SHANGHAI, May 20 (ABC): Four subway lines in Shanghai will resume service starting Sunday, the Shanghai Shentong Metro Group said Friday, adding that passengers must hold a negative nucleic acid test result within 48 hours for entry. The subway routes include Line 3, Line 6, Line 10 and Line 16, some of which link the city’s train stations and the …

Tokyo, May 20 (ABC): The leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States meet in Tokyo next week seeking common ground on countering China, despite differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The loosely organised “Quad” grouping is united by its desire for a counterweight to China’s expanding economic, military and technological influence. But it is divided on Ukraine, with …

BEIJING, May 19 (ABC): China’s commerce ministry said Thursday that it would continue stabilizing foreign investment and provide a better business environment and services to foreign companies. “Influenced by multiple factors, China faces many challenges in utilizing foreign capital,” Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference. “But favorable factors that affect China’s foreign investment …

BEIJING, May 20 (ABC): The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 176 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 88 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission’s report Friday. Apart from Shanghai, seven other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 50 in Beijing and 20 in Sichuan. Shanghai also reported 770 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections …

SHINGHAI, May 20(ABC): The Global Security Initiative bridges the peace deficit and guides the way to solve global security dilemmas, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi while hosting a video conference of BRICS foreign ministers on Thursday. In April’s Boao Forum for Asia, President Xi Jinping proposed a Global Security Initiative (GSI), an idea taking security as the …

BEIJING, May 20(ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to reject Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation. He made the appeal when delivering a video address at the opening session of the foreign ministers’ meeting of the emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Xi noted that the impacts of major …

BEIJING, May 19 (ABC):Beijing reported 64 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Thursday, said Liu Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, at a press briefing Thursday. Sixty-two cases were detected among people under closed-off management, and two were found through mass screening in communities. Five districts were involved, …

BEIJING, May 19 (ABC) –:A team of Chinese scientists along with their international counterparts have designed a robotic drone capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces. The scientists from Beihang University and Imperial College London drew inspiration from remora fish, a family of species known for their adhesive discs that help them catch a ride on marine …

CHONGQING: Before Zhong Ze’an, a 32-year-old migrant worker in Beijing, left for his hometown to celebrate the Spring Festival, he needed to help his pet settle down. The distance to his hometown in east China’s Jiangxi Province is about 1,400 km, too far for Zhong to bring his cat with him. Asking someone to take care of it was his …

BEIJING: Cheng Zhiwu, a 70-year-old from central China’s Hubei Province, has downloaded some 600 digital books on a reading App on his tablet computer. “I’ve found so much joy in reading or listening to digital books as a way to keep up with the times and enrich my golden years,” said Chen, adding that he spends some four to five …