Update: Xi congratulates International Forum on Sharing Poverty Reduction Experience: Xinhuanet
December 15, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a letter of congratulations to the International Forum on Sharing Poverty Reduction Experience, which opened on Monday in Beijing. Calling poverty eradication "a common ideal of humanity," Xi said that the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government made unremitting and arduous efforts to ensure a better life for the people.Click here to read...
Strategy set to fit into new era of globalization: China Daily
December 15, 2020
China's new "dual-circulation" development model will provide the engine for the country's future economic success and could herald a new era of globalization, according to experts. The model, which combines the forces of China's domestic economy and international economic engagement, is set to be central to China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).Click here to read...
China's economy sustains steady recovery in Nov: NBS: China Daily
December 15, 2020
China's economy kept up a steady recovery in November, with major economic indicators such as growth in consumption and investment rallying to the best levels of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
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Exclusive | WHO’s coronavirus detectives look to Wuhan market as undisclosed map surfaces: South China Morning Post
December 15, 2020
A sprawling seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan was the original ground zero for scientists looking to pinpoint where and how the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic first crossed into humans. One year on, the search is returning to that controversial site.Click here to read...
Containers in short supply as Chinese exports surge: People’s Daily
December 15, 2020
China's latest index of export container transport hit a record high, reflecting a supply shortage of containers, mainly due to the nation's fast-growing exports.
Tracking spot and contractual freight rates from Chinese container ports for 12 shipping routes across the globe, the average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) stood at 1,411.98 in the week ending last Friday, up by 6.7 percent from a week earlier, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange said.Click here to read...
Xi calls for closer BRI cooperation with Somalia: Xinhuanet
December 14, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that he is ready to work with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to enhance bilateral cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the benefit of the people of both countries.Click here to read...
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way: The New York Times
December 14, 2020
In one Beijing artist’s recent depiction of the world in 2098, China is a high-tech superpower and the United States is humbled. Americans have embraced communism and Manhattan, draped with the hammer-and-sickle flags of the “People’s Union of America,” has become a quaint tourist precinct.Click here to read...
