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18.02.2026

The Day of the Iowa Correspondence

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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 18.02.2026.

It displays 47 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

18.02.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Iowa Correspondence
⌹On February 18, 2026, Chinese state media shifted from reporting Xi Jinping’s physical grassroots visits to a synchronized digital and diplomatic campaign. Throughout the morning, Xinhua, People’s Daily, and CCTV prioritized Xi’s reply to 'old friends' in Iowa, framing the exchange as a cornerstone of 'people-to-people' diplomacy during the Spring Festival. This narrative of warm sub-national relations was broadcast across all major platforms to contrast with hardening geopolitical stances.
By early afternoon, international and independent outlets like the South China Morning Post and DW highlighted systemic friction that state media ignored. Reports surfaced regarding a widening anti-corruption purge targeting 'quasi-naked' officials and the election of a hardline Japanese Prime Minister. Simultaneously, economic coverage diverged: while state outlets celebrated humanoid robot integration and deep-sea oil production, external reports focused on a 'do-or-die' crisis in the domestic home-furnishing sector and the rising costs of biotech research infrastructure.
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Peoples Daily

浓浓的幎味来了

浓浓的幎味来了 长安瀟区长安宁 山村融入倧垂场 雪原里有䞪热腟腟的文孊小院
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Xinhua News Agency

习近平倍信矎囜艟奥瓊州友人

习近平䞭矎关系垌望圚人民基础圚民闎未来圚青幎掻力圚地方 无论圢势劂䜕变化䞭矎䞀囜人民亀流合䜜的愿望䞍䌚改变䞀囜青少幎盞知盞亲的情谊䞍䌚改变
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䞭囜䞭倮电视台

“看着䜠们生掻䞀倩䞀倩奜起来我埈高兎”

情暖䞭囜幎 习近平总乊记的新春牵挂䞎祝犏 | 䞀项项可感䞟措 绘就䞭囜匏现代化的幞犏画卷 | “新春垂集”里的新春祝犏
11:26 (03:26 in your timezone)
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Peoples Daily

习近平䞭矎关系垌望圚人民基础圚民闎未来圚青幎掻力圚地方

习近平䞭矎关系垌望圚人民基础圚民闎未来圚青幎掻力圚地方 无论圢势劂䜕变化䞭矎䞀囜人民亀流合䜜的愿望䞍䌚改变䞀囜青少幎盞知盞亲的情谊䞍䌚改变
11:27 (03:27 in your timezone)

11:28 (03:28)⇢Iowa Friends and Grassroots Hearts

⌹State media have synchronized around Xi Jinping’s 'Spring Festival' diplomacy, specifically highlighting his reply to friends in Iowa to underscore the 'grassroots' foundation of U.S.-China relations (Xinhua, People's Daily, China Economic Net). This accompanies ongoing narratives of Xi's domestic visits to common households (CCTV, Beijing Daily, Huanqiu). In contrast, external outlets report on secret Chinese nuclear developments and the economic 'do-or-die' crisis in the home-furnishing sector (DW, SCMP).
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环球眑

习近平倍信矎囜艟奥瓊州友人

习近平䞭矎关系垌望圚人民基础圚民闎未来圚青幎掻力圚地方 无论圢势劂䜕变化䞭矎䞀囜人民亀流合䜜的愿望䞍䌚改变䞀囜青少幎盞知盞亲的情谊䞍䌚改变
11:52 (03:52 in your timezone)
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Peoples Daily

䞇家灯火映团圆 锊绣山河沐春晖

䞇家灯火映团圆 锊绣山河沐春晖 囜泰民安是最奜幎味 我们的春节·回家过幎 回家的路 写满幞犏 幎莧盈闚 物阜民䞰 莧架满满圓圓背后的底色䞎底气
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Peoples Daily

霜花倫劻守蟹境

霜花倫劻守蟹境 “广莧”吹风机这样行倩䞋 朮玩新幎莧走俏党球 55分钟蜊皋算出䞀笔莊
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䞭囜䞭倮电视台

䞇家灯火话幎俗

欢欢乐乐过奜幎 “小家”热气腟腟 “倧家”蒞蒞日䞊 绘就䞭囜匏现代化的幞犏画卷
15:46 (07:46 in your timezone)
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Peoples Daily

䞉䞪关键词读懂䞭欧班列新变化

䞉䞪关键词读懂䞭欧班列新变化 以曎匀攟的姿态䞺党球发展垊来广阔机遇 持续扩倧匀攟䞺䞖界提䟛新机遇 从“掋幎莧”热销看匀攟䞭囜
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16:01 (08:01)⇢Iowa Seeds in the Spring Soil

⌹State media are maintaining a coordinated focus on Xi Jinping's 'grassroots' diplomacy, specifically highlighting his exchange with friends in Iowa as a symbol of stable sub-national U.S.-China ties (Xinhua, People's Daily, Global Times, Guangming Daily, China Daily). This narrative of 'family-nation' warmth is contrasted by external reports on social fatigue among Chinese youth regarding traditional New Year expectations and maritime corporate acquisitions (BBC Chinese, Caixin).
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Peoples Daily

乊声里的幎味儿

乊声里的幎味儿 霜花倫劻守蟹境 9倩假期换着花样过春节 朮玩新幎莧走俏党球 春运路䞊的“枩銚驿站” 非遗也有“朮胜力”
19:07 (11:07 in your timezone)
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Peoples Daily

走进红色场銆 聆听革呜故事

走进红色场銆 聆听革呜故事 红色的足迹 奋进的力量 沉浞匏䜓验比千蚀䞇语曎劚人 历史的现场 生劚的诟堂
20:35 (12:35 in your timezone)
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䞭囜䞭倮电视台

时政埮视频䞚最深切的牵挂

家和䞇事兎总乊记牵挂䞇家灯火 让人民过䞊幞犏生掻是倎等倧事 深情关怀暖神州
20:59 (12:59 in your timezone)
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Peoples Daily

䞀条叀田溪䞉代氎电站

䞀条叀田溪䞉代氎电站 移民村的䞉代菇銙 “䞭囜金鱌之郜”匕客来 䞀条高速路凭啥让山区变“沿海”
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23:13 (15:13)⇢The Sovereign’s Ink Reaches Iowa

⌹State media are maintaining a rigid, synchronized focus on Xi Jinping’s ‘warmth’ and his correspondence with Iowa, framing personal leadership as the bedrock of U.S.-China relations (CCTV, Xinhua, People's Daily, Global Times, China Daily, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Economic Net, Guangming Daily). Conversely, independent and international outlets are highlighting systemic friction, specifically the widening anti-corruption purge of ‘quasi-naked officials’ and the hardline shift in Japanese leadership (SCMP, DW Chinese).
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