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The Chinese military held a reception at the Great Hall of the People to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, which is observed on August 1. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun addressed the event.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a statement on the Philippines’ delimitation of the so-called “baselines of the territorial sea” of China’s territory of Huangyan Dao. The move “is a grave infringement upon China’s territorial sovereignty and a serious violation of international law, including the United Nations Charter and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),” said the statement. “It is illegal, null and void. China firmly rejects and will never accept it.” “Huangyan Dao is China’s inherent territory. China has indisputable sovereignty over it and its adjacent waters and has sovereign rights and jurisdiction…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged efforts to strengthen political guidance and deepen innovation-driven development to advance the high-quality modernization of national defense and the armed forces. Xi made the remarks when presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday. Xi urged efforts to fulfill the goals for the centenary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 2027 and make “decisive progress” in basically realizing the modernization of national defense and the armed forces. This, he said, will provide strong strategic support for…

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday ruled out any talks with terrorists, rejecting the false impression of deteriorating security situation in Balochistan. Addressing a press conference on counterterrorism and the country’s security situation, he said that some of the elite and Sardars (tribal leaders) in Balochistan did not want children from poor families to progress. “We will not talk to you; we will talk to the people of Balochistan,” he added. The ISPR chief said that Pakistan was not a hard state if the Constitution and law were not equal for every citizen. “Are we…

For Ameer Hamza, vocational training received in China opened a door he never thought possible. As a student of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad Community College, he took part in the Sino-Pak Dual Diploma Program in Modern Agriculture Technology and studied at Beijing Bailie University in 2022. Upon returning home, Hamza joined a local firm partnering with Chinese suppliers, earning approximately Rs140,000 per month, well above Pakistan’s average salary for vocational graduates. Hamza’s story is the human face of the expanding China-Pakistan technical and vocational education and training (TVET) cooperation. In December 2024, the Pakistani Embassy in China hosted the…

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Moonshot AI on Monday fully open-sourced its latest flagship large language model, Kimi K3, marking another milestone in China’s rapidly expanding open-source AI ecosystem. With 2.8 trillion parameters, Kimi K3 is currently the world’s largest open-source AI model by parameter count. The release includes the model’s complete weights, a technical report and three underlying infrastructure technologies used to train the model, allowing developers worldwide to download, deploy and further develop it locally. While China has previously open-sourced AI models, this is the first time a flagship model at the 2.8-trillion-parameter scale has been fully released…

A formation of the China Coast Guard (CCG)’s Xiushan vessel conducted regular law enforcement patrols in accordance with the law in waters east of China’s Taiwan Island on Friday, CCG spokesperson Jiang Lue said. Since July, the Xiushan vessel formation has continued to strengthen maritime control in the relevant waters, effectively maintaining the normal order of navigation and operations while safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests, as well as the safety of life and property, of Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots, Jiang said. The spokesperson added that the CCG will continue to enhance law enforcement patrols in waters under China’s…

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also China’s lead person for China-US economic and trade affairs, held a video call on Thursday with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The two sides held candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges on implementing the important consensus reached between the two heads of state at their meeting in Beijing, and on maintaining stable economic and trade relations, expanding practical cooperation, and properly addressing each other’s concerns in the next stage. The Chinese side expressed serious concern over the recent economic and trade restrictions imposed by the United States on China.…

The fifth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing in October, according to a decision made at a CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting on Thursday. The Political Bureau will report its work to the CPC Central Committee, and the session will study major issues on advancing the Party’s full and rigorous self-governance, according to the main agenda of the session. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired Thursday’s meeting. Despite the significant progress made since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party’s full and rigorous self-governance…

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss recent regional and international developments, with particular focus on the situation in Palestine. During the conversation, the two foreign ministers expressed deep concern over the continued Israeli military operations in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, repeated violations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, and the worsening humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories. Both leaders reaffirmed their unwavering support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and stressed the need for continued diplomatic engagement…