Global Times
As year 2025 draws to a close amid global turbulence, China's diplomacy has sent a clear signal: its neighborhood has ...
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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 29.12.2025.
It displays 63 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
29.12.2025 ⇢ The Day of the Joint Sword Strait Drills
⌨On December 29, Chinese state media pivoted from the previous days’ focus on 2025 leadership retrospectives toward an immediate military posture. In the morning, Xinhua and People's Daily concluded a multi-day campaign framing Xi Jinping’s 2025 'major-country diplomacy' as a global success. This coordinated narrative was quickly replaced by urgent reporting from the PLA Eastern Theater Command and Global Times regarding fresh joint military drills and Fujian Coast Guard patrols around Taiwan. Editors framed these maneuvers as a 'justified' response to U.S. arms deals and 'separatist' activities.
By early afternoon, while domestic outlets promoted 2026 fiscal expansion and 'high-level opening up,' external sources such as SCMP and BBC Chinese highlighted the 'hard-and-soft' approach of Beijing, noting how the drills coincided with cross-strait city forums. In Hong Kong, the media focus remained on the further suspension of student unions and stagnant holiday business, contrasting with the mainland's triumphalist year-end economic summaries.
By early afternoon, while domestic outlets promoted 2026 fiscal expansion and 'high-level opening up,' external sources such as SCMP and BBC Chinese highlighted the 'hard-and-soft' approach of Beijing, noting how the drills coincided with cross-strait city forums. In Hong Kong, the media focus remained on the further suspension of student unions and stagnant holiday business, contrasting with the mainland's triumphalist year-end economic summaries.
29.12.2025
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China Daily
China will continue to pursue a more proactive fiscal policy next year with enhanced precision and effectiveness, to promote an effective improvement in the quality of the economy and a reasonable expansion in its scale, while maintaining social harmony and stability, said Finance Minister Lan Fo'an.
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Global Times
From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 30, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command will conduct major military ...
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Xinhua News Agency
镜观回响2025丨中国经济：顶压前行 向新向优 年终经济观察丨稳企业强信心 筑牢高质量发展根基 2025中国经济盘点丨向新提质，为长远发展蓄势增能 专题：回望2025
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中国中央电视台
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China Daily
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09:03 (01:03)⇢The Helmsman's Footprints Across Twenty Twenty Five
⌨State media have coordinated a year-end retrospective centering on Xi Jinping's 2025 leadership, framing his domestic inspections and diplomatic efforts as the foundation for the 15th Five-Year Plan (CCTV, Xinhua, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Daily). This top-down narrative of stability is increasingly paired with 2026 fiscal projections (China Daily) and military signaling via new PLA drills in the Eastern Theater (Global Times).
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South China Morning Post
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In 2025, the world is undergoing accelerated transformation amid rising turbulence and uncertainty. The interconnectedness between China's development and the ...
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Peoples Daily
总书记部署推动高水平科技自立自强 我国智能算力规模居世界前列 从一台望远镜“看”源头创新 太空“快递”准时达 星河探索再蓄能 网评：加快高水平科技自立自强，引领发展新质生产力
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Peoples Daily
脱贫攻坚成果持续巩固拓展 “脱贫的兜底必须是固若金汤的” 收入增速连续4年领跑，四维度数据看脱贫地区追赶步伐 脱贫产业兴，日子有奔头 细算一个脱贫户的家庭收支账
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South China Morning Post
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时政微周刊丨总书记的一周（12月22日—12月28日） 心相近｜相知无远近——习近平主席促进中外人民友好的故事
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China Daily
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中国中央电视台
多维数据勾勒中国经济发展“新”图景｜ 全面绿色转型提速 铺就高质量发展底色｜ 多领域“量”“质”双升 读懂中国经济的韧性和底气
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13:28 (05:28)⇢Resilient Foundations for the New Year
⌨State media outlets have transitioned from a retrospective on Xi Jinping's personal activities to a coordinated analysis of the 2025 economic logic (Xinhua, CCTV, China Daily, People's Daily, Huanqiu). This narrative frames the year's resilience as the foundation for a proactive 2026 fiscal expansion (China Daily, Caixin). Conversely, external sources emphasize the suspension of student unions in Hong Kong and the lack of civil liberties (HKFP, DW).
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Peoples Daily
推动落实全球发展倡议、全球安全倡议、全球文明倡议、全球治理倡议 壹视界丨从四大全球倡议看和平与发展 四大全球倡议的演进逻辑与理论品格 循道而行，推动建设一个更加美好的世界
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Xinhua News Agency
新华社体育部评出2025年中国体育十大新闻 中国十佳运动员 国际体育十大新闻 国际十佳运动员 专题：回望2025
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BBC 中文网
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Hong Kong Free Press
In recent days, netizens have pointed out that some mainland Chinese vehicles – recognisable by their licence plate numbers that begin with “FT” – had tinted windows, which are banned under Hong Kong laws.
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Hong Kong Free Press
“It doesn’t necessarily have to be a same-sex partnership… if two people are willing to live together and support each other, then that’s fine,” said lawmaker Reverend Peter Koon.
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China Military Online
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China Military Online
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Xinhua News Agency
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Peoples Daily
读懂中国式现代化的钥匙 新时代推进和拓展中国式现代化的科学指引 新时代全面深化改革的精神特质和实践品格 一体推进教育科技人才发展 加快实现高水平科技自立自强
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China Daily
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16:22 (08:22)⇢The World Maps the Leader's Thought
⌨Chinese state media have transitioned from broad retrospectives to a synchronized '2025 International Image Global Survey,' framing Xi Jinping's ideology as the cornerstone of global recognition (Huanqiu, Global Times). Simultaneously, domestic outlets are distilling 2025 into 'top ten' lists to solidify a narrative of economic and diplomatic victory (Xinhua, China Daily, Beijing Daily), while external sources highlight renewed military drills near Taiwan as a test of regional alliances (DW).
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South China Morning Post
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16:56
Global Times
Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of the East Sea Bureau, the China Coast Guard (CCG), said that on Monday, the Fujian Coast ...
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China Military Online
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Hong Kong Free Press
Some restaurant owners called the past holiday “the slowest business at Christmas over the past 10 years,” according to Winston Yeung, chair of the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades.
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China Military Online
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Hong Kong Free Press
The government said the retired Olympic fencing gold medallist would serve a two-year term at the Tourism Strategy Committee starting from January 1, the same day she will be sworn in as a tourism-sector lawmaker in the city’s “patriots only” legislature.
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19:07
Peoples Daily
“十五五”时期我国发展环境面临深刻复杂变化 金社平：于变局中开新局 百年变局加速演进与高水平对外开放 一份规划蓝图，如何点亮更美好的生活？
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Global Times
On Monday, the Fujian Coast Guard organized a flotilla to conduct law-enforcement patrols in waters near the island of Taiwan, ...
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BBC 中文网
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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China Daily
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20:40 (12:40)⇢The Fujian Flotilla's Strait Warning
⌨Chinese state media have pivoted from broad 2025 retrospectives to specific signaling on Taiwan. Editors across domestic and military outlets are highlighting 'law-enforcement patrols' and drills as a direct response to separatist activities (Global Times, China Military Online, BBC Chinese, DW). Concurrently, a coordinated narrative continues to frame 2025's 'major-country diplomacy' as the strategic foundation for the 15th Five-Year Plan (CCTV, People's Daily, Beijing Daily).
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Xinhua News Agency
历史大潮中聚全球治理合力 时代劲风中扬合作共赢之帆 动荡变革中擎命运与共之炬 2025年，世界大变局再次镌刻下中国的勇毅担当 专题
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South China Morning Post
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Peoples Daily
习近平：改革发展必须坚持以人民为中心 “中国式现代化是全体人民共同富裕的现代化” “让现代化建设成果更多更公平惠及全体人民” 以人民之心为心、以天下之利为利 不负人民的发展答卷
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South China Morning Post
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China Digital Times
相比之下，中国社会存在的“35岁就业斩杀、房子烂尾斩杀、司法陷阱斩杀、婚育困境斩杀、动态清零抹杀”等显然更加致命，只是这样的故事似乎从未进入主流新闻叙事之中，以至于我们在年初的“对账”年末的“斩杀”中寻得了几分优越，也难怪有人说“中国真正的斩杀线，是让你闭嘴的那条线”......
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Xinhua News Agency
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Xinhua News Agency
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China Military Online
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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