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What's in the 'sanitary packages' given to overseas Chinese students?

China has about 1.6 million students studying abroad. Many returned home after the COVID-19 pandemic began its global spread, but about 1.42 million have stayed in thei

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China steps up support for work resumption in free trade zones

China's trade promotion agencies have taken a string of measures to help enterprises in pilot free trade zones return to work, according to the China Council for the P

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Xinhua Headlines: Construction of Xiongan New Area back on fast track as epidemic eases

As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has been basically contained in China, the construction of Xiongan ,often billed as China's "city of the future," has resumed i

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Saudi intercepts missiles over curfew-locked Riyadh amid pandemic

Smoke billows up following an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, February 23, 2020. /AFP Saudi air defenses interce

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The world must avoid a second wave of COVID-19 infections

Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.China's National Health Commission spok

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The race between economics and COVID-19

Editor's note: Mohamed A. El-Erian is chief economic Adviser at Allianz, chairman of U.S. President Barack Obama's Global Development Council. He is also an author, most recently, of The Only Game

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India to use train carriages as coronavirus isolation wards

Disinfecting a grave before the burial of a woman who died of coronavirus, Ahmedebab, India, March 28, 2020. /Reuters India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway carriages into

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Universities combat COVID-19: Response and responsibility

Students do exercises on the playground at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, November 7, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: Qiu Yong is the President of Tsinghua University, China. T

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How Belgium's homeless are coping with the lockdown

02:37 A few years ago, Elvira Aliraje fled Albania and an abusive husband. The 32-year-old mother of two said her spouse would hit her in front of her children."I don't have contact wi

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(Infographic) Overseas economic and trade co'op zones, new model for Chinese businesses to go global

BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- After a decade of development, overseas economic and trade cooperation zones (COCZs) now serve as a new platform for Chinese businesses to go global, especially when the

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It’s still easy to find coronavirus mask ads on Facebook

Ads for face masks are still appearing on Facebook, Instagram and Google, according to a review of the platforms carried out by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). This despite pledges by the platf

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Delivery Hero urges users to go cashless, no contact for food deliveries

Delivery Hero has switched to cash-less, non-contact for deliveries in areas it defines as “high risk” for the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to reduce personal contact between cour

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Japan faces myriad problems in hosting delayed Olympics

The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games for around a year amid the global spread of the coronavirus has come as little shock to the organizers,

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GitLab offers key lessons in running an all-remote workforce in new e-book

As companies that used to having workers in the same building struggle to find ways to work from home, one company that has been remote from Day One is GitLab . It recently published a handbook to hel

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Will Trump sacrifice lives in exchange for another presidential term?

00:31 As most parts of the Western world are in lockdown with an aim of saving people from the rapidly spreading coronavirus, U.S. President Donald Trump has his eyes on the economy, r

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Roundup: UN's many humanitarian roles continue amid coronavirus pandemic

From the UN chief's plea for a halt in hostilities in all conflict zones to instead fight the coronavirus, to peacekeepers in Cyprus ensuring humanitarian deliveries g

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China boosts corss-border trade, counters COVID-19 strains

China pledged to to ramp up support for cross-border trade in further effort to facilitate foreign trade amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The co