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East Asia
Korean language boom heats up in Thailand
The fever for learning Korean is steadily spreading among Thai students, as the number of secondary schools teaching Korean as a second foreign language in Thailand is expected to swell to 130 this year, officials said Tuesday. The Korean Education Center in Thailand said as many as 130 middle and…
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China’s soaring demand for fruit benefits foreign fruit farmers
The volume of avocados being imported has grown by nearly ten thousand times in just a few years in China, while pricey imported cherries are jokingly regarded as a new criterion for a person’s financial status by Chinese netizens. Moreover, some Chinese people are even flying to Thailand or Malaysia…
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Italy hails BRI MOU, expects tangible results
Italian scholars, government organizations and business community applauded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly advance the construction of the Belt and Road signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the country. Xi’s state visit to Italy culminated on March 23 with the signing of the inter-governmental MOU.…
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Italy return 796 cultural relics back to China
It seems that China and Italy, two countries with the largest number of world heritage sites, are constantly holding cultural exchange activities. Witnessed by visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities of Italy and the Minister of Culture and…
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Italy, Monaco, and France see deeper cooperation with China
The ongoing three-nation visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, his first overseas visit in 2019, will bring new momentum to China-Europe relations. As the world’s largest developing country and the largest national union, China and the European Union (EU) are important forces in the international community to boost economic development…
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Charles-Edouard Bouée: China has entered a new era of opening-up under new Foreign Investment Law
The 2019 China Development Forum (CDF) initiated by the Development Research Center of The State Council kicked off on March 23 in Beijing, under the theme of “Greater Opening-up for Win-Win Cooperation”. People’s Daily Online held an exclusive interview with Charles-Édouard Bouée, global CEO of international consulting firm Roland Berger…
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Xi’s visit ushers in new chapter of China-Italy ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Italy from Mar. 21 to 24. The visit bore huge significance as this year marks the 15th anniversary of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership. Xi held talks with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and attended…
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Commentary: Xi’s European trip endows pragmatic cooperation with new connotation
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing state visits to Italy, Monaco, and France will build new hope, forge new highlights and endow new connotation for pragmatic cooperation between China and the three countries. The decision to deepen cooperation came at the right time as the spring heralds the best time of…
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East Asia
Moon says U.S., N. Korea determined to continue dialogue
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that both the United States and North Korea are determined to continue their denuclearization negotiations despite the collapse of their latest summit in Hanoi. “A temporary difficulty has been created due to the failure to reach an agreement at the second North Korea-U.S.…
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East Asia
PM2.5 air pollutant reaches record high in March
The average concentration of PM2.5 harmful particles in the air reached the highest level in Seoul last month since it began to be observed in 2015, according to data released Monday by a state-run think tank. The National Institute of Environmental Research said the average concentration of PM2.5, particles that…
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