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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Online retail sales of agricultural products in China grew 7.4 percent from January to July 2025 compared with the same period last year, while the average per capita disposable income of rural residents in the country rose 6.2 percent year on year in the first six months of this year, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yongqian said Thursday.

She said e-commerce had stimulated a more diversified supply of goods and services in rural areas, allowing farmers to buy good quality produce at reasonable prices without leaving their homes.

She further said that online retail sales in rural areas of the country increased by 6.4 percent year-on-year in the January-July period this year.

In the future, the Ministry of Commerce will step up efforts to promote the high-quality development of e-commerce in rural areas and promote the growth of rural consumption and increase farmers' incomes, He Yongqian added. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — The United States has played a shameful role as an outspoken purveyor of lies on the South China Sea issue, according to a report titled "Incitement, Threats and Lies – The Truth About External Interference in the South China Sea Issue" released Thursday by the Xinhua Institute, a think tank under the Xinhua News Agency.

The document reveals that the United States has a long history of extensive theoretical research, using its dominant position in international discourse to fabricate false narratives, distort facts and obscure the truth, resulting in misleading information being widely disseminated under the guise of authoritative journalism.

While the media tries to portray China as an aggressive power that bullies weak states, it ignores the root cause of the South China Sea issue – the Philippines’ occupation of Chinese islands and reefs, and its role in fueling maritime boundary disputes.

As the report highlights, the researchers found that the United States has consistently played a dominant role in shaping international narratives about the South China Sea.

Beginning with the administration of former President Barack Obama, various US government agencies, think tanks, and media outlets have persistently promoted narratives such as “China seeks to control the South China Sea,” “China does not respect international law,” “China is undermining the rules-based international order,” and “China is coercing its maritime neighbors.”

These narratives, often based on selective or even distorted information, have been used to comprehensively denigrate China’s policies and actions to protect its maritime rights, the report notes. In recent years, U.S. tactics in this regard have escalated, becoming more direct and vocal, the report notes.

This report is part of a three-part series on the South China Sea published by Xinhua Institute. The other two reports are titled “Incitement, Threats and Lies – The Truth about External Interference in the South China Sea Issue” and “Turning the South China Sea into a Sea of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation: China’s Actions.” -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China has confidence and the potential to continue to maintain stable quantitative performance of foreign trade and improve its quality, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

At present, global trade and economic development is still fraught with great uncertainty: many international organizations agree that tariff barriers have significantly increased the costs of global trade, department spokesperson He Yongqian said at a press conference.

Tariff barriers, she continued, had a serious impact on the efficiency and stability of global supply chains, creating downside risks for world trade.

Against this background, China is willing to consistently adhere to the expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world, unwaveringly go about its own affairs, and counteract various uncertainties with the confidence of high-quality development.

"We are also willing to work with more trading partners to jointly address challenges and share development opportunities," He Yongqian said.

China's total foreign trade in the first seven months of 2025 was 25.7 trillion yuan (about $3.6 trillion), up 3.5 percent year on year, with the growth rate accelerating by 0.6 percentage points compared with the first half of the year, according to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's sovereignty over the Nanhai Zhudao Islands, known in English as the South China Sea Islands, is based on a solid legal foundation, including the principles of discovery and occupation, effective jurisdiction and estoppel, as well as other relevant principles of international law governing territorial acquisition, the Xinhua Institute, a think tank under the Xinhua News Agency, said in a report released Thursday.

The report, titled “Historical and Legal Basis for China’s Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights in the South China Sea,” stressed that China’s earliest discovery and exploitation of the Nanhai Zhudao Islands was consistent with the international law principle of “acquisition of territorial sovereignty by discovery and occupation.”

China's declaration of sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao has received broad international recognition under the principle of estoppel in international law, the report said.

According to the report, the occupation of islands and reefs in the South China Sea by the Philippines and other regional countries, citing so-called “geographical proximity,” violates relevant principles of international law.

China's claims to maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea are consistent with the principle of "land dominates the sea" in international law, and China's historical rights in the South China Sea are protected by international law, the report said.

This report is part of a three-part series on the South China Sea issue published by Xinhua Institute. -0-

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang on Wednesday called on the international community to abandon ideology and geopolitical calculations in the fight against terrorism.

"Terrorism is the common enemy of mankind. The international community needs to strengthen unity and cooperation, abandon ideological bias and geopolitical calculations, build a powerful united anti-terrorist front and jointly combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," the Chinese diplomat said at a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorism.

In his speech, Geng Shuang noted that the international community should call on the interim authorities of Syria to fulfill their obligations and counter all groups included in the UN Security Council list of terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

Given the ongoing difficulties and challenges associated with Syria's counter-terrorism efforts, the UN Security Council should be prudent in deciding to adjust the sanctions regime against the country, the Chinese diplomat added.

China calls on the Afghan authorities to step up efforts to combat terrorism, eradicate all terrorist forces within its borders, and use various structures including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation, he said.

China firmly opposes terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Under the Global Security Initiative, China has helped other developing countries, especially African countries, to enhance counter-terrorism capabilities through bilateral and multilateral channels for many years, he said.

“China is ready to cooperate with all partners to advance global efforts to combat terrorism and actively contribute to building peace and global security,” concluded the Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN. –0–

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's electricity consumption, a barometer of economic activity in the country, exceeded 1 trillion kWh in July this year, data released by the National Energy Administration showed Thursday.

The country's energy consumption in July reached 1.02 trillion kWh, up 8.6 percent from the same period last year. The increase was driven by hot weather and robust industrial activity.

Last month, electricity consumption in the primary sector of the economy increased by 20.2 percent year-on-year to 17 billion kWh, in the secondary sector by 4.7 percent to 593.6 billion kWh, and in the tertiary sector by 10.7 percent to 208.1 billion kWh.

Electricity consumption by the population over the past month reached 203.9 billion kWh, an increase of 18 percent.

China consumed a total of 5.86 trillion kWh of electricity from January to July this year, up 4.5 percent year-on-year. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — A series of reports released Thursday clarify the historical and legal basis of China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea, shed light on the realities behind external forces' interference in the South China Sea issue, and detail the practical results of China's efforts to promote the South China Sea as a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation.

The series of reports, titled “The Truth About the South China Sea,” was published in Chinese and English by the Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Xinhua News Agency.

The series of reports consists of three documents, including two new ones, titled “Historical and Legal Basis for China’s Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights in the South China Sea” and “Incitement, Threats and Lies – The Truth about External Forces’ Interference in the South China Sea Issue.” The report, titled “Making the South China Sea a Sea of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation: China’s Actions,” was published earlier in June.

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

The reports said that eight decades ago, as part of the post-war international order and global landscape, China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over the Nanhai Zhudao Islands (South China Sea Islands) in accordance with international legal instruments such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Declaration. China's sovereignty over the Nanhai Zhudao Islands and its related rights and interests have been widely recognized by the international community.

According to reports, in recent years, extra-regional powers have unleashed “great power competition” targeting China in the so-called “Indo-Pacific” and used the South China Sea issue as a means to contain China, inciting relevant claimant states, including the Philippines, to provoke China and escalate tensions in the South China Sea.

The reports say that the misguided actions of extra-regional powers to denigrate and contain China reflect a self-projection of the modern strategic worldview of Western countries, which is focused on the pursuit and maintenance of hegemony.

The reports call for maintaining regional peace and stability and achieving prosperity for all countries and working together to turn the SCS into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, as the world is currently facing growing uncertainties and challenges.

In recent years, Xinhua Institute has been conducting forward-looking, strategic and preparatory research on major domestic and global issues, resulting in numerous think tank research results with wide influence. -0-

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HOHHOT, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Five people have been killed in torrential rains that have hit several areas in Ordos City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region since Monday, local authorities said Thursday.

Three people previously reported missing in Ordos' Dalad Qi khoshun have been found, two of whom were confirmed dead and one rescued. The survivor is in stable condition and is being treated at Ordos Central Hospital.

Three more people were found dead in the Dongsheng area of Ordos on Tuesday after a flood. -0-

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KYIV, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country has successfully tested its own Flamingo missile, which has a range of 3,000 km, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Thursday.

V. Zelensky added that Ukraine will have more Flamingo missiles by winter, and their mass production should be established by the end of December this year or in January-February next year.

According to Interfax-Ukraine, the Flamingo missile has a warhead weighing 1,150 kg. Thanks to this characteristic and a flight range of up to 3,000 km, it can destroy virtually any target at a depth that was previously inaccessible to Ukraine's weapons. The Flamingo missile is also equipped with protection against electronic warfare. –0–

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's National Flood Relief and Drought Control Headquarters on Thursday activated a Level 4 emergency response mechanism over the threat of flooding in northeast China's Liaoning, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

According to weather forecasters, heavy rains and downpours in some places will occur in the regions indicated from Thursday to Friday.

China has a four-tier emergency response system, with tier one being the most serious. -0-

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