The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been desperately seeking to find a new geopolitical opponent in order to cement the alliance, and the Ukrainian situation was their perfect chance to move in that direction, a high-ranking Russian diplomat said Monday.
China is endeavoring to launch a new high-level opening-up process in 2014, according to Premier Li Keqiang's recent government work report.
China has issued a plan to open up its largely monopolized oil and gas pipelines, in a bid to increase the facilities' efficiency, energy authority said on Monday.
China's central government has given the nod to 12 free trade zones (FTZs) following the one in Shanghai, amid a spurt of nationwide enthusiasm for such schemes.
China will set up three to five fully private banks on a trial basis this year in a bid to further open up the banking sector to domestic and foreign capital, China's banking regulator said Monday.
The Obama administration on Monday extended the sign-up deadline for healthcare plans under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul through Tuesday.
Fourteen members of the Taliban insurgent group surrendered in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, said the provincial governor on Wednesday. "A 14-member group of Taliban under Gulan Khan renounced the violence and joined the peace and reintegration process in Sawkai district earlier on Wednesday," governor Shujah ul-Mulk Jalala told Xinhua.
The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday approved a welfare-related public assistance law with a focus on tougher punishment on illegal receiving welfare money, according to local media.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Monday that his country will deepen reform and opening-up in all respects, as Chinese economy has entered a new stage of development.
Standing on giants' shoulders to see further, China's metropolis Shanghai now tests and spearheads the nation's reform and opening-up drive, after an economic miracle created through such efforts spanning more than 30 years.
Although the government has not yet given out details or set out a timeline for the newly established pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, the move has caused quite a stir in the world's second-largest economy.
The approval of establishment of a pilot free trade zone in the eastern business hub of Shanghai indicates an important move for China's further reform and opening up, analysts say.
At least 235 people were killed and over 2,000 injured in clashes across Egypt after the police started at dawn to disperse supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi at two major sit-in sites, a Health Ministry official told Xinhua Wednesday evening.
China will step up efforts to build up its service industry to make it a new engine to power sustainable growth, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
An annual survey conducted by the University of Hong Kong shows its undergraduates employment rate reached 99.7 percent in 2012.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday wrapped up its spring meetings with calls for a mix of policies to boost growth and employment worldwide.
The S&P 500 rallied so close to its record closing high in the first hour of Monday' s trading, just 0.24 points shy of that level, boosted by a last-minute bailout deal for Cyprus.
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