1701
#SpringEquinox (4th of 24 solar terms in #Chinese calender) arrives today, a time when day and night are of equal length. A beautiful day!
1702
Chinese doctors in Cameroon provide much appreciated free medical services on Saturday to the villagers who can’t go to hospitals in the city.
1703
China's Mars rover #Zhurong is ready for winter on the Red Planet.
1704
"Many in the #Muslim world, in particular, think #America practices double standards. Thousands of civilians died in #Iraq and #Afghanistan from #US munitions".
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1705
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first dispatch of China's armed forces to UN peacekeeping missions. Salute to those who made sacrifices and contributions for peace.
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1706
Machinery makes summer harvest across #Xinjiang more efficient.
1707
Baihetan hydropower station is now set to be operational. It's located on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze River in SW China and will be the world's 2nd-largest in terms of total installed capacity.
1708
“When the outbreak first happened, there was a pledge from China, responsible for the people ... they’ve stuck to that, and they’ve achieved everything they set out to achieve,” says a British expat living in Wuhan.
1710
China’s actual use of foreign capital (Jan-Sept) reached $1,553 bn, up 18.9% from Jan-Sept 2021, an indication of foreign investors’ confidence in the Chinese market.
1711
Bolton's admission is no surprise. It’s US standard practice and part of its rule book to interfere in other countries' internal affairs & overthrow foreign governments.
thedailybeast.com/john-bolton-ca…
1712
Looking back on 2021, ordinary people have made it an extraordinary year. My best wishes to those making the world a better place, wherever you are. Happy New Year!
1713
Facts & figures about #Xinjiang's development in the past decades.
1714
According to #WIPO, China's IP office received 1.59 million patent applications of the 3.4 million filed worldwide in 2021, and China surpassed the US to become the top jurisdiction in terms of patent number in force.
1715
SC & FM Wang Yi delivered a speech at the ASEAN Secretariat. Wang stressed that President Xi Jinping has pointed out on multiple occasions that openness is the lifeline of Asia-Pacific cooperation and that we need to uphold open regionalism.
1716
The “Panlong (Coiling Dragon) Ancient Road” in #Xinjiang, with more than 600 bends, turns deep chasms into a thoroughfare.
1717
President Xi Jinping is about to host the 14th BRICS Summit by virtual format in Beijing. #BRICS2022
1718
Reality suggests the #US favors some other tools: unilateral sanctions, trade wars, suppression of foreign companies, military strikes ... and - as former NSA John Bolton proudly claimed to be part of - planning coups abroad.
1719
From the first component to the completion of T-shape structure: a review of the construction of #Tiangong, China’s first permanent space station to be completed by the end of 2022.
1720
More than 90 shots! This is brutal murder & genocide. Where are those congressmen calling for justice and human rights?! #JaylandWalker
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1721
Horgos port, a border port in Xinjiang, has handled over 1,000 China-Europe freight trains so far this year, hitting a record high as it only took 52 days to reach this number.
1722
A Decade of Change: #Xinjiang.
youtube.com/watch?v=DnNU2W…
1723
FM Qin Gang: China has signed agreements or reached consensus with 19 African countries on debt relief and the debt service payments suspended by China are the largest among G20 members. The so-called China’s “debt trap” in Africa is a narrative trap imposed on China and Africa.
1724
Olympic rings unveiled!
youtu.be/V2iiS8DR_JU
1725
VFM Ma Zhaoxu: In the past 10 yrs, we organized nearly 20 evacuation operations of Chinese expats & handled 500,000+ consular protection cases involving millions of Chinese nationals. We see it as our duty to protect our overseas compatriots from harm and bring them home!
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