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East Asia
China makes great progress in protection of women’s rights and status
By Liu Junguo from People’s Daily Women living in China have witnessed a dramatic rise in their social status in recent years, thanks to the increasing efforts made by Chinese government to improve the protection of their rights. Data showed that by 2015, the average life expectancy of Chinese women…
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Female sailors on escort mission in Gulf of Aden
By Xing Xue, Li Youtao, Zhang Dongjie from People’s Daily When women around the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, 16 female soldiers of a Chinese navy fleet on an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden spent a special yet regular day by guarding the safety of…
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Eight innovation in China’s draft general provisions of civil law
By Xu Jun from People’s Daily The 5th session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) of China deliberated on the draft general provisions of civil law on Wednesday afternoon. From the beginning, the draft has drawn strong response from the society. Its release will better improve the basic rules…
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China promises tougher assessment in war on poverty
By Ji Peijuan, Zhang Cong from People’s Daily Food and clothing shortages must be solved to alleviate poverty, a Chinese official pledged recently, in China’s latest vow to get tough in war on poverty. To make sure its poverty alleviation policies are effective, China has promised the strictest assessments as…
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China to optimize approval procedures for registration of foreign drugs
By Bai Yang from People’s Daily China is now studying on the ways to optimize approval procedures for drug registration of foreign companies, head of drug safety watchdog disclosed on Sunday, adding that primary measures like simplifying proceedings and increasing team members have been taken to shorten the time window.…
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Xi Jinping pledges continued efforts to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation
By Zhao Cheng from People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on March 5 that China will persist in the all-round opening-up policy, and continue to liberalize and facilitate trade and investment, while urging Shanghai, a pioneer in China’s reform and opening-up, to act as a bridgehead. Xi made the…
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China to send Chang’e-5 lunar probe into space in 2017
By Meng Xiangfu and Feng Hua from People’s Daily China is expected to send lunar probe Chang’e-5 to land on the moon and return with lunar samples within this year, according to the latest information from the country’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. The preparation…
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China opposes all forms of cyber attacks, urges US to stop such actions
By Hu Zexi from People’s Daily China opposes all forms of cyber attacks, and urges the US side to stop eavesdropping, monitoring, spying and launching cyber attacks against China and other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang stressed at a regular press conference on Thursday. Geng made the remarks…
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Multilateralism serves as cornerstone of international system: FM
By Yang Xun from People’s Daily Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday declared China’s commitment to continue to support multilateralism and a UN-centered international system. Analysts said that China’s stance injects some determinacy into the current “uncertain” world. “The current international system is like a well-designed building with multilateralism…
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China to make a greater contribution to the world: FM
By Huan Xiang from People’s Daily Rather than talking about “leadership”, the world should really be talking about “responsibility”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday when asked about whether China is ready to take on global leadership, promising that the country is willing to contribute more to the…
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