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East Asia
Xi’s visit ushers in new chapter of China-Italy ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Italy from Mar. 21 to 24. The visit bore huge significance as this year marks the 15th anniversary of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership. Xi held talks with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and attended…
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Commentary: Xi’s European trip endows pragmatic cooperation with new connotation
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing state visits to Italy, Monaco, and France will build new hope, forge new highlights and endow new connotation for pragmatic cooperation between China and the three countries. The decision to deepen cooperation came at the right time as the spring heralds the best time of…
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Moon says U.S., N. Korea determined to continue dialogue
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that both the United States and North Korea are determined to continue their denuclearization negotiations despite the collapse of their latest summit in Hanoi. “A temporary difficulty has been created due to the failure to reach an agreement at the second North Korea-U.S.…
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PM2.5 air pollutant reaches record high in March
The average concentration of PM2.5 harmful particles in the air reached the highest level in Seoul last month since it began to be observed in 2015, according to data released Monday by a state-run think tank. The National Institute of Environmental Research said the average concentration of PM2.5, particles that…
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East Asia
Female voices, feminism increase dominance on Korean literary scene
“Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982,” a revealing feminist novel, made a splash on the literary scene late last year, selling more than 1 million copies in South Korea, the country’s first million-seller novel since “Please Look After Mom” in 2009 by Shin Kyung-sook. The book by Cho Nam-joo debuted…
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Director Kim Ki-duk lodges 1 bln-won damages suit against actress, broadcaster
Kim Ki-duk, an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, has lodged a damages suit against an actress who claimed she was sexually assaulted by him and a local television broadcaster that reported on the sexual assault allegations against him. According to legal authorities on Friday, Kim filed a 1 billion won (US$880,700) suit…
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China, Europe see closer economic, trade ties
China and Europe, both pulling great efforts on cooperation with each other, have been experiencing increasingly closer economic and trade ties over the past years. Thanks to the CHINA RAILWAY Express (Chinese block trains traveling to and from Europe), it only took 10 days for the four aircraft produced by…
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Belt and Road Initiative broadly reputed for a reason
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by China has enjoyed energetic development and made remarkable achievements since it was proposed 5 years ago, winning wide reputation from the international society and expanding the “circle of friends”. More and more developed countries from the western world have expressed their interests…
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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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