Vice-Premier He Lifeng shakes hands with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Friday. PEDRO PARDO/AFP
Sino-US interactions gearing up
As more delegations of US officials, students and business leaders are poised to arrive from across the Pacific later this month, diplomacy and exchanges have been blossoming recently between China and the United States in official, semiofficial and nongovernmental contexts at various levels.
Beijing, Hanoi eye closer ties
Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Thursday.
Biden warns Netanyahu of shift in policy
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden threatened on Thursday to condition support for Israel's offensive in Gaza on it taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians, seeking for the first time to leverage US aid to influence Israeli military behavior.
Re-rooted on the mainland
A garden in Xiamen, Fujian province, is famous for its exquisite landscape bonsai, including many varieties that were introduced from Taiwan island, across the Strait.
STRONG ECONOMIC TIES SET TO TIGHTEN
Stronger China-France business ties will benefit both countries and contribute to global economic growth, said market watchers and corporate executives, adding that the two nations share huge trade complementarity, intertwined interests and substantial potential for economic cooperation.
Asian cinema ready to unite
Phasit Wacharatham is keen to explore more coproduction opportunities with Chinese partners.
AI phones get set for smart revolution
Zhang Wentao, a Beijing-based bank employee, is happy with an upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) assistant in his Huawei smartphone, as it can easily translate a 3,000-word English news report into Chinese, write a summary and provide relevant data to help him understand the article quickly.
Villages vitalized by terraces to heaven
Various-sized oxen made of bamboo strips with colorful cloth for the head and tail danced to the accompaniment of gongs and drums. Farmers dressed in distinctive Dong outfits holding plows and whips followed closely in their wake.
RAIDS OF GLORY
The mention of kabaddi often leaves Britons scratching their heads but a handful of players keen to develop the game in England have tried their best to explain the 4,000-year-old sport, well known to the country's South Asian diaspora.
