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State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka
A state of emergency was declared in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office said. The declaration was made after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka amid…
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China’s foreign trade jumps 9.4% y-o-y in H1, underlying steady economic rebound
China's foreign trade recovery continued in the first half of 2022, with the country's total imports and exports expanding 9.4 percent year-on-year, underlying a steady overall economic rebound amid the…
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Macao-Hengqin LRT extension begins construction, applying largest shield tunneling machine Aoqin No.1
The extension of the Hengqin Line, a cross-border light railway transport (LRT) route which connects the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the neighboring Guangdong-Macao cooperation zone on Hengqin Island…
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China’s foreign trade with other BRICS countries jumps 14.1% y-o-y in H1
In the first half of 2022, China's foreign trade with other BRICS countries amounted to 1.64 trillion yuan ($243.8 billion), up 14.1 percent year-on-year, 4.7 percentage points higher than the…
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Full text of Xi Jinping’s letter to young people from Taiwan attending the Straits Youth Forum
The following is the full text of Xi Jinping's letter replying to young people from China's Taiwan who were attending the Straits Youth Forum. Dear young friends from Taiwan at…
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Writers of UK think tank’s reports on Xinjiang revealed as related to terrorist groups: regional spokesperson
Writers from the Helena Kennedy Centre of Sheffield Hallam University, who produced four reports on China's Xinjiang region about "forced labor" allegations, have been found to be related to terrorist…
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Chinese local govts redress too strict anti-epidemic policies amid central govt, public supervision
Chinese local governments are redressing some local policies, which were deemed as being too strict or discriminatory against recovered COVID-19 patients, after the central government urged local governments to rectify…
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Average life expectancy in China rises to 78.2 years in 2021
The average life expectancy in China rose to 78.2 years in 2021, compared with 77.9 years in 2020, according to the Statistical Bulletin on Health Development in China 2021, released…
The President of Sri Lanka left the country on a military plane
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, has left the nation. Rajapaksa arrived in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on a military plane at 3 am local time on…
House of Representatives review four legislations
Desk By Karuna The message from the House of Representatives is one of four social security legislation that the National Assembly has passed a resolution to consider. Home Minister Bal…