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Why the U.S. won't allow Pompeo's Taiwan gambit to succeed

Editor's note:Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduate with an MSc degree in Contemporary Chinese Studies. His primary research interests are China's international relations and "socialism wi

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An ‘orchard of bad apples’ weighs on new Afghan peace talks

Afghan negotiators are to resume talks with the Taliban on Tuesday aimed at finding an end to decades of relentless conflict even as hopes wane and frustration and fear

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2020: The year of the omelet

Editor's note:Millions of lives took a dramatic turn in 2020. As we move into a new year, it's time to look back at the most startling events over the past 12 months in China and beyond. The fifth

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Could Nazi shipwreck discovery solve World War II mystery?

Polish divers say they have found the wreckage of a German World War II ship, which could solve the mystery of a missing ornate chamber. /Thomasz Stachura/Baltictech/Reuters. Polish divers say

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China's Great Green Reset: Carbon neutrality by 2060

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the 75th annual UN General Assembly, September 22, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note: Wu Changhua is executive director of the Profess

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Asian stocks follow Wall Street lower, nervous wait for U.S. jobs data

Asia's stock markets had their worst session in two weeks on Friday following a tech-led plunge on Wall Street, though gains in safer assets like bonds and dollars were muted as investors awaited U.S

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China launches phase-2 underwater survey for sunken battleship from First Sino-Japanese War

China on Monday launched the second phase of an underwater survey on a Chinese battleship sunk in the Yellow Sea by the invading Japanese fleet in 1894. The survey wor

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Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135

Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing in the wreckage of buildings on Wednesday as investigations blamed negligence for a massive warehouse exp

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Iran says economy cannot be shut down despite worsening virus outbreak

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says Iran must continue economic, social and cultural activities while observing health protocols. /AFP Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for b

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Foreign capital keeps flowing into China amid COVID-19, U.S.-China trade tensions

Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows containers at the Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's foreign trade showed signs of stabili

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Microsoft’s Build keynote showcases the accessibility and awkwardness of online events

“We’re living through extraordinary times,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opened his Build 2020 keynote on a somber note. It was an odd tonal shift following the event introduction by hosts Seth Juarez

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COVID-19 Frontline: Experience in hospitalization & treatment measures

Editor's note: According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, as of May 19, there are more than 4.62 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 312,000 deaths across the world. On CGTN's li

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Argentina and how to avoid global financial catastrophe

Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is professor of sustainable development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University, director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Developm

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Boeing and Embraer abandon a $4.2bln deal in the face of coronavirus

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 takes off during a flight test in Renton, Washington, January 29, 2016. /Reuters Boeing Co on Saturday pulled out of a 4.2 billion U.S. dollars deal to buy Embraer's commerc

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Coronavirus rattles NASA, but Commercial Crew and Mars Perseverance rover are on track

Most of NASA’s facilities around the country have been shut down, and while some teams can work (and drive a Mars rover) from home, others are knuckling down to get some crucial missions out th

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Bank of China U.S.A. donates masks, gloves to first responders, essential workers

Staff members from Bank of China New York Branch and a representative from nursing facility The Hebrew Home at Riverdale pose for a photo on the occasion of handing ove

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SoftBank reportedly balks at commitment to buy $3B in shares from WeWork shareholders

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that SoftBank Group is using regulatory investigations as a way to back out of its commitment to buy $3 billion in shares from existing WeWork shareholders.WeWork&