KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — A report highlighting the global significance and practical value of China’s public intellectual goods was released on Saturday by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency. Titled “Answering the Questions of Our Time: The Global Significance and Practical Value of China’s Public Intellectual Goods,” the report said China has steadily increased the supply of global public intellectual goods, gradually building a system that encompasses dimensions such as international order, national development, and…

KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Some 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from 110 countries or international and regional organizations convened Friday in southwest China’s Yunnan Province for the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025. Their common aspiration is to turn the Global South’s rising economic weight — representing 40 percent of global GDP and 80 percent of world growth — into an equally powerful voice in the fields of international discussion and communication. Within five days…

KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 opened Friday in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, bringing together hundreds of scholars and officials in a bid to amplify the voice of developing countries on the world stage. The five-day gathering, held under the theme “Empowering Global South, Navigating Global Changes,” is the second edition following a previous one in Sao Paulo, Brazil last year. About 500 representatives from more than 260 institutions across 110…

BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — At Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square, Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with world leaders, attended on Wednesday morning a grand military parade honoring both China’s victory and the collective triumph of nations that overcame fascism eighty years ago. Standing on the rostrum of Tian’anmen, Xi delivered a speech marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. He called on nations across the world…

BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — A think tank report released on Friday underlines the great significance and contributions of the Chinese people’s resistance against Japanese aggression to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War. Titled “Remembering History and Defending Justice — Great Contributions of the Main Battlefield in the East of the World Anti-Fascist War,” the report was published in both Chinese and English by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency. This year marks the 80th…

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — China unveiled its land-, sea-, and air-based strategic forces as the nuclear triad for the first time in Wednesday’s V-Day military parade. The triad included JingLei-1 air-based long-range missile, JuLang-3 submarine-launched intercontinental missile, DongFeng-61 land-based intercontinental missile, and new type DongFeng-31 land-based intercontinental missile. The weapons are China’s strategic “ace” power to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and nation’s dignity. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — China held a massive military parade in central Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II, pledging the country’s commitment to peaceful development in a world still fraught with turbulence and uncertainties. Towering structures shaped like the Great Wall stood in Tian’anmen Square, symbolising the Chinese nation’s courage and solidarity in resisting foreign aggression. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee…

TIANJIN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has drawn a development blueprint at its Tianjin Summit that concluded Monday, which will lead it to play a greater role in maintaining regional peace and stability, and in promoting shared prosperity. The summit saw the signing and adoption of a number of key documents, including the Tianjin Declaration and a development strategy for the organization in the 2026-2035 period. Outcomes of the meeting also include a statement on supporting…

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — When China marks the 80th anniversary of its victory in WWII on Wednesday, the gathering in Tian’anmen Square will not be about swagger, but a moment of reflection on the challenges facing the world today. The occasion is meant to commemorate the immense human cost of a conflict that left over 100 million dead or wounded worldwide. China, in particular, bore a disproportionately heavy toll: over the 14 years of the War of Resistance against…

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — By examining history, one can obtain insight into the future. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War is a good time to reflect on the past and gain strength to carry forward present endeavors. In 1936, American journalist Edgar Snow took a picture in northwest China: on the dusty Loess Plateau, a young Red Army soldier stood upright, holding a bugle…