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Kazakh president urges G20 to unite to sustain global economy
Xie Yahong – People’s Daily Given the current global geopolitical arena as well as the uncertainties faced by global financial system, the G20 Summit must demonstrate the unity needed to secure the stability of world economy, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said ahead of his attendance at the G20 Summit to be…
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East Asia
Chinese Outcome List of the Meeting Between The Chinese and U.S. Presidents in Hangzhou
People’s Daily – On September 3, 2016, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China held meetings with President Barack Obama of the United States of America during the G20 Hangzhou Summit. The two sides had in-depth, candid and constructive talks on China-U.S. relations and major regional and global…
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Central Asia
Uzbeks Buried Strongman Karimov
Uzbekistan has buried long-ruling President Islam Karimov, a day after the government announced the death of the authoritarian leader following a stroke at the age of 78, RFERL reported. Karimov was laid to rest on September 3 after an Islamic funeral ceremony — attended by thousands of people, including foreign…
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China and US ratify Paris climate pact
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama handed over their countries’ instruments of joining the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon successively on Saturday, a day before the start of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. The simultaneous ratification of China and the US, as…
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China and US welcomes a potential establishment of Global Forum on excess capacity
Zhuang Xueya from the People’s Daily On September 3, 2016, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China held meetings with President Barack Obama of the United States of America during the G20 Hangzhou Summit. The two sides had reached a wide range of important consensus, including strengthening cooperation…
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G20 Hangzhou summit is continuative and constructive
Bao Jie and Li Feng – People’s Daily “China this year has been very constructive and diligent about ensuring the continuity of the work that has been done in the last few years in Turkey, Australia and Russia. But also I think China has done an excellent job of introducing…
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G20 financial work on right track: PBOC
Zhang Huizhong – People’s Daily The People’s Bank of China (PBC) held a news briefing on September 1 and introduced the outcomes of the G20’s financial work. The briefing noted that China had worked closely with all G20 members towards an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy, and tremendous…
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East Asia
China’s new starting point brings new opportunities to the world
After 38 years of reform and opening up, today’s China, standing at a new starting point, will continue to benefit itself and the world, read a commentary published by China’s official newspaper the People’s Daily on Monday to mark the ongoing G20 Hangzhou Summit. At this new starting point, China…
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Great Wall to be repaired through crowdfunding
The 2016 Great Wall Public Offering project, initiated by the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, officially opened its Tencent donation platform on Sept. 1. This is China’s first cultural preservation fundraising activity to utilize the Internet in such a direct, major way. At a press conference about the project,…
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Central Asia
Russia refuses entry to Armenian political analyst
Russian border guards have refused entry to a noted Armenian political analyst, RFERL/RL reports. Stepan Grigorian, director of the Yerevan-based Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC), said on September 1 that he was told by Russian border guards that he has been barred from entering Russia until 2030.…
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