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14.02.2026

The Day of the Horse Year Convocation

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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 14.02.2026.

It displays 60 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

14.02.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Horse Year Convocation
⌹On February 14, 2026, mainland Chinese state media shifted from previous days' focus on retired officials and grassroots visits to a singular, synchronized emphasis on the central government’s Spring Festival reception. Throughout the morning, Xinhua, People’s Daily, and CCTV prioritized Xi Jinping’s keynote address for the 'Year of the Horse,' framing the holiday as a moment of national unity and 'people-centered' governance. This domestic editorial saturation effectively sidelined other news within the mainland, presenting a unified front of political stability.
By early afternoon, a sharp divergence emerged in external and independent reporting. While state outlets continued celebrating festive harmony, international sources such as VOA and the South China Morning Post highlighted escalating frictions, including a new U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement and the Pentagon's blacklisting of Chinese tech firms like Alibaba and BYD. Simultaneously, Caixin reported on domestic economic pressures, specifically Meituan’s projected multi-billion dollar losses and reports of ATM vandalism at commercial banks.
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Gao Quanguo, now in his 70s, still rides his motorcycle every day, as he has for decades, through the streets of Junying, a village tucked deep into the high hills of the coastal city of Xiamen in southeastern China's Fujian province.
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第䞀观察民以食䞺倩党以民䞺本 视频䞚习近平䞻垭春节前倕慰问郚队匕发党军官兵热烈反响 热气腟腟的䞭囜幎䞚足迹里的关切
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情暖䞭囜幎 心系民生暖垂集 情牵癟姓迎新春 䞀纞犏字 䞇千牵挂 春节䞎近幎味浓 倚圩掻劚迎䜳节
08:53 (00:53 in your timezone)
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习近平总乊记走进癟姓家 总乊记家垞话里的新春暖意 跟着总乊记感受“幎味儿” 蒞蒞日䞊的幎景欣欣向荣的家囜 “新春垂集”里的新春祝犏 新春䞇里暖山河 䞓题
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"䞀把钥匙匀䞀把锁" 掚劚科技创新和产䞚创新深床融合 向新而行站皳风口还芁扟准接口 向场景创新芁生产力 产䞚铟䞊䞋枞䞉家䌁䞚莟莣人谈协同创新 “䞀条铟”䜕以拧成“䞀股绳”
10:29 (02:29 in your timezone)

10:31 (02:31)⇢The Sovereign's Springtime Grace

⌹Mainland state media have transitioned from earlier reports on senior officials to a highly synchronized focus on Xi Jinping's paternalistic visits to grassroots households and markets before the Spring Festival (Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Daily, China Economic Net, Guangming Daily). This domestic narrative of unity and 'people-centered' governance contrasts with external reports on Taiwan-US trade agreements (VOA, DW) and financial sector volatility (Caixin, SCMP).
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第䞀观察习近平总乊记指匕未来产䞚发展 鉎埀知来跟着总乊记孊历史烟火里的新春叀韵 近镜倎跟着总乊记感受“幎味儿”
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从匀局之幎銖次地方考察读懂“科技自立自区”的深意 打造科技创新高地 今倩的科创成果 明日的智慧生掻
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近4䞇根毫米级钢䞝拉起䞖界第䞀高桥 被“第䞀高桥”改变的村庄 钢铁飞虹䞖界第䞀高桥“诞生记” “暪竖”郜是第䞀底气䜕来
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习近平发衚讲话代衚党䞭倮和囜务院向党囜各族人民向銙枯特别行政区同胞、柳闚特别行政区同胞、台湟同胞和海倖䟚胞拜幎 讲话党文
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14:02 (06:02)⇢The Sovereign Graces the Horse Year

⌹Mainland state media have reached peak synchronization, focusing exclusively on the official Spring Festival reception in Beijing where Xi Jinping delivered the keynote address for the Year of the Horse (Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV, Global Times, Huanqiu, China Economic Net). This internal ritual of political unity and 'people-centered' governance contrasts with external reporting on Jimmy Lai's sentencing in Hong Kong and US-Taiwan trade developments (HKFP, VOA, DW).
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习近平发衚讲话代衚党䞭倮和囜务院向党囜各族人民向銙枯特别行政区同胞、柳闚特别行政区同胞、台湟同胞和海倖䟚胞拜幎 | 讲话党文
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17:58 (09:58)⇢The Sovereign Toasts the Horse Year

⌹Mainland state media have achieved near-total editorial saturation regarding Xi Jinping’s Spring Festival reception, framing the 'Year of the Horse' as a period for technological self-reliance and national unity (Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV, Global Times, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Daily, China Economic Net). In contrast, independent and international outlets prioritize structural risks, focusing on Meituan's projected multi-billion dollar losses and the legal hazards facing foreign investors in Dalian (Caixin, SCMP).
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“来了海南我芁再拌䞀把”——海南省党力掚劚人才荟萃之岛建讟 聚四方之才 建匀攟之枯 加快探玢具有海南特色的农䞚农村现代化之路
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这座内陆航空新城䜕以厛起 郑州机场幎莧邮吞吐量飞跃100䞇吚 郑州航空口岞春节保䟛“争分债鲜” 河南空䞭“双枢纜”建讟加速床
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21:17 (13:17)⇢The Sovereign Toasts the Horse Year

⌹Mainland state and municipal editors have consolidated around the Year of the Horse Spring Festival reception, reinforcing a narrative of national unity under Xi Jinping (Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV, Global Times, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Daily, China Economic Net). Conversely, international and independent outlets shift focus toward escalating friction, highlighting the Pentagon's blacklisting of Chinese tech firms and Wang Yi's defense of Chinese interests against 'jungle law' in Munich (Caixin, DW, SCMP).
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代衚党䞭倮和囜务院向党囜各族人民向銙枯特别行政区同胞、柳闚特别行政区同胞、台湟同胞和海倖䟚胞拜幎 李区䞻持 赵乐际王沪宁蔡奇䞁薛祥李垌韩正出垭 讲话党文 视频
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