Editor’s Note: Among the many descriptions of China seen from the outside, the country has gained an increasingly prominent image for itself in 2025 as a “cool” place to visit and live, as reflected in multiple global surveys and in foreign vloggers’ videos and comments. As the year draws to a close, we turn our

A foreign buyer selects Christmas decorations at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province. File photo: VCG As Christmas is around the corner, data released on Monday showcased the sustained resilience and vitality of East China’s Yiwu, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities and an epitome of China’s foreign

Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China hit a record high in November, as Chinese buyers increased purchases of discounted Russian fuel despite the risk of Western sanctions, Bloomberg reported on December 22. Russian LNG deliveries more than doubled year on year to 1.6 million metric tons, according to Chinese customs data, allowing Russia to overtake Australia and become China’s second-largest LNG supplier after Qatar. The

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun briefs reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after a policy briefing on Dec. 19, 2025. (Yonhap) SEOUL — Seoul and Beijing have been in arrangements for summit talks between President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping early next year, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Monday. Asked during an

A high-speed train runs on the Changbai Mountain section of the Shenyang-Baihe high-speed railway in Jilin province on Dec 3. YANG BAOSEN/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING — China’s self-developed technology in high-speed railways is making significant progress in both technological innovation and operational capability. The recent launch of the Shenyang-Baihe high-speed railway in northeastern China highlights

China’s theft of American intellectual property and technology — estimated to cost the U.S. roughly $600 billion annually — has allowed Beijing to accelerate its technological and economic rise without making comparable investments. This has helped China go from one of the world’s

CNC has launched its new NT8 service, strengthening direct links between North and South China and Thailand. NT8 focuses on a streamlined port rotation. It targets key Chinese ports to improve schedule reliability and planning certainty. The service marks CNC’s first dedicated North China–Thailand loop. It directly connects Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao and Shekou with Laem

China and India eased visa rules for each other, as once-icy relations between the world’s two most populous nations continue to thaw. Starting Monday, Beijing is letting Indian citizens apply for visas online, sparing them from time-consuming, in-person office visits. And India streamlined its visa process for foreign technicians and factory engineers, giving a boost