Friday marks the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday when families gather to celebrate. Under the full moon, people share mooncakes and savour the joy of reunion. The moon goddess Chang’e, the Jade Rabbit, the osmanthus tree and glowing lanterns are among the timeless symbols of the festival. In Chinese culture, love for one’s family is closely tied to a sense of responsibility for the country. President Xi Jinping has often spoken about this…

The rocket placed nine satellites into orbit and broke two national records China has placed nine satellites into their designated orbits from waters off the coast of Shanghai. The launch marked the world’s first mobile sea-based launch of a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation for the deployment of a broadband internet network, reports Science and Technology Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. The Gravity-1 Y3 launch vehicle successfully delivered eight satellites from the Qianfan constellation (or “Constellation of a Thousand Sails” –…

Fragrance has gained widespread popularity among young Chinese, fueled by rising appreciation for oriental aesthetics and advances in AI-driven scent-making. This growing love for fragrances has turned into a notable consumer trend. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — As classrooms worldwide grapple with the transformative yet disruptive power of artificial intelligence (AI), a fundamental question hangs over the future of education: what is schooling for when machines can outthink humans? This question has recently taken centre stage in Beijing, where global academics, policymakers and frontline educators gathered to map out new models for teaching in the intelligent era. Amid the lively cross-border exchanges, one reality is clear: China’s large-scale experiments with AI-driven education…

At the 2026 World Robot Conference, we saw China’s robotic hands in action, from welding cars on factory lines to sorting packages in warehouses, from making coffee to sensing a feather landing on a robotic palm. They’re not perfect yet. The real challenge ahead is making these systems reliable, flexible and useful beyond the lab or the show floor. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Half a century ago, a “barefoot doctor” in rural China might have carried little more than a bag of basic medicines, a few syringes and a dozen or so needles. Today, those humble practitioners have given way to a vast and diverse healthcare workforce operating within the world’s largest health system that spans village clinics, county hospitals and advanced medical centers equipped with cutting-edge technologies. As China marks its ninth Doctors’ Day on Wednesday, the…

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azín in Beijing on Tuesday. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Central Military Commission (CMC) held a grand gathering at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of Aug. 17 to commemorate the birth centenary of Comrade Jiang Zemin, a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat, and an…

This unique method not only records the geometric shapes of heritage sites with millimetre-level precision, but also identifies their mineral composition and hidden damage Chinese scientists have successfully employed 3D hyperspectral imaging technology for the first time to create comprehensive digital archives of two ancient Buddhist grottoes at the Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province. This was reported by Science and Technology Daily, a partner of TV BRICS. According to Li Lihong, a researcher at the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, the technology can…

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s landmark Ecological and Environmental Code, which for the first time enshrines Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilisation in law, will take effect on Saturday. The core idea of the thought traces back to a concept first expressed 21 years ago by Chinese President Xi Jinping, then Party chief of east China’s Zhejiang Province, during a visit to a small mountain village: “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.” Over the past two decades,…