British Airways is doubling their Chinese-speaking cabin crew bases in China, and the first batch is expected to enter service in May, the airline's chief customer officer said on Thursday, and the company is bullish on the growth of the Chinese economy and the rising travel demand. "We will add 50 cabin crew members in […]
On Wednesday, eight scholars from various Chinese and US universities gathered at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University to discuss the road ahead for China-US academic exchanges. Most of the participants of this event have gained numerous wonderful memories on the road of academic exchanges, and these experiences have also shaped and influenced their academic careers. […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the US to do more to contribute to peace and stability and not to introduce bloc confrontation, conflicts and wars into the Asia-Pacific, in response to the China-related content in the US' first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), which highlighted the need to reform its defense industry and […]
China, along with Algeria, Mozambique and Russia, abstained on a US-backed UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution demanding Houthi militia stop attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, which was adopted on Wednesday with 11 voting for and zero against. Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, explained China's abstention as certain revisions proposed […]
Despite formidable competition from Japan, Bahrain, and India, China remains poised to top the medal table in athletics at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Since 1986, China has consistently led the medal tally in track and field at every Asian Games. Five years ago in Jakarta, China tied with Bahrain, each securing 12 gold medals. India […]
On October 7, the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, held the first men's and women's breaking events in the history of the Games. After three rounds of intense competition, 17-year-old Chinese breakdancer Liu Qingyi defeated Japan's Yuasa Ami with a score of 2-1 to win the breaking women's gold medal and […]
China's figure skating team set their sights on competing in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on home ice as the skating pairs had an open training session on Thursday at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. The 2023 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series consists of six international senior events that […]
As a melting pot of international resources from 154 countries and regions around the world, the ongoing 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in the Chinese mega city of Shanghai stages one of the most prominent global commerce galas in 2023 to be hosted by China. Encompassing six themed display areas such as "food and […]
The US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visited Fukushima and ate local food to show the US' support to Japan, which was criticized by the netizens for his hypocrisy and political show-making, with many asking the ambassador to explain why the US reduced seafood imports from Japan. Emanuel wrote via his X (formerly Twitter) account […]
A US Marine Corps F-35B went down over South Carolina on Sunday after its pilot ejected mid-flight for reasons unknown. Why do F-35s seem so crash-prone? What’s wrong with them? And what role does the waste and fraud in the US military-industrial complex play in creating such a Frankenstein’s monster of an aircraft? Sputnik explores. […]