President Xi Jinping announces the commissioning of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. The system started providing full-scale global services the same day. Li Xiang / Xinhua
Xi unveils Beidou full-scale coverage
President Xi Jinping announced on Friday that China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been completed and has started providing full-scale global services that day.
111 new cases confirmed in Urumqi
The city of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region registered 111 newly confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the biggest daily increase since the recent outbreak on July 15.
Ambassador: Bilateral ties in need of 'reset'
The China-US relationship can only have a bright future if it is built on dialogue and cooperation, and the two countries should be partners, not imaginary enemies, Beijing's top envoy in Washington said on Thursday.
Wider 'circle of friends' can blunt US attacks
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which the US president has called the "largest, fairest, and most balanced trade agreement in history", formally came into force on July 1.
Factory output rises in July
The faster-than-expected expansion of China's manufacturing sector in July indicates a steady recovery of the economy during the second half of the year, experts said on Friday.
New Zealand tourism faces winter chill
WELLINGTON－Running a cozy lodge at the lakeside of Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, Mrs Cheung can enjoy the view of the snow-capped Mount Remarkable through the windows.
Claims against Chinese tech firms unravel
With the rise in what some call "techno-nationalism" in the United States, Chinese companies are facing national security accusations by the US on a broad front－from telecom giant Huawei to popular video app TikTok.
Yellow River's gift of life inspires tide of praise
She is considered the mother river that nurtured Chinese civilization. Today, she is still nurturing farmlands and people are relying on her to live.
