BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) — China firmly rejects Japan\’s negative actions related to the Yasukuni Shrine and has lodged serious demarches with Japan, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on
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Maryam Nawaz Sharif elected as 1st female chief minister of Pakistan\’s Punjab
Maryam Nawaz Sharif (R) takes the oath as chief minister for Pakistan\’s eastern Punjab province in Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 26, 2024. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim Le
United States of America becomes disunited states
Cartoon by Ma Hongliang
The current political environment in the U.S. is literally chaotic. Shortly after the U.S. narrowly averted a 22nd government shutdown, it witnessed the removal of Kevin McCart
Chaos intensifies US political polarization
Cartoon by Ma Hongliang
Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy, Republican Speaker of the House from the speaker\’s chair, which ultimately pas
Pic story: foreign expats perform China\’s cross-talk in Spanish
Raydis Franco (L) and Santiago Aragn rehearse cross-talk performance in the classroom at the College of Foreign Languages in Nankai University, north China\’s Tianjin, Dec. 6, 2023.
Raydis Franco from
Vice chairman of China\’s national political advisory body visits New Zealand
Gao Yunlong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People\’s Political Consultative Conference, also chairman of the China Foundation for Peace and Development, meets with Speaker of t
U.S. House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as House speaker nominee after three failed votes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — U.S. House Republicans on Friday dropped Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as the Republican nominee for House speaker, after he failed t
U.S. House Republicans nominate right-wing Jordan for speaker amid continued divisions
This photo of U.S. Republican Representative Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is posted on the website of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Credit: U.S. House of Representative
U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown.
The upper chamber
Worries grow in Japan\’s fishermen over ocean discharge plan of nuke wastewater
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Japanese fishermen have expressed growing concern over the government\’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Pl