Dinesh Chandra

-- President Xi Jinping has championed China's drive of getting 300 million people involved in winter sports. -- The 2022 Winter Olympics has become a catalyst to promote sustainable economic growth not only in Beijing but in areas surrounding the capital. -- Beijing 2022 serves as a bridge of solidary and cooperation. By sportswriters Gao Peng, Wang Meng and Su Bin BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A puck zips around the rink so quickly that it's hard to keep up. Wearing a full-body suit, Bahe Dana is ready to dive, slide, and jump back up into a ready stance at a moment's notice. At an outdoor rink in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 8-year-old Bahe Dana is learning how to play ice hockey goalie. "I like this game because it's cool to play and you can get to ice skate," says Bahe, one of the first generation in China to grow up with ice hockey. Bahe Dana (R) of a local school's ice hockey team poses with his coach Zhou Xiaofeng

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed full and accurate implementation of the new development philosophy to ensure a good start for China's development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). Xi made the remarks on Thursday when addressing a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The new development philosophy is a systematic theoretical system, which answers a series of theoretical and practical questions about the purpose, motivation, mode and path of development, Xi said. It also clarifies major political issues including the Party's political stand, value orientation and the mode and path for development, Xi noted. The year 2021 marks the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan and also the centenary of the CPC. It is of vital importance for China to ensure sound economic and social development this year at the beginning of the 14th Five-Yea

The mobile barracks at a camp. (Photo by Guo Xiao) BEIJING, Jan. 29 -- In the middle of winter, a group of multi-sized 'boxes' lined up orderly at a training site of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) in the vast Gobi desert of China. Those are the PLA Air Force's first mobile barracks that were officially unveiled in this drill, a product that presents the Air Force's exploration of new mobile field camping support in complex and unfamiliar areas under harsh weather conditions. Based on various functional requirements, different modules such as box-type prefabricated houses, steel structure prefabricated houses, container houses and simple cabins are used systematically, shortening the time needed for troops to change field training sites and boosting the support effectiveness. Compared with traditional field support, the new mobile barracks help save much time and money and are more suited for dispatching the troops in form of a complete organic unit that has become normal

BEIJING, Jan. 29 -- China's Foreign Ministry Spokeswomen Hua Chunying shared a story about international fight against COVID-19 on her twitter yesterday, which was originally told by Senior Colonel Wu Qian, the Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, on a regular press conference on January 28. Wu introduced the Chinese military's international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic on the conference and then shared a moving story about a Syrian military doctor, Tareq. According to Wu, Major Tareq Muhammad is a Syrian military doctor who previously studied clinical medicine in the Chinese PLA Army Medical University in 2018. After graduation in 2020, he returned to Syria and worked as a Deputy Director of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology in a military hospital in Damascus. During the pandemic, Dr. Muhammad translated the knowledge he learned in China about pandemic control and prevention into Arabic and helped the hospital improve COVID-19

By Song Lifeng, He Jia and Liu Jinying BEIJING, Jan. 29-- The PLA Navy sent the icebreaker Haibing (Sea Ice, Hull 722) to the Bohai Sea and the northern waters of the Yellow Sea to perform the 84th ice survey mission on January 25. Due to the cold front, the ice conditions in the Bohai Sea and the northern part of the Yellow Sea are deteriorating. As a result, maritime shipping, aquaculture and offshore oil and gas development have all been greatly affected. In order to obtain real-time data on maritime ice conditions and support the winter ice-breaking and disaster relief work, the PLA Navy’s icebreaker will conduct survey in 28 points in the waters of the Bohai Sea and the northern part of the Yellow Sea, with a total voyage exceeding 1,000 nautical miles for more than 100 hours. Besides obtaining hydrological and meteorological data, the icebreaker will also carry out navigation training in complex sea conditions and sea area transferring training. It is learned that Haibing

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting Thursday to review multiple reports. The meeting was chaired by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Among the reports, one is related to the work of the leading Party members groups of the top legislature, central government, top political advisory body, top court, top procuratorate, as well as the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. The others concern primary-level governance and Party inspection. The meeting fully acknowledged the work of the leading Party members groups of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, as well as the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee in 2020, and approved their work plans for 2021. The meeting urge

BEIJING, Jan, 28 -- "Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair, which allows no interference from the outside," Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND), said in a monthly regular press conference on Thursday. According to recent media reports, Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority recently claimed to deepen ties with the US. At the same time, Taiwan's department for defense affairs continued to hype up the so-called military aircraft from the mainland entering Taiwan's "southwest air defense identification zone". In response, Wu reiterated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair, which allows no interference from the outside. "The military activities carried out by the Chinese PLA in the Taiwan Strait are necessary actions in response to the current security situation acr

BEIJING, Jan. 28 -- The mil-to-mil relations between China and the US have come to a new starting point, and China hopes the new US administration will work with the Chinese side to promote the healthy and steady development of bilateral ties, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a regular press conference on Thursday, when asked to comment on China-US mil-to-mil relationship during the Trump administration and the future development of bilateral military relations during the Biden administration. Snr. Col. Wu said that during the Trump administration, the China-US relationship encountered serious difficulties, and the mil-to-mil relations also faced a lot of risks and challenges. "Facts have proved that to contain China is a mission impossible and will only end up shooting oneself in the foot," Wu said. At present, the relations between China and the US and between their militaries have come to a new historical

BEIJING, Jan. 28 -- "Mil-to-mil relations play an important role in China-DPRK relationship. China will continue to conduct friendly exchanges between the two militaries at all levels," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday. According to media reports, Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said in his report to the eighth party congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) that the DPRK prioritizes the development of the special relationship with China, which has a long historical foundation, and the five meetings between the top leaders of the two countries provide a reliable guarantee for deepening bilateral ties. In addition, Kim Jong Un also said that the DPRK will deal with the US in the principle of "responding to aggressiveness with aggressiveness, responding to kindness with kindness". Senior Colonel Wu

A PLA military aircraft operating in airspace near Taiwan is a warning to foreign forces to stop interfering in China's internal affairs, Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday. The deployment is to resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and warn "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces to stop provocations, Zhu said, commenting on recent PLA drills in the Taiwan Straits. "Only by doing so can we safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, safeguard the common interests of compatriots on both sides and protect the prospect of peaceful reunification across the Straits," she said. Zhu said that Taiwan is an integral part of China and the will and determination to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity remain unchanged. In order to effectively respond to foreign forces and a small number of "Taiwan independence" separatists, the mainl

BEIJING, Jan.26 -- Along with the reform of China's military recruitment works, some supporting systems are growingly enhanced. In response to recent cases of young people who refused to continue serving in the military after enlistment because they did not adapt to the discipline constraints, several local governments have taken clear punitive measures. Recently, in China's Heze city of Shandong Province, Jieshou city of Anhui Province, Changge city of Henan Province and Lingshui county of Hainan Province, four young men who refused to continue performing military service after enlistment were cited as negative examples and subjected to a series of punitive measures from multiple local departments. According to the websites of local governments, four young men surnamed Liu, Zhong, Xu and He had defied military disciplines, training, and management since their enlistment in 2020. They had applied for quitting the service many times and even fled the troops without permission.

-- President Xi Jinping urged abandoning arrogance and isolation mindsets, saying that "we have been shown time and again that to beggar thy neighbor, to go it alone, and to slip into arrogant isolation will always fail." -- "Multilateralism should not be used as pretext for acts of unilateralism. Principles should be preserved and rules, once made, should be followed by all." -- Xi said the international community needs to "stand united and work together," stressing that people should "let multilateralism light our way toward a community with a shared future for mankind." BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday expounded on China's stance over how to improve multilateralism against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and world economic recession, when attending his first international virtual gathering in 2021. "Every choice and move we make today will shape the world of the future," said Xi in h

On January 24, the 9th round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point. The two sides had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector of China-India border areas. The two sides agreed that this round of meeting was positive, practical and constructive, which further enhanced mutual trust and understanding. The two sides agreed to push for an early disengagement of the frontline troops. They also agreed to follow the important consensus of their state leaders, maintain the good momentum of dialogue and negotiation, and hold the 10th round of the Corps Commander Level Meeting at an early date to jointly advance de-escalation. The two sides agreed to continue their effective efforts in ensuring the restraint of the frontline troops, stabilize and control the situation along the LAC in the Western Sector of the China-India border, and jointly maint

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda and delivers a special address via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)   BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday delivered a special address via video link at the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda. Please see the translation of the full text of the speech. Let the Torch of Multilateralism Light up Humanity’s Way Forward Special Address by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda 25 January 2021 Professor Klaus Schwab, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, The past year was marked by the sudden onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global public health faced severe threat and the world economy was mired in deep recession. Humanity encountered multiple crises rarely seen in human history. The past year also bore witn

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda and delivers a special address via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)   BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda and delivered a special address on Monday in Beijing via video link. Xi attended the meeting at the invitation of WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2021-01/25/content_9974150.htm

BEIJING, Jan.25 -- Recently, China's 24th peacekeeping engineer contingent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) effectively completed the task of repairing the N2 road in the DRC, despite the complicated pandemic and security situation in the mission area. The N2 road is an artery passage in the east of the DRC. Due to heavy rains, a bridge along with the river course, and two culverts in Kalehe, Sud-Kivu Province, were destroyed, while some sections of the road collapsed, impeding the flow of vehicles and pedestrians. Upon accepting the repairing task, a 20-member engineer team of the Chinese peacekeeping force set out for the temporary deployment location to carry out the repair work, along with engineering equipments including shovel loader, excavator, and dump truck. "The time is pressing, and the task to repair the bridge and culverts is urgent," said Zhu Hongtao, commanding officer of the construction squadron under the Chinese peacekeeping engineer

By Liu Xin and Liao Jian On January 1, 2021, armed policemen track and search the suspects with the help of police dogs near the crime scene. (Photo from Xinhua / by Liao Jian) GUANGZHOU, Jan. 25 -- Recently, the 3rd Detachment of Guangdong Contingent under China’s People’s Armed Police (PAP) cracked a major smuggling case in which drones were deployed to transport illicit goods through a culvert tunnel. In cooperation with competent local departments, a total of 1,145 mobile phones and 305 memory sticks, etc., worth more than 9 million Yuan ($ 9 million), were captured. With assistance from the coastal defense and anti-smuggling office of south China’s Shenzhen City, the armed police detachment has recently carried out investigations over key fields and cut off a smuggling tunnel in border areas of Guangdong and Hong Kong. It has confiscated a horde of tools, detected a culvert, and seized13 boxes of smuggled items. The operation has proven a case of success of an intelligence-sh

By Yang Jie and Li Youtao BEIJING, Jan.25 -- The troops of the PLA Navy's Nansha Garrison have begun to try on the new tropical combat uniforms for island-and-reef environment at the start of 2021. "The new combat clothing, being light, breathable, quick-drying and comfortable, is more suitable for the environment around the Nansha Islands and reefs," said Li Zhenshuang, a service member of the garrison force guarding the Yongshu reef, after finishing his morning training on January 14, 2021. This is another batch of new-type combat uniforms tried on by troops stationed on Nansha Islands following the provision of the tropical combat boots at the end of 2020. It is reported that the new suits mainly includes tropical camouflage combat uniforms and underwear for island-and-reef environment China's Nansha Islands are located on the edge of the equator. The natural environment features high humidity, temperature and radiation all year round. It's learned that the

During the height of the epidemic in Wuhan last year, Huoshenshan Hospital captured headlines around the world. The 1,000-bed hospital was built in only a matter of days. Construction started on January 24 and ended by February 2. Zhao Yunfei speaks with the project manager, who recalls the pressure and pride, he experienced. FENG HUAJUN Construction Project Manager, Huoshenshan Hospital "We think the hospital has a life of its own. When we were building it, we put our heart and soul into the process. The hospital contains a life of its own, because every part of the building holds so many special memories for us. "We started to build it just six hours after the first meeting. All the environmental requirements, technical requirements, and epidemic prevention requirements were all set to the highest standard. We had to complete a high-standard hospital in ten days, and to complete Leishenshan Hospital in 12 days, so we were under a lot of stress. "When building this

DiaoyuIslands in the E China Sea and its affiliated islands have always been China's inherent territory. China passed its coastguard legislation on Friday, and experts said China will safeguard sovereignty regarding the dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. The 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) concluded on Friday afternoon in Beijing, and adopted the coastguard law. The law came one day after senior Japanese and US officials discussed their alliance and the Japan-US security treaty’s Article 5, which assures the US defense obligations apply to the Diaoyu Islands. Japanese media said that the phone call between Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, and Shigeru Kitamura, head of the secretariat for the Japanese government’s National Security Council, was the first high-level dialogue between the two countries since Joe Biden became president on Wednesday. The law, according to the draft re

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses the fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed the importance of leveraging the guiding and safeguarding roles of strict Party governance in every respect to ensure the development goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) are fulfilled. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Friday when addressing the fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The year 2020 was extraordinary in the history of the People's Republic of China, Xi said as he summarized the

Local children wave to the patrolling Chinese peacekeepers. (Photo by Cao Zhuang) By He Penggang JUBA, Jan. 22 -- The 7th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan completed this year’s first short-distance patrol task from Juba to Mongalla, deployed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Sector Juba on January 20, local time, providing armed escort for UN military observers at the same time. The whole patrol mission is about 170 kilometers long. To ensure safety, the Chinese peacekeepers carried out step-by-step drill before the mission by conducting comprehensive study on the social and natural environment along the route and optimizing the force composition. The mission was completed successfully, winning high praise from the UNMISS and the Sector of Juba.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2021-01/22/content_9972782.htm

  GAO, Mali, Jan. 21 -- Recently, the peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were attacked by armed personnel with firearms, leaving the security situation in the mission area deteriorating. In order to get better prepared for potential threats, the 8th Chinese peacekeeping guard contingent to Mali organized simulated confrontation and continuous live-fire drills, which were set against a scenario that the patrol convoy outside the camp was attacked by terrorists. Upon receiving the order, the Chinese guard contingent mustered all personnel and finished preparations within specified time frame. During the patrol, the convoy quickly dispatched a fast-response team to disperse a handful of armed elements. During the patrol, the convoy were notified that there have been suspected explosive devices ahead. They chose to standby, send a drone for reconnaissance and report to the Sector East of MINUSMA for professional EO

By Lei Yang BEIRUT, Jan. 21 -- At the invitation of the military police unit of the Indonesian peacekeeping force, the Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to Lebanon, under the unified deployment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), dispatched a health and epidemic prevention team to the Indonesian camp for field investigations, and to provide medical service and COVID-19 prevention assistance on January 18, 2021. During the investigation, the two sides made in-depth exchanges on how to conduct real-time monitoring, diagnose and isolate cases, as well as how to track and isolate the close contacts. This is the second time for the Chinese medical contingent to visit the Indonesian camp. Last time was on January 8 and they offered the Indonesian side a blood oximeter and a batch of medicines. In last November, the Chinese medical contingent accepted from the UNIFIL the task of COVID-19 nucleic acid tests and interhospital transfers of severe patients. During t