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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 19.09.2026.
It displays 49 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
19.09.2026 ⇢ The Day Trump Planned an Airport Greeting for Xi
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State papers prolonged Xi Jinping's advanced-manufacturing instruction through study columns on self-reliance and green integration, before replacing it midday with a new people-centered cities rubric on urban renewal and retrofitting, then with a sports cheer for the Chinese delegation.
Summit diplomacy displaced domestic slogans elsewhere. Reports detailed Vice Premier He Lifeng's Sept 19-23 US trip for trade talks, a White House schedule including a Trump-Melania dinner with Xi and Peng, and claims Trump would meet Xi at the airport, a protocol break. SCMP said Washington weighed delaying Taiwan arms sales until after APEC and G20, while VOA noted bipartisan calls for engagement without vigilance.
Technology coverage noted Chinese researchers claiming a path to 3-nm chips with older lithography tools.
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Hong Kong Free Press
“Sex work is [one of] the oldest industries in the world, with over 3,000 years of history, yet the stigma around it remains pervasive,” Wong Ka-ying, the exhibition’s curator, said.
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08:47⇢Manufacturing Orders Hold the Front Page
⌨The newspapers keep Xi Jinping's call to expand advanced manufacturing as the collective lead, repeated in study rubrics on self-mastered, smarter-greener-integrated growth (Xinhua, The Paper, CCTV, Beijing Daily, Huanqiu, Guangming Daily, China Daily Chinese). Outside the state bloc, coverage converges on the upcoming Xi-Trump meeting, with Taiwan and US arms sales framed as the likely focal point (VOA Chinese, BBC Chinese, SCMP).
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South China Morning Post
The breakthrough by the Chinese Academy of Sciences is far from mass production but shows China is tracking the road map of global leaders.
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South China Morning Post
Officials outline a two-couple White House visit and confirm AI and the Busan trade talks are on the agenda.
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中国中央电视台
习近平就发展先进制造业作出重要指示 | 以先进制造业为骨干 | 坚持智能化绿色化融合化方向 | 做大做强先进制造业 巩固壮大实体经济根基
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As agreed upon by both China and the US, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will lead a delegation to the ...
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South China Morning Post
Sources say the decision is expected to be a compromise between Donald Trump, Washington’s China hawks and Taipei’s lobbyists.
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Peoples Daily
习近平就发展先进制造业作出重要指示 近闻·制造业何以争“先”，总书记这样定位 坚定不移建设制造强国 我国先进制造业发展观察 让中国制造的根扎得更深
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South China Morning Post
Xizang Zhihui Mining and Zhaojin Nonferrous Mining will pursue joint investment in mining projects in the autonomous region.
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South China Morning Post
Hung Sun-han will be the first cabinet-level official under William Lai Ching-te to travel to mainland China.
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China Military Online
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13:10⇢Manufacturing Mantra on Repeat
⌨The newspapers keep Xi Jinping's instruction to expand advanced manufacturing as the collective lead, repeated in study rubrics on smarter-greener-integrated growth (People's Daily Chinese, The Paper, CCTV, Beijing Daily, Huanqiu, Guangming Daily, China Daily Chinese, Xinhua, CCTV English). Outside the state bloc, attention stays on cross-strait friction ahead of US-China diplomacy, with Taiwan arms sales seen as summit focus (VOA Chinese, BBC Chinese) and scrutiny of Beijing's reception of Taipei's APEC envoy (SCMP).
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South China Morning Post
Hung Sun-han will be the first cabinet-level official under William Lai Ching-te to travel to mainland China.
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South China Morning Post
A leading advocate says global trials in pancreatic and brain cancers may yield results within 3 years, with Alzheimer’s another application.
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Peoples Daily
以人为本，让城市更有温度 我国房地产进入存量时代 住建部谈房地产市场“两个转变” 房地产市场供求关系发生重大变化 房地产市场释放哪些新信号？ 房地产交易总量有所改善、趋于稳定
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South China Morning Post
PLA pilots trained against Rafales in the latest joint exercise, reflecting a decades-long expansion of activity on the continent.
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18:54⇢Xi's Warm City Mandate
⌨The state press drops its five-day manufacturing drumbeat for a new Xi Jinping 'concern' rubric on people-centered cities: urban renewal, elderly-friendly retrofitting, and a real-estate market entering a 'stock era' through 'two transformations' (People's Daily Chinese, Xinhua, CCTV, The Paper, Beijing Daily, Huanqiu, China Daily Chinese). Outside the bloc, attention turns to the summit: Trump will reportedly greet Xi at the airport, a first in over 60 years, while He Lifeng flies in for trade talks (BBC Chinese, VOA Chinese, Global Times).
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South China Morning Post
Non-Nato ban targeting China and Russia boosts bargaining chips before Xi summit and mirrors Trump’s Panama Canal ambitions, analyst warns.
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Peoples Daily
今年的东博会、峰会有三“新” 共享3.0机遇 共创美好生活 在东博会感受中国—东盟产业合作新意 链主企业“以大带小” 东博会推出参展新模式
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South China Morning Post
Action camera maker Insta360 is opening a New York City flagship as it navigates price wars with DJI, soaring memory costs.
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Xinhua News Agency
习近平总书记高度重视历史文化保护传承，强调重视保护城市独特的历史文脉、人文地理、自然景观 在古今交融中绘就了宜居宜业、文脉绵延的“人民城市”画卷
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South China Morning Post
Piracy off the waters of Somalia is at a decade high, testing Beijing’s role as other naval powers focus elsewhere.
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China Military Online
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23:55⇢Xi Roots for Team China
⌨The state-aligned press pivots from manufacturing and city-renewal rubrics to Xi Jinping's sports cheer 'Chinese team, go! China, go!' previewing the delegation's youth and veterans (CCTV, Beijing Daily, The Paper, China Daily Chinese, Huanqiu). Outside the bloc, summit anticipation persists, with bipartisan US lawmakers urging engagement without dropping vigilance (VOA Chinese, BBC Chinese).
