text

Factbox: China's economic performance in 2019

The National Bureau of Statistics Friday unveiled a raft of figures for China's economy in 2019, showing the country's high-quality development. The following are some

text

Beijing adopts regulation on emissions control

Lawmakers in Beijing have voted through a regulation to further control the emissions of automobiles and non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) at the annual session of the

text

U.S. Senate approves new trade deal with Canada and Mexico

File Photo: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) speaks to media in Washington D.C., the United States, on Feb. 14, 2019. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) The U.S. Senate approved a bill to implement th

text

5 nations seek compensation from Iran on plane crash victims' families

Flowers and candles are placed in front of portraits of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, at a memorial inside Borispil international

text

Greater Bay Area, Zhengzhou chosen as sub-venues of Spring Festival Gala 2020

China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Zhengzhou have been chosen as performance sub-venues of the Spring Festival Gala, according to the organizer on Tuesday.Produced by the China

text

Space Angels’ Chad Anderson on entering a new decade in the ‘entrepreneurial space age’

Space as an investment target is trending upwards in the VC community, but specialist firm Space Angels has been focused on the sector longer than most. The network of angel investors just published i

text

Pinterest’s diversity report is missing some key data

Pinterest today released its latest diversity report, showing slight gains in representation of underrepresented minorities while also hitting its three hiring goals.Th

text

Amazon’s fresh $1B investment in India is not a big favor, says India trade minister

India’s trade minister isn’t impressed with Amazon’s new $1 billion investment in the country.A day after Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos announced that his company is pumping in an additional $1

text

Cyral announces $11M Series A to help protect data in cloud

Cyral, an early stage startup that helps protect data stored in cloud repositories, announced an $11 million Series A today. The company also revealed a previous undisclosed $4.1 million angel investm

text

Beijing Royal Fighters edge Shenzhen, Beijing Ducks lose to Qingdao

Beijing Royal's Wang Shaojie shoots in a CBA match against Shenzhen, Beijing, January 15, 2020. Beijing had two teams playing in the 27th round of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on W

text

CPC leadership holds meeting to deliberate reports

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to deliberate three reports. Xi Jinping, general secretary of t

text

UK technology market growing ahead of Brexit

Despite Brexit, the UK technology market is thriving and shows no signs of slowing down. (Credit:ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) Brexit may be unnerving some industries in the UK. But it appears that tec

text

China to establish state catalog for medicines in short supply

China plans to set up a state catalog for medicines in short supply to strengthen early warning on medicine shortage and ensure drug supply, according to a draft gover

text

China starts pilot program to boost civil litigation efficiency

China's Supreme People's Court on Wednesday issued a plan on a pilot program to explore new ways to handle simple civil cases after separating such cases from those co

text

China to further push forward reform and opening up, says vice premier

China will further deepen domestic reforms and open up wider to the outside world, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said here on Wednesday. Liu, who signed the phase-one China-U.S. economic and trade agr

text

Getsafe, the German insurtech, brings its contents insurance app to UK

Getsafe, the German insurtech that offers home contents insurance via an app, has launched in the U.K., despite an increasingly competitive market for insurance in the country, and the thorny regulato

text

Volkswagen sales in China rise in 2019

Volkswagen Group China, together with its Chinese joint venture partners, delivered 4.23 million vehicles in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong market in 2019, up 0.6