China is ready to strengthen strategic communication with Ireland and expand practical cooperation, while aiming to achieve mutually beneficial results, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Monday.

President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro sparked widespread discussion on Chinese social media, with some users saying the operation offered a template for how Beijing could handle tensions with Taiwan.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing has "never believed that any country can act as the world's police", nor does it accept any nation claiming to be the world's judge.

Xiaomi’s electric-vehicle plant is more difficult to get into than some competitive colleges. Tiger moms and influencers vie for an edge.

The US State Department said China’s military drills around Taiwan had “unnecessarily” raised tensions and urged Beijing to cease military pressure against the self-ruled island, after President Donald Trump initially shrugged off concerns.

According to the analyst, China currently sources between 60% and 90% of Venezuela’s oil exports and roughly 85% to 90% of Iran’s crude. Together, those supplies account for an estimated 30% to 35% of China’s total oil imports.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin will visit China from Sunday, the Asian nation's foreign ministry said, the first such trip by an Irish Taoiseach since 2012 as Beijing shores up ties with individual members of the European Union bloc.

Trump’s operation against the Venezuelan strongman shot to the top of China’s Weibo late Saturday, with the topic gaining some 440 million views on the X-like platform.

China seems to have outpaced the United States and its allies in the development of directed energy weapons—as seen by its recent exports to the Middle East.