翻译：
国台办回应近期两岸交流热点：大潮向前，不停不断
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 徐雪莹 杨程晨)国务院台办11日在北京举行例行新闻发布会，涉及两岸交流的多个议题引发高度关注。发言人朱凤莲表示，两岸交流的大潮滚滚向前，不会停、不会断，“300多万人次的台湾民众参与今年两岸交流，充分证明这一点”。
Read more北京发布21项地方标准 涉消费品以旧换新、社会信用体系建设等
中新网北京12月11日电 (记者 杜燕)为贯彻《首都标准化发展纲要2035》，推动落实2024年市政府工作报告重点任务，建设首都高质量发展标准体系，北京发布21项地方标准，其中首次制定16项，修订5项。
Read moreIPSPACE 2024举行 为空间技术和平利用贡献智慧力量
中新网海口12月11日电 (孟彦)10日至12日，2024空间技术和平利用(健康)国际研讨会(IPSPACE 2024)在海口举行。来自中国、美国、法国等国的专家学者参会，推动空间技术和平利用的交流合作。
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中新网上海12月11日电 (记者 许婧)纪念钱学森诞辰113周年主场活动11日在上海交通大学钱学森图书馆举行。活动现场公布了钱馆第二批13件(套)国家一级文物、《钱学森图书馆藏品大系——有朋来贺》《博物馆里的大思政课——走进钱学森图书馆》两本研究成果及首届文创设计大赛获奖名单。
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25年前，澳门回归祖国怀抱。中国人民解放军进驻澳门，上万市民夹道欢迎。
Read more骄傲！盘点2024大国重器惊艳时刻
嫦娥六号月背“挖宝”，中国航天我看“中”；福建舰成功完成首次海试，“三航母”乘风破浪；歼-35A亮相，以蓝天为幕，守护祖国山河；深中通道开通，创下多项世界之最……这些国之重器见证向上的中国。点赞大国重器，致敬背后所有付出的人！
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湖北省丹江口市是南水北调中线工程核心水源地，汩汩清水从这里出发，穿越中原，一路向北，直抵京津腹地。千里调水，水质是焦点。丹江口是如何加强水源地保护，确保一泓清水永续北上，来看记者的探访。
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行至岁尾，回看全年，中国经济稳健前行。
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中新社陕西汉中12月11日电 题：中国特种飞机究竟“特”在哪里？
Read more两项汉服行业标准发布 促产业健康有序发展
中新社洛阳12月11日电 (记者 韩章云)《汉服术语》《汉服设计通则》11日在河南洛阳发布。上述两则标准旨在为中国汉服行业的规范化、标准化发展提供技术指导，促进中国汉服文化的精准传承和可持续发展。
Read more湖南全面推进“一村一品一主播·同心筑梦新农村”行动
中新网娄底12月11日电 (刘曼)12月11日，湖南省“一村一品一主播·同心筑梦新农村”行动启动会在娄底新化召开，总结前期各地开展直播助农的好经验好做法，推动该行动在全省全面铺开。
Read more国务院办公厅关于印发《中国遏制与防治艾滋病规划（2024—2030年）》的通知
各省、自治区、直辖市人民政府，国务院各部委、各直属机构：
Read more2024年“上海产学研合作优秀项目奖”出炉 促进科技与产业创新结合
中新网上海12月11日电 (记者 陈静)国产质子治疗装置研制及应用、浮体式新型卫星平台总体技术研发及应用、优质强优势杂交粳稻种业创新及应用、数字化青少年小下颌畸形矫形器的研发及产业化、大型邮轮薄板生产线激光复合焊接质量智能管控技术研究与应用……这些获得突出成果的产学研合作优秀项目11日获颁不同等级的2024年“上海产学研合作优秀项目奖”(简称“上海产学研奖”)。
Read more中国足坛反腐进展：中国足协原秘书长刘奕等人分别获刑
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 张素)始于2022年11月的中国足坛系列腐败案有了最新进展。12月10日至11日，多名落马人员分别获刑。
Read more西藏自治区人大常委会原副主任纪国刚一审获刑13年
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 张素)记者从中国最高人民法院获悉，12月11日，四川省成都市中级人民法院一审公开宣判西藏自治区人大常委会原党组成员、副主任纪国刚受贿、国有公司人员滥用职权一案，对被告人纪国刚以受贿罪判处有期徒刑十一年，并处罚金人民币三百万元，以国有公司人员滥用职权罪判处有期徒刑五年，决定执行有期徒刑十三年，并处罚金人民币三百万元；对其受贿所得财物及孳息依法予以追缴，上缴国库。
Read more民革十四届三中全会在北京召开
中新网北京12月11日电 (黄欣欣)中国国民党革命委员会第十四届中央委员会第三次全体会议12月11日在北京召开。会议的主要内容是学习贯彻中共二十届三中全会精神，听取和审议民革第十四届中央常务委员会工作报告和中央内部监督委员会工作报告等。民革中央主席郑建邦代表民革第十四届中央常务委员会作工作报告，民革中央常务副主席何报翔主持开幕会。
Read more民进十五届三中全会在北京开幕
中新网北京12月11日电 (记者 陈建新)中国民主促进会第十五届中央委员会第三次全体会议11日在北京开幕。
Read more习近平向毛里求斯新任总统戈库尔致贺电
新华社北京12月11日电 12月10日，国家主席习近平致电戈库尔，祝贺他就任毛里求斯共和国总统。
Read more习近平向加纳当选总统马哈马致贺电
新华社北京12月11日电 12月11日，国家主席习近平致电约翰·德拉马尼·马哈马，祝贺他当选加纳共和国总统。
Read more2024现代科技馆体系联合行动收官 逾1.7万场次活动服务超7200万人次
中新网北京12月11日电 (记者 孙自法)中国科技馆12月11日向媒体发布信息称，2024年现代科技馆体系联合行动近日顺利收官，共开展各类活动超过1.7万场次，线上线下服务公众超过7200万人次。
Read more上海拟派团赴台北出席城市论坛 两市或签交流合作备忘录
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 杨程晨 徐雪莹)在国务院台办11日例行新闻发布会上，发言人朱凤莲证实，经上海与台北两市商定，2024上海台北城市论坛希于12月17日在台北举办。
Read more埃及外长阿卜杜勒阿提将访华
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 李京泽)中国外交部发言人毛宁11日在例行记者会上宣布：应中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅邀请，埃及外交和移民部部长阿卜杜勒阿提将于12月12日至13日访问中国并举行中埃外长战略对话。(完)
Read more国台办：台积电已成为民进党当局讨好美国的“投名状”
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 徐雪莹 杨程晨)就台积电先进制程或将“技术移美”一事，国务院台办发言人朱凤莲11日在北京回应指，台积电已成为民进党当局讨好美国的“投名状”。
Read more青海省政协副主席马丰胜任上被查
中新社北京12月11日电 中国官方11日通报，青海省政协党组成员、副主席马丰胜涉嫌严重违纪违法，目前正接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查。
Read more两岸残障人士交流共促残障事业发展
中新社厦门12月11日电 (记者 闫旭)“我们来自两岸各地，为了残疾人事业发展走在了一起。”中国残疾人联合会副主席王永澄11日在厦门说，希望为深化两岸残疾人互融互通、推动两岸民间交往，贡献更多的智慧和力量。
Read more国台办回应王金平两岸新论述
中新社北京12月11日电 (记者 杨程晨 徐雪莹)台湾民意机构前负责人王金平近日发表两岸新论述，国务院台办发言人朱凤莲11日回应，愿在坚持一个中国原则和“九二共识”基础上，听取各界发展两岸关系的意见和建议。
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中新网12月11日电 据应急管理部网站消息，国务院安全生产委员会发布《重大生产安全事故查处挂牌督办通知书》。
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中新社北京12月11日电 中国国家副主席韩正11日在北京会见第六届中法二轨高级别对话会议法方代表团。
Read more习近平向毛里求斯新任总统戈库尔致贺电
新华社快讯：习近平向毛里求斯新任总统戈库尔致贺电。
Read more新华社快讯：习近平向加纳当选总统马哈马致贺电
新华社快讯：习近平向加纳当选总统马哈马致贺电。
Read moreThe Guardian view on the EU-Mercosur trade deal: another farmer flashpoint approaches | Letters
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has taken a political risk in signing off an agreement with Latin American countries
Anticipating the strong protectionist winds that will blow from Donald Trump’s White House, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has been responding by making her own economic weather. Last week, Ms von der Leyen flew to Montevideo, 5,000 miles south of Washington DC, to controversially conclude negotiations in one of the biggest free trade agreements in history. Twenty-five years in the making, the Mercosur trade deal opens up trade between the EU and a Latin American bloc of partners comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
In theory, the agreement promises a more open market of 700 million people for products ranging from Argentine beef to German cars. For European manufacturers, it would eliminate tariffs on a majority of goods. As Mr Trump threatens to impose heavy tariffs on Chinese and European exports, here was evidence, asserted Ms von der Leyen, “that openness and cooperation are the true engines of progress and prosperity”.
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Continue reading...Read moreNvidia shares fall as China launches antitrust investigation into company
Tech corporation suspected of violating anti-monopoly law after Washington’s latest curbs on Chinese chip sector
China said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, in a move widely seen as a retaliatory shot against Washington’s latest curbs on the Chinese chip sector.
The statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announcing the investigation did not elaborate on how the US company, known for its artificial intelligence (AI) and gaming chips, might have violated China’s anti-monopoly laws.
Continue reading...Read moreIndonesia chases the return of ‘bonanza-era’ Chinese tourism
China’s economic malaise, however, means its people have been slower to join the global wave of post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’
In the laneways of Ubud, three older Chinese women are laughing as they take photos of a friend posing under a cascade of tropical flowers. They are retired friends from Nanjing, and were frequent travellers before the pandemic.
“Bali has good people and good scenery. It’s cold in Nanjing now, so it’s a good time to come here,” says Zhang Min*. “We’re going sailing tomorrow, climbing a volcano the day after, and snorkelling. I want to try everything.”
Continue reading...Read moreMI5 forced to ‘pare back’ counter-terrorism work due to rogue states, says chief
Ken McCallum says service must make ‘uncomfortable choices’ as it faces more aggression from Russia, China and Iran
MI5 has had to “pare back” its counter-terrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said.
Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said the agency has to look at its “finite” resources and make “uncomfortable choices”.
Continue reading...Read moreCanada boosting Arctic presence in face of Russian threats
New plans include more aircraft and drones to grow foothold as other powerful countries seek base in far north
Canada will boost its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter what it calls threats from Russia and others seeking a foothold in the far north, as part of a new doctrine unveiled on Friday.
The government envisions the deployment of new patrol ships and navy destroyers, ice breakers and submarines capable of operating beneath ice sheets, as well as more aircraft and drones.
Continue reading...Read moreNBA to return to China with preseason games for first time since 2019 fallout
- NBA returns to China with Nets-Suns preseason games
- China hasn’t hosted games since Morey tweet in 2019
The NBA will stage two pre-season games in Macau next October, its deputy commissioner said on Friday, marking its return to China after being frozen out for more than five years.
No NBA games have been held in China since two pre-season contests in 2019 after a tweet from then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Continue reading...Read moreChanel hits lavish new heights in efforts to reignite Chinese market
Livered barges carried guests to floating stage on illuminated lake at Hangzhou end-of-year show
Coco Chanel was an ambitious woman, but even she could not have imagined the scale on which the house she founded now operates. This time last year, four blocks of Manchester’s Northern Quarter became a Chanel catwalk. For its final show of 2024, Chanel built a black wooden catwalk spanning the West Lake in Hangzhou, China, to parade this season’s tweed suits with the kiss-curl roof of a pagoda sitting atop a crescent moon bridge over glassy water as a dramatic backdrop.
The 6,000-mile journey from Manchester to Hangzhou reflects the global expansion of Chanel, the second-largest luxury brand in the world. With global revenue reaching $19.7bn in 2023, a rise of 16% on the previous year, Chanel is closing the gap on leaders Louis Vuitton.
Continue reading...Read moreA new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one – podcast
With Putin’s threats in Ukraine, China’s accelerated weapons programme and the US’s desire for superiority, what will it take for leaders to step back from the brink? By Jessica T Mathews
Continue reading...Read moreParaguay kicks out Chinese envoy after he urges country to cut ties with Taiwan
Officials declare Xu Wei persona non grata after he asks Paraguay government to choose China over longtime ally
Paraguay has expelled a Chinese envoy for allegedly interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties with Taiwan.
In a curt statement on Thursday, Paraguay’s foreign ministry said it had revoked the visa of Xu Wei, a senior Chinese envoy to Latin America who was in Paraguay for an annual Unesco meeting, declaring him persona non grata “over interference in internal affairs”. The Chinese diplomat was given 24 hours to leave the country.
Continue reading...Read moreMany Americans’ cellphone data being hacked by China, official says
Cyber-espionage group ‘Salt Typhoon’ targeting ‘at least’ eight US telecom and telecom infrastructure firms
A large number of Americans’ metadata has been stolen in the sweeping cyber-espionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed “Salt Typhoon”, a senior US official told journalists on Wednesday.
The official declined to provide specific figures but noted that China’s access to America’s telecommunications infrastructure was broad and that the hacking was ongoing.
Continue reading...Read moreGM to write down value of China business by more than $5bn
Automaker is restructuring in China after losing about $350m in the region in the first three quarters of this year
General Motors told shareholders on Wednesday that it would write down the value of its China business by more than $5bn.
The company’s board of directors determined that the non-cash charges were necessary “in light of the finalization of a new business forecast and certain restructuring actions” with the joint venture, according to a company filing.
Continue reading...Read moreIf Trump’s tariffs start a trade war, it would be an economic disaster | Mark Weisbrot
The president-elect’s two main arguments for his tariff threat – to reduce migration and to combat drugs – are not credible
“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff, and it’s my favorite word,” said Donald Trump last month. Pundits, politicians and financial markets are trying to figure out why, since he announced a week ago that he would impose tariffs on the United States’s three biggest trading partners: 25% for Mexico and Canada, and 10% for China.
One theory is that tariffs can be a beautiful distraction. Trump, more than any previous US president, has fed on distractions for years, both to campaign and to govern. He can move seamlessly from one distraction to the next, like a magician preparing for the opportune moment to pull a coin from where it appears to have been hidden behind your ear.
Continue reading...Read moreTop Chinese language novelist dies in apparent suicide
Chiung Yao's work has been adapted to movies and TV and launched the careers of big name stars.
Read moreFilipino vessel 'sideswiped' by China Coast Guard
The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted "in accordance with the law".
Read moreCathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
Hong Kong carrier removes episode from entertainment system after social media complaint that it might breach national security laws
Hong Kong’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, has apologised over the inclusion of a Family Guy episode in its inflight entertainment system that features a scene depicting Tiananmen Square.
The airline told the South China Morning Post it had apologised to customers after a complaint was raised on social media that the episode might breach Hong Kong’s national security laws.
Continue reading...Read moreChina bans exports of key microchip elements to US as trade tensions escalate
Semiconductor restrictions on China announced by Washington a day earlier prompt retaliation involving critical minerals including gallium and germanium
The Chinese government has said it will ban exports to the US of some key components in making semiconductors, escalating trade tensions a day after Washington announced curbs targeting China’s ability to make advanced chips.
Among the materials banned from export were the metals gallium, antimony and germanium, China’s commerce ministry said in a statement that cited “national security” concerns.
Continue reading...Read moreChina’s share of global electric car market rises to 76%
Market share increases after strong demand within country offsets risks from western tariffs on Chinese-made EVs
China’s share of the global electric vehicle market reached 76% in October, the country’s automotive trade body said, reflecting strong demand for EVs in the country even as western tariffs risk hobbling exports.
Between January and October, sales of EVs reached 14.1m units, according to the China Passenger Car Association, with 69% of those sales in China. In October, China’s share surpassed three-quarters.
Continue reading...Read moreCan the world’s trade police survive Trump II?
Relevance of World Trade Organization under scrutiny amid US president-elect’s protectionist stance
The sting of teargas was a price worth paying, said Michael Dolan, as he looks back on the Battle of Seattle and how the World Trade Organization’s attempt to break down the barriers to international trade was derailed by anti-globalisation protesters.
“The WTO has never recovered, it really hasn’t,” he said.
Continue reading...Read moreChip war ramps up with new US semiconductor restrictions on China
Biden administration broadens limits on Chinese access to advanced microchip technology, with Donald Trump expected to go even further
The US has announced new export restrictions targeting China’s ability to make advanced semiconductors, drawing swift condemnation from Beijing.
Washington is expanding efforts to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China that can be used in advanced weapons systems and in artificial intelligence.
Continue reading...Read moreUK underestimates threat of cyber-attacks from hostile states and gangs, says security chief
New head of National Cyber Security Centre to warn of risk to infrastructure in first major speech
The UK is underestimating the severity of the online threat it faces from hostile states and criminal gangs, the country’s cybersecurity chief will warn.
Richard Horne, the head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, will cite a trebling of “severe” incidents amid Russian “aggression and recklessness” and China’s “highly sophisticated” digital operations.
Continue reading...Read moreNeon cities, cyber nightmares and yum cha: Cao Fei, the visionary artist charting China’s past and future
For her first major solo show in Australia, the Guangzhou-born artist has turned the Art Gallery of New South Wales into a bustling cityscape
When the Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei was negotiating her solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ modern art wing, Naala Badu, she was adamant it would not be a traditional “low-lit in a white square box” endeavour.
The Guangzhou-born artist, who has strong ties to Sydney (a sister city to the sprawling Chinese port city), wanted her show to capture the brashness and bustle of a busy mall or market.
Continue reading...Read moreInvisible Nation review – insightful primer for Taiwan’s complex history
Documentary provides a useful introduction to the country, even if the geopolitics at times are a little simplistic
Producer-director Vanessa Hope has worked on a number of films about China and its neighbouring nations, and this new one focuses on Taiwan, which is increasingly in the news as anxieties mount over a possible invasion by the People’s Republic across the Taiwan Strait. As a work of journalistic explication for interested but underinformed western viewers, it’s a bit all over the shop, although admittedly the history of the island is fiendishly complex and confusing.
We get some handy-dandy animated map-based graphics that explain how it passed through the hands of various colonialist invaders, from both Europe and Asia. Then it starts to get very confusing for neophytes when we get to the time when, having thrown off the shackles of imperial Japan (which ruled from 1895-1945), it became independent, known by the parenthetic handle the Republic of China (Taiwan). Yet it is still considered as a not yet entirely incorporated satellite by the People’s Republic of China, perpetually under threat of forced assimilation like Hong Kong.
Continue reading...Read more‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
Some products described as “Italian” appear to contain Chinese tomatoes, BBC investigation suggests.
Read moreTaiwan president's Hawaii trip draws Chinese anger
Lai Ching-te's trip to the US state is being billed as a stopover, but has been condemned by Beijing.
Read moreSilenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory
The BBC speaks to Hongkongers whose hopes for a freer city have withered.
Read moreUniqlo faces China backlash over cotton comments
Commentators call for a boycott of the chain in China after it told the BBC it does not use Xinjiang cotton.
Read moreSweden asks China to co-operate over severed cables
Two cables in the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Lithuania, and Finland to Germany, were damaged.
Read moreChina sentences journalist to jail on spy charges
Dong Yuyu, a senior staffer at the Guangming Daily and a Harvard Nieman Fellow, has been detained since 2022.
Read moreChina's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit - but ancient forests inside are at risk
These caves were unexplored for thousands of years, protected by swirling mists and terrifying tales.
Read moreWho are the activists jailed in Hong Kong's largest national security trial?
They include prominent campaigners, former lawmakers and ordinary citizens who joined the pro-democracy movement.
Read moreTrump and Xi Jinping’s ‘loving’ relationship has soured - can they rebuild it?
What their dynamic means for the future of US-China relations
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