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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
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    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

    Interview: Hysteria over balloon incident proves US’s inability

    February 24, 2023
    Business/Interviews

    Blaming the United States for letting the “balloon incident” unnecessarily create “a very unfortunate effect on Sino-American relations,” Chas Freeman said the implications of the abrupt scrapping of Blinken’s trip to China

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    Younger generation bears future of S. Korea-China relations

    February 24, 2023
    China/South Korea

    by Kwon Ki-sik As recorded in The Analects of Confucius, “At thirty, I planted my feet firm upon the ground.” Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties

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    Drought to continue in Horn of Africa: WMO

    February 24, 2023
    Human Rights

    Catastrophic consequences of the multi-year drought will continue in 2023 in the Horn of Africa region, leaving communities in urgent need of assistance, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. According to

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    Nord Stream explosion is Act Global Terrorism

    February 23, 2023
    Diplomacy/Interviews

    An investigation by the UN Security Council into the explosions that blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in September 2022 is a high global priority, said Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned

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    Hundreds of species of wildlife worldwide contaminated with “forever chemicals:” study

    February 23, 2023
    Education

    Toxic “forever chemicals” are known to cause health problems in humans, and very low doses have been linked to suppression of the immune system. Research also increasingly suggests wildlife could suffer similar

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    China-Russia partnership never targets any third party: senior diplomat

    February 22, 2023
    China/Russia

    The China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has never targeted any third party, nor does it tolerate any third party interference or coercion, a senior Chinese diplomat said

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    Interview: Nord Stream bombing “dumbest” act from Washington

    February 22, 2023
    Interviews

    American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has termed the Nord Stream bombing, which he says was done by the United States, the “dumbest” act from Washington in years, an Indian news website Firstpost

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    American Democracy: Many Asian Americans buy weapons for safety

    February 22, 2023
    Human Rights/United States

    In the wake of the mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California, a growing number of Asian Americans are buying, or considering buying, guns for protection, reported CNN

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    Russia suspends participation in New START treaty: Putin

    February 21, 2023
    Russia/United States

    Russia is suspending its participation in rather than withdrawing from the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday. NATO demanded in

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    China Introduces the Global Security Initiative

    February 21, 2023
    China/Defence

    China on Tuesday released “The Global Security Initiative Concept Paper.” Please see the the full text of the Paper. Background The issue of security bears on the well-being of people of all

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    Cambodia’s looted treasures returned home from Britain

    February 21, 2023
    Cambodia/United Kingdom

    Seventy-seven pieces of lost Cambodian ancient jewelry, handed over by the family of the late antique collector Douglas Latchford, had been returned to Cambodia from Britain, said a press statement from the

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    Myanmar’s maritime trade up 19.42 pct in over 10 months

    February 21, 2023
    Myanmar

    Myanmar’s seaborne trade surged 19.42 percent year on year to about 22.24 billion U.S. dollars in over 10 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year beginning in April last year, official data showed

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    Global South calls for fairer, win-win int’l order, blaming West for ignorance

    February 20, 2023
    Diplomacy/Human Rights

    Voices from countries of the Global South were highlighted at this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), with participants calling for an international order featuring solidarity and win-win relations. The three-day 59th MSC

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    Afghan gov’t to turn former U.S. military bases into economic zones

    February 20, 2023
    Afghanistan

    The Afghan caretaker administration has decided to change former U.S. military bases into economic zones to bolster economic activities, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday. The decision has been taken

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    China: We never accept the U.S.’s finger-pointing — Wang Yi

    February 20, 2023
    China

    The spokesperson said that at the request of the U.S. side, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, had

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