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East Asia
Look forward to new prospects for China-France relations
Paris has already felt the warmth of the spring wind in March. In this beautiful season of the revivification of nature, President Xi Jinping is about to pay his second state visit to France. In March five years ago, President Xi visited France, and the leaders of the two countries…
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East Asia
Strive for a better future for China-Italy relations
Spring heralds a fresh start. At the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Italy. This visit is the first visit to Italy by a Chinese President in a decade and marks Xi’s first state visit to Italy. It is of epoch-making…
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East Asia
Shanghai in No.5 spot among financial hubs
Shanghai will likely surpass Singapore as the world’s fourth-largest financial hub within three years, based on the metrics of a recent ranking of global financial centers that put the city in the fifth position, thanks to its strength in the volume of products and deals, as well as further opening-up,…
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China’s car market energized by opening up efforts
In the Tesla’s new gigafactory in Shanghai, hammer apparatus, excavators, dumper lorries, and dozens of electric workers are busy with the construction of a plant that is capable of producing 500,000 cars each year upon completion. As the first wholly foreign-owned new-energy car subsidiary in China, the super factory received…
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East Asia
Chinese learning leads Italian students into a new world
Studying Chinese is leading students from an Italian Chinese-language international scientific high school into a new world, as the oriental language is opening a new window for them to know more about China. The Chinese-language international scientific high school, located on the fourth floor of the boarding school Rome Convitto…
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East Asia
Commentary: Belt and Road Initiative has brought all-round benefits to world
Past experience over the five-plus years since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has fully demonstrated that the BRI has revitalized the ancient Silk Road, enhanced connectivity and people-to-people exchanges around the world, and extensively benefited the countries involved in the initiative. The construction of the…
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East Asia
Hyundai Sonata hybrid, turbo model unveiled at Seoul Motor Show
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the hybrid and turbo versions of its all-new Sonata during the media day event at the 2019 Seoul Motor Show ahead of their domestic launches. Last Thursday, Hyundai launched the new Sonata sedan with a 2.0-liter gasoline engine and a 2.0-liter liquefied natural gas…
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East Asia
Gov’t to test hotel-to-airport baggage delivery service
The South Korean government said Wednesday that it has partnered with the Incheon airport and a budget carrier to test a hotel-to-airport baggage delivery service until the end of May. In the “Easy-Drop” service, a traveler can send baggage from a local hotel to Incheon airport if he or she…
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East Asia
Netflix’s S. Korean users triple in 1 yr
The number of South Korean users subscribing to U.S. video streaming platform Netflix Inc. more than tripled in one year, industry data showed Thursday, mainly on the back of the popularity of original local content. Netflix is estimated to have nearly 2.4 million active streaming subscribers as of the end…
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East Asia
Over 80 million people lifted out of poverty in China in past six years
China has lifted 82.39 million people out of poverty over the past six years, cutting the poverty headcount ratio to 1.7 percent from 10.2 percent, according to the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development. The office also indicated that the country’s three-year action plan on poverty…
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