China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood-control emergency response for Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces from Level IV to Level III, amid high risks of mountain floods due to the impact of Typhoon Noul. #XinhuaNews#

China's National Meteorological Center issued an orange typhoon alert on Sunday morning after Typhoon Noul made landfall in south China's Guangdong Province, with maximum winds of Force 14 near its center. #XinhuaNews#

Indian Embassy in China: “On 24 June 2026, Embassy officials met representatives of Xinhua News Agency at its headquarters in Beijing and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.” Will we witness reciprocal reinstating of Indian and Chinese journalists in both capitals?

👀 As soon as Trump left, the CCP started playing the "balancing" game again. Xinhua News Agency hurriedly pinned a top headline on its front page: “Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin Send Congratulatory Messages to the 10th China-Russia Expo Respectively.” When you click in, there’s only one sentence: “Xinhua Flash: On May 17, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin sent congratulatory messages to the 10th China-Russia Expo respectively.” When the spokesperson for the CCP’s Ministry of Commerce answered questions about the outcomes of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultations, he listed five results: 1. Both sides will continue to implement the outcomes of previous consultations and have reached a positive consensus on relevant tariff arrangements. *(My two cents: This is basically meaningless boilerplate.) 2. Both sides agreed to establish a Trade Council and an Investment Council to discuss each side’s respective concerns in the fields of trade and investment. Through the Trade Council, they will discuss issues such as tariff reductions on certain products and have in principle agreed to reduce tariffs on products of equivalent scale that each side is concerned about. (Comment: Too vague, too general, lacks details.) 3. Both sides will resolve or substantially promote the resolution of certain non-tariff barriers and market access issues for agricultural products. The U.S. side will actively promote the resolution of China’s long-standing concerns regarding automatic detention of dairy and aquatic products, medium-sized potted landscape plants exported to the U.S., and the recognition of Shandong as a poultry influenza-free zone, etc. The Chinese side will also actively promote the resolution of U.S. concerns such as beef facility registration and poultry meat exports from certain states to China. (Comment: Still lacks details. Basically, it means China is going to buy more U.S. beef and poultry?) 4. Both sides agreed to promote the expansion of two-way trade in areas including agricultural products through mutual tariff reductions on a certain range of products and other arrangements. (Too vague, too general, lacks details, and overlaps with the previous two points.) 5. Both sides have reached arrangements regarding China’s purchase of aircraft from the U.S. and the U.S. ensuring the supply of aircraft engines and parts to China, and agreed to continue advancing cooperation in related fields. (China will purchase aircraft from the U.S.) So overall, it boils down to this: China will buy some American planes, and that’s about it. Nothing else of substance. Also: When Xi Jinping accompanied President Trump in reviewing the CCP’s military honor guard, Trump solemnly returned the military salute, while Xi showed no reaction at all. Some people joked: “If you didn’t know better, you’d think Trump was the commander-in-chief of the PLA.” And honestly, it really did look that way. On one hand, it reflects Xi Jinping’s arrogance toward his own military. He simply does not show the kind of respect for service members that Trump does. On the other hand, perhaps after previously embarrassing himself by saluting troops with his left hand during an inspection, he no longer dares—or no longer wants—to give military salutes.

A mime artist brings the phrase "making the light feel heavy" to life — turning a simple balloon into a hundred-pound burden with nothing but body language. 🎭✨Thumbs up for his brilliant performance! 👍 Source: Xinhua News Agency (Douyin)

Special PE class in Xizang lets kids learn time-honored Tibetan dance. Centuries-old intangible heritage gains new vitality as it is inherited by young students. #IntangibleHeritage# #CulturalInheritanc# Source: Xinhua News Agency / Douyin

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to recast the relationship between the world’s two largest powers under a new banner of “constructive strategic stability,” according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will confer the July 1 Medal, the Party's highest honor, on model CPC members at a gathering marking the Party's 105th founding anniversary on Wednesday, Xinhua reported. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will deliver an important speech at the event, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xinhua reported. The CPC was founded on July 1, 1921. At Wednesday's gathering, outstanding Party members, Party workers, and primary-level Party organizations from across the country will also be honored, according to Xinhua. The event will be broadcast live by China Media Group and It will also be relayed simultaneously on websites of leading media organizations, including and as well as on mobile apps run by People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and China Central Television: Xinhua

China says ready to work with U.S. to translate new vision of ties into actions in same direction China is ready to work with the U.S. side to translate the new vision of bilateral ties into actions in the same direction, to jointly promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of bilateral relations, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said here on Thursday. Responding to a query at a regular press conference, Guo said Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning, during which the two sides reached common understandings on the new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, which is expected to provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond. Source: Xinhua News