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Rescuers using heavy machinery are working round the clock to reopen a major highway leading to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang, facilitating entry of key equipment, personnel and supplies into the disaster area.

China holds symposium on late leader Jiang Zemin2026-08-18
A three-day symposium opened on Monday on the life and thoughts of late leader Jiang Zemin as China commemorated the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Chinese premier stresses fulfilling full-year development targets2026-08-18
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday called for efforts to fulfill the country's annual economic and social development targets, thereby ensuring a strong start to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

China's Long March-12 rocket launches new internet satellite group2026-08-17
China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Sunday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan.

China pilots "quiet communities" to curb urban noise, disputes2026-08-17
When 72-year-old Shi Jikun opened his windows at home in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, he used to hear the repeated thud of balls and blowing of whistles from an indoor sports venue near his residential community.

China's top procuratorate vows high-quality case handling to advance implementation of environmental code2026-08-16
China's top procuratorate on Saturday pledged to advance implementation of the country's newly effective Ecological and Environmental Code through high-quality case handling, as part of broader efforts to strengthen ecological and environmental governance.

Fresh evidence exposes Japanese troops' wartime atrocities in China2026-08-16
China has received new pieces of evidence on the war crimes committed by invading Japanese troops during World War II (WWII), including letters written during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and an oral testimony about the notorious biological warfare division Unit 731.

Maritime operations boost China's commercial space industry2026-08-15
The successful Aug. 5 launch of a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket with two AI hyperspectral satellites from sea waters in east China underscores the country's growing capabilities in maritime space operations, advancing its commercial space industry's push into offshore launch and recovery.

Thousands evacuated as heavy rain swells rivers in central China2026-08-14
Thousands of people have been evacuated in central China's Henan Province after days of torrential rain swelled rivers and triggered a levee breach, local authorities said Thursday.

Smart tech secures China's major water lifeline2026-08-14
An integrated and intelligent water quality monitoring network runs around the clock to safeguard the Danjiangkou Reservoir, a primary source for China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the largest in the world.

Milestone for China's homegrown aircraft with 1st int'l commercial flight2026-08-13
China's homegrown C919 aircraft completed its first scheduled international commercial passenger flight on Wednesday with a safe landing in Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar after take-off from Beijing, marking a new chapter for Chinese-made large passenger aircraft going global.

China's NEV sales share tops 60 pct in July2026-08-13
China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales in July 2026 accounted for more than 60 percent of the monthly new car sales for the first time, while the cumulative share for the first seven months of the year also surpassed 50 percent, industry data showed on Wednesday.

China's mega water project transfers over 90 billion cubic meters of water2026-08-12
The first phase of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has diverted a cumulative total of more than 90 billion cubic meters of water through its eastern and middle routes as of Monday, marking a new milestone for the world's largest water diversion initiative.

China allocates emergency disaster relief funding as Typhoon Dolphin affects vast regions2026-08-11
The Chinese government has urgently allocated funding to support disaster relief efforts in the country's eastern regions currently dealing with torrential rains and severe flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year.

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China's robot industry has spent the past few years trying to make machines cheaper, smarter and more capable. At this year's World Robot Conference in Beijing, some companies were also trying something less glamorous, namely, renting them out.