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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 02.08.2026.
It displays 39 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
02.08.2026 ⇢ The Day of the PLA's Huangyan Dao Drills and Army Anniversary Saturation
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State media saturated the day with Xi Jinping's military modernization push and PLA anniversary messaging, while the PLA conducted joint drills around Huangyan Dao in response to Philippine activities. The drills, involving H-6K bombers and Type 071 ships, were framed as countering regional instability. External outlets diverged: VOA reported US sanctions on Chinese firms under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, SCMP covered China's digital yuan payment in Malaysia and military progress in the first island chain, and BBC Chinese analyzed space warfare dynamics. The editorial split persisted between domestic military messaging and cross-border security, tech, and legal stories.
02.08.2026
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Hong Kong Free Press
“You can’t see the end of the world when you are learning the craft. You just have to keep learning,” says Sylvester Siu, who has followed in his father Vitus Siu’s footsteps in restoring statues of deities at the 67-year-old Hop Keung Cheong Kee workshop.
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09:13⇢Xi's Military Drills Echo at Huangyan Dao
⌨State media uniformly lead with Xi Jinping's military modernization push, now reinforced by a Politburo study session and Army Day greetings, while PLA drills around Huangyan Dao signal a firm response to regional tensions. External outlets diverge: VOA reports on US sanctions against Chinese firms over forced labor, SCMP analyzes China's military progress in the first island chain, and BBC Chinese covers space warfare.
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Global Times
China has released a five-year plan for its national supply and marketing cooperative system, aiming to strengthen agricultural services and ...
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Xinhua News Agency
《求是》杂志发表习近平总书记重要文章《加快建设健康中国》 文章全文 学习进行时丨健康中国建设，习近平总书记指明科学方法论
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South China Morning Post
AI framework uses a memory module and large language model to detect pseudonymous cross-border illegal trading practices in crypto crackdown
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Peoples Daily
谋发展——深刻认识“最本质的特征”和“最大优势” “始终同人民同呼吸、共命运、心连心” 把为人民谋幸福作为根本使命 “深深植根人民，始终拥有坚实根基”
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South China Morning Post
With China’s flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security
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Peoples Daily
迈向“全球引领型”科创中心 三个“动”词，看上海国际科创中心扩围至长三角 长三角“长”出一双“科创翅膀” “想不到”的上海科创 这所学院，培养科创“六边形战队”
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South China Morning Post
As Chinese forces push into the western Pacific, analysts say that carrier groups could be used to frustrate any intervention
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15:18⇢Xi's Military Drills Echo at Huangyan Dao
⌨State media lead with Xi Jinping's military modernization push, now reinforced by a Politburo study session and Army Day greetings, while PLA drills around Huangyan Dao signal a firm response to regional tensions. External outlets diverge: VOA reports on US sanctions against Chinese firms over forced labor, SCMP analyzes China's military progress in the first island chain, and BBC Chinese covers space warfare.
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The trade volume between Northeast China and African countries saw a year-on-year increase of 82.1 percent in the first half ...
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South China Morning Post
While Beijing is beating out Western players for major construction projects on the continent, it is not without competition
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added 43 Chinese companies, including cotton textile enterprises, to the "Entity List" under ...
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Xinhua News Agency
《求是》杂志发表习近平总书记重要文章《加快建设健康中国》 文章全文 第一观察丨习近平总书记指引加快建设健康中国
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China Digital Times
2026年7月1日—7月31日，中国数字时代测试发现有47篇墙内文章遭到"404"。涉及的主要话题有：六蓝水库溃坝、长沙车位纠纷、中泰边境线/泰山景区铁丝围栏、西安赛格商场坠楼事件等，已加入【404文库】。目前项目总收录文章2627篇。
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Peoples Daily
碳钢剪占全国九成市场份额，福建柘荣如何“剪”出一片天？ 宁德柘荣县全域旅游从资源禀赋转化为产品优势 产业攀高 城乡奔富 生态绘美 山海互补 协同共富
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20:59⇢Xi's Military Drills Echo at Huangyan Dao
⌨State media uniformly lead with Xi Jinping's military modernization push, now reinforced by a Politburo study session and Army Day greetings, while PLA drills around Huangyan Dao signal a firm response to regional tensions. External outlets diverge: VOA reports on US sanctions against Chinese firms over forced labor, SCMP analyzes China's military progress in the first island chain, and BBC Chinese covers space warfare.
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South China Morning Post
The development bank aims to raise a record US$11 billion this year, as it continues to broaden its operations, according to a senior official
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South China Morning Post
China’s two-pronged method could blast apart an Earth-threatening space rock using a 3-megaton explosion equivalent to 200 Hiroshima bombs
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In the past few days, around China's Huangyan Dao, warships and aircraft rehearsed control of the sea and air, coast ...
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