Yearender: Highlights of “Xiplomacy” in 2018
BEIJING, Dec 31, 2018, Xinhua. Over the past year, China’s diplomacy has opened new prospects…
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The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
Chinese, Russian leaders exchange New Year greetings
BEIJING, Dec 31, 2018, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged…
Chinese city names new deputy mayor – and she doesn’t fit the mould
FUQING, Dec 30, 2018, SCMP. A push to get new blood into local government is…
Xi, Trump have telephone conversation, agree to implement consensus in Argentina meeting
BEIJING, Dec 30, 2018, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on…
Lee Kuan Yew laid foundation of China-Singapore ties: PM Lee Hsien Loong
SINGAPORE, Dec 29, 2018, The Straits Times. The award China recently conferred on founding prime…
Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia
SEOUL, Dec 29, 2018, The Korea Times. To judge by the stream of extraordinary images…
Yearender-Economic Watch: 2018, a bumper year for China’s opening-up
BEIJING, Dec 29, 2018, Xinhua. How best to describe 2018 in China? A nationwide survey…
China to reduce poor population by 10 mln in 2019
BEIJING, Dec 29, 2018, Xinhua. Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said Friday that efforts shall…
Chinese military plane enters S. Korea’s air defense zone
SEOUL, Dec 28, 2018, Yonhap. A Chinese military jet entered South Korea’s air defense zone…
China welcomes more defense exchanges with Japan
BEIJING, Dec 26, 2018, Xinhua. The China-Japan maritime and air liaison mechanism is a useful…
Asian students among those affected by tougher US visa laws
NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2018, FMT. Malaysian students interested in furthering their studies at American…
Chinese Santa Claus storms the internet
BEIJING, Dec 25, 2018, China Daily. “We wish you a merry Christmas” with pictures of…