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China introduces measures to spur consumption from cars to furniture

Consumer spending has provided a forcible boost to China's economy growth in the first half of 2023, but weak points persist prompting the government to do more to leve

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Wang Yi calls for efforts for Asia's peace, prosperity, revitalization

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Monday called for joint efforts to protect, promote and achieve Asia's peace, prosperity and revitalization.Wang, director of the Off

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China sees over 274 million domestic trips during Labor Day holiday 2023

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Wednesday that a total of 274 million domestic trips were made nationwide during the Labor Day holiday in 2023, a y

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China's GDP expands 3% in 2022 despite various pressures

China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 3 percent year on year to 121.02 trillion yuan ($17.93 trillion) in 2022 despite being mired in various growth pressure

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China vows proactive fiscal policies to sustain people's livelihood

The recent annual Central Economic Work Conference has confirmed that China will stick to its proactive fiscal policy through the year to sustain people’s livelihood. F

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Russia's Transneft receives Polish and German requests for oil

Russia's Transneft has received requests from Poland and Germany for oil in 2023, head of the state oil supplier, Nikolay Tokarev, told Russia-24 TV on Monday, adding t

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Graphics: Things to know about Xi's New Year address

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed 2021 as a milestone year in China's history, in his New Year address delivered Friday evening in Beijing to ring in 2022.From eradic

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China beefs up COVID-19 containment for Spring Festival holiday

02:19 Measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak have been strengthened in China's transportation system as the Spring Festival, China's Lunar New Year is nearing. Th

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Netherlands commemorates 75th anniversary of surrender of Japan in WWII

In presence of Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands on Saturday had a national commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the surre

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Italy records lowest new COVID-19 cases since Feb. 27

Italy recorded 178 fresh cases of infection from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the lowest such figure since Feb. 27, the Civil Protection Department said

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Israeli PM Netanyahu, main rival Gantz ink emergency unity gov't deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, Benny Gantz, signed on Monday a deal to form an emergency unity government. The deal, between Netanyahu's

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Maldives bans entry of cruise ships over fears of COVID-19

The Maldivian government said on Friday that it had banned the entry of cruise ships following the outbreak of COVID-19 in several countries. Local media quoted Health

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Urumqi's housing renovation benefits over 90,000 households

More than 90,000 households in the city of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will see their neighborhoods transformed over the upc

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Nepal's Chitwan National Park records first rhino death of 2020

A young and rare one-horned rhinoceros has died in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP) in central Nepal, authorities confirmed. The baby rhino estimated to b