Members of a Chinese rescue team sent by the Ministry of Emergency Management transfer an injured person in Antakya, Turkiye, on Thursday. The team began its search and rescue work immediately after arriving in the earthquake-hit city on Wednesday afternoon. With help from Turkish rescuers, it also saved a pregnant woman from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building on Thursday. The death toll from two massive earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks that struck Turkiye and neighboring Syria on Monday passed 17,000 on Thursday. XINHUA See more, pages 3, 6
Sino-US trade ties expanding amid tensions
While relations between the United States and China have yet to thaw after years of growing tension, bilateral trade ties are expanding, with the value of imports and exports hitting a new high last year.
Chinese teams rescue 6 from quake rubble
Chinese rescue teams helped save at least six people, including a pregnant woman and three children, in two separate operations in earthquake-devastated Turkiye on Thursday.
Travel rule to attract talent to bay area
The integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is expected to make great progress after mainland cities in the region were given the nod to pilot a new exit endorsement for talent traveling to and from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.
Hopes of finding more survivors fade
ANTAKYA, Turkiye — The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria this week surpassed 17,000 on Thursday, as hopes faded of many people being found alive 72 hours since the disaster and frustration simmered over the slow delivery of aid.
Local efforts to raise digital economy output
Many provinces and cities in China have assured stronger efforts to raise the output of the digital economy, which they hope will better support the recovery of the larger economy from adverse COVID-19 impacts.
China powers up use of liquefied natural gas
China's demand for liquefied natural gas is expected to rise in 2023, and use of the super-chilled fuel is forecast to pick up as additional measures have helped the economy to recover, industry experts said.
Blimping of balloon into threat on US highlights significance of crisis control
The United States military's downing of a Chinese meteorological balloon off the South Carolina coast was a remarkable example of how an otherwise insignificant incident can be blown up to be a dangerously damaging one between two countries in the absence of mutual trust.
The lesson from Japan
Editor's note: The world has undergone many changes and shocks in recent years. Enhanced dialogue between scholars from China and overseas is needed to build mutual understanding on many problems the world faces. For this purpose, the China Watch Institute of China Daily and the National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, jointly present this special column: The Global Strategy Dialogue, in which experts from China and abroad will offer insightful views, analysis and fresh perspectives on long-term strategic issues of global importance.
Dancers put new twist on a classic
Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, written by Cao Xueqin during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), is considered to be one of China's greatest novels. It chronicles the downfall of the wealthy and influential Jia family, and is set against the backdrop of social and political upheaval. There are hundreds of characters in the novel, including Lin Daiyu, a beautiful and sentimental young woman, who moves into her grandmother's family — the Jia family — after the death of her mother. There, she meets numerous relatives for the first time, one of whom is Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew, a rebellious and pampered young man.
Voicing their passion
Comprising four classical opera productions, an assortment of new original Chinese operas, a symphonic chorus, dance theater projects and a series of salons and new initiatives, the Shanghai Opera House's performance schedule for this year is one that would leave many art lovers enthused.
