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East Asia
Four Chinese people’s stories in environmental protection
By Kou Jiangze, Shi Ziqiang and Liu Chang from People’s Daily Zou Yi: An enthusiast of environmental protection who takes photos of the sky everyday Jiankou, a section of the Great Wall located beside Xizhazi village, Huairou district of Beijing, is frequently visited by a group of outdoor sport fans…
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East Asia
China’s first high level biosafety lab ready for service
By Qiang Wei from People’s Daily China’s first high level biosafety laboratory has been accredited and will be formally put into service, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on 23rd February. The lab will enable Chinese scientists to research live Ebola virus and other highly contagious and infectious diseases.…
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East Asia
Mongolia’s Historic Ties with North Korea
The news of the killing of Kim Jong Nam, estranged half- brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on 14 February in Malaysia Airport has garnered interest in Mongolia and has been widely covered by Mongolia’s media. This interest in North Korean affairs stems from the Mongolian’s historical relationship with…
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East Asia
International Women’s Day: The female situation in South Korea
International Women’s Day (March 8th) has been observed since in the early 1900’s. “It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political” UN website reports. What is the female situation in South Korea? Answering to this…
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Central Asia
French Development Agency supports agricultural development in Uzbekistan
French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement – AFD), a financial institution and the main implementing agency for France’s official development assistance to developing countries, is taking an active role in the development of agriculture and modernization of the sector in Uzbekistan. Nowadays a group of experts from the France…
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East Asia
China to maintain move toward market-oriented, law-based and open capital market: securities regulator
By Qiang Wei from People’s Daily As part of the effort to further open its capital markets to foreign participants, China is discussing measures that would allow foreign corporations to take larger stakes in domestic joint-venture securities and futures brokerages, officials with the top securities regulator disclosed at a press…
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East Asia
China, US forge interconnected ties 45 years after signing of Shanghai Communiqué
By Zhang Mengxu from People’s Daily China and the US have forged a closer relationship with interwoven destinies 45 years after they signed the Shanghai Communiqué on February 28, 1972, a document ended 23 years of diplomatic estrangement between the two countries. Forty-five years ago, then US President Richard Nixon…
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East Asia
China advocates ‘BRICS+’ model of open cooperation
By Zhao Cheng (赵成)from People’s Daily BRICS members should launch more outreach dialogue to benefit more parties with their cooperation, foster a “BRICS+” model of open cooperation, and set up a more broad-based South-South cooperation platform for the common development of emerging market economies and developing countries, State Councilor Yang…
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East Asia
China tightens supervision of online catering services
By Huang Fahong from People’s Daily China’s top food safety watchdog said at a press conference on 27th February that it will tighten the supervision of the booming online catering services to prevent and control food risks. Only licensed restaurants can accept online orders and they have to ensure a…
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East Asia
Globalisation, Nationalism and the Future
The Trump era is raising many questions worldwide. It is also becoming increasingly evident that people are looking more within that without their own nation—claiming the need to return to a so-called “nationalism”. Based on this trend, a “clash of civilizations” seems imminent. Few continue to be interested in the…
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