Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, March 1

Products of Chinese companies have aroused great interest among visitors of the Mobile World Congress (WMC) in Barcelona, the most important event of the mobile phone industry.

Some visitors told Xinhua that the increasing quality of Chinese companies' technology and their more affordable prices, in the end, make it easier for people with less resources gain the access to technology devices. (Spain-MWC-China)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a draft resolution aiming to impose sanctions over alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as Russia and China vetoed it.

For the resolution drafted by Britain, France and the United States, nine council members voted in favor. Two veto-wielding powers Russia and China, along with Bolivia, voted against. Kazakhstan, Egypt, Ethiopia abstained. (UN-Syria-Chemical Weapons)

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WASHINGTON -- China and the U.S. on Tuesday expressed the willingness to enhance dialogues and exchanges on all levels with an aim to broaden cooperation in regional and global affairs. < The two sides reaffirmed the pledge during a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi. (US-China-Yang's Visit)

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DAMASCUS -- As the Islamic State (IS) group is falling apart in the countryside of Syria's Aleppo province, tension started brewing between Kurdish-led rebels on one side, and Turkish forces and allied Syrian militants on the other side.

The IS group has been the target of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels fighting under the Turkey-backed Euphrates Shield campaign, as well as the Syrian army and allied fighters of Hezbollah and Russian air force in the countryside of Aleppo. (Syria-Turkish-Kurdish Tension) Endi