02_28725.png\" /><p>The AUDI E5 Sportback on display at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in June.</p>\n<p> Audi AG's new China-only sub-brand, which drops its famous four rings in favor of a "lettermark" badge, is drawing both praise and skepticism after opening pre-sales of its first model last week.</p>\n<p> The starting price of 235,900 yuan ($33,026) positions the electric crossover E5 Sportback directly against models from Chinese carmakers such as Nio and Geely-backed Zeekr, as well as Tesla.</p>\n<p> Analysts say the German carmaker is making a deliberate play for volume in a segment dominated by China's EV startups.</p>\n<p> The lettermark brand — simply called AUDI — is the company's latest attempt to regain ground in a market where its sales have slowed and local competitors are setting the pace in smart EV technology.</p>\n<p> The rollout has been rapid: the marque was unveiled with SAIC in November 2024, and the E5 Sportback was shown to the public in April this year.</p>\n<p> The urgency is understandable.Audi's sales in China — its most important market — have been falling. Deliveries last year totaled 649,400 vehicles, an 11 percent year-on-year decline, with FAW-Audi accounting for 611,088 units and SAIC Audi contributing 43,220 units.</p>\n<p> The slowdown in China dragged down Audi's global revenue to 64.5 billion euros ($70.3 billion) in 2024, from 69.9 billion euros in 2023, while operating margins shrank from 9 percent to 6 percent. In the first half of 2025, margins slipped further to 3.3 percent as tariffs, restructuring costs, and weak European demand weighed on results.</p>\n<p> Some observers view the E5's launch as part of a broader transformation by global luxury brands in China — what local analysts call a "bottom-up reconstruction". By leveraging local platforms and adjusting pricing strategies, Audi is positioning itself closer to consumer expectations in the world's most competitive EV market.</p>\n<p> But the strategy has also caused confusion. Because the E5 does not carry the four-ring badge, some consumers have questioned whether it "still counts as an Audi".Reviews in Chinese media noted that its design language — inside and out — departs significantly from traditional Audi cues. Critics argue the model lacks the "Audi feel", producing a sense of estrangement among long-time customers.</p>\n<p> "The four rings are Audi's strongest asset in China, as in other parts of the world, and withholding them creates confusion," said a Shanghai-based auto analyst. "There's a risk of alienating loyal buyers while failing to convince younger ones that this is truly premium."</p>\n<p> Others warn of brand dilution and point to Audi's reliance on a partner whose own premium EV brand, IM Motors, has struggled.SAIC is now pinning its hopes on a new venture with Huawei, though its former chairman described the move as "soul-selling".</p>\n<p> Still, Audi has little choice but to experiment. Parent company Volkswagen AG has been overtaken by BYD as China's top-selling carmaker, and Germany's premium trio are all under pressure from faster-moving local rivals.</p>\n<p> By creating a new brand identity and lowering entry prices, Audi is signaling that it is willing to move faster, even at the risk of diluting tradition.</p>\n<p> For now, the lettermark strategy gives Audi breathing room. The E5 Sportback will test whether the combination of a premium nameplate, local technology, and aggressive pricing can cut through a market saturated with options.</p>\n<p> If it works, Audi could reposition itself as the most adaptive of Germany's luxury carmakers. If not, it risks reinforcing perceptions of decline — while fueling debate over what still counts as an Audi in China.</p>\n<p> <span>lifusheng@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> <b>Shanghai robotaxi shows off IM Motors' technology</b></p>\n<p> IM Motors launched a Level-4 Robotaxi route connecting the Shanghai Disney Resort and Pudong International Airport, in partnership with SAIC Mobility and SAIC AI LAB, on Wednesday.Bookings can be made in the Robotaxi section of the SAIC Mobility app, with pick-ups at key locations such as the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel and Toy Story Hotel. It is the first major rollout since IM Motors received permits to demonstrate its intelligent connected vehicles on high-speed routes in the city.According to the company, IM Motors' Robotaxi fleet has handled more than 300,000 ride orders, covering more than 7 million kilometers. The service supports a range of scenarios, from daily commutes and metro transfers to leisure and entertainment travel.</p>\n<p> <b>Tata returns to S. Africa with budget products</b></p>\n<p> India's Tata Motors returned to South Africa's passenger vehicle market after a six-year absence, launching three SUVs and an entry-level compact hatchback to take on Chinese competitors.Growing demand for budget-friendly cars is luring global automakers to offer consumers options, in a shift that spotlights reliance on low-cost imports from India and China and questions future domestic production. "Our aspiration, as part of our midterm plan, is to be one of the top five passenger vehicles in South Africa, with a 6-8 percent market share," said Thato Magasa, the new national chief for Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles.Tata unveiled the Punch compact SUV, the Curvv coupe-styled SUV, the Tiago compact hatchback, and Harrier premium SUV: all combustion engine cars that go on sale from September.</p>\n<p> <b>Joint venture stake with Honda for sale</b></p>\n<p> Dongfeng Motor is selling its joint venture stake with Honda, in a reflection of China's rapid shift away from gasoline-powered vehicles. Guangzhou-based Dongfeng Honda Engine, founded in 1998, produces engines for Honda vehicles in China. Dongfeng listed its 50 percent stake for sale on the Guangdong United Assets and Equity Exchange on Aug 18, according to the exchange website. A reserve price has yet to be set and the listing deadline is Sept 12. The company's assets were valued at 5.4 billion yuan ($752 million) in 2024, when it recorded a loss of 227.8 million yuan, and it has debts of 3.3 billion yuan, according to audited results included in the listing document.Honda slashed production capacity at the Guangzhou engine plant by half earlier in 2025, according to Japanese media reports. It set up an electric vehicle production line in the same city with another Chinese automaker partner, which started operations in late 2024.</p>\n<p> <b>Musk doubts if six-seater will be built in the US</b></p>\n<p> Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company's new six-seated Model Y L, launched in China last week, might never enter production in the United States, citing the rise of self-driving vehicles. "This variant of the Model Y doesn't start production in the US until the end of next year," Musk said in a response to a post from an X user. "Might not ever, given the advent of self-driving in America." He did not elaborate on how the rise of autonomous driving would negate the need for a six-seater vehicle. The Model Y L, built at Tesla's Shanghai factory, features a longer wheelbase and three rows of seats, and is priced at around $47,200. It went on sale on Tuesday in China with deliveries anticipated as early as September.Tesla has been losing ground to domestic automakers, with shipments from its Shanghai factory slipping back into decline in July and local deliveries plummeting 12 percent from the same period of 2024.</p>\n<p> <b>Global battery supply outstrips demand</b></p>\n<p> As demand for electric vehicles cools, the global supply of EV batteries is on track to be more than triple demand, creating headwinds for efforts by countries such as Japan and the US to establish domestic production, Nikkei reported. Based on data from S&P Global Mobility, the total annual capacity at EV production facilities is set to reach 3,930 gigawatt-hours, while demand is expected to come to 1,161 GWh. Supply is expected to remain at least triple the level of demand until 2026, and more than double in 2030. Capacity for some production facilities in the works in China has not been disclosed, meaning that the gap could grow, the Japanese media group reported. China produces roughly 70 percent of the world's EV batteries.CATL led the market in the first half of 2025, followed by BYD, according to South Korea's SNE Research.While South Korea and Japan once controlled the bulk of the market, LG Energy and Panasonic ranked third and sixth, respectively, with their shares continuing to dwindle.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"title": "017CULTURE - Bridging civilizations: China's legacy in global dialogues uncovered",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/017/20250825_017_02_17300.png\" /><p>This Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) hanging scroll by Wang Shiyi captures the busy morning traffic at the Changmen Gate of Suzhou (Jiangsu province) during the 17th century.</p>\n<p> For over 5,000 years, China has anchored its existence in a profound and enduring cultural foundation — an intricate tapestry woven from the threads of ancient wisdom, philosophical insight and historical continuity.</p>\n<p> This cultural bedrock has not merely preserved the nation through dynastic rises and falls; it has actively shaped its identity, its governance and its resilience. From the timeless teachings of Confucius and Laozi to the strategic brilliance of Sun Tzu and the bureaucratic models of imperial administration, China's civilization has drawn strength from a legacy where culture and statecraft are inseparable.</p>\n<p> It is this deep-rooted fusion of intellectual heritage and political order that has enabled China not only to endure, but to flourish across millennia — adapting through time while remaining steadfast to the guiding principles of its civilization, chief among them, harmony and unity.</p>\n<p> Today, as China takes a more active role on the global stage — participating in international politics, cultural exchange and collaborative efforts to address pressing challenges like climate change and regional instability — it becomes increasingly important to bridge the cultural divide that can fuel misunderstanding and doubt.For China's contributions to be fully recognized and respected, the international community must not only acknowledge its rising influence but also develop a deeper understanding of the cultural values and historical wisdom that shape its global outlook.</p>\n<p> This prompts a central question: How do we foster mutual understanding and trust in the face of lingering skepticism? One key path lies in uncovering the rich historical traces of mutual learning that have long existed between civilizations, and in establishing meaningful comparative dimensions that reveal striking parallels in values, governance and philosophical thought.</p>\n<p> Consider the transmission of imagery from the Shijing (Book of Songs), the most revered Confucian classic and a foundational anthology of 305 poems dating from the 11th to 6th centuries BC. Among them, the long poem July — also known as The Life of Peasants — rose to prominence through successive imperial pictorial interpretations, beginning in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). In a society where peasants made up the vast majority and agriculture underpinned the state, appreciation for the poem became more than literary: It evolved into a subtle political statement, a reflection of leadership grounded in attentiveness to the lives of the people.</p>\n<p> This same imagery, once a cultural and political emblem within imperial China, eventually crossed continents.Visual interpretations of the cyclical rhythms of tilling and weaving made their way to France where they sparked lively debate at the court of Louis XIV over whether agriculture should serve as the foundation of the nation.</p>\n<p> According to Clarissa von Spee, curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, it was essential for European rulers to know that these images originated from China — not from artistic fancy — as this authenticity gave their discussions real weight. Von Spee curated the 2023 exhibition China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi (Yangtze) Delta, which examined the historical foundations of southern China's economic and cultural ascendancy. The episode stands as a striking example of cross-cultural learning, done consciously in history.</p>\n<p> When it comes to building comparative frameworks and using analogies to bridge gaps in cross-cultural communication, one can look to the narratives crafted by Western museums hosting exhibitions on Chinese culture and history — narratives carefully shaped to help their audiences understand a worldview that may at first seem distant.</p>\n<p> In 2021, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York drew from its own Chinese art collection to present the exhibition Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art. Inspired by curator Joseph Scheier-Dolberg's experience of working from home during the pandemic — a period of limited social interaction but renewed connections with old friends — the exhibition explored the theme of reclusion in Chinese literati painting. It examined how scholars and hermits pursued spiritual cultivation through solitude while still valuing bonds shared with kindred spirits.</p>\n<p> Maxwell Hearn, head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art Department, once drew a compelling comparison between Chinese cursive script and Jackson Pollock's aLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/018/20250825_018_02_17642.png\" /><p>The colorful houses in the Bo-Kaap area, Cape Town, South Africa, are a big draw for tourists.</p>\n<p> Imagine tracking lions and leopards from an open safari vehicle, witnessing whales breach in the ocean, and watching adorable penguins waddle along the beach.</p>\n<p> More Chinese tourists are opting for these unforgettable experiences in South Africa.</p>\n<p> "It's thrilling to see these wild animals. I temporarily escaped the city's hustle and bustle, rediscovering reverence for life's raw power," says Wu Qian, an office worker from Beijing, who recently visited South Africa.</p>\n<p> According to South African Tourism, the number of Chinese visitors to South Africa in 2024 reached 41,651, reflecting an 11.4 percent year-on-year growth.From January to May this year, 17,431 Chinese tourists arrived in South Africa, with a 1.1 percent year-on-year growth.</p>\n<p> In February, the country launched the Trusted Tour Operator Scheme to simplify visa procedures and shortened visa approval times for tourists from China and India, with its second phase having been recently rolled out.</p>\n<p> A total of 47 vetted and approved Chinese tour operators joined the scheme. They submit visa applications online and receive digital decisions within an average of 24 hours.</p>\n<p> It's part of the South Africa's ambitious move to attract more Chinese tourists, alongside plans to increase flight frequencies.</p>\n<p> "China is an important and the fastest-growing tourist source market for South Africa," says Patricia de Lille, South Africa's minister of tourism, who visited Beijing recently. She believes that the growth of Chinese tourists will help the South African tourism industry recover.</p>\n<p> According to her, tailored services are available for high-end tourists, family travelers, and study tour groups. Beyond iconic attractions like wildlife reserves and Table Mountain, South Africa also abounds in rich culinary delights and cultural heritage.</p>\n<p> South Africa's nine provinces boast unique tourism resources, spanning diverse settings — from bustling cities and charming towns to serene rural landscapes, alongside world-class surfing, and sun-drenched beaches.</p>\n<p> South African Tourism is conducting promotional campaigns through Chinese social media platforms, inviting Chinese celebrities, influencers and South Africans living in China to create content, to promote South Africa as a destination.</p>\n<p> The bureau recently released short videos online about actor Lei Jiayin's travel experience in South Africa, announcing that he is the ambassador for the country's tourism.</p>\n<p> According to Fang Zeqian, an industry analyst with Trip.com Group, China's largest online travel agency, among the platform's South Africa tourism products, 59 percent of users choose the dedicated 9 to 11 day South Africa in-depth tours, while 24 percent opt for the 12 to 13 day trips spanning South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p>\n<p> She notes that clients booking customized travel to South Africa prioritize several key factors: securing high-end hotel bookings, meeting their luxury safari expectations, ensuring good value for money, and the travel agency's capability in handling on-trip emergencies.</p>\n<p> "Beyond traditional wildlife safaris and nature-focused sightseeing, Chinese travelers to South Africa are now exploring historical routes — like a tour following in the footsteps of late former president Nelson Mandela — and cultural village visits," she says.</p>\n<p> She adds that the country is also a prime destination for outdoor adventures, offering colorful activities such as luxury glamping, hot-air ballooning, and bungee jumping.</p>\n<p> <span>xulin@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/020/20250825_020_01_41506.png\" /><p>From left: China's Sumudaerji (right) strikes at Peruvian Kevin Borjas in their flyweight bout during Saturday's UFC Fight Night in Shanghai; Fans fill the Shanghai Indoor Stadium for Saturday's MMA extravaganza; Chinese welterweight fighter Taiyilake Nueraji flies the flag after beating Ireland's Kiefer Crosbie.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/020/20250825_020_01_64506.png\" /><p>Westin Wilson of the United States (right) feels the full force of China's Yizha in their featherweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Shanghai Indoor Stadium on Saturday. Yizha took the win with a first-round knockout.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/020/20250825_020_01_29506.png\" /><p></p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/020/20250825_020_01_78506.png\" />\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-25/020/20250825_020_01_38506.png\" /><p>Online Scan the code to watch the video.</p>\n<p> Sold-out arena, fanatic fan following and a growing roster of local talent, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's return to Shanghai has cemented mixed martial arts' sooner-than-expected arrival into China's sports mainstream.</p>\n<p> Even with the promotion's only Chinese world champion Zhang Weili watching on the sidelines, the UFC's Shanghai Fight Night, a 12-bout showpiece featuring a record seven Chinese fighters, arrived to thrilling fanfare in the East China metropolis on Saturday night, delivering some brutal knockouts and ferocious takedowns that sent the packed Shanghai Indoor Stadium into frenzy.</p>\n<p> Despite the schedule overlapping with a live concert taking place at the stadium next door, the Shanghai Fight Night sold out within a minute when tickets went on sale on July 10, according to Dana White, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas-based MMA organization.</p>\n<p> The ticket sales revenue marked the highest single-day record of any live arena event across the country over the past five years, according to the event's co-organizer Orange Lion Sports, an Alibaba subsidiary.</p>\n<p> Even Friday's pre-event showcase — the Road to UFC Season 4 semifinals — played to a full house at the same arena, proving MMA's fast-growing public profile in a country, where, 10 years ago, the three-letter acronym would have drawn quizzical looks.</p>\n<p> "I am not surprised. What it says is I should do the fight at a bigger arena in China," White said of the impressive turnout during an exclusive interview with China Daily at the UFC's Shanghai Performance Institute.</p>\n<p> "We made a major investment here in China. We've been doing what we do in cultivating talent. It's only going to get bigger in the next five years," White explained.</p>\n<p> "Every time we go to a market and we put on a live event, it grows our sport."</p>\n<p> As part of the buildup to the Fight Night, Orange Lion Sports has worked with UFC, the local district government and Shanghai's sports bureau to organize over 200 fan-engagement events, cultural experience activities and tourism promotions over the past three weeks, stimulating consumption in relevant businesses.</p>\n<p> "We took advantage of the UFC's strong appeal to the growing fan base, multiplying its impact by offering more exciting events in the buildup to help grow the overall sports, culture and tourism industry as a whole," said Mu Yang, chairman and CEO of Orange Lion Sports.</p>\n<p> The Fight Night on Saturday was the first such show held by UFC on the Chinese mainland since its event in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in 2019, and the eighth overall on Chinese soil, including four events staged in the Macao Special Administrative Region from 2012-24.</p>\n<p> Shanghai hosted the promotion's mainland debut in 2017 and now accommodates the UFC's Asia-Pacific headquarters and its largest PI, a comprehensive multi-discipline training center which opened in June 2019, just two months before Zhang wrested the strawweight world title from Brazil's Jessica Andrade in Shenzhen.</p>\n<p> Even with Zhang rising to instant stardom by becoming the first Chinese world champion under UFC, much of the crowd at the Shenzhen event back in 2019 seemed unfamiliar with the rules of how the bouts in the Octagon were judged.</p>\n<p> Six years later, the majority of the 12,000 spectators on Saturday appeared sophisticated enough to enjoy and applaud, not just for each clean punch, but also chokes, sprawls, roundhouse kicks, ground-and-pounds, and all the other essential techniques of the mixed-discipline combat sport.</p>\n<p> "What we've done in China in a short amount of time, we've bLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><p> President Xi Jinping will get together with leaders of more than 20 countries and 10 international organizations at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit to work out a development blueprint for the international organization, consolidate consensus on cooperation and promote a much closer SCO community with a shared future, a senior diplomat said.</p>\n<p> Speaking at a news briefing in Beijing on Friday, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin said the summit, which will take place in Tianjin from Aug 31 to Sept 1, will be the largest-ever gathering since the organization was founded 24 years ago.</p>\n<p> Xi will chair the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO and the "SCO Plus" Meeting and deliver keynote speeches, he said, adding that Xi will also host a welcome banquet and bilateral events for participating leaders.</p>\n<p> The diplomat said that during the summit, Xi will outline China's new thoughts and proposals on how the regional organization continues to promote the Shanghai Spirit, featuring mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diversity of civilizations and pursuit of common development, to respond to the call of the times.</p>\n<p> Xi will announce new measures and actions to support the high-quality development and all-around cooperation of the SCO, and propose new approaches and pathways for building the organization, maintaining the post-World War II international order and improving the global governance system, Liu said.</p>\n<p> Xi, along with other leaders of SCO member states, will jointly sign and issue the Tianjin Declaration, approve the SCO's development strategy for the next decade and issue a statement on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations, Liu said.</p>\n<p> They will also adopt a series of outcome documents on strengthening security, economic and cultural cooperation, charting the course for the future development of the SCO, he added.</p>\n<p> The SCO Tianjin Summit comes against the backdrop of a complex and volatile international landscape with regional conflicts intensifying, economic uncertainties growing and livelihood issues in some countries becoming more pronounced.</p>\n<p> Liu said the more complex and turbulent the international situation becomes, the more important it becomes for countries to strengthen unity and cooperation to promote common development.</p>\n<p> China hopes to take the SCO Tianjin Summit as an opportunity to work with other SCO member states to build up political consensus, boost the momentum for cooperation, send out united voices and take joint actions, in order to leverage the stability and resilience of the SCO to address the uncertainties of the international environment, Liu said.</p>\n<p> Since its founding in 2001, the SCO has been steadily improving its cooperation mechanisms and expanding its global reach. The number of SCO member states has grown from the original six to 10, now representing nearly half of the global population and about a quarter of the world's GDP. Additionally, the SCO has two observer states and 14 dialogue partners.</p>\n<p> Chen Yu, deputy director of the Institute of Eurasian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said the SCO Tianjin Summit could have more positive bearings on the international situation, helping to promote the development of a multipolar world and enhance the influence of developing countries.</p>\n<p> The Shanghai Spirit, transcending the Cold War mentality, can help address deficits in global governance, Chen said.</p>\n<p> Xue Tianhang, an associate researcher at Zhejiang University's Institute for National Strategy and Regional Development, said that facing the complex and volatile international landscape, the SCO should maintain strategic clarity, strengthen confidence, act decisively and deliver greater results.</p>\n<p> SCO member states should join hands to overcome difficulties together, injecting more stability and positive dynamism into the world, Xue said.</p>\n<p> <span>caodesheng@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> China is confident of creating a more unified, fair and innovative market during the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, thanks to an improved business environment, upgraded quality standards and enhanced regulation on online platforms over the past five years, the country's top market regulator said on Friday.</p>\n<p> China's business environment has continued to improve since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), thereby fully stimulating entrepreneurial vitality across society, Luo Wen, head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR, said at a news conference highlighting the country's achievements during the period.</p>\n<p> The country recorded a net increase of approximately 34 million self-employed households and registered a net increase of almost 20 million enterprises during the same five-year period, Luo said, adding that the time needed to open a restaurant has shortened to 15 days from 37, and 204 innovative drugs have been approved during the half-decade.</p>\n<p> To effectively safeguard fair competition and market order, the administration has intensified its regulation on market monopolies, he said, adding that 3,400 merger cases have been concluded in sectors such as the platform economy and natural monopolies.</p>\n<p> During the five-year period, the administration has continuously optimized its regulatory mechanisms, Luo said, adding that efforts are underway to streamline approval procedures and reduce corporate costs.</p>\n<p> According to Luo, quality indicators have risen sharply over the past five years. Indices gauging manufacturing quality competitiveness, satisfaction with quality of life services and satisfaction with public services rose to 85.86, 81.33 and 81.62, respectively.</p>\n<p> To support this growth, China completed the first revision in 15 years of its anti-monopoly law and a third update of its anti-unfair competition law, strengthening competition policy as a legal pillar.</p>\n<p> Deng Zhiyong, deputy head of the SAMR, said that while digital technologies have spurred growth and new business models, risks such as online traffic manipulation, algorithm abuse and disorderly competition are emerging.</p>\n<p> The administration, thereby, has unveiled a draft guideline to tighten oversight over how e-commerce and online platforms charge merchants. The guideline seeks to standardize the way platforms collect commissions, membership fees, technical service charges, information fees and marketing expenses from merchants.</p>\n<p> Wang Xianlin, a member of the expert advisory group on the anti-monopoly commission of the State Council — the nation's Cabinet — said, "Such efforts are expected to bring greater transparency and structure to the way online trading platforms charge merchants, and will rebalance interests and rebuild a healthy platform ecosystem."</p>\n<p> Yang Sheng, deputy head of the National Medical Products Administration, said on Friday that the country's pharmaceutical sector is now the world's second-largest in terms of market size. "China will continue to support global clinical trials, faster launches of more foreign-invested new medicines in the five years to come," Yang said.</p>\n<p> Since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, China has approved 265 innovative medical devices, he said, adding that from January to July, the administration had cleared 50 innovative drugs and 49 innovative medical devices.</p>\n<p> The country has also accelerated approvals for pediatric medicines and treatments for rare diseases, with 387 pediatric drugs and 147 rare-disease medicines cleared during the period, effectively meeting the needs of key patient groups, he added.</p>\n<p> Looking ahead, Luo from the SAMR, said the administration will continue to advance fair and unified market regulation, and consistently enhance standardized, impartial and civil law enforcement — thereby contributing more to creating a market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment.</p>\n<p> <span>chengyu@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/004/20250823_004_01_33.png\" />\n<p> Later this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit — his first visit to China since 2018. The symbolism will be closely watched. The two sides have taken some steps to improve bilateral ties. India said it has resumed issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from July 24, the first time in five years, and China said it has been in close communication with India to promote the early resumption of direct flights between the two countries.</p>\n<p> Individually, these may appear as small steps. But together, they signal something more meaningful: a tentative shift from guarded distance toward cautious re-engagement. And if we take the long-term view, this re-engagement is not simply political — it is profoundly civilizational.</p>\n<p> Too often, the India-China relationship is framed narrowly — in terms of border disputes, trade deficits, or strategic rivalry. Yet, long before any modern boundary was drawn, the two civilizations were bound together by the exchange of ideas, philosophies and spiritual traditions.</p>\n<p> Foremost among these was Buddhism — an Indian gift that took deep root in Chinese soil and grew into one of the major sources of traditional Chinese thoughts. According to ancient tradition, Emperor Ming, the second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), dreamt of a golden figure in the clouds. Believing it to be the Buddha, he dispatched envoys westward to seek its origin. They returned with sacred texts, relics and two monks from India, Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna. The White Horse Temple in Luoyang — China's first Buddhist monastery — was born of that journey.</p>\n<p> Over the centuries, scholars such as Kumarajiva, Xuanzang, and Faxian undertook arduous journeys across mountains and deserts to translate, interpret and transmit vast collections of Buddhist texts. Their work enriched China's intellectual and spiritual life and, in turn, brought Chinese interpretations of Buddhism back to India and beyond. Even today, in the frescoes of Dunhuang, the carvings of Longmen, or the serene halls of Chinese temples, the Indian imprint remains — not as a faint historical footnote, but as an enduring testament to a partnership of the mind and spirit.</p>\n<p> With different political systems and modern history, China and India share deep-rooted values: respect for family and tradition, a belief in education as a path to self-cultivation, and a philosophical search for balance and harmony.</p>\n<p> Buddhism resonated so strongly in China precisely because it found common ground with Confucian ethics and Taoist principles. Concepts such as compassion, non-attachment, and the Middle Way harmonized with the Chinese ethos of moderation, moral conduct and societal harmony. The familiar chant "Namo Amituofo" in Chinese temples is a living bridge to India's ancient spiritual heritage.</p>\n<p> Seen through this lens, the two countries are not simply geographic neighbors — they are civilizational cousins whose shared heritage could form the bedrock for a more stable and cooperative future.</p>\n<p> In today's turbulent world, such cooperation is not merely desirable; it is essential. The international order is undergoing profound shifts — from rising protectionism in some Western countries to fragility in global supply chains and increasing geopolitical uncertainty. Both China and India, as major emerging economies and ancient civilizations, face similar external pressures, including attempts to contain their development.</p>\n<p> Recent trade moves by the United States have made this even clearer. Washington has announced a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods. The US administration has also imposed significant tariffs on Chinese exports, although they have been engaging in prolonged negotiations. While these actions may appear as setbacks, they could in fact be a boon in disguise for Beijing and New Delhi. The two nations can turn it into an opportunity by deepening economic cooperation, expanding bilateral trade, and jointly developing supply chains that reduce reliance on unpredictable Western markets.</p>\n<p> History shows that when Asia's two great civilizations stand apart, external forces tend to dominate the region's narrative. When they engage constructively, they can anchor stability not just for themselves, but for the broader Global South. In a multipolar world, Beijing and New Delhi have the opportunity — and arguably a responsibility — to work together to shape a balanced, inclusive and cooperative global order.</p>\n<p> Diplomatic breakthroughs often begin not in conference rooms but in cultural exchanges. The deep reservoir of shared history between China and ILine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/004/20250823_004_03_26.png\" /><p></p>\n<p> That China, Japan and the Republic of Korea face common challenges makes it imperative that they make joint efforts to finalize a China-Japan-ROK free trade agreement (FTA). A trilateral FTA will not only boost the development of the three countries in the next 10 to 20 years but also inject new vitality into the regional and global economies.</p>\n<p> Economic and trade cooperation among China, Japan and the ROK is at a critical juncture where "standing still means falling behind". Economic globalization led by the United States has failed, with unilateralism and trade protectionism becoming the mainstream in Washington's medium — and long-term policies.</p>\n<p> The US administration has adopted a strategy of "bilateral negotiations with unilateral pressure", which seriously violates the fundamental principles of the World Trade Organization and will most likely push the global economy toward the law of the jungle, significantly increasing the risk of fragmentation and disrupting China-Japan-ROK economic and trade cooperation.</p>\n<p> Therefore, China, Japan and the ROK should accelerate the negotiations on and sign an FTA. Ten years ago, when we discussed the feasibility of a China-EU free trade area with European Union think tanks, the EU was open to the idea of building a China-EU "Silk Road of Tomorrow". Back then, I said if we failed to seize the opportunity to sign a China-EU free trade agreement as soon as possible, the "Silk Road of Tomorrow" might turn into "a withered flower of yesterday".</p>\n<p> Regrettably, that prediction has come true. This is even more true for Northeast Asia. The more tense and turbulent the regional situation becomes, the more necessary it is for China, Japan and the ROK to establish close and stable cooperative relations. To prevent today's China-Japan-ROK FTA from becoming "a withered flower of yesterday", the three sides need to overcome the common regional challenges, adapt to the general trend of the global economy, and make the strategic decision to sign a trilateral FTA.</p>\n<p> Given the global changes, the finalization of a trilateral FTA is not only a pragmatic choice to safeguard the three sides' development interests, but also a key move to maintain the security and stability of regional industry and supply chains, and the free trade order.</p>\n<p> Trade in services has become the top priority of economic and trade cooperation among China, Japan and the ROK. As major Asian economies, the three countries not only drive global economic growth but also have huge potential for cooperation in trade in services.</p>\n<p> Trilateral cooperation in trade in services will create the largest growth point for the three countries' trade partnership and serve as a stable fulcrum for the upgrading and institutional synergy of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership rules on trade in services.</p>\n<p> The three countries have significant complementarities in such fields as cross-border data processing, digital healthcare, financial technology and intelligent manufacturing. They can leverage the existing cooperation mechanisms to explore the establishment of channels for facilitating cross-border data flows and mechanisms for mutual recognition of digital platform standards, as well as for setting up pilot cooperation projects in fields such as digital healthcare, smart cities, and digital culture and tourism.</p>\n<p> The key lies in the three countries reaching consensus as soon as possible on market access, rule alignment and standards in services trade.</p>\n<p> Trade in services has become a key priority as well as a difficult factor in the negotiations on a trilateral FTA. Despite that, the competitive nature of the manufacturing sectors of the three countries has intensified, while their complementarity in the field of trade in services has continued to increase. In June this year, while heading a fact-finding team to the ROK, I learned that the country's main request on China's opening-up lies in the services sector, including performing arts and medical aesthetics. Along with China's important measures for voluntary and unilateral opening-up, the complementarity potential in trade in services among the three countries will be transformed into a real growth momentum. But for that, the three sides need to resolve the differences over trade in services and reach a high-level trilateral FTA with trade in services as a priority.</p>\n<p> The signing of an FTA by China, Japan and the ROK as soon as possible will play a key role in building a large regional market and upgrading the RCEP. Regional economic integration with free trade as the main thread is becoming the primary facilitator of globalization. This featuLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/005/20250823_005_04_20.png\" /><p>A designer paints colors on a porcelain figurine at a workshop in Dehua county, Fujian province, on Aug 20.</p>\n<p> Porcelain makers in Dehua, a county in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province, are busily shipping porcelain crafts and figurines in the shape of pumpkins, cartoon characters and Christmas trees overseas for the upcoming Halloween and Christmas holidays, as international clients place advance orders for these annual events.</p>\n<p> Summer is the peak season for shipping, with porcelain products usually delivered to Xiamen, Fujian, first for Customs clearance before being shipped to overseas purchasers, local companies said.</p>\n<p> Dehua is China's largest base for the production and export of porcelain products. The products made locally have been exported to more than 190 countries and regions, according to the porcelain development center of Dehua.</p>\n<p> In the first seven months of this year, the export value of porcelain from Dehua totaled 2.14 billion yuan ($298 million), up 5.06 percent year-on-year, the center said.</p>\n<p> Quanzhou Shunmei Group Co, a major porcelain maker in Dehua, said that it has exported products to more than 100 countries, with exports accounting for 60 to 70 percent of its total business volume. Customers include Walmart, Universal Pictures and Starbucks.</p>\n<p> The tariff disputes between China and the United States have had a certain impact on its export business to the US, while demand from Europe, especially the United Kingdom and Germany, remains robust, the company said.</p>\n<p> "We have been cooperating with some major global corporations for a long time, and we make products for them on an order-based system. We have more than 100 designers at the company," said Zheng Pengfei, general manager of Shunmei Group.</p>\n<p> "The trade disputes are still having some impact on us. While stabilizing exports, we will continue to expand the domestic market," Zheng said.</p>\n<p> Looking back at history, Quanzhou was the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. In the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368), porcelain gradually became the main goods of export.</p>\n<p> Now in Dehua, more than 100,000 people are engaged in work related to porcelain and the number accounts for one-third of the county's total population. So far, the county has set up 54 porcelain promotion and exhibition centers in major cities of markets participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, according to the center.</p>\n<p> "Dehua has over 4,500 porcelain enterprises, and they have been involved in the production of three major types of products, which are artistic porcelain for export, daily-use porcelain like tableware and tea utensils, as well as porcelain carving works by masters," said Kou Wanqiong, deputy director of the center.</p>\n<p> Meanwhile, the county has continued to innovate the sector with advanced technologies. It has launched a research institute that focuses on the research of new materials for making porcelain and has also built the world's first 5G smart factory for producing daily-use porcelain.</p>\n<p> <span>Contact the writers at zhuwenqian@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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