WorldChina's Ministry of State Security said in June 2026 that foreign intelligence agencies were using sensor-fitted sea turtles, fish, buoys and gliders to gather data on its coastal waters. It named no country and gave no locations.
A 1995-born woman surnamed Qin returned to her village in Guilin to help her father farm more than 60,000 venomous snakes, a business that earns over 1 million yuan a year.
China has cut fertiliser exports to protect its home market just as the war around Iran disrupts global supply, industry sources told Reuters.
EnvironmentOn 27 November 2025 the Asian Development Bank approved a $142.25 million equivalent loan to cut flood risk in Fuzhou and Yunxiao and restore estuary wetlands and mangroves used by migratory birds.
A restaurant in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province is letting diners hold lion cubs over tea, prompting widespread criticism online.
Bangladesh will send its first 50-tonne consignment of mangoes to China on 28 May, the agriculture secretary said.
Bangladesh is set to begin mango exports to China at the start of June, with a trade agreement between the two countries expected soon.
FruitsOn 20 May 2025, Export Promotion Bureau vice-chairman Md Anwar Hossain said ten hot water treatment plants would be set up in Chapainawabganj, alongside plans for a mango board, a mango policy and low-cost solar panels for growers.
China's ambassador in Dhaka, Yao Wen, visited a mango orchard in Chapainawabganj and gave assurance that the district's mangoes would be exported to China this year.
A Chinese importer toured mango orchards in Shibganj and said China wants 120,000 tonnes of Chapainawabganj mangoes.
China's ambassador in Dhaka has told Bangladesh's commerce adviser that China wants to import 1,000 tonnes of hilsa initially and increase investment in Bangladesh.
The Chinese lunar new year began on 29 January 2025, opening the Year of the Snake and China's biggest festival, rooted in a calendar long used to guide farming.
The agriculture adviser says Bangladesh hopes to export mango, jackfruit, guava and other seasonal fruit to China next season.
