The highlights soon went viral on Chinese social media, but the match’s significance went beyond the scoreline.

Since 1953, China has used five-year plans to set long-term development goals and guide major projects, productive capacity distribution and key economic balances.

It was not until the early 20th century that the British explorer Aurel Stein and others excavated wooden slips and sheepskin documents written in Kharosthi—a script used in Gandhara, an ancient region covering present-day northwest Pakistan and southeast Afghanistan—and Chinese at the Niya Ruins, and both mentioned “Jingjue.”

Preserved land

On June 8-9, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President, paid a two-day state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), his first to the neighboring country in seven years and his first overseas trip this year.

In France, a major fire occurred at a chemical plant. Particularly toxic substances are used in the factory.