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How do wealthy Chinese spend money overseas?

In recent years, more and more countries have begun taking measures to attract Chinese consumers due to their growing purchasing power. Data from China's Ministry of Commerce shows that overseas consumption of Chinese people in 2015 is estimated to have reached 1.2 trillion yuan. China remains the world's largest consumer of outbound travel.

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How Los Angeles is changing the way men dress

As menswear grows less formal, L.A. is emerging as a new style capital. (Just ask Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane.) Here’s how to ace its smart take on casual, even if the nearest palm tree is 1,000 miles away.

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Google disabled 49% more ads in 2015

Google disabled 49% more ads in 2015 than the prior year, as the Internet giant developed new ways to detect a rising tide of dubious online marketing tactics.

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Australia's Defence Force to pay out millions in sexual, physical abuse compensation

Australia's Defence Department could be forced to hand over millions of dollars in payouts to current and former employees, after local media uncovered more than 300 compensation claims for abuse, damages, personal injury and a "defective administration".

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Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb?

This year’s nominations led Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith to announce on Martin Luther King’s Birthday that they would not be attending the ceremony.

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Migration policy failure endangers EU itself

The stormy debate around the refugee crisis, which reopened here Tuesday at the plenary session of the European Parliament, made clear the stalemate in which the European Union (EU) finds itself, as well as the growing schism between its member states facing a serious threat to the Schengen Zone.

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Chinese e-commerce platform finishes world's largest O2O fundraising

​E-commerce platform Meituan&Dazhongdianping finished the world's largest online-to-offline (o2o) fundraising campaign, the company announced Tuesday.

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Japanese department store to use China's Alipay

Japanese department store chain Kintetsu announced on Monday that it will introduce China's online payment solution Alipay in four of its department stores in Osaka so as to attract more Chinese tourists.

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Commentary: At China-initiated AIIB, openness begets confidence

​The open nature of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an initiative of China, has inspired confidence around the world.

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Thor star Chris Hemsworth to be face of Australian tourism

​Australian actor Chris Hemsworth who achieved his fame by starring in Hollywood blockbuster Thor, has become the face of his home country's tourism, Minister for Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck said on Friday.

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China Exim Bank boosts lending to Belt and Road projects

​The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) made more loans last year to countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious program proposed by China for local growth and regional cooperation.

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Traveling to the heart of Antarctica

The voyage to the remote, frozen Antarctic landscape, the impossible terrain of explorers such as Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton only a century ago, is suddenly a day trip

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What will the weaker yuan mean for you?

​The depreciation of the Chinese currency, the yuan, has made headlines around the globe as its impact could be widespread.

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Chinese startups embrace mergers

Market pressures drive consolidation; shopping sites Mogujie, Meilishuo to combine.

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Why is it so hard to pass gun laws in US?

The issue of gun control has been one of the most intractable for President Barack Obama during his two terms in office.

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Obama unveils executive actions to curb gun violence

​U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled a handful of executive measures on gun control, including expanding background checks, calling for "a sense of urgency" about gun violence.

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China's companies look abroad as film prospers

This year has been historic for China's film industry.As of Dec. 3, China's total box office sales for 2015 reached a record high of 40.05 billion yuan (6.18 billion U.S. dollars).