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"description": "<div></div><p> The US State Department issued its annual human rights report on China on Tuesday last week, in which it once again groundlessly pointed an accusing finger at the country for alleged human rights abuses.</p>\n<p> The report is divorced from reality and constitutes a grave interference in China's internal affairs. The US' double standards on human rights issues and its intention of weaponizing human rights for its own geopolitical interests are plain to see.</p>\n<p> China's human rights achievements are widely recognized around the world. The country's development is about providing a better life for the 1.4 billion Chinese people and the country follows a people-centered development approach. It has charted a path of human rights development that suits China's national conditions. The path has been embraced by the people and conforms to the trends of the time.</p>\n<p> In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, people of different ethnic groups enjoy their rights according to law. The region has achieved noticeable results in advancing socioeconomic development and human rights, and it remains stable and tranquil. As a result, it has been able to open its doors wider to the outside world, receiving more than 200 million domestic and foreign tourists annually. It has also become a major hub of the Belt and Road Initiative and a major channel for the China-Europe Railway Express.</p>\n<p> Likewise, human rights in the Xizang autonomous region and its development have made evident progress. The success of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in practicing "one country, two systems" is also there for everyone to see.</p>\n<p> While China is willing to engage in dialogue and exchanges on human rights with all countries, it will never allow any country to interfere in its internal affairs, jeopardize China's interests, or tarnish China's image under the pretext of "human rights". The nation is firmly opposed to the politicization and weaponization of human rights issues, and the arbitrary use of human rights by some developed countries to suppress developing countries that pursue independent and autonomous policies.</p>\n<p> Before lecturing other countries on human rights, the US should face squarely its own human rights issues. The State Council Information Office of China on Sunday released a report on human rights violations in the US in 2024, indicating how grave the human rights conditions are in the country.</p>\n<p> The inequality in US society continues to increase, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. As a result the US public is deeply disillusioned with the country's democratic system in which money dictates policy. For instance, the root cause of the US' opioid crisis lies in interest hijacking, government-business collusion and regulatory failure. Interest groups, driven by profit, have intensified their lobbying efforts and deceptively promoted the use of opioids. The number of fatal overdoses involving synthetic opioids and stimulants has surged in the past few years.</p>\n<p> Gun violence remains rampant in the US. According to the Sunday report, there were 503 mass shootings and 45 school shootings in the US in 2024. In all, 40,000 Americans were killed by gun violence last year, including over 1,400 children. Meanwhile, police brutality — particularly against non-white ethnic minorities — persists in total disregard of human rights. African Americans, for instance, are three times more likely to be shot and killed by police than white Americans.</p>\n<p> Worse, the human rights issues the US creates are not just restricted to its own territory.</p>\n<p> While hyping up fabricated violations of the "human rights" of Uygurs and other ethnic minorities in China, particularly Muslim groups, the US administration pays no heed to the ugly role it is playing, both directly and indirectly, in the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.</p>\n<p> The US is also the world's biggest user of unilateral sanctions. It has increasingly imposed them on some less-developed countries in recent years. More than 60 percent of low-income countries are now under some form of financial penalty imposed by the US, according to the report.</p>\n<p> Under the collusion of power and capital, human rights have been distorted into mere props in a political "show" and bargaining chips in a power "casino", completely deviating from their core values and fundamental principles. As the report says, the tumultuous political stage of the US in 2024 acts as a prism, reflecting the structural dilemmas of US-style human rights.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> China's monetary conditions are likely to remain reasonably accommodative in the coming months, continuing to support credit expansion while contributing to steadier capital market expectations, analysts said on Monday.</p>\n<p> They said that the focus of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, on preventing idle capital circulation should not be seen as an effort to cool the recent stock market rally, but rather as a move to ensure funds flow into the real economy instead of idling within the banking system.</p>\n<p> Nevertheless, they noted that near-term cuts in the reserve requirement ratio — the proportion of deposits banks must keep as reserves — or interest rates appear unlikely given the recent pickup in China's core inflation, with any new significant easing moves likely to depend on economic data and may potentially occur in the fourth quarter.</p>\n<p> Li Chao, chief economist at Zheshang Securities, said monetary policy is likely to remain moderately accommodative rather than shift toward tightening in the coming months.</p>\n<p> Li said that as external shocks linger and domestic structural challenges persist — including insufficient demand and excessive competition on the supply side — a moderately accommodative policy is needed to offset the downward economic pressures, with further cuts in the RRR and interest rates possible this year.</p>\n<p> The PBOC pledged in its second-quarter monetary policy report on Friday that it will strive for better implementation of the moderately loose monetary policy, maintain abundant liquidity, help maintain price levels at a reasonable range and promote a decline in overall social financing costs.</p>\n<p> Meanwhile, the report pointed to the need to enhance the efficiency of fund utilization, prevent idle capital circulation and strike a proper balance between supporting the real economy and maintaining the financial sector's own soundness.</p>\n<p> Yang Fan, chief macro and policy analyst at CITIC Securities, said the central bank's emphasis on preventing the circulation of idle capital highlights its focus on curbing the use of low-interest loans for nonproductive purposes such as redepositing into higher-yield deposits or buying wealth management products, rather than tightening credit to reduce leverage in the financial system.</p>\n<p> A report from Chasing International Economic Institute said the sign that some households have reallocated funds from deposits into stocks — shifting away some wealth management products that idle capital may circulate in — is something policymakers would likely welcome as it channels capital more directly into the real economy.</p>\n<p> Data from the central bank showed that deposits at nonbank financial institutions — such as securities firms and insurance companies — rose by 2.14 trillion yuan ($298.17 billion) in July. The increment was 1.39 trillion yuan higher than the same period last year, which experts said pointed to an accelerated flow of money into the stock market.</p>\n<p> The report added that the possibility of the PBOC cutting the RRR and interest rates later this year cannot be ruled out amid the rising likelihood of the US Federal Reserve restarting rate cuts.</p>\n<p> Markets are awaiting US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's monetary policy outlook message this week at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, especially on whether the Fed is poised to cut interest rates in September.</p>\n<p> Wang Qing, chief macroeconomic analyst at Golden Credit Rating International, however, said the near-term probability of an RRR cut is low, given that the economy has performed well in the first half.</p>\n<p> "The central bank is more likely to rely on tools such as the medium-term lending facility and outright repos to keep market liquidity ample," Wang said.</p>\n<p> <span>zhoulanxv@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> JINAN — Robotic arms hum while workers move with precision through Taiho Kogyo Corp's workshop in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, as engine and compressor bearings roll off the production line, not only for automakers like Toyota and Volkswagen, but increasingly for China's thriving luxury motorcycle scene.</p>\n<p> The Yantai-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiho Kogyo Co Ltd, has been "granted full autonomy" by its Japanese headquarters to develop and produce for the Chinese market, said Junji Koshima, general manager of the subsidiary.</p>\n<p> He added that this local decision-making allows the company to respond more quickly to demand while tapping into China's rapid growth and vast market potential.</p>\n<p> Europe-based Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a Fortune 500 global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, broke ground in late June on a 7 billion yuan ($975 million) food technology industrial center in the port city of Qingdao.</p>\n<p> Spanning 153,000 square meters and slated for completion in 2027, the facility will specialize in oilseed processing, specialty feed proteins and food-grade phospholipids production. Once operational, it is expected to produce 1.5 million metric tons of feed protein, 370,000 tons of refined oil and 15,000 tons of phospholipids annually, while creating approximately 200 local jobs.</p>\n<p> Positioned as LDC's regional anchor in East China, the industrial center will closely integrate with local port logistics and feed processing industries, said James Zhou, LDC's chief commercial officer and head of the Asia region. Since entering China's cotton trade in 1973, LDC has generated roughly a quarter of its global revenue from the Chinese market.</p>\n<p> Republic of Korea's CJ Group, a conglomerate with businesses spanning food, biotech, logistics, entertainment and retail, is also ramping up its investments. The company is expanding amino acid and food additive production in Liaocheng, Shandong, reflecting strong confidence in China's market prospects.</p>\n<p> CJ Group faces growing challenges from geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainties, while China is tackling these head-on by advancing high-standard opening-up, injecting stability and momentum into global growth, said Sohn Kyungshik, chairman of CJ Group, adding that the company is pursuing deeper partnerships and new opportunities in China.</p>\n<p> Active in China since 1994, the group has attended all six editions of the Qingdao Multinationals Summit, a platform launched in 2019 to foster policy dialogue and facilitate project cooperation.</p>\n<p> This year's summit in June drew 570 delegates from 43 countries and regions. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that 59,000 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in the country last year, an increase of 9.9 percent year-on-year. Growth continued into the first half of 2025, with 30,014 new foreign ventures added.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/014/20250819_014_03_17100.png\" /><p>A Cathay Pacific aircraft is seen landing at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in Shaanxi province on July 6.</p>\n<p> Hong Kong-based Cathay Group said it would continue to increase investment in the Chinese mainland, a highly important market, and hire more flight attendants and pilots from the Chinese mainland to meet growing travel demand.</p>\n<p> By the end of this year, Cathay Pacific Airways plans to raise the total number of staff members in the Chinese mainland to 4,000 from more than 3,000 currently. In Shenzhen and Guangzhou of Guangdong province, the company has two offices that focus on the technology side of the business and it hopes to soon expand these teams to about 200 people in total.</p>\n<p> So far this year, Cathay Group has launched 19 new stops globally from Hong Kong, including four operated by Cathay Pacific in Chinese mainland cities, such as Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In addition, the group's low-cost carrier HK Express launched flights connecting Hong Kong with Yiwu, Zhejiang province; Changzhou, Jiangsu province; and Guiyang, Guizhou province.</p>\n<p> Cathay Pacific currently operates four round-trip flights per week connecting Hong Kong with Urumqi, and it hopes to lift the frequency to daily flights if the schedule permits. The business performance in both directions has been good, and many world travelers transfer in Hong Kong before they arrive in Urumqi.</p>\n<p> Ronald Lam, chief executive officer of Cathay Group, said the group will consider launching more flights connecting Hong Kong with major cities, and second- and third-tier cities in the Chinese mainland.</p>\n<p> Meanwhile, as part of its continued investment in the Chinese mainland, Cathay Pacific officially launched its redesigned flagship lounge at Beijing Capital International Airport on Friday.</p>\n<p> This comes as part of the group's over HK$100 billion ($12.79 billion) investment plan into fleet, cabin products, lounges and digital innovations. The investment is for the seven-year period since last year, it said.</p>\n<p> Beijing's air travel market has seen rapid growth so far this year, thanks to multiple favorable policies that facilitate personnel exchanges. On Aug 6, the number of international and regional passenger trips handled at Beijing Capital International Airport exceeded 10 million, with the milestone being reached 30 days earlier than last year. The airport is expected to handle 17 million international and regional visits throughout the year, it projected.</p>\n<p> "We are incredibly excited to reopen the doors of our latest flagship Beijing lounge. The redesigned lounge complements Cathay Pacific's seven daily return flights between Hong Kong and Beijing this summer," Lam said.</p>\n<p> "As a group, we continue to expand our network in the Chinese mainland, operating more than 300 return flights per week to 23 destinations during the summer peak. We remain committed to providing customers with a seamless travel experience through our Hong Kong hub," he said.</p>\n<p> Besides Beijing, Cathay Pacific also operates two other lounges in the Chinese mainland — an airport lounge at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, and its first ferry port lounge at the Shekou Cruise Homeport in Shenzhen for intermodal travelers. Next, the airline plans to launch new flagship lounges in Hong Kong and for the first time in New York in the first quarter of next year.</p>\n<p> The group recently posted solid interim results. In the first half of this year, it netted a profit of HK$3.7 billion, similar to the same period of last year. The group also announced plans to order 14 new Boeing 777-9 aircraft to support the expansion of its flight network.</p>\n<p> Chinese mainland travelers have shown a growing interest in visiting Hong Kong. In the first seven months of this year, Hong Kong received a total of more than 28 million passenger trips. Among which, over 21.3 million visits came from the Chinese mainland, up 10 percent year-on-year, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board.</p>\n<p> <span>zhuwenqian@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/016/20250819_016_02_19432.png\" /><p>A Si's latest album, titled No Offense, But..., reflects on emotional health, workplace pressure, internet violence and the quiet burden carried by women. The songs are a twist from her earlier style of offering easy comfort.</p>\n<p> For more than a decade, singer-songwriter A Si has been known for her songs with sharp-eyed humor and light-hearted lyrics telling stories about everyday life.</p>\n<p> With her latest album, titled No Offense, But..., which was released on Aug 13, the singer-songwriter turns her wit toward heavier terrain: emotional health, workplace pressure, internet violence and the quiet burden carried by women.</p>\n<p> "It sounds like I'm venting at the outside world," she says. "But deeper down, I'm reflecting on myself."</p>\n<p> The title itself is a wink at her own personality.</p>\n<p> As she says, she is a kind of person who doesn't want to trouble others, which leaves many thoughts unspoken.</p>\n<p> "But like many people, I know the feeling of emotions pooling like water behind a dam — anger, frustration, loneliness — until it spills over," she says.</p>\n<p> "We smile politely," she says. "But inside we're already boiling."</p>\n<p> This album, she decided, would be different from her earlier introspective, self-questioning work. Instead of keeping the dialogue within herself, she wanted to address the world directly — asking pointed questions, poking at sore spots, and, in her own words, "being a bit cowardly while still offending people ... so please, bear with me".</p>\n<p> The songs came together over a long arc: some ideas formed in her 20s, others took shape in the last three years.</p>\n<p> Humor is still her strength when writing lyrics for this new album.</p>\n<p> "People think humor is just for fun, but it's also a survival tool," she says. "It's how I cope with pressure and say the unsayable."</p>\n<p> The song, titled Iced Cola, Por Favor, for example, is a track that begins with the absurd image of craving an iced cola, but soon reveals layers: the suffocating politeness of blind dates, the numbing routine of office meetings, and the absurdity of gendered expectations.</p>\n<p> Mind Your Words, a song which began as a release of pent-up anger over online bullying, but turned into a self-reminder to think before judging others.</p>\n<p> In She, Elle, Ella, written when she was nearly 30, A Si takes aim at the expectations placed on women: marry early, have children, be the nurturer. She admits she once shared that belief.</p>\n<p> "At university, I thought the ideal life for a woman was a stable job, marriage, and kids," she says. "Then I grew up and realized everyone's life has its own script — or no script at all."</p>\n<p> Her own awakening came from watching the lives of other women, questioning why a "complete" life should require ticking those boxes. Yet, she also recognizes the social structures, such as aging populations and family responsibility, that keep those expectations in place. The song carries both rebellion and resignation.</p>\n<p> Emotional health runs through the album like an undercurrent. For A Si, writing is both catharsis and communication.</p>\n<p> "When I can turn bad feelings into songs, I feel better," she says.</p>\n<p> The album doesn't shy away from the bleakness of the world — wars, disasters, injustices — but also celebrates the stubborn preciousness of being alive.</p>\n<p> Born in Shanghai, A Si debuted online in 2010, gaining attention for her fun and imaginative songwriting.</p>\n<p> When her song, I'm eating Fried Chicken at PSQ (PSQ for People's Square, a landmark located in the heart of Shanghai), went viral in 2011, it gave A Si a burst of fame and a devoted fanbase. The song charms listeners with its quirky, relatable storyline and catchy, refreshing melody. Since then, many of those fans have grown up alongside her music. Some listened as students, now they listen on their commutes to work.</p>\n<p> That sense of companionship is something she treasures.</p>\n<p> "My songs are like a hug for the inner child of a grown-up," she says. "They're always there. You can click and listen anytime."</p>\n<p> But this time, she's not offering easy comfort.</p>\n<p> "My earlier songs were like a blanket to curl up in," she says. "This new album is all question marks. I want you to give the answers."</p>\n<p> It's not about telling listeners how to think, but sparking reflection.</p>\n<p> "Maybe no one in your life talks to you about these things," she says. "I want to have that conversation through music.&quLine truncated
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"content": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/016/20250819_016_02_19432.png\" /><p>A Si's latest album, titled No Offense, But..., reflects on emotional health, workplace pressure, internet violence and the quiet burden carried by women. The songs are a twist from her earlier style of offering easy comfort.</p>\n<p> For more than a decade, singer-songwriter A Si has been known for her songs with sharp-eyed humor and light-hearted lyrics telling stories about everyday life.</p>\n<p> With her latest album, titled No Offense, But..., which was released on Aug 13, the singer-songwriter turns her wit toward heavier terrain: emotional health, workplace pressure, internet violence and the quiet burden carried by women.</p>\n<p> "It sounds like I'm venting at the outside world," she says. "But deeper down, I'm reflecting on myself."</p>\n<p> The title itself is a wink at her own personality.</p>\n<p> As she says, she is a kind of person who doesn't want to trouble others, which leaves many thoughts unspoken.</p>\n<p> "But like many people, I know the feeling of emotions pooling like water behind a dam — anger, frustration, loneliness — until it spills over," she says.</p>\n<p> "We smile politely," she says. "But inside we're already boiling."</p>\n<p> This album, she decided, would be different from her earlier introspective, self-questioning work. Instead of keeping the dialogue within herself, she wanted to address the world directly — asking pointed questions, poking at sore spots, and, in her own words, "being a bit cowardly while still offending people ... so please, bear with me".</p>\n<p> The songs came together over a long arc: some ideas formed in her 20s, others took shape in the last three years.</p>\n<p> Humor is still her strength when writing lyrics for this new album.</p>\n<p> "People think humor is just for fun, but it's also a survival tool," she says. "It's how I cope with pressure and say the unsayable."</p>\n<p> The song, titled Iced Cola, Por Favor, for example, is a track that begins with the absurd image of craving an iced cola, but soon reveals layers: the suffocating politeness of blind dates, the numbing routine of office meetings, and the absurdity of gendered expectations.</p>\n<p> Mind Your Words, a song which began as a release of pent-up anger over online bullying, but turned into a self-reminder to think before judging others.</p>\n<p> In She, Elle, Ella, written when she was nearly 30, A Si takes aim at the expectations placed on women: marry early, have children, be the nurturer. She admits she once shared that belief.</p>\n<p> "At university, I thought the ideal life for a woman was a stable job, marriage, and kids," she says. "Then I grew up and realized everyone's life has its own script — or no script at all."</p>\n<p> Her own awakening came from watching the lives of other women, questioning why a "complete" life should require ticking those boxes. Yet, she also recognizes the social structures, such as aging populations and family responsibility, that keep those expectations in place. The song carries both rebellion and resignation.</p>\n<p> Emotional health runs through the album like an undercurrent. For A Si, writing is both catharsis and communication.</p>\n<p> "When I can turn bad feelings into songs, I feel better," she says.</p>\n<p> The album doesn't shy away from the bleakness of the world — wars, disasters, injustices — but also celebrates the stubborn preciousness of being alive.</p>\n<p> Born in Shanghai, A Si debuted online in 2010, gaining attention for her fun and imaginative songwriting.</p>\n<p> When her song, I'm eating Fried Chicken at PSQ (PSQ for People's Square, a landmark located in the heart of Shanghai), went viral in 2011, it gave A Si a burst of fame and a devoted fanbase. The song charms listeners with its quirky, relatable storyline and catchy, refreshing melody. Since then, many of those fans have grown up alongside her music. Some listened as students, now they listen on their commutes to work.</p>\n<p> That sense of companionship is something she treasures.</p>\n<p> "My songs are like a hug for the inner child of a grown-up," she says. "They're always there. You can click and listen anytime."</p>\n<p> But this time, she's not offering easy comfort.</p>\n<p> "My earlier songs were like a blanket to curl up in," she says. "This new album is all question marks. I want you to give the answers."</p>\n<p> It's not about telling listeners how to think, but sparking reflection.</p>\n<p> "Maybe no one in your life talks to you about these things," she says. "I want to have that conversation through music."<Line truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/018/20250819_018_02_21374.png\" /><p>Left: Visitors examine a gilded brass music clock with agate inlay at Beijing's Summer Palace. Right: The clock is among the cultural relics evacuated during wartime in the first half of the 20th century.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/018/20250819_018_02_92374.png\" /><p>Online Scan the code to watch the video.</p>\n<p> A group of students stands before an exquisite gilded brass clock adorned with cloisonne enamel and a tour guide revealing the artifact's history.</p>\n<p> They're visiting the exhibition A Journey between North and South: Relocating Treasures for Perpetuity, which launched on Friday and runs until Nov 16 at the Summer Palace Museum and the Deheyuan, or Garden of Virtue and Harmony, in Beijing.</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).</p>\n<p> In January 1933, Japanese forces broke through the Shanhai Pass, a strategic pass of the Great Wall, putting Beijing, then Beiping, under the imminent threat of war.</p>\n<p> To avoid the ravages of war, the Palace Museum in Beijing spearheaded the evacuation of over 19,000 boxes of cultural relics from institutions across Beijing, including the Summer Palace.</p>\n<p> The treasures were transported to Shanghai and then Nanjing, in present-day Jiangsu province. When the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full scale in 1937, the relics were forced to be transferred to southwestern China. The relocation covered more than 10 provincial-level regions and tens of thousands of miles.</p>\n<p> This exhibition is themed on the southward relocation of the Summer Palace's cultural relics and their return to the north from 1933 to 1951.</p>\n<p> It features 160 sets of objects that survived the chaos of war. Many are from the Summer Palace's collection, alongside treasures from institutions such as the Palace Museum, as well as Jiangsu province's Nanjing Museum and Zhenjiang Museum.</p>\n<p> "The cultural relics' southward relocation was an unprecedented endeavor to safeguard the roots of Chinese civilization amid the flames of war. Such spirit embodies not merely the unyielding belief that guarded our civilization during wartime, but also the enduring soul of contemporary cultural heritage preservation," says Rong Hua, deputy head of the Summer Palace.</p>\n<p> Visitors can read an innovative first-person narrative from the perspective of the cultural relics on boards, which guides them through the historical scenes about how these national treasures were protected during the war.</p>\n<p> The relics were carefully packed and transported to cities by road, rail and waterway.</p>\n<p> According to Wei Lijia, head of the Summer Palace's cultural relics department, they chose some exhibits that symbolize the perilous journey, such as mountain-themed stone carvings and two brass barometer-thermometer clocks crafted in the form of a steamship and locomotive.</p>\n<p> In the yard of the Summer Palace Museum, a group of installations featuring the lunar phases — from waning to waxing — mirrors the theme of the exhibition to welcome visitors.</p>\n<p> "Audiences can observe the moon's gradual transition to fullness via the installation, which symbolizes the homeward journey of these cultural relics," Wei says.</p>\n<p> "Rooted in the traditional Chinese belief that the moon shines the brightest over one's homeland, it symbolizes that when the moon is full, the cultural relics would finally return home — a homecoming now fulfilled."</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/2025-08-19/019/20250819_019_04_62078.png\" /><p>Vitinha (center) celebrates with Nuno Mendes (left) and Desire Doue after scoring Paris Saint-Germain's winning goal during a French Ligue 1 match against Nantes on Sunday.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-19/019/20250819_019_04_80078.png\" />\n<p> NANTES, France — Paris Saint-Germain got its defense of the Ligue 1 title off to a winning start on Sunday as Vitinha's deflected strike proved enough to earn the European champion a 1-0 victory away to Nantes.</p>\n<p> The Portuguese midfielder's effort midway through the second half beat goalkeeper Anthony Lopes with the aid of a wicked deflection off Nantes defender Chidozie Awaziem to break the deadlock.</p>\n<p> PSG was made to work hard for its victory, as coach Luis Enrique made seven changes to his starting lineup following the UEFA Super Cup win on penalties against Tottenham Hotspur in midweek.</p>\n<p> That was the first game of the new campaign for last season's Champions League winner, which only began preseason training on Aug 6, having gone all the way to the Club World Cup final in the United States in mid-July.</p>\n<p> It did not play any friendly matches prior to the Super Cup, and is therefore likely to require several weeks before getting close to the level at which it performed last season.</p>\n<p> However, it still had enough against a hard-working, but punchless, Nantes side, playing a first competitive match under new Portuguese coach Luis Castro.</p>\n<p> "I am very happy, because the first objective in these matches is the victory, and I think we deserved the three points," Enrique said.</p>\n<p> "We were in control throughout, playing away from home. In the first half, we didn't create much, but that is normal, because it is difficult against a team defending so deep."</p>\n<p> Asked about his team's lack of preparation for the start of the new season, the Spanish coach added: "Today we saw that our players are ready and wanted to show the level they can perform at.</p>\n<p> "They all need time, which I think is normal, but we will look more comfortable with the ball once we have a few more games under our belts."</p>\n<p> Ukraine defender Illia Zabarnyi played 90 minutes on his PSG debut after arriving at the start of the week from Bournemouth in a reported 66 million-euro ($76.7m) deal.</p>\n<p> Lucas Chevalier also started, with the new arrival from Lille having immediately taken over from Gianluigi Donnarumma as PSG's firstchoice goalkeeper.</p>\n<p> "The physical and technical abilities of Zabarnyi are perfect for the style of football I like," Enrique said.</p>\n<p> "He is comfortable on the ball, which is important for us, and without the ball he usually wins his duels. I think he played very well."</p>\n<p> Ousmane Dembele, Achraf Hakimi, Desire Doue, Nuno Mendes and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia all started the game on the bench, but the substitutes played a part in the goal which came on 67 minutes.</p>\n<p> Dembele played a corner from the PSG left short to Mendes and his square pass was controlled by Vitinha, before the playmaker fired in.</p>\n<p> "At the moment, with the physical condition of the team, it is important to have players who can come on towards the end of games in an optimal condition," said Enrique.</p>\n<p> "That happened in the last game against Tottenham, too," he added.</p>\n<p> Goncalo Ramos, who hit the bar in the first half, had an effort disallowed for offside late on, before Bradley Barcola clipped a shot just wide, but one goal proved enough.</p>\n<p> PSG's next game will be at home to Angers on Friday evening.</p>\n<p> Elsewhere on Sunday, France's 2018 World Cup-winning striker Olivier Giroud scored his first goal for Lille in its 3-3 draw at Brest.</p>\n<p> "It is a real pleasure to be back in Ligue 1," said Giroud, who left Montpellier after helping it win the title in 2012 and has spent the last 13 years abroad featuring for Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan and, most recently, Los Angeles FC.</p>\n<p> Angers beat newly-promoted Paris FC 1-0 with Esteban Lepaul scoring the only goal early on, and the host holding on despite playing most of the second half with only 10 men.</p>\n<p> Strasbourg was a 1-0 winner at Metz thanks to a late strike by Argentine summer signing Joaquin Panichelli.</p>\n<p> Auxerre beat Lorient 1-0, and Monaco jumped to the top of the league thanks to a 3-1 win over Le Havre on Saturday.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/001/20250818_001_02_64266.png\" /><p>Online Scan the code to watch the video.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/001/20250818_002_01_24031.png\" /><p>Arthur Rorris, secretary of the South Coast Labour Council, shows a newspaper image reflecting the Dalfram Dispute on Aug 4.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/001/20250818_002_01_25031.png\" /><p>The Triumph monument, erected on Nov 15, 2018, and funded by the NSW government in association with the Maritime Union of Australia, commemorates the Dalfram Dispute at Port Kembla in Wollongong, Australia.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/001/20250818_002_01_23031.png\" /><p>Striking workers at Port Kembla in December 1938.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/001/20250818_002_01_30031.png\" /><p>The steamship SS Dalfram.</p>\n<p> As a child, Australian Ray Gamble would hear stories about how his father had to collect scraps from the local butcher to feed fellow workers at the wharf.</p>\n<p> "My dad, he used to talk about that hard time. ... He would get all the leftover meat for the workers to help them survive," Gamble, 69, told China Daily.</p>\n<p> His father, Norm "Sunshine "Gamble, then 25, and his colleagues were among the 180 wharf workers at Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, who refused to load a shipment of pig iron onto the steamship SS Dalfram, bound for Japan, on Nov 15, 1938.</p>\n<p> The workers had heard that the iron would be used to produce weapons to be used against China, which was fighting Japanese invaders.</p>\n<p> The port protest, which became known as the Dalfram Dispute, soon involved unions and other workers in the region and beyond, stretching over 10 weeks and leading to a lockout of ships, with about 4,000 steelworkers laid off. The union action garnered support from local residents and drew national and global attention.</p>\n<p> "My father was a very staunch unionist and they were the ones who got together and stopped the pig iron being loaded," said Gamble, who also worked in maritime services and retired two years ago.</p>\n<p> His father died in 2002, but Gamble said his own children and younger relatives know very well this important time in the family's history. "I've explained to them what their grandfather and all the others went through; they're proud of their grandfather," he said.</p>\n<p> <b>Common ties</b></p>\n<p> The workers' actions at Port Kembla are widely lauded as a historic example of building peace and common ties across borders. Community leaders in Australia have pointed to its renewed significance amid events commemorating 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.</p>\n<p> Garry Keane, 70, former secretary of the southern New South Wales branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, told China Daily that it's timely to be reminded of the incident.</p>\n<p> The maritime union traces its roots to the Waterside Workers' Federation, which was behind the campaign in Wollongong opposing the Japanese invasion of China.</p>\n<p> During the dispute — with Australian workers' strong sense of solidarity with China and amid the broader anti-war sentiment — the Chinese community offered food and other support to the unionists, Keane said.</p>\n<p> "The Chinese community in Sydney was very strong and they used to bring truckloads of vegetables from the markets down to the picket line where these guys (wharf workers) had nothing coming out of the (Great) Depression," said Keane, who was also deputy national presiding officer of the maritime union.</p>\n<p> "It really did build a bond. This bond was forged during that time and it has been maintained over the past decades. We have a close association with the Chinese community," he said, adding that the Dalfram Dispute is commemorated every year on Nov 15 at the Port Kembla Heritage Park, joined by members of the Chinese community, with similar events to remember the Nanjing Massacre.</p>\n<p> Arthur Rorris, 57, secretary of the South Coast Labour Council, Wollongong, told China Daily that the Dalfram Dispute was important in showing how workers led the way with their stand for peace.</p>\n<p> "This changed the face of Australian unionism and it changed the face as well of collective efforts, with the relationships between the broader community and the union movement," said Rorris.</p>\n<p> The dispute influenced Australian foreign policy in facing increasing hostilities amid the run-up to World War II. At the time, it was not long after World War I, and young people in Australia wLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-18/004/20250818_004_01_46316.png\" /><p>Residents of Zingkar village share photos of themselves in their new homes in Dingri county, Xizang autonomous region, on Friday. The village hosted a ceremony to celebrate the first batch of residents moving into newly built homes. </p>\n<p> Tashi Thacho, 81, remembers the day in early January when a powerful earthquake destroyed his home.</p>\n<p> "When the earthquake happened, most of the houses in our village collapsed or were severely damaged. Many cows were killed, and our family property was buried under the debris," said the resident of Zingkar village, part of Dingri county in the Xizang autonomous region. He said the family evacuated to safer areas nearby and was provided with basic necessities, including food, tents and medical care.</p>\n<p> Reconstruction is still ongoing in Dingri after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the county and nearby areas on Jan 7, killing 126 people and destroying thousands of homes.</p>\n<p> Thacho visited his village — which was one of the hardest-hit areas — almost every day to check the progress of the reconstruction effort. After months of work, he and his family finally moved back to the village on Friday. They now live in a two-story concrete building, which was given to them for free.</p>\n<p> "We had been staying in makeshift houses over the past few months, and now we finally got our new home," he said.</p>\n<p> More than 12,000 quake-affected residents from 2,578 households in Dingri and other parts of Shigatse also moved into new homes on Friday, marking significant progress in post-disaster reconstruction.</p>\n<p> Newly built Tibetan-style houses were erected quickly with quality construction, replacing the debris that once filled the villages.</p>\n<p> A move-in ceremony was held on Friday in Zingkar, drawing hundreds of villagers, construction workers and officials to celebrate the completion of the homes.</p>\n<p> Zhuang Yinong, a manager with Shanghai Construction Group that oversaw the building effort in Zingkar, said the houses were rebuilt to meet an 8-degree seismic fortification standard.</p>\n<p> "The design fully takes into account the living habits and actual needs of local residents, and the houses are equipped with essential infrastructure such as solar energy, water, electricity and internet, ensuring that the residents can move in safely and comfortably," Zhuang told Xinhua News Agency.</p>\n<p> Pang Jian, an official with the housing and urban-rural development bureau of Shigatse, said rehousing efforts are progressing well.</p>\n<p> "By Aug 20, an additional 1,145 households with 8,329 residents will gradually move into their new homes, and it is expected that by the end of October, all affected residents will move into their new homes so that they can have warm places for the winter," Pang said.</p>\n<p> <span>Contact the writers at palden_nyima@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> It is obvious that the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in October 2024, in Kazan, Russia, has paved the way for the thawing of bilateral relations between the two countries.</p>\n<p> The frequent meetings between high-level officials of the two countries would not have been possible without the consensus of the two leaders that their countries should develop friendly ties.</p>\n<p> Since differences on border issues have cast a shadow over the development of relations between the two neighbors, particularly after the clash between their border troops in 2020, maintaining high-level exchanges is vital to prevent them from hindering the development of bilateral ties. So the visit to India by Foreign Minister Wang Yi starting on Monday is pertinent. It comes shortly after the Chinese side extended a welcome to Modi's planned visit to China on Aug 31 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin, the first visit of the Indian leader in over seven years.</p>\n<p> Wang's visit, at the invitation of India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who visited China in December 2024 for a security representative meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, represents the continuation of the security talks mechanism. The mechanism is conducive to the two sides building on the positive momentum they have maintained to keep on the right track their joint efforts to properly manage their border differences.</p>\n<p> The two sides can work together to transform the hard-earned consensus on the border issue into more concrete actions to ease the tensions and promote exchanges so as to avoid allowing the border issue to define the overall ties. For the two major Eastern civilizations and major emerging economies that are adjacent to each other, the essence of stable China-India relations lies in how to live in harmony and achieve mutual success.</p>\n<p> It is particularly important for the two neighbors to manage their differences when cooperation between the two nations is badly needed for the economic and social development of the world's two most populous countries. By effectively expanding their common interests and tapping into their economic structural complementarity, they will find more reasons to avoid their border disputes from standing in the way of their ties.</p>\n<p> In his talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Beijing last month, Wang called on both sides to aim high, plan for the long term, and adhere to good-neighborliness and friendship. It was good to see his Indian counterpart actively echo that call, pledging India's willingness to work together with China for the common good of the two countries and the region.</p>\n<p> Indeed, New Delhi has taken certain measures to promote people-to-people exchanges, and implied its openness to Chinese investment. Even though some of the measures remain far from meeting their intended targets, they at least demonstrate New Delhi's recognition of its obligation to undo what it has done to help straighten out the ties.</p>\n<p> It is hoped that the Indian side can expedite its actions in relevant fields so as to match its words with deeds, demonstrating that its expressed willingness to repair ties with China is not just a gesture due to the United States' tariff threats, but instead a genuine commitment to a sustainable good-neighborly relationship.</p>\n<p> China's stance and policy on Sino-Indian relations have been consistent, as it always views relations from a strategic height and with the bigger picture in mind, and handles their differences with due prudence and vision. It is willing to work with India to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, consistently enhance political mutual trust, and meet each other halfway to expand exchanges and cooperation. India should reciprocate China's sincerity by doing its part to properly manage differences, and strengthen coordination via multilateral platforms, such as the SCO, to promote the healthy development of China-India ties.</p>\n<p> With the rise of unilateralism and protectionism, China and India, as two major members of the Global South, are shouldering the responsibility to work together to realize a fair and just world order and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. Amicable relations between China and India are in the interests of both countries as well as regional peace and development.</p>\n<p></p>",
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