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China bans Scratch, MIT’s programming language for kids

China’s enthusiasm for teaching children to code is facing a new roadblock as organizations and students lose an essential tool: the Scratch programming language developed by the Lifelong Kinder

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Protests rock U.S. cities on holiday weekend; Jacob Blake speaks out

00:50 Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin last month, spoke out for the first time from his hospital bed as dueling d

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What will happen to international travelers after they arrive Beijing?

Staff of the Daxing isolation center move a table to prepare meal distribution for travelers from international flights, Beijing, China. /Beijing Youth DailyOn Thursday

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'France Reboot': Government unveils its $118bn COVID-19 recovery plan

The French government said its "absolute priority is employment" as it unveiled a mammoth $118 billion stimulus package meant to pull the country out of the deepest economic crisis since World War II

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Global Business Daily: French $118bn fund, drug giants' vaccine trial

"It's an ambitious objective but perfectly achievable."French Prime Minister Jean Castex said the aim of a new $118 billion government recovery fund, to reach pre-pandemic GDP levels by 2022, was far

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Beijing film festival concludes with 33B yuan contracts inked

The shortest Beijing Intentional Film Festival (BJIFF) ended on Saturday with over 300 Chinese and foreign films screened and total deals worth 33.09 billion yuan signed, which could still be consider

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Save the food: Raising awareness of food waste among young Chinese

More than 80 percent of roughly 2,000 respondents said they are aware of food waste issues, and more than 84 percent of the Gen-Z group made it clear they were eager to

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( Aug. 22 - Aug. 28 )

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Japanese PM Abe resi

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Global Business Daily: Virgin deal, Ant Group IPO, KFC change

"Achieving this milestone puts Virgin Atlantic in a position to rebuild its balance sheet ... and welcome passengers back to the skies as soon as they are ready to travel."That's the joyous statement

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'Uneducated racists, clinging to guns and Bibles'

Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a journalist who has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban

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Muze redesigns mobile messaging as a free-form canvas for creativity

New York-based startup Muze is rethinking mobile messaging. While today’s messaging apps have expanded over the years to include support for sharing photos and videos, voice messages, reactions

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Netflix’s ‘Emily’s Wonder Lab’ is smart, interactive science TV for kids

Netflix’s children’s programming library continues to grow, and its latest is one of its best original offerings yet – Emily’s Wonder Lab, a TV series hosted by engineer, space expe

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Russia interested in cooperation with China on 5G: Russian FM

Russia is interested in cooperation with China on 5G technology, TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "We will definitel

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Youth Olympic champion Chen takes surprising victory in China's street high jump contest

2020 Chinese Athletics Street Tour (CAST) high jump competition was held in a downtown area in Beijing on Saturday night. BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- 2018 Youth Olympi

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Beijing film festival sells out screenings in minutes

The upcoming 10th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) launched presales of tickets to those films to be screened at the festival at noon on Wednesday, and sold out fast.Based on the requiremen

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Shenzhen's Qianhai: A place for Hong Kong entrepreneurs to innovate

06:01 It's been four decades since the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). From the onset, the city saw liberalized econo

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Aug. 20)

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2020 shows children of Zhaojue Real Madrid team playing footb