Xi calls for stronger China-Ecuador synergy in development strategies

China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Sunday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellites, the 24th group of the low-orbit internet satellites, lifted off aboard a Long March-12 carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered their preset orbits successfully.

A Brazilian singer sings a Chinese song during a concert marking the 52nd anniversary of China-Brazil diplomatic relations at the Forte de Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 16, 2026. The concert was held here on Sunday.

Yexian county in central China's Henan Province sits on vast underground reserves of rock salt and coal — resources it once relied on selling as cheap, low-value raw materials. Today, the county is turning that legacy into a comprehensive chemical industry cluster.

A dance and a molten iron firework performance are staged together during a tourism and culture festival themed on floating lanterns for the Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, in Rongchang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 15, 2026.

On Aug. 4, 2026, the Fifth Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The event was jointly hosted by the China International Culture Exchange Center, Global People magazine, and the Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee.