U.S. President Donald Trump recently claimed that the United States would serve as the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20 percent toll on all cargo shipped through the strategic waterway, sending global oil prices sharply higher.
Washington's so-called provision of "safety and security" is nothing more than an attempt to create risks through blockade and then extract profits from global shipping and trade.
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An event promoting the fifth volume of "#XiJinping: The Governance of China" was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
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The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20. Chinese President #XiJinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Kazakh counterpart Yermek Kosherbayev in Beijing on Monday, with the two sides pledging to deepen practical cooperation and strengthen strategic mutual trust.
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China's top political advisor Wang Huning has met with representatives to the 11th Conference for Friendship of Overseas Chinese Associations, which opened in Beijing on Monday.
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At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul will pay an official visit to China from July 16 to 20, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States was reinstating a naval blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
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By 4 p.m. on Monday, more than 260,000 people had been relocated to safe places in northeast China's Liaoning Province, with most of them from the city of Fushun, as the northward-moving Typhoon Bavi brought extreme downpours to this province.
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China aims to raise its average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030, from 79.25 years in 2025, under a national health plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday convened a symposium featuring experts and entrepreneurs to seek their opinions on the current economic situation and economic work in the next stage.
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On July 12, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi made a statement marking ten years since the issuance of the "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea." He blatantly endorsed the illegal "award," attacked China's lawful claims, and falsely portrayed Japan as a stakeholder in South China Sea affairs.
Turning a blind eye to the countless crimes it committed in history, Japan is now using the Philippines as a means to meddle in the South China Sea, sow discord, and challenge the post-war international order and the international rule of law.
Japan should remember: those who play with fire will perish by it.
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The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20. Chinese President #XiJinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.
Summary on #Bangkok pub fire:
– Fire left 27 people dead and 63 injured, 22 of whom are in critical condition, according to Bangkok officials.
– Thai PM said survivors reported no fire escapes near the rear bathrooms.
– A band member said smoke appeared after a blackout, followed by a massive explosion.
– Firefighters were able to bring the flames under control in about half an hour, but the result was already devastating, BBC reported.
The United States and Iran exchanged a fresh round of attacks over navigation in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, despite a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in June, raising concerns over renewed regional escalation.
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Chinese foreign ministry on Sunday issued a statement on certain countries' playing up of the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration Award" ten years after its issuance.
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An official from the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the chief minister of the Japanese Embassy in China on Sunday to lodge solemn representations and voice strong dissatisfaction and protest.
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China's economy maintained steady improvement in the first half of the year (H1), with consumption continuing to recover and high-tech industries gathering momentum, according to data released by the State Information Center (SIC) under the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic planner.
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