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East Asia
After Living in China for 15 years, Beluga whales will start journey back to Iceland
Two beluga whales gave their final performance at a Shanghai aquarium on Thursday before they are sent to a reserve for whales in Iceland. Having lived in Shanghai for 15 years, “Little White” and “Little Grey,” the two female beluga whales, will be isolated and quarantined before their journey back…
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Tourism in Xinjiang booms thanks to social stability
Social stability in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has brought a tourism boom to the region in the winter, previously considered the low season, and governments at all levels in the region are ramping up efforts to develop the travel industry. The tourism market in Xinjiang skyrocketed in…
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China’s reform of national supervision system ushers in new chapter of anti-corruption work
China has opened a new chapter of anti-corruption thanks to the establishment of its National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and its performance in deepening the reform of the national supervision system over the past year, said People’s Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in an article…
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Chinese technology companies push for smart farming
Chinese companies are applying their technologies into farming in a bid to increase agricultural production and efficiency, realize industry upgrades and reduce costs, Chinanews.com reported on Feb. 28. These efforts, dubbed as smart agriculture, uses mobile devices or computers to control agricultural production. It also includes agricultural e-commerce, anti-counterfeiting traceability…
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East Asia
China’s campaign against online copyright infringement achieves remarkable fruits
The SwordNet Operation, a national campaign against online copyright infringement carried out in 2018 in China, has yielded fruitful results, the National Copyright Administration (NCA) said on Feb.27. During the campaign, authorities of various levels investigated 544 cases of online copyright violations, 74 of which were criminal ones and involved…
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China unveils top 10 scientific discoveries of 2018
China’s top ten scientific discoveries of 2018 were announced by the Administrative Center of Basic Research (ACBR) under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Feb.27. The discoveries include macaque monkey cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, creation of the first single-chromosome yeast, fast-acting ketamine for anti-depression, DNA nano-robot…
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China issues 17.46 million flight bans on individuals with bad credit
China has made great progress in building a national social credit system in recent years, having handled millions of cases and issued millions of travel bans on people with bad social credit, official statistics showed. As of the end of 2018, Chinese courts nationwide had issued verdicts on 12.88 million…
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Ban on tourist in core zone of Mt. Qomolangma an effective measure to protect ecology: environmental authority
The recent ban on tourists entering the core zone of Mt.Qomolangma National Nature Reserve is an effective measure to protect the ecology of the world’s highest mountain, as tourism is expanding fast there, said Liu Youbin, spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Feb. 28. The ban has…
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829 million Chinese have internet access, double the population of the US
The number of Chinese internet users hits 829 million at the end of 2018, more than double the population of the US. According to the report published by the China Internet Network Information Center, 817 million Chinese use smartphones to surf the internet, accounting for 98.6 percent of the total…
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N.K. leader not mentioned among deputies newly elected to parliament
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was not included in a list of deputies newly elected to the communist state’s rubber-stamp parliament, state media reports showed Tuesday, sparking speculation about what the unprecedented move means. Kim’s name was not mentioned when the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, a state radio network, called…
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