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China's economy remains resilient amid epidemic outbreak: report

The resilience of China's economy cannot be underestimated amid the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) epidemic outbreak, though it posed direct harm to the service, manufacturing and trade sectors, ac

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Defeating coronavirus requires concerted efforts

Medical workers in Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, January 24, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Ssemanda Allawi is a PhD. candidate specializi

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Premier Li encourages flexible working schedule to curb outbreak

Workers produce medical masks in a factory in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, February 1, 2020. /Xinhua PhotoChinese Premier Li Keqiang encouraged a flexible working

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Xi Focus: Commanding China's fight against novel coronavirus outbreak

A new hospital built in just ten days in a Chinese city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus outbreak will soon start operation. Approved by Chairman of the Central Mi

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What's trending worldwide

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest world news published by Xinhua News Agency. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the National Defense A

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APD | First 2019-nCOV fatality outside China known in the Philippines

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA – Secretary Francisco T. Duque reported the first death from 2019-nCOV outside China in the Philippines at a press briefing at about

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( January 25 - February 1 )

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 | Brexit finally arriv

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Pastrnak's NHL-best 38th goal caps 6-1 Bruins romp past Wild

Players of Boston Bruins celebrate a goal during an NHL game against the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., February 1, 2020. /VCG Photo The Boston Bruins

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Warning: Coronavirus may spread further as Chinese get back to work

Screenshot from CCTV The novel coronavirus came at a bad time for China. January and February are the two months for the world's largest human migration, the "chunyun," or Spring Festival trav

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PBOC to inject $174 billion via reverse repos on Monday

China's central bank said on Sunday it will inject 1.2 trillion yuan (about 174 billion U.S. dollars) in liquidity via reverse repo on February 3, in order to maintain ample liquidity amid the cor

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Singapore PM confident China will win battle against novel virus

Singapore is confident that China and other countries will work together to win the battle against novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said here Saturday

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Brexit: What changes and what stays the same?

Brexit is the United Kingdom's biggest geopolitical move in decades. What will change and what will stay the same when Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday?PowerWhile the United

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Britain embarks on future outside EU with trade talks looming large

Britain began an uncertain future outside the European Union on Saturday, as it gears up for likely gruelling negotiations on future relations with the EU after the his

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What's it like to be a Uygur student studying in China's inland areas?

00:36 More students in western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region now have the opportunity to study in more developed areas of the country. According to official data, Xinjiang h

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China Focus: All-out efforts demonstrate China's ability to contain epidemic

Fewer cars, empty streets, quiet stations and smaller crowds in the supermarkets, this year's Spring Festival is quite different from previous years with the novel cor

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UN chief calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in NW Syria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in northwest Syria. The UN chief is "deeply concerned" about the ong

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Report: WeWork has a new CEO and he’s a real estate — not a tech — exec

If WeWork wanted to cement the impression that it no longer strives to be viewed as a tech company but rather as a real estate giant focused on leasing space to millennials and enterprise customers,