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China is ready to work with Brazil to take the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties as a new starting point to jointly promote the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. Xi made the remarks in his congratulatory message to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged environmental volunteers to promote water conservation and contribute to the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature. Ahead of China’s second National Ecology Day that falls on Thursday, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the…
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Landslides in southwest China on Saturday (Aug 3) destroyed homes and caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing at least two people and leaving around 17 others missing, authorities said. State broadcaster CCTV said “local mountain torrents and landslides” swept away part of Ridi village in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. The disasters killed…
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Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-17 crewed mission were awarded medals on Friday for their service to China’s space endeavors. Tang Hongbo was honored with a second-class aerospace achievement medal, while Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin received third-class medals and the honorary title of “heroic astronauts.” The awards were presented by the Communist Party of China…
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Edward Hayward, a junior at Carleton College in the United States, has found a new favorite activity this summer: riding buses through streets of Beijing, the Chinese capital city, and enjoying the view outside. “I am surprised by how beautiful Beijing is, and amazed by everything I see,” said the 21-year-old. This summer vacation, he…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders at a Central Asia summit in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday (Jul 4) to “resist external interference”, state media reported. “We should join hands to resist external interference, firmly support each other, take care of each other’s concerns … and firmly control the future and destiny of our…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday underscored the importance of sci-tech modernization and innovation in pursuing Chinese modernization and high-quality development. Noting the strategically leading and fundamental supporting role of science and technology, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged efforts…
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In the midst of a powerful typhoon and turbulent waves, a 12-megawatt wind turbine operates steadfastly, harnessing nature’s force to generate clean energy. This impressive sight unfolded on the screens in the laboratory of Mingyang Smart Energy Group Co., Ltd., a new energy company headquartered in Zhongshan City in south China’s Guangdong Province, as researchers…
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The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing’s representatives telling U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended. The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their U.S. interlocutors raised concerns that China…
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Amid a sluggish global economic recovery, German executives voiced their dedication to enhancing their market presence in China during a promotion event for the China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in Stuttgart. German enterprises are leveraging the CIIE to align their development with the demands of the Chinese market, according to the executives at the…
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Tang Yunpeng, a teacher at the Collaborative Research Center for Archaeology of the Silk Roads at Northwest University in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was interacting with an international student at an archaeological excavation site in Uzbekistan via WeChat, discussing ongoing work and any recent discoveries. Tang is part of a China-Uzbekistan joint…
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The Bank of Communications, one of China’s largest commercial banks, has strengthened financial support for the green and low-carbon transformation of traditional sectors and the expansion of green sectors. By the end of 2023, the lender’s outstanding loans for green development had reached 822.04 billion yuan (about 115.6 billion U.S. dollars), climbing by 29.37 percent…
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David Fickling, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, argued on Wednesday that the United States should embrace affordable clean energy products, especially solar panels from China, rather than double tariffs. Chinese industrial policy caused the price of solar panels to fall from about 90 cents per watt in early 2012 to just over 10 cents per watt…
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The United States’ new protectionist stance in the international trade will only raise prices, limit consumer choices and risk growth, said an opinion piece carried by The New York Times Tuesday. The U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other products are mainly aimed at pleasing voters rather than economic considerations, wrote Steven Rattner, who…
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U.S. carmaker Tesla broke ground on a mega factory in Shanghai on Thursday to manufacture its energy-storage batteries, Megapacks, a project hailed by the company as a “milestone.” The latest move underscores Tesla’s commitment to investing in the world’s second-largest economy, defying the rhetoric of “decoupling” and “de-risking” from China ratcheted up by some U.S.…
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