This week in pictures (December, 2018)
US President Donald Trump speaks with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Competitors taking part [...]
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The world in pictures (27 November, 2018)
Contemporary Greek art on display at China’s National Art Museum. China’s home-built aircraft appears in college cafeteria British dancers break record for [...]
Trade war with America or any other country is ‘unwinnable’
China’s Vice Premier Liu He told an economic conference in Hamburg on Tuesday that protectionist and unilateral approaches to trade will only deepen economic [...]
Chinese scientists making HIV-resistant babies
When Chinese researchers first edited the genes of a human embryo in a lab dish in 2015, it sparked global outcry and pleas from scientists not to make a baby using [...]
Angry father throws his newborn off a slope
In an attempt to get rid of his newborn daughter because he wanted a son, a Chinese man has landed in police net for stealing her from a hospital and doing the [...]
Apple Inc not a forbidden fruit – Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer of CNBC is so passionate about Apple Inc’s stocks that, sometimes, especially in light of the recent slide in the U.S. stock market, he knows [...]
What triggered the recent rise in US stocks?
U.S. stocks mostly rose Monday as financial and health care companies finished higher, while Apple and other technology companies continued to fall, the Associated [...]
REVEALED: The emergency call from wife of missing Interpol boss
This is a detailed narrative from the wife of ex-Chinese Interpol Head who is currently under police protection. Image: Meng Hongwei The call came at night and was [...]
Why foreign students are flocking China’s low-cost universities
News on international students often focuses on how the People’s Republic of China is the biggest sender of students to countries like the US, UK and Australia but [...]
Chinese Head of Interpol missing since September
A French judicial official has confirmed that Meng Hongwei, the head of Chinese international police organization, disappeared sometime in September. Image: Meng [...]
China’s most famous actress indicted for tax evasion
Fan Bingbing, China’s most popular actress who disappeared into thin air since June and resurfaced this October, was wanted for tax evasion amounting to $97m, [...]
Trump slaps China with tariffs valued at $200 billion
The U.S. will impose a 10 percent duty on $200 billion more of Chinese goods starting Sept. 24 and raise it to 25 percent at the beginning of 2019, President [...]