China's Silk Road Maritime network shipped nearly 2.64 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first six months of 2025, according to the Fujian Provincial Department of Transport on Monday.
During the January to June period, its 128 container ship routes handled 2,274 sailings across Chinese ports.
Fujian Province in eastern China hosted 74 of these routes, accounting for 1,146 sailings and handling over 1.23 million TEUs, marking a 4.55 percent year-on-year increase.
Since its launch in 2018, the network has tallied 19,907 sailings and a cumulative throughput of 23.47 million TEUs by June 30, 2025.
As China's first integrated logistics and shipping platform built for the Belt and Road Initiative, the network is deeply prized by foreign trade enterprises.
China's Silk Road Maritime network ships nearly 2.64 million TEUs in H1
An Algerian expert and a Uruguayan official criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for her wrongful remarks that exposed Japan's ambitions for military expansion, which is endangering regional and international order.
At a Diet meeting in early November, Takaichi claimed that the Chinese central authorities' "use of force on Taiwan" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan and implied the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, which drew strong criticism worldwide.
Smail Debeche, president of Algeria-China Friendship Association, said Japan should end its attempts to expand military power as it did during World War II.
"I think the wrongful remarks made by the Japanese side are not in the interests of Japan itself and the Japanese people. It is irrational and illogical to make such statements. After World War II, Japan should have shouldered its corresponding responsibilities and obligations. However, instead of deeply deploring its war past and earnestly apologizing, Japan seems to be trying to expand its military power in the region and display arrogance, much like in the wartime era. This practice must be stopped," said Debeche.
Leonardo Batalla, who is responsible for international relations at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, said he firmly opposes the interference in China's internal affairs. "Japan's remarks are a provocative act. Japan is a defeated country in World War II. Now, its right-wing forces are attempting to revive the ambitions of the militarist era. Such an approach is detrimental to international relations because it interferes in China's internal affairs," said Batalla.
Int'l experts criticize Japanese PM's wrongful remarks for damaging int'l order
