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East Asia
China, DPRK to pass traditional friendship from generation to generation
The East Pyongyang No. 1 Middle School located in Tongdaewon-guyok of downtown Pyongyang is well-known throughout the DPRK. Inside the brand new teaching building, a billboard calling for students to always be ready for the country is hung in the corridor together with an honor roll. It’s set to encourage…
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East Asia
U.S. attempts to contain China are doomed to fail: Russian Communist Party leader
U.S. attempts to contain China are doomed to fail, said Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in an interview with People’s Daily. Some U.S. politicians are just used to stifling their competitors, and are trying to sabotage Chinese economy by a…
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East Asia
Xi arrives in Pyongyang for summit with Kim
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday, embarking on a two-day trip to North Korea that is expected to focus on solidifying their alliance and addressing other issues, including the North’s nuclear program. Xi’s plane arrived in Pyongyang at 11:40 a.m., China’s Xinhua reported. The trip is the…
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East Asia
S. Korea, China hold economic cooperation talks amid U.S. campaign against Huawei
South Korea and China held their annual vice-ministerial economic cooperation talks Wednesday amid a U.S. campaign to push allies to shun Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. Vice Foreign Minister Lee Tae-ho and officials from other related ministries met with a Chinese delegation headed by Beijing’s Assistant Minister of Commerce…
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East Asia
Xi’s visit to N. Korea may help restart nuclear talks with U.S.
Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to North Korea, his first as China’s leader, signals to the United States a possible opportunity to resume nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has held talks with Xi before and after major diplomatic events, including his first and second summits with U.S.…
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East Asia
White House on Xi’s N.K. visit: Focus is on denuclearization
Adding weight to the theory is the current stalemate in denuclearization negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang. No working-level talks have taken place since Trump and Kim abruptly ended their second summit in February without an agreement. Trump said last week, however, that he had received another “beautiful” letter from…
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East Asia
Economic uncertainty prompts rush to safe assets
Uncertainties stemming from the escalating U.S.-China trade dispute and a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy are changing the way investors here behave, with many apparently rushing to buy what they believe to be safer assets, such as bonds, gold and houses, data showed Monday. Bond prices have skyrocketed to multi-year…
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Politics
Hong Kong: RSF and NGO coalition demand bill threatening journalists to be withdrawn
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), along with 73 other NGOs, urges Hong Kong to abandon the bill that would allow China to extradite journalists and their sources. In a letter sent on June 6th to Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 73…
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East Asia
CDAC presents splendid picture of cultural interaction
“To meet our common challenges and create a better future for all, we look to culture and civilization to play their role, which is as important as the role played by economy, science and technology,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of…
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East Asia
China is never rebuilt by the US
China’s rapid development carries huge significance in modern time and is widely recognized as a miracle by the international community. But such achievements have led to harsh voices of some Americans who said it was their country that had rebuilt China in the past 25 years. Such voices go against…
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