Officials talking about artificial intelligence (AI) often speak in terms of the next industrial revolution or existential risks. Such rhetoric ultimately does little to capture how AI filters into the ordinary workings of a city like Hong Kong. The geopolitics of AI are no longer abstract. They are beginning to shape who can use which…
BEIJING, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CGTN published an article on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Beijing. Highlighting the ironclad friendship between the two countries, the article focused on their mutually beneficial cooperation and upholding of fairness and justice, and stressed efforts to elevate the China-Serbia comprehensive strategic partnership…
CGTN CGTN published an article showcasing how the people-centered governance approach has significantly improved living standards in China, and how it is expected to bring further tangible improvements to people’s lives in the future BEIJING, May 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ahead of this year’s Spring Festival, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a community canteen…
Few statesmen have reflected as deeply on the unpredictable nature of war as Winston Churchill. In his autobiography, “My Early Life: A Roving Commission,” written in the aftermath of the Boer War, he wrote: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can…
Members of the Trump administration will have to go digitally dark ahead of the president’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on Wednesday. The visit will require hundreds of officials, aides, and security personnel to leave their personal cellphones behind as they travel with temporary devices designed to minimize the risk…
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed its “firm support” for Hong Kong’s judicial authorities when asked whether Beijing would consider releasing jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying ahead of US President Donald Trump’s three-day state visit starting Wednesday. “[Jimmy] Lai Chee-ying is the principal mastermind and perpetrator behind the riots that shook Hong…
Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun will become the party’s first leader to visit China in a decade (I-Hwa Cheng) · I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/AFP Taiwan’s main opposition leader will travel to China on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at building cross-strait “peace”, but the goverment warns Beijing will seek to stop US arms sales to the democratic…
Chinese president Xi Jinping said that China’s path as the first country to develop wind and solar power has proven to be forward-looking. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a new energy system to safeguard the country’s energy security, weeks into the Iran war that…
Hong Kong has condemned the United Kingdom for undermining the city’s rule of law and meddling in local affairs after British authorities pledged to use “every opportunity” to press for the release of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who was jailed for 20 years over national security offences. The government issued a strong rebuttal…
Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has urged Hong Kong’s legislature to deliver more “practical outcomes” that align with the city’s actual conditions and meet Beijing’s expectations under the executive-led governance system. Emphasising the importance of the executive-led system for the second day in a row, the state leader reiterated on Saturday that its implementation was not…