The Shenzhou XXIII crew has entered the Tiangong space station and met with the outgoing Shenzhou XXI astronauts. 神舟二十三號乘組已進駐天宮空間站，與即將輪換的神舟二十一號航天員完成會面。 The new arrivals — mission commander and spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu, spacecraft pilot Colonel Zhang Zhiyuan, and science payload specialist Lai Ka-ying — were launched by a Long March 2F carrier rocket at 11:08 pm Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. 此次抵達的航天員分别為指令長兼飛行工程師朱楊柱上校、飛船駕駛員張志遠上校以及載荷專家黎家盈。他們於週日晚間 11 時 08 分，搭乘長征二號 F 運載火箭，在中國西北部酒泉衛星發射中心升空。 After flying about three and a half hours, their spaceship docked with the front port on the Tianhe core module, the central piece of the Chinese space station, at 2:45 am Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. 中國載人航天工程辦公室表示，飛船在軌飛行約三個半小時后，於週一淩晨 2 時 45 分對接至中國空間站...
Chinese consumer brands are rapidly expanding across Southeast Asia, moving beyond electronics and electric vehicles into sectors such as beauty, food service and home appliances, according to a report by Euromonitor International. 市場研究機構歐睿國際的一份報告顯示，中國消費品牌正在東南亞迅速擴張，其業務已從電子產品和電動汽車拓展至美妝、餐飲和家用電器等領域。 Its “Rise of Chinese Brands in Southeast Asia” report found that the ASEAN economies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam account for 95 percent of the region‘s $4 trillion GDP. The region has become the largest and fastest-growing export destination for Chinese goods. 該機構發布的《中國品牌在東南亞的崛起》報告指出，在東南亞地區4萬億美元的經濟總量中，印度尼西亞、馬來西亞、菲律賓、新加坡、泰國和越南這六個東盟經濟體合計占95%。該地區已成為中國商品最大且增長最快的出口目的地。 In 2024, China’s exports to Southeast Asia reached $587 billion, up 12 percent year-on-year. More than 70 percen...
When I reached the road leading to the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, around noon on Saturday, it had already been sealed off. Ambulances waited nearby. Rescue vehicles rushed in and out. Police cordons marked the boundary between the outside world and a rescue operation unfolding deep underground — in tunnels rendered extremely dangerous by cave-ins, flooding and toxic gases. A huge explosion rocked the coal mine at 7:29 pm on Friday. As of Saturday night, local authorities confirmed that 82 people had been killed and two remained unaccounted for. A total of 128 people were injured and taken to hospitals for treatment. For rescuers at the site, every descent into the mine shaft was driven by one hope — to find signs of life. Among those helping in the aftermath of the disaster is 54-year-old Guang Xinhai, head of the Shanxi Huayang mine rescue squad, one of China's national-level mine emergency rescue teams. Guang, who has more than th...
In this episode of CD Voice, we explore a quiet but powerful shift in what modern audiences truly want from a movie. Against the backdrop of a surprise box-office hit — Letter to Grandma, a film made with no stars, no marketing blitz, and almost no professional actors — we ask a simple question: why did millions of people walk out of theaters saying, “It doesn‘t feel like a movie — it feels like real life”? Through warm, conversational storytelling, we uncover how an 84-year-old grandmother discovered on Douyin, a finance major found by algorithm, and a director who chose restraint over manufactured tears created something that bypasses our filters for entertainment and lands directly as truth. We also look at the deeper cultural longing behind this phenomenon — in an age of algorithms, notifications, and overstimulation, authenticity has become the rarest and most valuable gift. Tune in to hear why a quiet, regional film in the Chaoshan dialect won over audiences nationwide,...
China agreeing to purchase 200 aircraft from Boeing is expected to bolster commercial ties between China and the United States, especially in the aviation sector, as industry analysts said the agreement represents a partial easing of strained industrial ties after nearly a decade. The Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday that China will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft "in accordance with its air transport development needs and on commercial principles", responding to a question regarding US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on the deal. An official from the ministry said that aviation is a key sector for mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between the two countries. The US will also guarantee sufficient supplies of engines and spare parts for Chinese operators, according to a statement published on the ministry's website. The comments came days after Boeing said that it had made progress in reopening the Chinese market during Trump's state visit...
President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to further extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, while pledging to further strengthen political mutual trust, strategic coordination and practical cooperation between the two countries amid a fluid and turbulent international situation. The agreement was reached during talks between the two heads of state at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, before Putin concluded his two-day state visit to China. After their talks earlier on Wednesday, the two presidents signed a joint statement on further enhancing the comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation between the two countries. They witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in areas including the economy and trade, education, and science and technology. The two sides also issued a joint statement on advocating a multipolar world and a n...
Lai Ching-te's tenure as the head of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities of China's Taiwan region has been marked by a series of missteps and failures that have not only strained cross-Strait relations but also undermined the island's development prospects. Contrary to his shameless claim in a speech on Wednesday marking the two-year anniversary of his tenure that he has maintained the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the DPP authorities have stubbornly adhered to a "Taiwan independence" stance, peddled separatist fallacies and obstructed cross-Strait exchanges. That speech was a response, if not a desperate "don't desert me" plea, to US President Donald Trump's Friday interview, in which the US leader stated, "We're not looking to have somebody say, 'Let's go independent because the United States is backing us'." This remark dealt a heavy blow to Lai. In his speech — yet another litany of lies and deceit — Lai openly groveled to Washington, b...
Thirty-eight-year-old construction engineer Peng Pai sent a lighthearted message to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of an upcoming reunion, the plans for which were reported by Russia's TASS news agency. Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a state visit. 38歲的建築工程師彭湃在即將與俄羅斯總統普京重逢前夕，向他發出了一條輕鬆幽默的問候，俄羅斯塔斯社此前報道了兩人見面的安排。普京於5月19日晚間抵京，開始對中國進行國事訪問。 "Dear President Putin, you still look the same," Peng said in an interview with Russia Today. "But I have changed from a little boy into a middle-aged man with a bigger belly." 彭湃在接受“今日俄羅斯”電視臺采訪時說：“尊敬的普京總統，您還是老樣子。而我已經從一個小男孩變成了一個肚子有些發福的中年男人。” In the summer of 2000, Peng and his family visited the Chinese capital from Hunan province. On July 19, while sitting on the stone balustrades along the lake in Beihai Park, a "foreign uncle" approached him from the crowd, lifted him up, and kissed hi...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a two-day state visit to China, marking his 25th trip to the country since assuming the presidential office in 2000. 俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京於5月19日晚抵達北京，開始對中國進行為期兩天的國事訪問。這也是他自2000年就任總統以來第25次訪問中國。 Prior to his departure, Putin delivered a video address in which he said, "I'm delighted to be visiting Beijing once again at the invitation of my longtime good friend, the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping." 在出發前，普京發表了視頻致辭。他在致辭中表示：“我非常高興應我的老朋友、中華人民共和國主席習近平的邀請，再次訪問北京。” On Sunday, both Xi and Putin sent congratulatory letters to the 10th China-Russia Expo, which opened on the same day in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. 5月17日，習近平主席與普京總統共同向當天在中國東北黑龍江省省會哈爾濱開幕的第十屆中俄博覽會致賀信。 Russia's TASS news agency quoted Putin as sayin...
China Central Television (CCTV) has secured the broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup following months of tough negotiations, according to multiple media reports on Friday. 據多家媒體5月15日報道，經過數月的艱難談判，中國中央電視臺最終拿下了2026年世界杯轉播權。 Multiple industry insiders confirmed on Friday that CCTV and FIFA have reached a formal agreement on rights acquisition with a reported total price of $110 million for the expanded edition of the FIFA marquee tournament, ending a lengthy standstill between the state broadcaster and the international governing body due to disputes on financial terms. 多位業內人士5月15日證實，央視與國際足聯已就版權收購達成正式協議。據稱，本屆世界杯版權總價約為1.1億美元，這標志著這家中國國家級電視臺與國際足聯之間因財務條款分歧而陷入的長期談判僵局終於結束。 According to Chinese media reports, CCTV had turned down FIFA’s initial offer worth $250-300 million, a figure far exceeding CCTV’s budget and the network’s estimation of the tou...