The latest spat over rare earth controls underscores how both sides continue to talk past each other, writes Lizzi C. Lee.

Siddharth Chatterjee, the UN Resident Coordinator in China, speaks at the Global Governance Roundtable for SCO Countries 2025 held in Beijing. Photo: Courtesy of China Internation

On the 50th anniversary of the upheaval, we look at images that one brave photographer hid from the government.

Next, the editorials insist that China is profoundly resilient. They note risks, including American protectionism and weak consumer demand at home, but treat them almost as inconveniences. One editorial repeats Mr Xi’s line that “China is an ocean, not a pond”—big enough, that is, to cope with anything.

Guests view and pick creative products from the Global Times on display at the photo exhibition held in Seoul, South Korea, on October 13, 2025. Photo: Lin Xiaoyi/GT A guest write down his thoughts in a message book at the photo exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, on October 13, 2025. Photo: Lin Xiaoyi/GT

Parade reveals China’s latest UCAV designs, ranging from ISR and strike drones to large stealthy platforms hinting at future PLAAF roles. A few weeks after we reported about a new possible Chinese Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) sighted in a grainy ...

Explore Xianyang City in detailed 4K aerial footage—once the capital of the Qin Dynasty and now a dynamic urban center in Shaanxi Province, China. This video showcases the city’s evolving skyline, where historical landmarks blend with high-rise buildings,

China's imports of soybeans and crude oil rose in September from a year earlier, while those of coal fell, customs data showed on Monday.