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East Asia
China keeps its promise, providing hundreds of billions of dollars in financing assistance for Belt and Road project
China has translated its promise of funding Belt and Road Initiative projects into reality with the assistance of a group of national financial institutions, which has offered hundreds of billions of dollars in financing services. As one of the most important financial institutions to support the initiative, China Development Bank…
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East Asia
China’s foreign trade up 4.3% in first four months
China’s foreign trade saw steady development and its structure has been improved in the first four months of this year as the sector seeks high-quality growth. The country’s foreign trade of goods grew 4.3 percent year on year during this period to 9.51 trillion yuan ($1.41 trillion), customs data showed.…
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East Asia
China achieves breakthrough to capture CO2
China has successfully implemented its first carbon sequestration project in saline aquifers in Ordos, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, symbolizing China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, which will have a great influence in emissions reduction. The first 100,000-ton per year carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project undertaken by…
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East Asia
Mutual learning among civilizations benefits China, world: British expert
Mutual learning among civilizations benefits both China and the world, said Alistair Michie, Secretary General of the British East Asia Council in a recent interview with People’s Daily. Visiting China for times in the past three decades, Michie has left his footprints in 28 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities.…
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East Asia
Chinese economy full of resilience
Despite complex domestic and international environment, China has managed to run its economy with a good start since this year, keeping major indicators within a reasonable scope and displaying strong economic resilience. A total of 195 million domestic tourist trips were made during the four-day May Day holiday, and each…
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East Asia
Large number of joint projects materialized via cooperation scheme
The cooperation scheme of “six corridors and six channels serving multiple countries and ports” under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been formed, and a large number of cooperation projects have materialized, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on April 28. Analysts believe the cooperation scheme means that…
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East Asia
327,000 visitors flock to Expo over International Workers’ Day holiday
The Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition received about 327,000 visitors during the four-day International Workers’ Day holiday, The Beijing News reported on May 5. More than 734,000 tourists visited the most popular venues at the exhibition, such as the China Pavilion, the International Pavilion, the Life Experience Pavilion, the Botany Pavilion…
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South Asia
Dialogues among civilizations provide spiritual support for building community with shared future: Pakistani scholar
Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations will consolidate consensus for development and provide spiritual support for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, a Pakistani scholar told People’s Daily during a recent interview ahead of the upcoming Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations. Syed Hasan Javed,…
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East Asia
Silk Road Fund facilitates financial integration along Belt and Road
The Silk Road Fund is a medium- to long-term development and investment fund established to facilitate the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – an active exploration and a great practice to cement international cooperation and promote common development. The organization has always been giving full play to its advantage in…
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East Asia
Belt and Road projects lead to massive growth in higher education for overseas students in China
As Belt and Road construction continues to bring tangible benefits to the countries involved, China’s higher education is also playing an increasingly important role in facilitating the development of these countries through training more and more overseas talents. Higher education in China for overseas students has seen remarkable growth in…
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