China: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: 2025 Xi’an Marathon set for October
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News The 2025 Xi’an Marathon will be held on October 19 in the capital city of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Participants run past the Erqi Square during the 2024 Zhengzhou Marathon in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, on Nov. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng) “Runners can register through […]
MIL-OSI China: Wang Xinyu bows out of Wimbledon 2nd round
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China’s Wang Xinyu lost to Zeynep Sonmez of Türkiye 7-5, 7-5 in the women’s singles second round at Wimbledon on Thursday. Both players broke back and forth in the first set until Sonmez clinched the win. After they tied at 5-5 in the second set, Sonmez […]
MIL-OSI China: Liverpool, football world mourn Jota as tributes pour in
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Liverpool FC and Cristiano Ronaldo have led tributes to Portugal international Diogo Jota, after he and his brother Andre died in a car crash in northwestern Spain in the early hours of Thursday morning. The brothers died when their Lamborghini went off the A52 road, possibly […]
MIL-OSI China: Putin tells Trump he won’t back down from goals in Ukraine
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would achieve its goals in the conflict with Ukraine, including the elimination of its root causes, in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov. “Our president said that Russia […]
MIL-OSI China: US House passes Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill with a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday. Photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong) The bill will be sent […]
MIL-OSI China: 13th World Peace Forum held in Beijing
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News More than 1,200 guests from 86 countries and regions have gathered in Beijing to exchange views on maintaining global peace and addressing conflicts at the ongoing 13th World Peace Forum (WPF). Themed “advancing global peace and prosperity: shared responsibility, benefit and achievement,” the forum, which runs […]
MIL-OSI China: View of Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in NW China
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News View of Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in NW China Updated: July 4, 2025 08:03 Xinhua An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in Zhongwei City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The two sides […]
MIL-OSI China: China activates Level-IV emergency response to flooding in 5 provinces
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday launched a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in five provinces, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. The emergency measures cover Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where heavy downpours are […]
MIL-OSI China: China’s commerce ministry says to ensure necessity supply in flood-hit areas
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — The Ministry of Commerce has taken measures to ensure stable market supply of daily necessities in China’s flood-hit regions, a ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Since the main flood season began in June, multiple southern regions have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding, […]
MIL-OSI China: China’s summer grain procurement surpasses 50 mln tonnes
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s summer grain procurement has entered its peak season, with cumulative purchases exceeding 50 million tonnes nationwide, which is a relatively high level for recent years, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said on Thursday. Procurement operations are progressing in an […]
MIL-OSI China: China to accelerate high-quality development of photovoltaics sector
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday held a symposium for manufacturing enterprises, focusing on accelerating the high-quality development of the photovoltaics industry. The symposium called for efforts to deal comprehensively with the problem of disorderly price competition in […]
MIL-Evening Report: Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo Li, Professor, Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Science, University of Wollongong Excavation at the Gantangqing site. Liu et al. Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out […]
MIL-OSI Russia: China to host Digital Silk Road Development Forum in ancient port city
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — The World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Development Forum will be held on July 24 in Quanzhou, east China’s Fujian Province, […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Vice Chairman of China delivers speech at opening ceremony of 13th World Peace Forum
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Thursday addressed the opening ceremony of the 13th World Peace Forum in Beijing, calling for jointly […]
MIL-OSI China: Hainan draws global tourists with visa-free travel, streamlined tax refunds
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Hainan draws global tourists with visa-free travel, streamlined tax refunds Updated: July 3, 2025 21:44 Xinhua China’s tropical island province of Hainan is becoming a “shopping paradise” for international travelers, boosted by expanding visa-free entry policy and hassle-free tax refunds. MIL OSI China News –
MIL-OSI China: China to hold extensive cultural events marking 80th anniversary of victory against Japanese aggression, fascism
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China to hold extensive cultural events marking 80th anniversary of victory against Japanese aggression, fascism BEIJING, July 3 — China will organize an array of cultural events to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and […]
MIL-OSI Russia: More than 300 Chinese companies are ready to take part in the 9th China-Russia EXPO in Yekaterinburg – Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — The 9th China-Russia Expo will be held from July 7 to 10, 2025, in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Chinese Ministry of […]
MIL-OSI Russia: China calls for political process in Haiti to advance
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News UNITED NATIONS, July 3 (Xinhua) — China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang on Wednesday called for efforts to advance the political process in […]
MIL-OSI Russia: China successfully launches new experimental satellite
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News XICHANG, July 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday successfully launched a new experimental satellite, Shiyan-28B 01, into space. The launch was carried out using a Long March-4C […]
MIL-OSI China: Xi’s speech at 2nd China-Central Asia Summit published as booklet
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — A speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the second China-Central Asia Summit has been published in booklet form. Xi delivered the keynote speech themed “Championing the China-Central Asia Spirit For High-Quality Cooperation in the Region” in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17. […]