China's factory-gate prices rose for a second straight month in April, while consumer inflation picked up moderately, as higher global energy and commodity costs filtered through to the world's second-largest economy, officials and analysts said on Monday.

Ponant Explorations Group, a French expedition cruise operator, is pushing deeper into China, targeting a new generation of travelers — one less interested in ticking off destinations than in pursuing more immersive journeys to some of the world's most remote destinations.

China's top court has emphasized the need to safeguard data security and protect individual rights in the digital age, releasing a landmark case in which two individuals were sentenced to prison for acquiring and disclosing more than 900 million pieces of personal information online.

The Dashixia Water Control Project in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has recently completed the installation of major components for all three power-generating units and the construction of its power transmission system.

In recent years, the United States has placed increasing emphasis on trade policies that prioritize national security, supply chain resilience and economic growth. In an era of global volatility and technological rivalry, these may be real and relevant policy objectives. However, it is equally, if not more, important to consider how such measures affect markets and, ultimately, the daily lives of US consumers.

Although strategic competition and technology restrictions have reshaped bilateral ties in recent years, scientific cooperation between China and the United States has not come to a halt. Instead, it is evolving into a more selective and layered framework focused on non-sensitive research, academic exchange and global governance challenges.

China's Taiwan region, unless given approval by the central government, has no basis, reason or right to participate in the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA), which will open on May 18, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday.

At the invitation of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the crown prince and senior minister at the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei Darussalam, is paying an official visit to China from May 11 to 15. The high-level exchanges are expected to further align development strategies between the two countries, injecting new momentum into flagship projects and deepening cooperation in broader fields.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to prove wrong the "doubters" in his own party, and among the electorate as a whole, as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party.

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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' pursuit of "Taiwan independence" and refusal to recognize the "1992 Consensus," which embodies the one-China principle, have undermined the political foundation for the Taiwan region's participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA), said Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, on Monday.

China launched on Monday the Tianzhou 10 cargo spacecraft to deliver scientific equipment and experimental supplies, including artificial human embryos, ultrathin solar cells and a greenhouse gas monitor, to its orbiting Tiangong space station.