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Robots compete during the RoboMaster 2026 University Championship Regional Competition in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2026. The five-day regional competition concluded here on Sunday, with team Taurus from South China Agricultural University winning the first place. The competition attracted teams from 32 universities of China.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, is just around the corner. In China's Yiwu — often dubbed the "world's supermarket" — manufacturers are already busy fulfilling orders for World Cup merchandise, supported by the city's efficient production and logistics networks.

The four-year summary ceremony of the Bank of China-University of Yangon Scholarship Program was held here on Friday. Over 100 attendees, including Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia, Deputy Minister for Education of Myanmar Zaw Myint, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar Sanda Oo, attended the event.

China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday. The satellite group was launched at 7:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully. It will constitute the Spacesail Constellation, a mega commercial Chinese low-orbit satellite network.

A contestant performs during the national final of the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign secondary school students in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, May 14, 2026.