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China has made progress in invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) tehcnology, achieving complex real-world operations such as mind-controlled wheelchairs. BCI is categorized into three types: invasive, semi-invasive and non-invasive. The latest breakthrough in the invasive BCI was achieved by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University and other institutions. In a major advance during clinical trials, a middle-aged man with quadriplegia caused by a cervical spinal cord injury is now able to steer a wheelchair outdoors and command a robotic dog to retrieve takeout…

China will double down on efforts to enhance its capacity to cope with extreme weather, as global warming drives more frequent, widespread, intense and concurrent events. Research shows that since 2011, the area in China receiving between 400 and 800 millimeters of annual precipitation has expanded significantly. Meanwhile, according to the China Meteorological Administration, extreme heavy rainfall is triggering longer-lasting, more destructive and more hazardous cascading disaster chains. With nine Fengyun meteorological satellites, 842 weather radars and more than 90,000 ground-based meteorological stations in service, China’s detection rate for severe weather has reached 83 percent. However, accurate forecasting and early…

China on Thursday launched island-wide special customs operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world’s largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, expanded zero-tariff coverage and more business-friendly measures. The move is widely seen as a landmark step in China’s ongoing efforts to promote free trade and expand high-standard opening up at a time of rising protectionism worldwide. Under the new arrangements, the tropical island of more than 30,000 square km has been designated as a special customs supervision zone. This marks a new stage in the development of the Hainan FTP, which enables freer…

China is willing to strengthen the alignment between its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) and the development visions of Middle Eastern countries, consolidating cooperation in traditional areas while deepening collaboration in emerging and frontier sectors, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said. In an interview with Chinese media following his visit to three Middle Eastern countries from December 12 to 16, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said China will further advance cooperation with Middle Eastern countries in innovation-driven development,…

In the first 11 months of this year, the Chinese capital of Beijing recorded its lowest average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since monitoring began, the municipal environmental authorities reported on Tuesday. The Lianhuachi Park, Beijing, China, September 7, 2025. /VCG From January to November, Beijing’s average PM2.5 concentration dropped to 26.5 micrograms per cubic meter – a 16.7 percent year-on-year decrease. During the period, the city enjoyed 282 days of good air quality, which was 23 days more than in the same timeframe last year. These improvements are attributable to the city’s ongoing efforts to combat air pollution,…

China’s Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will officially begin island-wide special customs operations on December 18, a landmark step in China’s efforts to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules. More than a regional policy shift, the move signals that China’s institutional opening up is entering a new phase and is expected to generate strong demonstration effects for the country’s 21 other pilot free trade zones (FTZs). A nationwide network of free trade zones China’s FTZ program began in 2013 with the launch of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Over the past 12 years, the program has…

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday rejected Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti’s petition to postpone local government elections in Quetta. Bugti filed the petition on Monday, citing the deteriorating law and order situation in the provincial capital and the suspension of internet services as reasons for postponing the local government elections in Quetta. In its written order today, the ECP said that the polls will be held as per the previously announced schedule. The Election Commission stated that polling in Quetta district will take place on December 28, 2025, saying that all institutions must assist in accordance…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar said on Wednesday that if one person is targeted or “minus,” then no one will remain afterwards, and the situation will spiral out of control. Speaking to the media outside Parliament House, Barrister Gohar said, “This is not the business world where you remove one of two and the other stays. If you minus one, none will be left. Water cannons were used on Khan Sahib’s sisters — enough is enough.” He stated that no one is being allowed to meet PTI founder Imran Khan, and whoever comes for a meeting is…

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH : Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of targeting civilians in border attacks on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would make a telephone call to stop the fighting and salvage a ceasefire he brokered in July. The Southeast Asian neighbours have blamed each other for the clashes that started on Monday, and remain at odds over a diplomatic solution to months of simmering tension. Asked about the prospect of further intervention by Trump, a Thai government spokesperson said there had been no talks with him so far, while Bangkok’s position was that negotiations should not…

WASHINGTON/TOKYO : The United States has for the first time criticised China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise last week, an incident over which the Asian neighbours have given differing accounts amid escalating tensions. The run-in near Japan’s Okinawa islands comes after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi triggered a dispute with Beijing last month with her remarks on how Tokyo might react to a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan. China claims democratically governed Taiwan and has not ruled out using force to take control of the island, which sits just over 100 km (62 miles)…