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US wants to privatize International Space Station: report

CouldtheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)becomeacommercialventurerunbyprivateindustry?ThatisthewishoftheWhiteHouse,whichhopestoendfundingforthecostlyprogramwithina

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China launches remote sensing satellites SuperView-1 03/04

Chinalaunchedapairof0.5-meterhigh-resolutionremotesensingsatellitesTuesdayfromtheTaiyuanSatelliteLaunchCenterinnorthChina'sShanxiProvince.Thesatellites,SuperVie

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Banks can use reserves to shore up Spring Festival liquidity in China

ThePeople’sBankofChinahasdecidedtosetupanarrangementforthetemporaryutilizationofreserves,soastomeetthedemandoftemporaryliquidityarisingfromcommercialbanks’large

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Space industry is getting a boost from venture backers

MorethantwobillionUSdollarsofprivatecapitalhasbeeninvestedinthecommercialspaceindustrycompaniesin2017,accordingtoalatestreportfrominvestmentfirmSpaceAngelsrelea

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IKEA apologizes for its inappropriate Chinese commercial

“Don’tcallmemomifyoucan’tgetaboyfriend.”ThislinefromIKEA’slatestcommercialinChinasparkedoutrageonInternetrecently,asmanypeopleconsideredthatitsentoutwrongmessag

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China's banks to offer better deals amid tightened liquidity

Tighteningliquidityinthemoneymarketduringthepastfewweekshasforcedcommercialbankstoincreasetheinterestratestheyofferforwealthmanagementproducts.Thecentralbankhas

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Miranda Kerr Offers Advice to Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid

Miranda Kerr is only 33, but she's already a supermodel veteran, considering she has been modeling for two decades now. In that time, her impressive resume reads as long as a designer runway. It includes things like being a Victoria's Secret Angel for the past decade, appearing on countless international magazine covers and being one of the highest paid models in the world. So, Miranda Kerr is more than qualified to be dish out sagely supermodel advice. And now, she's sending some out to the next class of young supermodels (and Angels), namely Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.

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Weightless tourism just 4 years away

ChinaRocket is planning commercial voyages to the mesosphere in 2020

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NASA to invite private companies to install modules on space station

​U.S. space agency NASA has opened its door to allow private companies to install their own modules on the International Space Station.

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U.S. resumes scheduled commercial flights to Cuba after over half century

After 55 years of interruption, Cuba and the United States on Wednesday re-established regular commercial direct flights, marking a concrete step in thawing ties between the former Cold War foes.

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US media outrage over detergent ad is pot calling the kettle black: SCMP

The Qiaobi detergent TV commercial on the mainland is indeed racist and offensive. Yet, even more interesting, is why it seems to provoke outrage only in the US media and not anywhere else in the world.

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Racial sensitivity urged as ad causes outrage, Chinese company offers apology

The Chinese firm behind a detergent commercial featuring a black man crammed into a washing machine who emerges as a light-skinned Asian has apologised after the commercial went viral overseas and was held up as an example of Chinese prejudices.

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China to curb speculation in forward forex transactions

China's new measure requiring commercial banks to pay risk deposit for forward foreign exchange sales aims to raise the cost of forex speculation and avoid excessive fluctuation, the central bank said Tuesday.

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Box office shows appeal of art films

The box office success "Black Coal, Thin Ice" has raised cinemas' confidence in art films.

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China to allow private investors to establish rural commercial banks

China will allow private investors to establish rural commercial banks to inject more funds into the countryside and boost rural development, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.