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Book series on classical Chinese novels published

A series of books on classical Chinese novels have been published by the People's Literature Publishing House, compiling 54 volumes of 25 classics that represent the hi

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Apple awards $10 million to rapidly scale COVID-19 sample collection kit production

Apple has awarded $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a company focused on producing sample collection kits for testing COVID-19 to hospitals in the U.S. The money c

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Online ticket booking to be the new travel trend for May Day holiday

Booking tickets to tourist attractions in advance and taking road trips are expected to become the new travel trends in China during the upcoming May Day holiday, accor

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Emergent BioSolutions gets $14.5M in federal funding to expedite COVID-19 plasma therapy development

Last week, we spoke to the Head of Emergent BioSolutions’ Therapeutics Business Unit Dr. Laura Saward about her company’s work developing plasma-based potential treatments for COVID-19. No

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DoorDash now delivers from over 1,800 convenience stores nationwide

DoorDash announced today it’s expanding beyond food to also deliver from convenience stores, like 7-Eleven, Wawa, CircleK, Casey’s General Store and others. The service is partnering with

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China's express parcels to see double-digit growth in 2020: report

China's express delivery sector is expected to report a double-digit growth in parcel volume this year, an official report said. The country is expected to see over 74

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China to further boost its int'l air freight capacity to stabilize supply chains

China will take further steps to boost the country's international air freight capacity to stabilize supply chains, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Tues

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China becomes growth champion at European Patent Office

Patent applications originating from China at the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 29.2 percent in 2019, the highest growth rate among the ten leading patent filing countries, to 12,247 applicati

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Uxin takes measures in response to evolving situation associated with COVID-19

Uxin Limited (“Uxin”), a leading online used car dealer in China, outlined the active measures it has taken to adapt its business and ensure business continuity in response to the evolving situation

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China's courier industry reels from coronavirus; revenues down in Jan.

A SF Express deliveryman takes parcels from the trike, Qingdao, Shandong Province, November 16, 2019. /VCG Parcel-delivery companies saw a decline in revenues in January, due to shrinking busi

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U.S. agricultural exports to China to reach 14 bln USD for FY 2020: USDA

U.S. agricultural exports to China are expected to reach roughly 14 billion U.S. dollars for the fiscal year 2020, which ends Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday. It

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With Tony Fadell’s help, Advano is building battery components to power an electric future

Using scrap silicon as its feedstock, a New Orleans-based company called Advano has raised $18.5 million to manufacture battery components to enable more powerful, smaller, and longer lasting batterie

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Full body X-ray scanners planned to fight crime in British prisons

Cutting-edge advanced X-ray body scanners, developed specifically for Britain's prison service, will be installed at jails posing the greatest risk of smuggling, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announc

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Where FaZe Clan sees the future of gaming and entertainment

Lee Trink has spent nearly his entire career in the entertainment business. The former president of Capitol Records is now the head of FaZe Clan, an esports juggernaut that is one of the most recogniz

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APD | Sri Lanka prepared to face impact of new US sanctions on Iran

By APD writer Easwaran COLOMBO, Jan 9 (APD) -- Sri Lanka on Thursday said that it is prepared to face any impact from new US sanctions on Iran, the Government said tod

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Strong dollars supports rise in New Zealand terms of trade

New Zealand's terms of trade held near a 40-year high during the quarter to the end of June, with the strong dollar holding down import price and offsetting a drop in exports, the government statistics agency announced Monday.