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The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) held a seminar on Saturday to discuss the white paper “Hong Kong: Safeguarding China’s National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems.” Speaking at the event, John Lee, chief executive of the HKSAR, said he will continue to lead efforts to safeguard national security and promote economic development in the region, fully implementing the “six steadfast commitments” outlined in the white paper, and resolutely protecting national sovereignty, security and development interests to ensure high-level security for the sustainable and high-quality development of “One Country, Two Systems.” Zhou Ji,…

China Media Group (CMG) hosted the “Prelude to the Spring Festival Gala: The World Watches the CMG Gala Together” event in New York City on Friday, Feb. 13. This was the third consecutive year of the event being held in Manhattan. Around 300 guests, including diplomats to the United Nations, representatives of UN agencies, and friends from cultural, economic, and media sectors of China and the United States, participated in the gathering. CMG President Shen Haixiong and UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming delivered video remarks. Stephen A. Orlins, President of the National Committee on U.S.–China Relations, and Ma…

China confirmed that Canadian and British citizens will be able to visit the country visa-free from February 17, after the two countries’ leaders announced such agreements following official trips to Beijing. British and Canadian prime ministers Keir Starmer and Mark Carney both visited Beijing in January, seeking to bolster relations with China and pivot from the increasingly mercurial United States. Both leaders had hailed progress following meetings with top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping, on issues like visa-free access for their citizens to China. Beijing’s ministry of foreign affairs confirmed these agreements on Sunday, saying Canadian and British citizens…

The International Monetary Fund is discussing proposed electricity tariff revisions with Pakistan authorities, the fund said in a statement to Reuters on Saturday, adding that the burden of the revisions should not fall on middle‑ or lower‑income households. “The ongoing discussions with the authorities will assess whether the proposed tariff revisions are consistent with these commitments and evaluate their potential impact on macroeconomic stability, including inflation,” it said in its statement. The federal government announced a proposed tariff overhaul that analysts said would lift inflation while easing pressure on industry, as it seeks to meet conditions under its $7 billion…

China has taken a major step toward building an AI-powered space infrastructure, with a satellite constellation deploying 10 AI models in orbit and establishing inter-satellite networking. The deployment demonstrates AI applications in deep space exploration, smart city development and natural resource surveys, according to Zhejiang Lab, which developed the constellation with global partners. China placed 12 satellites, the first group of the space computing constellation called “Three-Body Computing Constellation,” into orbit in May 2025. After nearly nine months of in-orbit testing, the constellation has demonstrated core capabilities including networking, computing, model deployment and scientific payload verification. Among the space-based models…

China’s State Council has approved the upgrade of the Xiong’an high-tech industrial development zone into a national-level high-tech industrial development zone, according to a statement released Friday. As part of the Xiong’an New Area in north China’s Hebei Province, the upgraded zone should promote deeper integration of sci-tech innovation with industrial innovation, and attract high-end innovation resources from home and abroad, the statement said. It called on the zone to actively carry out research and development cooperation on major sci-tech projects, accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies in priority areas, and speed up the efficient transformation and application of sci-tech…

Scholars from China, Cambodia and Thailand on Tuesday discussed steps to implement a peace process between Phnom Penh and Bangkok under the Fuxian consensus during a conference in Beijing. The China–Cambodia–Thailand Track II dialogue conference, convened by China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, sought to strengthen exchanges among think tanks in the three countries and to generate policy-oriented insights to help carry forward the Fuxian consensus and support the normalization of Cambodia-Thailand relations. Zhai Kun, a scholar from Peking University, noted after attending the conference that since the outbreak of conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in July 2025, China has…

President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have visited or entrusted others to visit retired senior officials to extend greetings ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on February 17 this year. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and other leaders wished the retired senior officials a happy Spring Festival, good health and longevity. The retired senior officials voiced wholehearted support for Xi Jinping’s core position on the CPC Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and spoke highly of the remarkable achievements made…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) :  A white paper released by China’s State Council Information Office on Hong Kong provides guidance for advancing Hong Kong’s national security work, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said on Tuesday. The State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled “Hong Kong: Safeguarding China’s National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems.” A spokesperson for the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR said that the white paper provides a comprehensive review…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : China’s State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled “Hong Kong: Safeguarding China’s National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems.” Consisting of five parts in addition to a preface and a conclusion, the white paper details the unrelenting fight for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong and the central government’s fundamental responsibility for national security matters concerning Hong Kong. It also expounds on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)’s achievements in fulfilling its constitutional responsibility for safeguarding national security, Hong Kong’s transition from disorder to stability and prosperity, and…