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  • California governor plans to fully reopen state by June 15

    LOS ANGELES – California will fully reopen by June 15 if the current rate of vaccinations continues, lifting all COVID-related restrictions on businesses and gatherings, Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. The nation’s most populous state has now administered 20 million vaccine doses, and will end its tier-based reopening blueprint if there are no spikes or Read more

  • Key takeaways from China’s report on US human rights violations

    China’s State Council Information Office issued a report on human rights violations in the United States in 2020 on Wednesday that condemned the double standards and hypocrisy of the US on issues of human rights. The following is a selection from that report. 1/6Next Read more

  • Global travel industry takes $4.5t losses

    More vaccinations are needed before ban can be lifted, warns health boss A report by the World Travel and Tourism Council, or WTTC, has revealed the full extent of the damage done to the global travel industry in 2020 after business was devastated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Globally, the sector’s income slumped by almost Read more

  • Apple accelerates renewable energy efforts in China

    SAN FRANCISCO – Apple on Wednesday announced that it surpassed its goal of bringing 2 gigawatts of clean energy online, accelerating its efforts to help advance China’s transition to a greener economy. The move avoids nearly 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, equivalent to removing nearly 1 million cars off the road for Read more

  • Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution

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  • U.S. CDC: Most kids with severe inflammatory illness had mild COVID-19

    Most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows. The unusual post-infection condition tends to be milder in kids who were sicker with COVID-19, although more than half of affected youngsters received intensive hospital care, according to an Read more

  • IMF projects China’s economy will grow by 8.4% in 2021

    China’s economy is projected to expand by 8.4 percent in 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday. The figure is 0.3 percentage points above the IMF’s January prediction, according to the latest update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO) released at the start of the IMF’s and World Bank’s spring meetings.  It would mark the Read more

  • U.S. State Department denies reports of considering joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

    r The U.S. State Department denied on Tuesday that it was considering a joint boycott alongside allies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. “Our position on the 2022 Olympics has not changed. We have not discussed and are not discussing any joint boycott with allies and partners,” read a statement sent by the department Read more

  • Iran nuclear deal talks resume in Vienna, sanctions lifting on agenda

    The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, resumed talks here on Tuesday, with lifting sanctions on Iran and nuclear implementation measures on top of the agenda. The meeting has drawn public attention as representatives from the United States are in Vienna to save the deal, Read more

  • IMF upgrades global growth forecast to 6 pct, highlights divergence in recovery

    The IMF expected the global economy to grow by 6 percent in 2021, but warned recoveries are diverging dangerously across and within countries. — The United States would be the only large advanced economy projected to surpass the level of GDP it was forecast to have in 2022. It is expected to grow by 6.4 Read more

  • China urges Philippines to stop South China Sea allegations

    China urges the Philippines to stop baseless allegations on the South China Sea issue, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. It was reported that Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana urged the Chinese vessels that are still around the Niu’e Reef to leave early. Philippine Foreign Ministry also said that, based on the South China Sea Read more

  • Xinjiang busts separatist criminal group

    Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday revealed that they had busted a separatist criminal group in the educational sector. The group’s leader was Sattar Sawut, former director of the Xinjiang education department and former head of the region’s leading group on basic-education curriculum reform. They incorporated ethnic separatism, violence, terrorism, and Read more

  • Chinese democracy delivers real results to the people

    The 8,993 proposals which were submitted to China’s annual legislative session this year were transferred to relevant departments for research and handling today, a vivid example of Chinese democracy transforming people’s voices into concrete plans and actions. The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee has set 22 priority topics, which can be categorized into six Read more

  • Serbian president receives injection of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

    Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday received an injection of China’s Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 in the country’s eastern municipality of Majdanpek. “I feel great, like nothing happened,” he said after the inoculation. China has provided vaccines to Serbia to help the Balkan country fight the COVID-19 epidemic, with the latest shipment arriving in Belgrade Read more

  • Xi Jinping on national heroes, martyrs

    The 4th of April this year marks the Qingming Festival, an important day on the lunar calendar when Chinese people traditionally sweep the tombs of their deceased family members and pay tributes to their ancestors. During this day, Chinese people also pay respect to martyrs. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party Read more

  • UN chief welcomes revocation of U.S. sanctions against ICC officials

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the revocation by the United States of former President Donald Trump’s executive order on sanctions against senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC plays an important role in advancing accountability for international crimes. The secretary-general affirms the continued cooperation of the United Nations under the Read more

  • Agriculture worker blesses lives of many

    Model worker puts skills to good use opening markets for poor farmers Having worked with agricultural products her whole life, Qiu Yinfang was recognized recently as a national model worker by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The honor resulted in her third visit to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov Read more

  • China, ROK agree to deepen ties, reach consensus on multilateralism

    Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken highly of China’s ties with the Republic of Korea (ROK) while meeting with ROK Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province on Saturday. Chung was on a two-day visit to China starting on Friday – the first paid by an ROK foreign Read more

  • China sees tomb-sweeping activities peaking on first day of holiday

    China saw the peak of tomb-sweeping activities on Saturday, the first day of the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Noting that this year’s Tomb-sweeping Day is the first of its kind observed under regular epidemic control, the ministry said that over 32,000 funeral-service agencies with on-site tomb-sweeping services were Read more

  • Xi mourns for compatriots killed in Taiwan train derailment

    Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has mourned for compatriots killed in a train derailment in Taiwan on Friday. Xi has been deeply concerned about the accident that caused heavy casualties. He sent sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and expressed sympathies to the injured and wished Read more