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Sydney, December 17 (Xinhua) — One of the men who carried out a shooting on Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday has been charged with 59 counts, Australian police announced on Wednesday.

On Wednesday afternoon, police in the Australian state of New South Wales charged 24-year-old Navid Akram with 59 counts of murder and committing a terrorist attack during a beach event celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

N. Akram remained in hospital under police guard on Wednesday after emerging from a coma on Tuesday.

The second suspected shooter, N. Akram's 50-year-old father Sajid Akram, was shot dead by police at the scene of the attack on Sunday evening.

The attack killed 16 people, including S. Akram. Forty-one people, including four children, were taken to hospital after the attack. –0–

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On November 25, Paula Gulin, a Brazilian tourism industry worker, published an article on the website Gazeta, sharing her impressions of her trip to China. She wrote:

Over the course of several weeks, I visited many cities in China. This trip profoundly changed me. I saw a China I'd never read about in travel guides: calm and elegant.

The clean, tidy cities and hospitable people pleasantly surprised me. I used to think I knew a thing or two about China, but now I have a whole new understanding. In Xi'an, the terracotta warriors and horses, as well as the starting point of the Silk Road, revealed China's profound ancient culture. These moments, connected to the past, inspire great respect in me.

Modern transportation infrastructure, comfortable high-speed trains, and countless skyscrapers showcase a futuristic China. Traveling through China allows you to simultaneously explore its past and future.

A tour of Beijing's hutongs is like a fascinating history lesson, like opening a living book about China.

Surrounded by rice fields, Longji Village in Guilin is tranquil and natural, connecting me with nature.

As for the world-famous Great Wall of China, I not only climbed it, but also practiced tai chi there. Those slow and precise movements are still etched in my memory. It was a spiritual experience.

At the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base, I was fortunate to spend a day with researchers preparing food for the pandas and studying their habits.

Since June 1 of this year, China has introduced a pilot visa-free policy for holders of ordinary Brazilian passports, making China a more convenient destination. A trip to China is an unforgettable experience.

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BEIJING, December 17 (Xinhua) — From January to November 2025, 4,377 China-Europe international freight trains passed through Manzhouli Port in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, carrying 457,000 TEUs of cargo. These figures increased by 8.4 percent and 6.2 percent year-on-year, respectively, the Neimenggu Ribao daily reported on Wednesday.

During the specified period, the number of China-Europe trains entering China through the Manzhouli checkpoint was 2,705, while they transported 191 thousand TEU of cargo.

As an important hub on the eastern route of China-Europe international railway freight transportation, Manzhouli Port has been serving China-Europe freight trains for 12 years, improving the international logistics network and expanding trade exchanges, as well as giving new impetus to promoting Inner Mongolia's high-level opening-up to the outside world and the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.

In recent years, Manzhouli Port has become more efficient in handling foreign trade enterprises thanks to the continuous improvement of customs clearance efficiency.

It is reported that local customs, through mechanisms such as information sharing, emergency response, comprehensive analysis and reporting, are making active efforts to build an intelligent monitoring platform for cargo flows through railway checkpoints, facilitating the smooth customs clearance of China-Europe trains. -0-

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Beijing, December 17 (Xinhua) — Following the launch of independent customs operations throughout Hainan Province on Thursday, the southern Chinese island is poised to develop a more diversified, high-quality economic structure, according to Chinese economist Huang Hanquan.

Huang Hanquan, director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission of China, made the comment during the latest edition of the all-media discussion program "China Economic Roundtable" organized by Xinhua News Agency.

He noted that the share of tariff items covered by the zero customs duty regime at the Hainan Free Trade Port (HFTP) will increase to approximately 70 percent, and streamlined rules will allow for the application of the duty-free regime for the processing of value-added goods.

According to Huang Hanquan, these measures are expected to significantly reduce operating costs in industries such as pharmaceuticals and high-tech manufacturing, stimulate the creation of industrial clusters and accelerate the development of new sectors including offshore wind power and commercial aerospace.

Meanwhile, the expansion of the product category under duty-free shopping for travellers and improved purchasing policies for island residents are expected to further stimulate local consumption, he added.

Favorable tax policies are also central to the new economic landscape of the CPST. "Preferential income tax rates will attract more companies and skilled workers, creating higher-quality jobs, thereby creating a virtuous cycle in which industry, talent, and the economy mutually reinforce each other," added Huang Hanquan.

In his opinion, beyond the island itself, the launch of independent customs operations throughout Hainan is expected to change the structure of regional development by removing barriers to the flow of goods, capital, and other factors of production. "This will facilitate the formation of a coordinated production and logistics infrastructure between Hainan and neighboring regions."

At the national level, he called the move an important stage in China's transition from a model of openness focused on the flow of goods and other factors of production to a model focused on institutional openness.

Hainan is expected to align with high-standard international trade and economic rules in areas such as cross-border data flows and intellectual property protection, Huang Hanquan said, adding that the accumulated successful institutional innovations can be spread throughout the country.

“Launched against a backdrop of growing protectionism and resistance to globalization, independent customs operations could provide international investors with a more stable and predictable institutional environment,” the expert concluded. -0-

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Phnom Penh, December 17 (Xinhua) — The Thai armed forces continue to carry out air and artillery strikes on Cambodian territory, and the death toll among Cambodian civilians has risen to 17, Deputy Secretary of State and spokesperson for the Cambodian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Mali Socheata, announced on Wednesday.

She said that since Wednesday morning, Thai armed forces have attacked several positions in the Cambodian provinces of Oddar Meanchey, Banteay Meanchey and Pursat, using tank-mounted machine guns, drones, artillery and an F-16 fighter jet.

Mali Socheata noted that the total number of Cambodian civilians killed in the conflict has reached 17, while the number of wounded has risen to 77.

According to official figures, the conflict has also forced more than 130,000 Cambodian families, numbering approximately 438,000 people, to flee their homes in search of safe havens.

The border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand flared up again on December 7. Both sides blame the other for starting the fighting.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered a complete block on the movement of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela, escalating a months-long pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro.

“Today I am ordering a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela,” Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social.

He also said the Venezuelan government had been designated a "foreign terrorist organization" and accused it of involvement in various crimes, including terrorism, drug smuggling and human trafficking.

Declaring that the United States "will not allow a hostile regime to take over our oil, land, or any other assets," the president demanded that Venezuela return to the United States all assets he said it "previously stole." –0–

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BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The launch of island-wide independent customs operations under the Hainan Free Trade Port (HFTP) construction program represents China's clear stance against protectionism and is an important step in promoting economic globalization, Chinese economist Huang Hanquan said.

Huang Hanquan, director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission of China, made remarks during the latest session of the China Economic Roundtable organized by Xinhua News Agency.

Thursday's launch marks a major milestone in the world's second-largest economy's push to open up. This move sends a powerful signal to the world: China has made a significant decision to further expand its opening up, said Huang Hanquan.

According to him, the launch of the independent customs operations regime also aims to create a benchmark for promoting openness at a higher level, giving new impetus to the development of multilateralism and free trade, and promoting inclusive and beneficial economic globalization.

"This is a strategic step aimed at aligning with high-standard international trade and economic rules and steadily expanding institutional openness," noted Huang Hanquan. "This provides China with an important platform for better adapting and implementing international trade and economic rules while actively participating in their development."

Huang Hanquan believes that China's economy has transitioned from rapid growth to high-quality development and is now at a key stage of transforming its development model, optimizing its economic structure, and transforming growth drivers.

He added that as a key pilot site for reform in China, Hainan has an important mission to pave the way and accumulate new experiences for building a high-level socialist market economic system. -0-

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Moscow, December 17 (Xinhua) — American and Ukrainian delegations met in Berlin on December 14-15 to discuss the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. According to Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), the two-day talks were constructive and productive, and tangible progress was achieved.

Following the talks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told ABC News that "we strive to complete this process on terms acceptable to all parties involved, and we appreciate the efforts of President Trump, his team, and his entourage to resolve this situation, which must be considered holistically—taking into account both the root causes of the conflict and a number of extremely pressing ongoing issues. After all, the longer we delay, the more difficult it becomes."

"We were very close to resolving everything in 2022, but now things are much more complicated, and differences in approaches are also obvious. But this means we simply need to redouble our efforts to overcome these differences, and we are ready to do so," said Sergei Ryabkov.

According to him, Kyiv and its European partners are counting on a profound and flawed revision of the American peace plan. "I suspect that the Ukrainian authorities, supported by some European capitals, are expecting a profound and, I would say, extremely flawed revision of the original peace plan proposed by the American side and discussed during [US President Donald Trump's special envoy Stephen] Whitkoff's visit to Moscow," he said.

As Sergei Ryabkov noted, the Russian side has no intention of making any concessions regarding Donbas and Crimea, and this is not up for discussion. Furthermore, Russia will never, under any circumstances, consent to the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine, including if these troops are from the so-called "coalition of the willing."

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that Russia had not yet received information on the outcome of the negotiations on a Ukrainian settlement, which took place between US and Ukrainian representatives with the participation of Europe.

According to him, the agreements reached during the negotiations may be unacceptable to Russia. "The participation of Europeans [in the negotiations on Ukraine] does not bode well in terms of acceptability," he said. –0–

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russian.china.org.cn | December 17, 2025

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Roadmap for the Future: China's 15th Five-Year Plan. From October 20 to 23, 2025, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC Central Committee) was held in Beijing. The plenary session concluded with the adoption of the "Proposals of the CPC Central Committee for the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development."

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BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The 11th professional farmer training course for professional farmers from five Central Asian countries concluded recently in Weinan, a leading agricultural base in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, marking the successful completion of the three-year "China-Central Asia" professional farmer training program.

According to local news outlet Huashanwang, this program has become an important practical step in implementing the results of the Xi'an China-Central Asia Summit and further integrating Shaanxi Province into the Belt and Road Initiative. As the program's primary implementer, Weinan Vocational and Technical College has carried out meticulous work in areas such as curriculum development, faculty support, and appropriate living conditions for students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

With a smart agriculture training center, research laboratories, and other modern educational infrastructure, the college focuses on imparting technological knowledge and skills that meet the realities and needs of Central Asian countries in agricultural production, including water-saving irrigation technologies and methods, modern controlled-environment agricultural production, and risk management and prevention based on ecological and biological methods.

In addition, during the course, cultural and educational activities were organized for foreign students, including a visit to a Chinese shadow theater and an introduction to traditional Chinese medicine.

“The completion of the three-year program is not the end, but rather a starting point for strengthening cooperation in the future,” noted Jin Huafeng, rector of Weinan Vocational and Technical College, promising that the college intends to conduct subsequent visits to Central Asian countries to assess training results, as well as to develop in-depth joint training and research programs with colleges in these countries. -0-

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