Rescue team members search for survivors on Friday at the site of a mudslide in a village in Longsheng county in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, after a mountain torrent and mudslide hit early on Friday morning. A preliminary assessment by local authorities showed that eight people were suspected to be missing and 10 houses sustained damage. Rescue efforts are underway in the village. Wei Jiyang / Xinhua
Key role of Sino-German ties stressed
President Xi Jinping stressed on Friday the strategic and overall significance of China's relations with Germany and the European Union in a world of intertwined transformations and turbulence, as he spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in their first phone conversation since Merz took office.
Rescuers race against time to find survivors
Following two deaths, rescue workers are still racing against the clock to search for 17 others buried under the soil on Friday after a landslide struck Guowa township in Dafang county, Bijie, Guizhou province, on Thursday.
China launches cargo drone able to haul up to 1.2 tons
The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, one of the country's dominant unmanned aircraft makers, has carried out the maiden flight of its new aerial cargo drone.
Ukraine crisis a lesson for the West
With the Russia-Ukraine conflict entering its fourth year, the realities of the battlefield have shattered many of the comfortable illusions nurtured by the West.
China-CEEC business ties win-win for both
Growing business engagement between China and Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) will deliver long-term benefits for both sides, providing fresh momentum for multilateral cooperation, green growth and the Belt and Road Initiative in the years ahead, said government officials and business leaders.
Yueyang's historical assets showcased in bid to attract visitors
Yueyang, a city steeped in history and nestled along the Yangtze River, is hosting the fourth Hunan Tourism Development Conference from Saturday to Monday.
Tariffs hurt global trade: Experts
The tariff policies of the United States are like an "addictive drug" that could destabilize the global trade system and undermine its own economic health, according to experts at a World Salon and Institute for China-America Studies event earlier this month.
Fungus is peak prize for alpine herders
In the high-altitude valleys of Nagchu, Xizang autonomous region, the first light of summer reveals a scene unchanged for generations: herders traversing snow-flecked slopes, their eyes trained to spot the precious medical ingredient of the plateau — caterpillar fungus (cordyceps sinensis).
HITTING THE HIGH NOTES
In a small theater in Maoming city in South China's Guangdong province, Cantonese Opera echoes through the air, the rhythmic beat of drums, the melodic instruments and the soaring voices of performers filling the atmosphere with life and energy. This was the world Li Junsheng was born into.
Pursuing an explorer's spirit
When Moroccan adventurer Karim Mosta pedaled away from Casablanca, Morocco, on a February morning in 2024, he had one goal in mind: retracing the epic path of 14th-century explorer Ibn Battuta.
