Military exercises around the island of Taiwan continue for the second day on Wednesday. The "Strait Thunder-2025A" exercise was carried out in the middle and southern parts of the Taiwan Strait. Provided to China Daily
Beijing and Moscow hail solid relations
The fresh consensus and policy manifestations made by China and Russia during Foreign Minister Wang Yi's latest visit to Moscow serve as a convincing reminder of the bilateral ties' resilience as well as the two nations' capability to advance their shared policy agenda in an undisturbed and productive way, observers said.
China remains attractive for US investors
China will remain an attractive market for companies from the United States, as the country's focus on technological innovation, electric vehicles and biotechnology continues to offer significant opportunities for US businesses, said the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Fudan team develops new kind of chips
Researchers in Shanghai have developed the world's largest integrated two-dimensional semiconductor microprocessor, a breakthrough that could revolutionize the industry by replacing traditional silicon-based chips with molybdenum disulfide, or MoS2.
JILIN PROVINCE'S VIBRANT CULTURE MAKES A SPLASH
On the world's golden latitude belt for snow and ice, featuring the European Alps and the North American Rockies, there is another famous mountain range: Changbai Mountain in Jilin province in Northeast China.
Funding cuts shock US colleges
Gracie Hines, a senior at West Virginia University, was looking forward to working on her PhD in pharmaceutical research at the school this year. She was already admitted.
TIME TO LEND A HAND
Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 2,800 people as of Tuesday.
World Expo to bolster trade ties with Japan
China and Japan will jointly develop World Expo 2025 into a platform for exchanges and friendship between the two peoples, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade said on Wednesday.
Plush toy appeal intensifies among youth
A normal-sized plush toy retails for around 50 yuan ($6.9) on average in China. However, a 31-centimeter version plush toy from London-based toymaker Jellycat is priced at 399 yuan or more, and flies off the shelves the moment it becomes available.
Washington's overreaction to PLA drills serves as a telling sign of its duplicity
Despite Beijing unequivocally stating the military exercises it launched this week near the Taiwan island "are a serious warning and an act of containment against 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces, and a legitimate and necessary move to defend national sovereignty and uphold national unity", some still wrongly insist they are a test of the United States' and its allies' resolve to "defend" Taiwan.
Toward a new era in East-West connectivity
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 Strategic Dialogue, in which experts from China and abroad will offer insightful views, analysis and fresh perspectives on long-term strategic issues of global importance.
Documentary milks universal connections
From frothy lattes to creamy cheeses, from the delicate folds of a milk fan, or rushan, thin sheet-like dairy product made from heated and stretched milk, to the silkiness of double-layered milk pudding from Shunde in Guangdong province, some of the world's favorite flavors trace back to one simple source: milk.
