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The coronavirus pandemic is re-shaping startup culture in China

The past few months have been a rollercoaster ride for Abel Zhao, CEO and co-founder of TravelFlan, a Hong Kong-based AI-enabled travel startup. After raising seven million dollars in Series A fun

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Economic Watch: Plunging global oil prices batter upstream firms but boost refiners

The global oil price collapse is battering China's upstream oil companies but acts as a boon to downstream refineries, analysts said. Partly due to the coronavirus pan

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Divided EU leaders inch towards trillion euro coronavirus rescue plan

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and European Council President Charles Michel attend a news conference after a video conference with leaders of EU member states in Brussels

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Commentary: China's resumption of production anchors global supply chain

Employees work at a heavy-duty truck assembly line of Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group Co., Ltd. in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 23, 2020

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U.S. media slams claims that coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab

An independent U.S. media The Gray Zone has slammed the conspiracy theory spread by some "Trump media" that the novel coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), saying

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Many foreign companies remain confident in the Chinese market

03:09 Foreign companies have flocked to China since the start of reform and opening-up in the late 1970s. And they have benefited from China's economic growth over the past four decade

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Merkel says ‘things will remain hard for a very long time’ as pandemic is still at the beginning

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the end of the coronavirus pandemic is not yet in sight and that we will have to live with the virus “for a long time.”Speaking to

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Loans or grants? European leaders set to face off over coronavirus relief

There’s a lot at stake when European leaders host their fourth coronavirus call Thursday as they seek further funding to alleviate the economic shock from the pandemic.

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World Book and Copyright Day: COVID-19 shapes new reading habits

World Book and Copyright Day: COVID-19 shapes new reading habits. /CGTN Now more than ever, at a time when most schools worldwide are closed and people have to minimize their time outside, the

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Chinese aid delivered to Germany's Heidelberg

A batch of medical supplies from China has been delivered to Germany's southwestern city of Heidelberg to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statemen

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Coronabonds no, more EU funds yes, says would-be Merkel successor

Debt jointly issued by euro zone members is not the right way to counter the economic impact of the coronavirus, a leading candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela

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Poverty alleviation in Xinjiang: Why poor families move?

01:13 Sitting east of the Pamir plateau and to the west of the Tarim Basin, Aktau County has impressed visitors with its stunning snowy mountains and desert. But beyond

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Chernobyl forest fire still smoldering as nearly 1,400 rescuers work at site

A total of 1343 rescuers and 299 vehicles are still working on putting out the smoldering remaining at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the State Emergency Service of Ukr

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S. Korea reports 11 more COVID-19 cases, 10,694 in total

South Korea reported 11 more cases of the COVID-19 compared with the previous day as of midnight Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,694

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Putin, Erdogan discuss coronavirus, Syria, bilateral cooperation over phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation on Tuesday, discussing issues related to the coronavirus pa

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Italian artist draws homage to the solidarity China has shown Italy

Aurora Cantone, an 18-year-old self-taught illustrator and comic artist based in Naples, Italy, says she was almost born with a pencil in her hand. Drawing is the way she expresses her feelings and a

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Italy to start easing lockdown from May 4

Italy will announce before the end of this week its plans for gradual reopening starting from May 4 from a lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus emergency, Prime Mi