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East Asia
Drone delivery makes post services easier in China’s remote regions
By Liu Xuxia from People’s Daily A drone delivering parcels to a remote mountainous village in southwest China’s Guizhou province has caught the eyes of Chinese media. The over-one-meter-wide drone has six propellers, and it is the only drone in this post office used for transporting parcels for villages…
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China to export largest tunneling machine to Bangladesh
By Zhu Dongjun from People’s Daily China’s largest self-developed tunneling machine will be exported to Bangladesh to assist with a river tunneling project, breaking the export monopoly of ultra-large tunneling equipment once held by developed countries. The machine, with a diameter of 12.12 meters and length of 94 meters,…
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Mandarin included in more and more countries’ college entrance exams
By Li Yingyan from People’s Daily Thanks to China’s increasing global influence, Mandarin has been introduced as a subject in more and more countries’ college entrance examinations as an elective foreign language. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science has finished technical preparation works and is…
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The Son Has Turned Black
There is an interesting theory about China: that it follows a policy of de-securitisation particularly for water related issues. It means, China shifts the matter from a security issue towards a political issue. It is happening once again with India and it is China’s way of maintaining a semblance of…
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The Asian Century – Key Issues
Towards the end of October, the rumblings of Asia were resounding worldwide. The new AJA motto, “New Asia, New Dynamics” is more than proving to be relevant. Xi Jinping’s name has been written into the Chinese constitution while he is still in power. It includes a reference to his…
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Western fast food loses glamour as consumption in China matures
Chinese people now prefer green, organic food to western fast food, a change of eating habits believed to be related to rising income and their pursuit for a healthier and better life. Thirty years ago, when KFC opened its first branch in Beijing, Chinese lined up to buy French fries…
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China speeds up its pace towards innovation-driven country
China is hastening its march towards an innovation-driven country, with a recent report placing it 17th out of 40 major countries on the innovation capability index. The Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED)’s 2016-2017 national innovation index report shows that China tops the world in terms of…
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Commentary: Xi’s remarks a scientific judgement based on Chinese context
“As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the principal contradiction facing Chinese society has evolved. What China now faces is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life,” General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed in his report to the 19th…
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Chinese smartphone brands capture 48 % of global market share
Chinese smart phone brands captured 48 % of global market share in the second quarter of 2017, said a recent report issued by market research firm Counterpoint Research. According to the report, China’s Huawei has become the world’s third largest mobile phone vendor after Samsung and Apple. In addition, 7…
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Efforts to beautify China get thumbs up
Foreign journalists said they’ve witnessed China’s resolve and achievements in ecological construction during the 19 National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The country’s efforts to advance green development, solve environmental problems, protect the ecological system and reform environmental regulations have left a deep impression on them, they…
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