China's consular staff from Houston touch down in Beijing: Xinhuanet
August 18, 2020
The staff from the recently closed Chinese Consulate General in Houston arrived in Beijing on Monday evening, with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi greeting them at the airport. The staff were returning home for the first time since July 21, when the United States abruptly demanded that the Chinese Consulate General in Houston cease all operations and events within a specified time frame. Click here to read...
Chinese premier stresses financial support for real economy: People’s Daily
August 18, 2020
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday stressed efforts to ensure that new fiscal funds directly benefit businesses and people to consolidate the foundation of the country's restorative growth. Li made the remarks while presiding over an executive meeting of the State Council. Li also called for strengthening the implementation of financial policies designed to back the real economy to help market entities relieve their strains, and seek further development. Click here to read...
U.S. decoupling with China a misjudgment running counter to trend of history: People’s Daily
August 18, 2020
The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and strong attacks have been launched by the COVID-19 epidemic. Faced with such changes and attacks, how to step in the right direction and keep strategic focus is an important task for all countries. Click here to read...
Offshore bond issuances by Chinese firms rebound: China Daily
August 18, 2020
New offshore bond issuances by Chinese companies rebounded in June and July, as the nation's efficient COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures boosted foreign investors' confidence in the Chinese economy and corporations, the country's top economic regulator said on Monday. Click here to read...
Hong Kong bans Air India from flying to city for two weeks over imported Covid-19 cases: South China Morning Post
August 18, 2020
Air India has been banned from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks for carrying too many passengers infected with Covid-19, the Post has learned. The government acted after linking 11 imported cases on an Air India flight from Delhi on August 14 to poor preflight testing for the virus. Click here to read...
Xi calls on youth to make new, greater contributions to undertakings of Party, country: Xinhuanet
August 17, 2020
President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed that the country's youth should be mobilized to make new and greater contributions to undertakings of the Party and the country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to a session of the All-China Youth Federation and a congress of the All-China Students' Federation, which opened in Beijing on Monday morning. Click here to read...
Restraint in the Taiwan Straits is the solution: Global Times editorial: Global Times
August 17, 2020
The US and the island of Taiwan should be held accountable for rising tensions in the Taiwan Straits. As the risk of accidental conflict rises, Taiwan-based newspaper China Times on Monday cited a source saying that the island's military has forbidden its pilots from firing without orders, and that pilots who violate this order will be punished immediately after landing. We believe that the island's military must strictly abide by the rule. Click here to read...
