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China's Xi addresses opening ceremony of BFA annual conference

ChinesePresidentXiJinpingstartedtodeliverakeynotespeechattheopeningceremonyoftheannualconferenceoftheBoaoForumforAsiaTuesdaymorning.Chinabeganitshistoricjourney

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China’s ties with the World Economic Forum

Withitsrisingeconomicstatusandengagementintheglobaleconomy,ChinahasplayedamoreandmoreimportantroleattheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)inrecentyears.Infact,China’stieswi

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New Delhi on high alert after terror attack on pilgrims

The Indian capital New Delhi is on high alert following Monday's terrorist attack in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir which left at least seven Hindu pilgrims dead.

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Penguin chicks and tiger cubs: London Zoo begins annual residents count

Keepers at ZSL London zoo began the mammoth task of counting the park's more than 700 species on Tuesday, using treats to entice some animals out for the annual stocktake.

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Presley fans go for annual festival in rural Australian town

​Tacky wigs and terrible American accents have donned Sydney's Central Station for the annual migration to the Parks Elvis festival in celebration of the life of 'the king.'

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Getting wet, happy among traditions at Laos' New Year

​A kaleidoscope of colored shirts, splashing water, music at high volume and enough merriment to put a smile on everybody's face, that is the spirit of Pi Mai Lao, as Laos' traditional New Year celebrations are known.

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Muslim mosques in Xinjiang 10 times those 30 years ago: spokesman

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has over 20,000 mosques, 10 times as many as it had more than three decades ago, spokesman for the annual session of China's top political advisory body said Monday.

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Muslim mosques in Xinjiang 10 times those 30 years ago

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has over 20,000 mosques, 10 times as many as it had more than three decades ago, spokesman for the annual session of China's top political advisory body said Monday.

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The party is over for SOEs conferences

"Best employee" got a Porsche. The "excellent" few scooped 500,000-yuan stocks and trips to Hong Kong. "Good" employees won cool gadgets like NOTE2 and IPhone 5s.

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Lack of leisure leaves Chinese languid

Wen has been working in a securities company in east China's Shandong province for two years. But he has never taken his paid annual leave of five days...