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Asia Album: Lunar New Year decorations glisten at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay

Workers attach shrubs to the Chinese zodiac sculptures, part of the Lunar New Year decorations, at the Singapore's Gardens by the Bay on Jan. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey) SINGAPORE, Jan. 10 (Xin

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Central banks face a year of mounting challenges

Editor's note: Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, was chairman of former U.S. president Barack Obama's Global Development Council. He is the author, most recently,of"The Only

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Leonardo DiCaprio to donate 3 mln USD for Australia bushfire relief

Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental organization said Thursday it will donate 3 million U.S. dollars to help firefighting efforts in Australia. The Oscar winner's Earth Alliance

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Why Africa welcomes China's friendship

Editor's note: Sibusiso Moyo is Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.There is a debate

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Spotlight: China's import expo road show attracts crowd of Israeli officials, businesses

The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) road show was held on Thursday in the Israeli city Tel Aviv, attracting more than 100 delegates from the Israeli gover

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U.S., Chinese businesspeople hope for brighter bilateral trade prospects

U.S. and Chinese businesspeople have expressed hopes that China-U.S. trade relations will move forward in a direction that will benefit both sides. On the sidelines of the 15th Anniversary and Lunar

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Senegalese Olympic Committee President says Wushu enjoys high popularity in Africa

Though Wushu's Youth Olympic Games debut is two years away, the Chinese Kungfu has already enjoyed high popularity in Senegal as well as in Africa, said Mamadou N'Diaye, President of Senegalese Nati

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Sri Lanka prepared for economic uncertainty following U.S.-Iran tension

COLOMBO, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government on Thursday said it is prepared to face economic uncertainty following escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, two of Sri Lanka's

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CES2020 reveals challenges and opportunities of Chinese tech

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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Feature: Worries, wishes of an Australian town close to bushfires

If without the bushfires, Braidwood in the southeast of Australia would have been busy at this time of the year, greeting tourists going to the beach of Batemans Bay. But the bushfires on New Year's

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Egypt, China officials hold forum on governance, sustainable development

Egyptian and Chinese officials held on Wednesday night a forum in Cairo to exchange expertise on modernization of governance to boost Egypt's Vision 2030 for sustainab

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Book interpreting China's law on cryptography published

A book interpreting China's law on cryptography, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2020, has been published to promote publicity and implementation of the new law and enhan

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UN biodiversity meeting gets Chinese art style logo

Photo shows the logo for COP15. (Xinhua) The logo for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity was unveiled in Beijing on Thursday with distinctive Chine

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Australians prepare as "extreme" fire danger returns: official

With bushfire conditions set to deteriorate once more, Australian firefighters and communities scrambled with whatever preparations possible to help reduce the risk to lives and property over the di

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Trump signals de-escalation after Iranian attack results in no casualties

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that no casualties resulted from Iran's missiles strikes in Iraq on Tuesday, sending signals of de-escalation while threat

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Plant-based pork launched at CES 2020

In the fashionable Kumi Japanese restaurant, over 100 hungry attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) clustered around food prep counters sizzling with woks to gorge themselves on a popular

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Calls for better air-quality reporting in Australia as bushfire smoke blankets cities

Large parts of Australia, including major cities Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have spent the better part of this summer suffocated by thick smoke from bushfires raging on the country's east coast.