TOKYO, June 25 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday following an upbeat lead from Wall Street overnight, although concerns over Japan’s rising COVID-19 cases ahead of the Olympics to be held in the capital in less than a month capped gains. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 190.95 points, Read more…
BANGKOK, June 20 (Xinhua) — A batch of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines landed in the Thai capital of Bangkok Sunday, increasing support to the Southeast Asian country’s battle against its worst wave of outbreak so far. The shipment, imported by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), was transported to the Department Read more…
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — China will further release its state reserves of copper, aluminum and zinc to ensure stable prices of commodities and ease cost pressure on firms, the country’s top economic planner said Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission will work with other departments to release the Read more…
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — China continued to see a generally stable housing market in May amid a rapid rise in global property prices, with home prices in 70 major cities showing slight month-on-month increases, official data showed Thursday. New home prices in four first-tier cities — Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen Read more…
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) — China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 8.8 percent year on year in May as production demand continued to recover, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Wednesday. The figure was up 13.6 percent from the level in 2019, bringing Read more…
By CUI CHAOQUN in London (China Daily) China’s embassy in the United Kingdom denounced on Monday a joint statement released at the conclusion of the G7 summit on Sunday, saying that the mentions of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and other regions in China in the meeting’s communique “distorted facts” Read more…
An APEC workshop on an inclusive digital society unfolded on Tuesday and Wednesday in Guiyang, Guizhou province, in a bid to discuss the role of digital technologies in eradicating poverty. The two-day event established as its purpose the sharing of experience in poverty alleviation and suggestions for improved living standards Read more…
The Foreign Ministry rejected on Thursday Australia’s groundless move to interfere in China’s handling of the case of Chinese-born Australian writer Yang Jun, saying that cases of national security are not open to the public. Beijing opposes Canberra’s meddling in China’s judicial sovereignty and has made stern representations to Australia, Read more…
By Adhere Cavince President Xi Jinping used the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in April to call on the international community to take tangible steps toward functional, inclusive and beneficial multilateralism. At a time when the world is facing common enemies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, poverty Read more…
May 21, 2021 – China reported 24 new confirmed cases, all of which were imported (11 cases in Fujian, 9 cases in Shanghai, 1 case in Henan, 1 case in Hunan, 1 case in Guangdong, and 1 case in Sichuan); no new deaths; no new suspected cases. There were 25 Read more…