As Trump and Xi meet in Korea this morning, the crew for Shenzhou-21 gave a press conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang are due to go to space at 23:44 (Beijing time) tomorrow night.

Solar will play a key part in China's new pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - with mega projects like the one in the Kubuqi desert.

Last month, we travelled to Inner Mongolia to see the massive solar expansion in the northern Chinese region.

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This morning I was at a polling station in Seoul, as Koreans cast their votes in the snap presidential election.

In Seoul for the snap presidential election. Yesterday at a rally for PPP candidate Kim Moon-soo.

Yesterday I reported on the Shenzhou 20 space launch, as the three-person crew blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.

Here is a snapshot of our coverage
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The PLA Eastern Theater Command announcing its drills around Taiwan with a bunch of references to Sun Wukong - the Monkey King - which was the central figure of last year's hit video game Black Myth
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At today's (ongoing) press conference, Chinese FM Wang Yi responded to a question from Andalou on Palestine conflict:
"If major powers genuinely care about the people of Gaza, they should promote a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and increase humanitarian assistance."

Answering a question from Nigerian news agency - "The world must listen to African and heed its concerns"

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touts the strength of Sino-Russian relations at this morning's press conference in Beijing.
"A mature, resilient, and stable China-Russia relationship will not change due to temporary events, nor will it be disrupted by third-party interference."

Found an old copy of Life Magazine from July 1952 in an antique store in Shanghai.

It includes reports on the Helsinki Olympics and a stranded Korean War pilot - not to mention copious cigarette ads.

And then there is this hilarious little dispatch saying good motorists are morons...

China is acting differently from Canada or Mexico as President Donald Trump imposes trade tariffs. Not willing to capitulate to what it sees as bullying, Beijing is taking the 10% extra levy in stride.

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People in Shanghai today told us their views on the US-China trade tensions.
The overwhelming view: China is right to respond with tariffs.
"China is also a big country, we can't let them bully us," said one passer-by. Another said DeepSeek shows China is able to develop despite export controls.

“春运” (Chunyun): the annual migration of people during China for the Lunar New Year holiday.
We’re currently half-way through the Chunyun period.

An estimated 4.8 billion domestic trips were taken over the first half of this year’s Chunyun

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Harbin was, indeed, utterly freezing.

Not sure if this is a controversial opinion but the ice sculptures look much better in the daytime without all the multicolored lights

Another Slush coming to an end and I had the pleasure of speaking to Erika Cheung about business ethics, her role as a whistleblower at Theranos, and what NOT to do as a founder if you don’t want to be looking at jail time

I’m here to sell antiques, not for your selfies 😤