BEIJING, August 11(ABC): Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday denounced a Lithuanian official’s visit to China’s Taiwan region, warning that China will take resolute countermeasures. According to media reports, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Agne Vaiciukeviciute arrived in Taiwan with a delegation on Aug. 7 for a five-day visit. “China strongly condemns the Lithuanian anti-China forces for …

BEIJING, August 11(ABC): China is expected to achieve its inflation control target this year as the country has several favorable conditions to maintain the overall stability of prices, according to the country’s central bank. It is expected that this year’s price increases will remain within a reasonable range, achieving the target of an average annual consumer price index (CPI) increase …

TAIYUAN, August 11(ABC): Shanxi, a major coal-producing province in north China, has made continuous advances in high-quality development over the past decade, according to a press briefing held Wednesday. Shanxi’s accumulated coal output over the past 10 years reached nearly 10 billion tonnes, accounting for about a quarter of China’s total, said Lin Wu, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee …

BEIJING, August 11(ABC): China’s auto sales in July rose 29.7 percent year on year to 2.42 million units, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Thursday. Auto sales in the January-July period totaled 14.48 million units, down 2 percent year on year, according to the data. In July alone, sales of passenger vehicles soared 40 percent year on …

BEIJING, August 9(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba. In his message to Diaz-Canel, also first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Xi said he was shocked …

SHANGHAI, August 9(ABC): Shanghai has made pioneering progress in its pursuit of all-around development over the past decade, according to a press briefing held Monday. The city’s GDP increased from 2.13 trillion yuan (about 314.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012 to 4.32 trillion yuan in 2021, and its GDP per capita rose from 14,200 dollars to 26,900 dollars, said Gong …

BEIJING, August 9(ABC): The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) on Tuesday released a report, revealing a series of crimes committed by the United States in the Middle East and surrounding areas that seriously violated international law. Titled U.S. Commits Serious Crimes of Violating Human Rights in the Middle East and Beyond, the CSHRS report focused on Washington’s systematic …

BEIJING, August 9(ABC): China on Monday expressed firm opposition to certain countries’ attempt to distort, obscure and hollow out the one-China principle, calling such practices illegal as well as null and void. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks in response to a recent joint statement issued by foreign ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan, which reportedly …

BEIJING, August 9(ABC): The upcoming 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will focus on environmental services for the first time, according to Beijing Capital Group Exhibitions & Events, one of the event’s organizers. Focusing on such areas as low-carbon energy, carbon economy, carbon neutrality and green technology, the fair will showcase the most recent achievements and technology …

BEIJING, August 8(ABC): China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan Monday, Beijing said, defying calls to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected US official to visit Taiwan in decades — ripping up a series …