Mainland unveils package of policies, measures to boost ties with Taiwan

Retired Australian Sandra drove three hours on Friday to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for the 2026 Melbourne Motor Show. At the Zeekr stand, she walked around a New Zeekr X again and again, studying the compact new energy vehicle she had already spent a long time researching online before coming to the show.

South Africa is looking to deepen cooperation with China in key areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), clean energy and youth exchanges, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Blade Nzimande has said. "We have fairly extensive relations with China on science, technology and innovation," Nzimande told Xinhua in a recent interview.

Chinese motorcycle brand ZXMOTO secured a historic breakthrough at the Superbike World Championship (WSBK), winning both races in the WorldSSP (Supersport) class at the Portugal round on March 28 and 29, local time.

Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, is rapidly developing a thriving open-source AI community. This ecosystem connects developers, startups, and industry resources, accelerating the transformation of ideas into real-world applications.

Tourists visit the Zhengding ancient city in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, April 5, 2026. China recorded 135 million domestic tourist trips during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, up 6.8 percent from a year earlier, while tourism spending rose 6.6 percent to nearly 61.37 billion yuan (8.9 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Tuesday.