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Across China: Green farming brings fresh lease of life for tea planters

Wang Yunpeng, 58, who has been engaged in tea plantation for more than 40 years, used to be apprehensive that his decades-long experience was being challenged by the s

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Explore one of China's largest intelligent tomato greenhouses

04:59 Red, plump and juicy – Hongfu tomatoes have been selling well at supermarket chains across China, from Carrefour in Beijing to Metro in Shanghai. Their quality an

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China's central bank issues 10 bln yuan of bills in Hong Kong

China's central bank on Tuesday issued 10 billion yuan (about 1.42 billion U.S. dollars) of six-month renminbi central bank bills in Hong Kong with an interest rate of

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Big data technology assists grassland restoration in Inner Mongolia

As a drone buzzed overhead taking aerial photos of the prairies in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Zhang Wenbiao took soil samples on the ground.Work in the area has been going on sin

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Global stocks retreat on rising second wave fears

Asian stocks and Wall Street futures fell on Thursday as spiking coronavirus cases in some U.S. states and China crushed hopes of a quick global economic comeback from the pandemic.SP 500 mini fut

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Credit-focused fintech startup Upgrade raises $40M after reaching $100M run rate

This morning Upgrade, a credit-focused fintech startup, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series D round that the company says gives it a $1 billion valuation. The Upgrade round slots neatly

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China launches new Earth observation satellite

China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:19 p.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time).The satellite Gaofen-9 03, sent into orbit by a L

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CMU demonstrates nanoscale technology that causes plants to absorb nutrients with nearly 100% efficiency

Spraying plants with fertilizers and pesticides is typically a highly lossy affair – as little as 1% of the substances currently used in industrial and food production farming is actually taken up by

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China to see bumper summer harvest, wheat yields and quality up

China will see a bumper harvest of grains this summer thanks to stable grain acreage and improved crop yields, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Monda

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SW China township grows cherries to boost local economy

Cherries grow in Jiashan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Li Yang/CGTN Early in the morning, Long Tingheng and his family take baskets o

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Stabilizing the economic impact of COVID-19

Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial technical analysis expert.He has provided weekly Shanghai Index analysis for Chinese mainland media for more than a decade. Guppy appears r

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This startup just raised $12 million from top VCs to offer financial planning as an employee perk

Companies increasingly recognize that one of the greatest stresses for their employees is financial wellness. Even at innovative tech startups, people typically bump up against the limits of how much

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Economic Watch: China eyes shared opportunity ahead of upcoming online Canton Fair

China's oldest and largest trade fair is bracing for a new form of "cloud exhibition" from June 15 to 24 as part of efforts to stabilize global supply and industrial c

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China's big reductions in emissions

Blue sky in Beijing. /VCGChina has seen vast reductions in emissions of major pollutants, in stark contrast with increased output in the industrial and agricultural sec

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Global Business Daily: OECD warning, EU external borders, Huawei in UK

"If a second outbreak occurs triggering a return to lockdowns, world economic output is forecast to plummet 7.6 percent this year."The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is

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Will negative interest rates help economies shake off COVID-19?

06:08 Normally, people and firms can earn interest income from their bank deposits, but imagine if banks charged you for storing money with them?This is not fiction but indeed has been

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Brazil expects record grain output in 2020

Brazil expects to see a record grain output of 245.9 million tons this year, or 1.8 percent more than the previous year's 241.5 million tons, the state-run Brazilian I