Tiandu-2 and Queqiao-2 satellites have successfully tested communications from moon orbit to Earth. Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta

Items seized in New York include pottery, jade, bronze and Tibetan Buddhist art, some dating back thousands of years.

While Beijing maintained official silence on Saturday on the Oval Office clash between the US and Ukrainian presidents, Chinese state media reported the incident quoting Russian sources.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and said he was pleased with Moscow’s efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine