The scores in the Shanghai Ranking are based on several factors, such as the number of faculty and alumni of the institutions who have received the Nobel Prize or the Fields Medal, the number of highly cited researchers on staff, or the number of articles published in the academic journals Science and Nature over the past five years.
The simultaneous deployment of China's two aircraft carriers east of the Philippines represents a historic moment in China's naval capabilities, indicating its ambition for a world-class navy by 2035.
In 2016, a meeting in Kabul revealed China's persistent concern regarding the presence of Uyghur militants associated with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, reflecting strategic intelligence priorities.
During a state visit to India, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr stated the Philippines may be drawn into a potential conflict between China and the US over Taiwan, citing humanitarian concerns for Filipinos in Taiwan.
On 2 August, a video appeared online, showing a group of teenage girls kicking, slapping and mocking another girl, later revealed to be aged 14, in an abandoned building in Jiangyou.
According to a new report from Oxford Economics, the potential output growth for China could fall from around 4% in the 2020s to less than 2% by the 2050s.
Jack Ma called the 996 working schedule a 'huge blessing' for workers, stating that many people lack the opportunity to work such hours. He claimed that if one doesn't work 996 while young, when will they do it?
The United States has expressed concern over the University of Montenegro's cooperation with a scientific center controlled by China's National University of Defense Technology, which is sanctioned by the Commerce Department.
"As our cooperation has deepened, so have imbalances," von der Leyen told Xi, describing EU-China trade imbalances as having reached "an inflection point" where China must "come forward with real solutions."