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China's agriculture upgrade to accelerate in next decade: report

The transformation and upgrading of agriculture in China will significantly accelerate in the next 10 years, and the level of agricultural modernization will steadily

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China's housing rental market remains stable in Q1: report

China's housing rental market maintained moderate growth in the first quarter despite that the novel coronavirus outbreak wreaked havoc on economic activities, an indu

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False racism claims can't dampen China-Africa ties

Jiang Yuandong, member of the Chinese medical team in Zimbabwe, helps a local health official put on a face mask in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 23, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Ssemanda Allawi is

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Hong Kong's flagship airline to close U.S. cabin crew bases due to COVID-19

Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific will close its cabin crew bases in the United States involving near 300 flight attendants due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the

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How global public health could revive multilateralism

A worker carries medical supplies from China at Algiers international airport in Algiers, Algeria, April 15, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Arancha González is former Executive Director of

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Amid pandemic, Greece issues bond to display 'confidence'

Greece has launched a 7-year bond auction, taking advantage of an improvement in borrowing rates driven by massive European stimulus packages to address the impact of t

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Mass grave and historical health care layoffs: COVID-19 in U.S.

00:37 The U.S. is facing a harder situation fighting against the COVID-19 outbreak asthe New York City was found to be using mass grave to bury dead bodies, and the much-needed health

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Pandemic socialism

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) addresses a news conference at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 13, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Willem H. Buiter, a former chief

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South Africa's rand weakens as coronavirus jitters linger

FILE PHOTO: South African bank notes featuring images of former South African President Nelson Mandela (R) are displayed next to the American dollar notes in this photo illustration in Johannesbu

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Tibet leads China in income growth rate in 2019

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region saw robust growth in residents' incomes last year, the regional statistics bureau said Wednesday. The per capita disposable i

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Diary in Rome: As Rome's coronavirus lockdown drags on, number of rule-breakers is rising

A woman walks on a street in Turin, Italy, on April 4, 2020. (Photo by Federico Tardito/Xinhua) Italy has been in a nationwide lockdown for nearly a month to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Italian regions testing for signs of coronavirus immunity

A health worker wearing a protective gear takes a swab from a person sitting in a car, as the spread of coronavirus continues, in Giugliano in Campania, Italy, April 6, 2020. /Reuters Authorit

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China Focus: China's bumper grain harvest "highly probable" despite COVID-19

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday that it is a "high-probability event" that the country will see a bumper grain harvest in 2020 as ample reserves and stabl

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Xinhua Headlines: China lifts foreign ownership limits on securities, fund management firms

China lifted the limitations on the ratio of foreign shareholding in securities and fund management firms on Wednesday, allowing them to set up wholly-owned units on th

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Central Bank digital currencies gain allure amid a dollar spike

Editor's note: Huang Yongfu is an economic affairs commentator. After his Ph.D., he started working at the University of Cambridge and then moved on to the UN. He is an author of many papers and b

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Chinese premier holds phone call with Croatian PM over COVID-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held a phone conversation on Friday night with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), over the CO

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Spotlight: Why U.S. leads world in diagnosed COVID-19 cases in short term

With over 85,800 diagnosed COVID-19 cases by Thursday night, the United States has registered the highest national total in the world, and has also witnessed a rapid surge in confirmed cases, wit