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Xinhua News Agency

Founded in 1931, Xinhua News Agency is one of the largest news organizations in the world, with over 10,000 employees across the globe. As the main source of news and information for China, Xinhua plays a key role in shaping the country's media landscape and communicating its perspectives to the world. Sri Lanka Guardian serves as an official content syndication partner of Xinhua.

    October 20, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood

    The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention.  The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic

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    Sri Lanka’s illicit cigarette trade costs government Rs 29.5bn in lost tax revenue

    Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic assessment by Oxford Economics, which estimates that illegal products accounted for 20% of the market despite

    October 20, 2026

    Sri Lanka: Rising Prices and People’s Patience

    Sri Lanka

    A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month,

    Women’s Role in Peacekeeping Stalls Worldwide

    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations

    Why China’s position paper on Ukraine crisis annoyed some countries?

    March 3, 2023
    Diplomacy/Interviews

    To push forward the political settlement of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Chinese Foreign Ministry released last month a paper stating Beijing’s position on the issue. In the paper, China put forward

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    A new corridor discovered in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza

    March 3, 2023
    Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

    A discovery of a nine-meter-long and 2.10-meter-wide corridor behind the Great Pyramid of Giza, known as Khufu Pyramid, was announced on Thursday. Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa said that

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    Chinese, Russian FMs meet on ties, Ukraine crisis

    March 3, 2023
    China/Russia/Ukraine

    Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday over bilateral ties and a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis on the sidelines of the Group of

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    China-IMF cooperation beneficial to world to meet challenges, says Chinese premier

    March 2, 2023
    China

    Faced with a complicated international and regional situation, China’s ongoing friendly cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not only beneficial to both sides, but also to the international community as

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    India’s growing civil aviation industry sees greater scope for growth

    March 2, 2023
    India

    India’s aviation industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two-and-a-half decades, as air travel has come within the reach of the middle class, which till early 2000s was considered

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    Moscow opens world’s longest subway line

    March 2, 2023
    News/Russia

    Moscow on Wednesday opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world. The metro line was constructed from 2011 to 2022. The first section of the BCL

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    CPEC plays pivotal role in promoting green development in Pakistan, say experts

    March 1, 2023
    China/Pakistan

    The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been playing a pivotal role in promoting green development in Pakistan, highlighting China’s commitment to

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    Delay in Finland, Sweden’s NATO approval harms alliance’s credibility: Finnish PM

    March 1, 2023
    Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

    The delay in the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership bid harms the alliance’s credibility, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said here on Tuesday. “We (Finland and

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    Istanbul launches program to check buildings’ safety following deadly quakes

    March 1, 2023
    Turkey

    Türkiye’s largest city Istanbul has launched a program to provide rapid scans of buildings as many residents worry about the safety of their residences in the wake of recent devastating earthquakes that

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    Racism against Asian Americans — a long, ugly chapter in U.S. history

    February 28, 2023
    Human Rights

    On the morning of Feb. 13, 2022, 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee was found dead in her bathroom stabbed 40 times after a man, Assamad Nash, silently followed her up six flights of

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    New pattern crucial for China’s high-quality development – A Chinese Viewpoint

    February 28, 2023
    China

    The Chinese leadership has placed the new development pattern high on the country’s policy agenda, according to which the domestic market is taken as the country’s economic mainstay with domestic and foreign

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    Interview: Today, no one can contain China or stop its development

    February 28, 2023
    Interviews

    “I have the warmest, kindest memories from my first visit to China, from my first impressions of the country, and from my cooperation with the leaders of the People’s Republic of China,”

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    Bangladesh withdraws duty on sugar import to stabilize local market

    February 27, 2023
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at lower prices. In a notification,

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    Science should guide Fukushima wastewater release plan, Pacific leaders say

    February 25, 2023
    Human Rights/Japan

    Pacific leaders on Friday wrapped up the two-day Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders’ Retreat in Fiji, where Japan’s Fukushima wastewater release plan was in the limelight. The PIF rotating chair underlined

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    Ukraine not arena for fights between major countries: Chinese envoy

    February 25, 2023
    China/Ukraine

    A Chinese envoy on Friday called for a resumption of non-conditional talks between Russia and Ukraine, stressing that Ukraine is not “an arena for fights between major countries.” “We call on Russia

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