China
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China’s Engel’s coefficient close to UN well-off line
China’s Engel’s coefficient, which measures food expenditure as a proportion of total household spending, has approached the well-off line set by the UN, and such changes have even benefited the European market. China’s Engel’s coefficient in 2016 stood at 30.1%, close to the well-off line of 20 to 30 percent…
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East Asia
Military standoff between India and China at Doklam Plateau
On July 2015, Indian member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, speaking at the Oxford Union Debate, made pertinent comments regarding the British. Making references to a common phrase used to illustrate the sheer extent of Britain’s power in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, he said, “No wonder that the sun…
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East Asia
Metro train decorated with animation drawings
Animation drawings are seen on a metro train in Hangzhou, the capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 27, 2017. To celebrate the ongoing China International Cartoon and Animation Festival in Hangzhou, a metro train consisting of six cars are decorated with animation drawings.
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East Asia
China’s ban shifting hallyu to Southeast Asia
Kim Jae-heun – The Korea Times China’s recent restrictions on K-pop and K-dramas are shifting the Korean wave, or hallyu, to Southeast Asia, officials said Thursday. China has cancelled a series of concerts and the airing of Korean TV dramas and shows after the Korean government decided to deploy a…
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East Asia
China to launch 1st earthquake monitoring satellite
A Chinese-made electromagnetic test satellite will be launched in the second half of 2017 to monitor earthquakes. It will be the first satellite of its kind for China. The satellite has a life span of five years, monitoring quakes of magnitude six or above that hit China, and quakes of…
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East Asia
Pictures revealed of China’s improved stealth fighter J-31
Recently, pictures of the improved edition of China’s stealth fighter J-31 were posted online, indicating a new stage of development for the aircraft. However, Chinese military expert Yin Zhuo told CCTV that it would still be some time before the design is finalized. The J-31 is a fourth-generation fighter developed…
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East Asia
Trump questions US commitment to ‘one-China’ policy
US President-elect Donald Trump has questioned America’s commitment to the “one-China” principle in the China-Taiwan row, saying Washington should only side with Beijing on certain conditions. Trump made the remarks in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, about a week after angering China with a controversial phone conversation with…
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East Asia
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East Asia
Jackie Chan: ‘The days when no one listened to Chinese people have gone’
On Nov. 12, Jackie Chan received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, becoming the first Chinese actor to win the award. The 62-year-old movie star shared his story in an interview with People’s Daily. When he was 22, Jackie Chan went…
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Central Asia
Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan
Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping…
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