Xi says China, U.S. should be partners, not rivals

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday afternoon for a state visit to the United States at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were warmly greeted by Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, at the airport in a rare planeside welcome.

Visitors watch a robot playing football at the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention (WMC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 21, 2026. The ongoing 2026 WMC showcases wide-ranging applications of robots.

People watch a new energy vehicle during the 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 22, 2026. The 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) opened here on Tuesday.

On Sept. 10, inside his home in Springfield, Missouri, 95-year-old David Victor Plymire carefully opened Imprints, a cherished photo album. One image, captured in 1942, depicted a sweeping vista of Dangar Ancient Town in Huangyuan county, northwest China's Qinghai province, with six children standing on a hillside.

It is now harvest season for goji berries in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China's Qinghai Province. As far as the eye can see, vast stretches of goji berry fields form a sea of red stretching toward the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, with ruby-like goji berries hanging from the branches.