Special support is being extended to the families of the 82 people killed in Friday's deadly mine accident in Shanxi province, as rescuers continue to work around the clock to search for the two missing miners on Monday and the process of ensuring every possible aid for the families of the victims progresses steadily. 山西省上週五發生重大煤礦事故，造成 82 人遇難。目前相關部門正向遇難者家屬提供專項幫扶。週一，救援人員仍在連夜搜救兩名失聯礦工，各項善后幫扶工作有序推進。 A gas explosion struck the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county of Changzhi in Shanxi province at 7:29 pm on Friday, killing 82, while two remained missing. 上週五晚間 7 時 29 分，山西省長治市沁源縣留神峪煤礦發生瓦斯爆炸事故，事故造成 82 人遇難、2 人失聯。 A total of 128 people were injured and were receiving hospital treatment, including two in critical condition and two in serious condition. Another 35 people with minor injuries have returned home. 事故共造成 128 人受傷並入院救治，其中 2 人病危、2 人重傷；另...
As China and the United States race to expand their artificial intelligence capabilities, economists said the two countries need closer cooperation on global governance and safety standards in order to better manage the potential risks of the technology. 在中美兩國競相提升人工智能能力之際，經濟學家表示，兩國需要在全球治理和安全標準方面加強合作，以更好應對該技術的潛在風險。 While the US continues to lead in frontier AI research, large-scale models and computing power, economists said that China is rapidly catching up and has developed strengths in integrating AI into manufacturing, consumer services and other parts of the real economy, reflecting different development priorities in the two countries. 儘管美國在前沿人工智能研究、大模型和算力方面繼續保持領先，但經濟學家表示，中國正在迅速追趕，並在將人工智能融入制造業、消費者服務及其他實體經濟領域方面形成了優勢，這反映了兩國不同的發展重點。 "There are two main players in the development of frontier AI — China and the US," e...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrived in Beijing on Sunday for his first state visit to China, a trip that is aimed at striving for more tangible outcomes in building a China-Serbia community with a shared future for the new era. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang will respectively meet with Vucic during the visit, which runs from Sunday to Thursday, to exchange views on bilateral relations, as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest. Before leaving for China, Vucic described his visit as "undoubtedly the most important trip abroad" in his political career, according to Serbian news agency Tanjug. He said that Serbia attaches great importance to building strong partnerships with friendly countries that respect its independence, development and right to choose its own path. He said the support and friendship shown by Xi toward Serbia remain a lasting testimony to the ironclad ties between Serbia and China, as well as to the deep mutual tru...
The Shenzhou XXIII crew has entered the Tiangong space station and met with the outgoing Shenzhou XXI astronauts. 神舟二十三號乘組已進駐天宮空間站，與即將輪換的神舟二十一號航天員完成會面。 The new arrivals — mission commander and spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu, spacecraft pilot Colonel Zhang Zhiyuan, and science payload specialist Lai Ka-ying — were launched by a Long March 2F carrier rocket at 11:08 pm Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. 此次抵達的航天員分别為指令長兼飛行工程師朱楊柱上校、飛船駕駛員張志遠上校以及載荷專家黎家盈。他們於週日晚間 11 時 08 分，搭乘長征二號 F 運載火箭，在中國西北部酒泉衛星發射中心升空。 After flying about three and a half hours, their spaceship docked with the front port on the Tianhe core module, the central piece of the Chinese space station, at 2:45 am Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. 中國載人航天工程辦公室表示，飛船在軌飛行約三個半小時后，於週一淩晨 2 時 45 分對接至中國空間站...
Chinese consumer brands are rapidly expanding across Southeast Asia, moving beyond electronics and electric vehicles into sectors such as beauty, food service and home appliances, according to a report by Euromonitor International. 市場研究機構歐睿國際的一份報告顯示，中國消費品牌正在東南亞迅速擴張，其業務已從電子產品和電動汽車拓展至美妝、餐飲和家用電器等領域。 Its “Rise of Chinese Brands in Southeast Asia” report found that the ASEAN economies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam account for 95 percent of the region‘s $4 trillion GDP. The region has become the largest and fastest-growing export destination for Chinese goods. 該機構發布的《中國品牌在東南亞的崛起》報告指出，在東南亞地區4萬億美元的經濟總量中，印度尼西亞、馬來西亞、菲律賓、新加坡、泰國和越南這六個東盟經濟體合計占95%。該地區已成為中國商品最大且增長最快的出口目的地。 In 2024, China’s exports to Southeast Asia reached $587 billion, up 12 percent year-on-year. More than 70 percen...
When I reached the road leading to the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, around noon on Saturday, it had already been sealed off. Ambulances waited nearby. Rescue vehicles rushed in and out. Police cordons marked the boundary between the outside world and a rescue operation unfolding deep underground — in tunnels rendered extremely dangerous by cave-ins, flooding and toxic gases. A huge explosion rocked the coal mine at 7:29 pm on Friday. As of Saturday night, local authorities confirmed that 82 people had been killed and two remained unaccounted for. A total of 128 people were injured and taken to hospitals for treatment. For rescuers at the site, every descent into the mine shaft was driven by one hope — to find signs of life. Among those helping in the aftermath of the disaster is 54-year-old Guang Xinhai, head of the Shanxi Huayang mine rescue squad, one of China's national-level mine emergency rescue teams. Guang, who has more than th...
In this episode of CD Voice, we explore a quiet but powerful shift in what modern audiences truly want from a movie. Against the backdrop of a surprise box-office hit — Letter to Grandma, a film made with no stars, no marketing blitz, and almost no professional actors — we ask a simple question: why did millions of people walk out of theaters saying, “It doesn‘t feel like a movie — it feels like real life”? Through warm, conversational storytelling, we uncover how an 84-year-old grandmother discovered on Douyin, a finance major found by algorithm, and a director who chose restraint over manufactured tears created something that bypasses our filters for entertainment and lands directly as truth. We also look at the deeper cultural longing behind this phenomenon — in an age of algorithms, notifications, and overstimulation, authenticity has become the rarest and most valuable gift. Tune in to hear why a quiet, regional film in the Chaoshan dialect won over audiences nationwide,...
China agreeing to purchase 200 aircraft from Boeing is expected to bolster commercial ties between China and the United States, especially in the aviation sector, as industry analysts said the agreement represents a partial easing of strained industrial ties after nearly a decade. The Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday that China will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft "in accordance with its air transport development needs and on commercial principles", responding to a question regarding US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on the deal. An official from the ministry said that aviation is a key sector for mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between the two countries. The US will also guarantee sufficient supplies of engines and spare parts for Chinese operators, according to a statement published on the ministry's website. The comments came days after Boeing said that it had made progress in reopening the Chinese market during Trump's state visit...
President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to further extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, while pledging to further strengthen political mutual trust, strategic coordination and practical cooperation between the two countries amid a fluid and turbulent international situation. The agreement was reached during talks between the two heads of state at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, before Putin concluded his two-day state visit to China. After their talks earlier on Wednesday, the two presidents signed a joint statement on further enhancing the comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation between the two countries. They witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in areas including the economy and trade, education, and science and technology. The two sides also issued a joint statement on advocating a multipolar world and a n...
Lai Ching-te's tenure as the head of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities of China's Taiwan region has been marked by a series of missteps and failures that have not only strained cross-Strait relations but also undermined the island's development prospects. Contrary to his shameless claim in a speech on Wednesday marking the two-year anniversary of his tenure that he has maintained the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the DPP authorities have stubbornly adhered to a "Taiwan independence" stance, peddled separatist fallacies and obstructed cross-Strait exchanges. That speech was a response, if not a desperate "don't desert me" plea, to US President Donald Trump's Friday interview, in which the US leader stated, "We're not looking to have somebody say, 'Let's go independent because the United States is backing us'." This remark dealt a heavy blow to Lai. In his speech — yet another litany of lies and deceit — Lai openly groveled to Washington, b...