Public attitude in the United States toward China has improved in recent times, with a growing number of US citizens favoring engagement with China over efforts to limit its growth, according to two major survey reports released ahead of Thursday's meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, met on Thursday at the White House under global gaze, they reached many new common understandings, providing fresh strategic guidance for the world's most important bilateral relationship.
China is moving to strengthen food security over the next five years by enhancing its capacity to coordinate grain production, purchasing, storage, processing and sales, as it seeks to build a more efficient and modern grain circulation system. The country will focus on facilitating grain purchases and sales and maintaining market stability, strengthening grain reserves, and improving the quality and resilience of the grain industry, Liu Huanxin, head of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, said at a media conference Monday.
The linear accelerator of the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) successfully generated and delivered an electron beam on Sunday, marking a key step forward in the construction of the world's most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron radiation facility in the low-energy range.
A new CLSA report published on Monday has drawn fresh attention to China's rapidly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) sector, stating that Chinese AI models are quickly narrowing the performance gap with leading global models while gaining strong global market share through cost efficiency.
Japan, the US and South Korea are preparing a memorandum on Arctic maritime cooperation and expanded energy supplies, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday. The Japanese newspaper framed the initiative as an effort to strengthen the three countries' economic security amid what it described as intensifying competition with China and Russia over Arctic shipping routes and resources.
A state media program aired on Saturday night labeled the J-35A stealth fighter with the codename Yunlong (Cloud Dragon/Loong). A Chinese military expert said this appears to be the first official confirmation of the fighter's codename, which reflects both its capabilities and Chinese cultural symbolism. China's proactive release of its own codenames for warplanes in recent years signals a new emphasis on commanding naming discourse, a shift from passive acceptance to active shaping, the expert said.
China's orbiting space station has improved its kitchen with advanced appliances and more food choices to keep its residents well-fed during long stays in orbit. The Astronaut Center of China, working with several private companies, has upgraded the "space kitchen" with a suite of intelligent appliances for drinking water, food reheating and baking, enabling astronauts in orbit to eat hot meals within 20 minutes instead of waiting longer or eating cold food.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will lead a delegation to the US for economic and trade consultations with the US side from September 19 to 23, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Saturday.
Bringing political symbols into competition venues at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games could put athletes and their delegations at risk, Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani told. As the games opened, calls emerged to prevent Japanese fans from displaying the notorious "rising sun flag," which is strongly connected to Japan's wartime past, at the event, according to media reports.
