Mongolia, China should continue strengthening trust, support to maintain correct direction of bilateral ties: Chinese FM

Turkmenistan News June 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM

ULAN BATOR, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia and China should continue strengthening mutual trust and support to maintain the correct direction of bilateral ties, said visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Monday. In a meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister Nyam-Osor Uchral, Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said both sides should m

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Chinese compound chip stocks surge after Supreme Court blocks Infineon in GaN patent case

News - South China Morning Post June 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A Chinese ban on German chip giant Infineon Technologies selling gallium nitride (GaN) products in mainland China triggered a spike in domestic semiconductor stocks on Monday, as the landmark patent dispute was expected to reshape the country’s “third-generation” chip sector. A decision by China’s Supreme People’s Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s injunction issued against the German company in May, according to a statement released by domestic rival Innoscience. The lower court found that...

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Chinese man climbs out of 27th-floor flat to ‘seek immortality’ after eating magic mushrooms

News - South China Morning Post June 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM

A Chinese man climbed out of his 27th-floor flat after eating self-cooked jianshouqing mushrooms at home and having hallucinations. The man, surnamed Xue, from southwestern China’s Yunnan province, said he believed his family was inviting him to “train himself to cross the tribulation and attain immortality”, a practice often seen in Chinese fantasy novels. Xue said he unconsciously clambered out of the window of his flat and climbed down a water pipe, scratching his belly as he did so. Luckily,...

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Chinese boy, 7, ends up in ICU with severe abdominal pain after drinking iced beverages

News - South China Morning Post June 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM

The case of a seven-year-old Chinese boy who had to be sent to an intensive care unit (ICU) after drinking two iced drinks has triggered a heated online discussion. The boy from central China’s Henan province was admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University recently. He showed symptoms of stomachache and vomiting, and was diagnosed with acute volvulus, a bowel obstruction resulting from a loop of intestine twisting around itself and its supporting tissue. A doctor at the...

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Abu Dhabi to tap Chinese tech to scale up green economy, energy chief says

News - South China Morning Post June 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM

The Abu Dhabi government is fast-tracking its push to extensively tap into China’s technologies, from renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs) to robotics, as it pursues a greener economy, according to its energy chief. Abdulla Humaid Al Jarwan, chairman of the Abu Dhabi department of energy, told the SCMP that his department was in talks with 22 Chinese firms, including Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), during a recent visit to Shanghai, and expected a deepened tie-up with China’s...

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Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau

News - South China Morning Post June 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A materials scientist whose career took him from rural China to California is heading for a post in Macau after 30 years in the United States. According to the University of Macau’s website, Pei Qibing has been appointed chair professor and director of the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering. Pei, an emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, began his studies in a very different world, attending a small rural school on an island in the Yangtze River in...

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Chinese World Cup fans robbed at gunpoint soon after arrival in Mexico

News - South China Morning Post June 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM

Two Chinese football fans were carjacked shortly after arriving in Mexico to watch the World Cup. The Chinese embassy said one suspect had been arrested while the two victims had returned to China on Friday after less than 48 hours in the country. State news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday that the two men, identified only by their surnames Wang and Li, had landed at Mexico City International Airport on Wednesday evening. Two masked motorbike riders held up their car at gunpoint near the...

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Chinese son kowtows to adoptive mum, thanking her for funding medical bills by driving cabs

News - South China Morning Post June 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM

An 18-year-old boy in central China knelt and kowtowed to his adoptive mother after completing the gaokao, thanking her for years of devotion that helped fund his medical treatment. From June 7 to 9, more than 12.9 million candidates sat China’s fiercely competitive national college entrance examination, or gaokao. Among them was Lele, from Xiangyang in Hubei province. Outside the exam venue, his adoptive mother, Ye Huanzhi, waited in a red qipao dress, holding sunflowers and his favourite...

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Chinese FM: China stays committed to being good neighbor with Mongolia

Tajikistan News June 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg jointly meet the press in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 13, 2026. /XinhuaChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Saturday that his talk

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Chinese FM: China stays committed to being good neighbor with Mongolia

Kyrgyzstan News June 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg jointly meet the press in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 13, 2026. /XinhuaChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Saturday that his talk

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Chinese FM: China stays committed to being good neighbor with Mongolia

Turkmenistan News June 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg jointly meet the press in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 13, 2026. /XinhuaChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Saturday that his talk

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63kg Chinese man believes online products could help with weight gain loses 6.5kg instead

News - South China Morning Post June 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A Shanghai man who wanted to gain weight spent 10,000 yuan (US$1,500) on online health products he thought would do the job only to end up losing 6.5kg in a month. The man, surnamed Liu, has trended on mainland social media after his experience was reported by the Shanghai Morning Post. Liu, a truck driver, who is 1.78m tall and weighs 63kg, always thought he was too thin. In March, he saw the social media account of an influencer surnamed Chen who shared her knowledge about helping people put...

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Dear You – the Chinese migration film igniting a propaganda debate in Southeast Asia

News - South China Morning Post June 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM

In less than two months, the indie film Dear You has become an unlikely mass hit. Shot in the Teochew language from the Chaoshan region of southern China’s Guangdong province, the movie follows a man uncovering his family’s past by tracing remittance letters sent home from Thailand. As he pieces together his grandfather’s life story, the movie also explores Chinese migration to the region and the diaspora’s struggle to preserve its heritage. In one scene, an elderly schoolmaster risks arrest in...

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Mongolian president meets Chinese FM

Tajikistan News June 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

ULAN BATOR, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh met with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, here on Saturday. During the meeting, Khurelsukh said the Mongolia-China relationship has become a model for inter-state relations in the region. The two countries have consistently respected each other's i

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Mongolian president meets Chinese FM

Kyrgyzstan News June 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

ULAN BATOR, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh met with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, here on Saturday. During the meeting, Khurelsukh said the Mongolia-China relationship has become a model for inter-state relations in the region. The two countries have consistently respected each other's i

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Mongolian president meets Chinese FM

Turkmenistan News June 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

ULAN BATOR, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh met with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, here on Saturday. During the meeting, Khurelsukh said the Mongolia-China relationship has become a model for inter-state relations in the region. The two countries have consistently respected each other's i

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Was Kim Jong-un the real winner from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea?

News - South China Morning Post June 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea this week helped to improve Kim Jong-un’s international standing and gave him a “big strategic win”, analysts said. Pyongyang has become increasingly close to Russia in recent years and has sent thousands of troops to support its war against Ukraine, but Xi’s visit reinforced the long-standing economic and cultural ties between China and North Korea. It was the Chinese leader’s first foreign trip of the year and came less than a month after he...

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China accuses US of power abuse with expanded blacklist of Chinese firms

News - South China Morning Post June 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM

Beijing has warned of a resolute response to the Pentagon’s newly expanded blacklist of Chinese companies, accusing Washington of using national security as a pretext to curb the development of Chinese firms. The warning came after the US Defence Department released its updated Section 1260H list on Monday as required by American law, expanding the roster to 188 entities, up from 134 last year. The list names what the department says are “Chinese military companies” operating, directly or...

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Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy

News - South China Morning Post June 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM

China should not try to copy SpaceX despite the US company’s successful IPO, a leading economist has said. The company raised US$75 billion when it went public on Friday and made its chief executive Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. But Shen Yingchun, a professor at Beihang University, told Beijing Daily: “China does not need to and cannot copy SpaceX.” She said “the strength of the US model is efficiency”, using the market to drive down costs and forcing companies to innovate. Shen...

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Chinese team flags life-threatening ‘glaring weakness’ in Nasa’s Artemis programme

News - South China Morning Post June 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM

In the 21st century race to the moon, there is a question that engineers must ask: what happens when the main engine fails? China and the United States are answering this in contrasting ways. Their answers could reveal the value they place on human life. From the Apollo Lunar Module in the 1960s to Nasa’s new Orion spacecraft for the Artemis programme, the American architecture relies on a single, powerful main engine to do the heavy lifting. On the descent stage, one main engine controls the...

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