The Beijing Hour

The Chinese foreign minister is attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kyrgyzstan, where he has met with his counterparts from Belarus and Uzbekistan (01:12). Washington is considering restarting major combat operations on Iran, while Tehran has warned of more retaliatory attacks (08:40). Chinese mathematicians Deng Yu and Wang Hong have made history as the...

The Chinese foreign minister has met with his British counterpart in Manila, urging the UK to provide a fair and non-discriminatory business environment (01:04). Iran's IRGC has stopped three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as US forces completed a 12th night of strikes against Iranian military targets (08:56). China is bracing for another typhoon in the south as wet weather and hazards...

In his speech at the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Manila，Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and ASEAN to jointly uphold peace and development in the region and beyond (01:05). Iran's main military command has warned that any US attack on its nuclear or sensitive sites will be met with expanded strikes targeting US and allied interests across the region (11:52). Beijing...

The annual ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings have kicked off in Manila, with energy security and regional stability taking center stage (01:02). Andy Burnham has formed his new cabinet after taking office as the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade (09:35). Officials say China has built the largest transport system in the world, with the network exceeding six million kilometers over the past...

The World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance has concluded in Shanghai, with major governance initiatives and innovative outcomes released (01:06). Iran says it has received proposals from the mediators for the resumption of negotiations with the United States and de-escalation of tensions in the region (11:17). Andy Burnham becomes the seventh UK prime minister in a...

Addressing the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the country's major measures to support global development of artificial intelligence (01:15). Hostilities between the United States and Iran have continued, despite the memorandum of understanding they signed in mid-June (17:19). China's...

The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will begin on Friday, showcasing the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence while shaping discussions on global governance on the sector (01:06). Hostilities between Iran and the US military have intensified a day after the US re-imposed its naval blockade on ships to and from Iranian ports (11:58). Beijing has...

Officials say the Chinese economy expanded 4.7 percent in the first half of the year, laying the groundwork for the country to achieve its annual growth target of 4.5 to five percent (01:04). The US has struck Iranian targets before re-imposing a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran has attacked US military targets in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain (12:15). A fire in a building under...

Iran has warned the US against interfering in the management of the Strait of Hormuz after the US president said his country is reinstating a blockade on Iran in the strait (01:06). The Chinese foreign minister says China is willing to work with Kazakhstan to seek common development while meeting with his Kazakh counterpart in Beijing (23:07). China's foreign trade in goods in the first half of...

China has released a critique of the so-called South China Sea Arbitration Award, unveiling its major flaws in legal application, factual findings, and evidence assessment (01:02). China's east coast continues to respond to the intense rainfall from Typhoon Bavi, as the storm moves inland and loses strength (15:17). The US and Iran continue to exchange fire in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider...