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On the eve of the New Year, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2026 New Year message. Addressing high-quality growth, technological innovation, cultural development, people’s well-being, the Communist Party of China’s self-governance, and China’s foreign policy, Xi’s speech presented a clear picture of China’s governance philosophy: putting people first while pursuing sustained, high-quality development. The speech also conveyed China’s commitment to working with the international community to address shared challenges and build a community with a shared future for humanity. International observers praised Xi’s New Year message, noting that it not only highlighted China’s domestic priorities but also underscored its…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the Science and Technology Daily on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the newspaper’s founding.

Türkiye has granted visa-free travel to Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports for tourism and transit, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday. Under the new regulations signed by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese travelers will be exempt from visa requirements for stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period. The policy is set to take effect on January 2. The move aims to strengthen trade and tourism between the two nations. It follows a significant surge in arrivals from China, which has become one of Türkiye’s fastest-growing tourism markets. According to Türkiye’s official…

China attaches great importance to and welcomes the visit of the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) President Lee Jae Myung to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a phone conversation with ROK Foreign Minister Cho Hyun at the latter’s request. Wang said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-ROK relations have emerged from a low point and returned to the right track, showing a steady and positive development trend. It is believed that with the joint…

China firmly opposes Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, as a sovereign state, a Chinese envoy said on Monday. Israel’s formal recognition of Somaliland as an independent sovereign state has further increased tensions in the Horn of Africa, drawing immediate and strong criticisms and condemnations from regional organizations and regional countries, said Sun Lei, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations. China expresses its grave concern over this move and firmly opposes it, Sun told an emergency meeting of the Security Council. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states is a fundamental principle of…

China’s defense ministry said on Monday that joint drills launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command served as a stern warning to separatist forces advocating “Taiwan independence” and to external interference. Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to media reports that the “Justice Mission 2025” drills were related to the recent U.S. announcement of a large arms sales plan to Taiwan. “We urge relevant countries to abandon the illusion of using Taiwan to contain China and to refrain from challenging China’s resolve in safeguarding its core interests,” Zhang…

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command is conducting drills on assault against maritime targets, anti-air and anti-submarine operations to the north and south of Taiwan Island on Tuesday, according to the theater command. Destroyers, frigates, fighters and bombers are being employed on subjects of identification and verification, warning and expulsion, simulated strikes, assault on maritime targets, as well as anti-air and anti-submarine operations. The drills test capabilities of sea-air coordination and integrated blockade and control, said the theater command.

KARACHI : Law enforcement agencies in Karachi have thwarted a suicide attack plan by taking timely action and rescuing a minor Baloch girl who was being groomed for the attack. Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, accompanied by Additional IG CTD Muhammad Azad Khan, revealed during a press conference that terrorist organizations were attempting to turn the girl into a suicide bomber. He said elements of Fitna-e-Hindustan are targeting underage children as their new focus and are using social media as a weapon to radicalize innocent minds. The minister stated that in this particular case, a network linked to the…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has slammed India over recent condemnable incidents of vandalism during Christmas, as well as state-sponsored campaigns targeting Muslims. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tahir Andrabi stated this in response to media questions regarding persecution of minorities in India. “The persecution of minorities in India is a matter of deep concern. Recent condemnable incidents of vandalism during Christmas, as well as state-sponsored campaigns targeting Muslims — including the demolition of their homes and repeated lynchings, notably the case of Muhammad Akhlaq, in which the state worked to shield the perpetrators from accountability — have deepened fear…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday warned that weaponisation of water is neither sane nor acceptable in a region after it emerged that India has given approval to the Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on Chenab River in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Calling it a “flagrant violation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT),” she highlighted: “As per the IWT, which cannot be unilaterally revoked, as recent UN rapporteurs have confirmed, Pakistan has control over the waters of the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers, while the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers fall under India’s…