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East Asia
China’s online retail sales top the world for 6th year
China’s online retail sales exceeded 9 trillion yuan in 2018, topping the world for the 6th year in a row, spokesperson Gao Feng said during a regular conference of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on March 21. The country’s online retail sales maintained a high-speed growth over the past ten-plus…
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Commentary: Xi’s trip to inject new vitality into China-Europe ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visits to Italy, Monaco, and France bear historic significance for the development of relations between China and the three countries and will inject new vitality to the development of China-Europe relations in the new era. Scheduled from Mar.21 to 26, Xi’s visit to Europe will be…
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Opening up of service sector brings new energy to Beijing’s economy
By expanding supply-side structural reform in the service sector, Beijing has injected new energy into its economy since it became the first city in China to carry out the pilot program of opening up the service industry in May 2015. During the past four years, the city opened China’s first…
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China, Italy walk toward stronger ties
The city of Rome has been surrounded by a friendly atmosphere these days. Before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the European country, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and other politicians and famous people of various circles received interviews with People’s Daily. The most special interview…
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East Asia
S. Korean foreign minister heads to U.S. for talks with Pompeo
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha left for the United States on Thursday to attend a U.N. forum and hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It would be their first meeting since the sudden collapse of a Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President…
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S. Korea to push for N.K. leader’s visit to Seoul for fourth summit with Moon
South Korea will try to realize a visit to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit with President Moon Jae-in this year so as to improve cross-border relations and help move the stalled denuclearization process forward, the unification ministry said Friday. The ministry said that it will…
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Moon, Trump to hold summit on April 11 in Washington
President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, plan to hold a summit on April 11 in Washington D.C. the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, amid a stalemate in nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea. Moon will arrive in the U.S. on April 10 and…
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Moon’s approval rating falls to lowest level since inauguration: poll
President Moon Jae-in’s job approval rating declined to 43 percent, the lowest point since his inauguration in May 2017, a Gallup Korea poll said Friday. In the poll, of 1,003 adults, conducted by the leading pollster nationwide from Tuesday to Thursday, only 43 percent said they approved of Moon’s job…
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East Asia
China contributes to Italian port construction for win-win results
Chinese company COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited is contributing efforts to the construction of an Italian port, lifting capacity for the terminal and creating win-win results, as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues expanding its global influence. The Port of Vado Ligure, 140 kilometers away from Italy’s industrial powerhouse…
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East Asia
Full text of Xi’s signed article on Italian newspaper
A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled “East Meets West — A New Chapter of Sino-Italian Friendship” was published Wednesday on Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera ahead of his state visit to the European country. An English version of the full text of the article is as follows:…
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