China reveals new generation of top-level govt appointees
BEIJING, Dec 6, 2020, SCMP. A new generation of Chinese cadres in their late 50s…
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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 lunar Chang’e 5 mission completes difficult docking
BEIJING, Dec 6, 2020, China Daily. Two flying sections of China’s Chang’e 5 robotic mission…
Canada’s PM won’t comment on Huawei CFO
OTTAWA, Dec 5, 2020, Reuters. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday declined to comment…
China to expand weather modification program to cover area larger than India
HONG KONG, Dec 4, 2020, CNN. China this week revealed plans to drastically expand an…
Nickel price at year-high as China seeks extra supply
JAKARTA, Dec 4, 2020, StockHead. Nickel prices have taken off as China struggles to source…
Chinese leader Xi declares end to extreme poverty
BEIJING, Dec 4, 2020, Xinhua. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China…
Innovation to be China’s edge in Asia
BEIJING, Dec 3, 2020, China Daily. China’s innovation-driven development stands out among all the Asian…
Craft brew memorialises China’s Wuhan virus lockdown
WUHAN, Dec 3, 2020, AFP. When the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan and the Chinese city…
Biden says will not kill Phase 1 trade deal with China immediately
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 2, 2020, NYT/Reuters. Joe Biden will not immediately cancel the Phase 1…
Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’
HONG KONG, Dec 1, 2020, SCMP. Chinese scientists have built what they claim is a…
Leaked documents reveal China’s mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19: CNN
LONDON, Dec 1, 2020, CNN. A group of frontline medical workers, likely exhausted, stand huddled…
Hong Kong suspends in-person school lessons from Dec 2
HONG KONG, Nov 30, 2020, Bloomberg, Reuters, Xinhua. Hong Kong authorities said they will halt…