The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
Tags: five-year plan, political economy
A new research has found that women are catching up with men on their alcohol consumption and its impact on their health. Research by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, said ...
Chinese and U.S. representatives expressed optimism for the future of the China-U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations during a session at this year's Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Against the backdrop of a global ...
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In Matt McFetridge's words, his two-and-half year stint in China was the "time of his life". The American student, a native of the Finger Lakes region, New York, became fascinated by the ancient country after meeting his first Chinese ...
The Confucius Institute in Madrid brought Chinese culture closer to the general public on Saturday on the occasion of the Confucius Institute Day. The Institute organized different activities that took place between 11:00 local time ...
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Peng Liyuan is more than simply China's first lady. She enjoyed a glittering career as a folk singer from the 1980s. Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, she has also attracted a lot of attention from home and abroad. She is ...
Tags: First Lady, Charming Edge, Diplomacy
On April 25, 2015, the 2015 Quarterly Analysis Conference, sponsored by China Association of International Trade, and undertaken by the Study Commission of Investment Planning association and the China Enterprise Cooperation and Promoting ...
Tags: Foreign Trade, international economic order, financing environment
On July 12, the “Global Community of Common Destiny and the New Thinking on the Development of Chinese Enterprises¬—China & Globalization Roundtable Forum 2015” held by Center For China And Globalization (CCG)opened in ...
Tags: International Economic Cooperation, Development of Chinese Enterprises
China is adopting a more welcoming attitude toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a US-led free-trade agreement now being negotiated by 12 countries, the official media has reported. Zhang Jianping, director of the department of ...
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A joint yoga-tai chi demonstration will take place at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 15 to honor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit as head of government to China. Around 200 people from the 'Yogi Yoga' center will perform ...
China watchers in Washington welcomed the news that the number of small-business registrations in China has risen by almost 50 percent. "Generally, it's a very positive sign," Nicholas Lardy, the Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the ...
Tags: China's Legislation Law, taxes
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that top executives from Condé Nast, Fox Networks Group, Google, McDonald’s, and The Walt Disney Co. will join the Brand Matters keynote at the 2015 International ...
Technologies that will increase the low rate of ultimate recoveries in shale plays are the next disruptive forces in US oil and gas production, experts said Tuesday in Washington. "The revolutionary change will be breaking out of the ...
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Expedited regulatory approval of proposed US liquefied natural gas export terminals would not lead to their immediate construction nor to near-term deliveries of US gas into Europe, panelists at a Senate hearing said Tuesday. Several US ...
West Africa is experiencing a surge in piracy, with well-organised hijackers targeting the region's growing oil and gas industries, writes national security expert Dr James Jay Carafano in World Review. Although efforts to combat crime at ...
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