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Australian tourism exports see record growth last year

More overseas tourists came to Australia last year, spending more and staying longer, making 2015 the year with the highest-ever growth in international visitor expenditure, Minister for Trade and Investment Steve Ciobo announced Wednesday.

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China's diplomacy more extroverted, confident: EU experts

​As the Chinese leadership has conducted a series of high-level visits to several countries since 2015, some European experts say that the Chinese government seems to push on with a more extroverted and confident diplomacy.

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Palestine's Abbas urges int'l community to support peace conference

​Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Thursday the international community to support an international peace conference to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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The international-law irony of U.S. provocations in South China Sea

​In disregard to China's call not to disturb peace in the South China Sea, the United States has carried out another "freedom of navigation" mission there, with a U.S. Navy destroyer sailing within 12 nautical miles off Zhongjian Dao, part of China-owned Xisha Islands.

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Int'l passengers via Japan's Kansai airport in 2015 reach record high

​The number of passengers on international flights via Japan's Kansai International Airport in 2015 reached a new record high due to increasing LCC (low-cost carrier) flights from China and other Asian countries, said the New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. on Monday.

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Iran to improve ties with West "gradually" as sanctions lifted: expert

Iran would manage to decrease tensions with the West "gradually" after the international deal on Tehran's nuclear program started to be implemented and Western sanctions were removed, an Iranian expert said.

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Palestinians determined to internationalize their cause amid stalled peace

The Palestinians are determined to internationalize their cause, as an option to end the unfruitful peace talks with Israel which have been stalled since April 2014, according to analysts.

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An uphill struggle: Chinese students' endeavor to fit in on U.S. Campus

On a summer day in 2010, 18-year-old Jane Yu quick-stepped through the cool morning wind in Iowa state, central U.S., a backpack over her shoulder. She was a freshman of the Iowa State University.

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New law allows PLA to undertake counterterror missions overseas

China's new counter-terrorism law has made it legal for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to participate in counterterror missions overseas.

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S. Korea to set up new marine training center in Myanmar

South Korea is planning to set up a new training center in Myanmar to help improve the capacity of local seafarers, official media reported Tuesday.

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Fears raised over missed target in New Zealand shipping safety regime

New Zealand shipping regulators are cutting back on their safety and security inspections of foreign-flagged ships, raising fears the industry is being left to regulate itself.

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China embraces "blossoming season" of its proactive major-country diplomacy

With roughly two weeks left before year's end, China is embracing a "blossoming season" of its proactive foreign diplomacy.

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China has made tangible contribution to progress in addressing climate change

As the climate change summit has unveiled on Monday in Paris, China, one of the major players in the fight against climate change, has made tangible contribution to the ambitious task of addressing global climate change over recent years.

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Terrorism issue central in U.S. Vice President meeting with Italian PM

​U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Rome on Friday to discuss cooperation against terrorism and other international issues, which aroused reflection among local experts about the U.S. and Italian role in the fight against the Islamic State (IS).

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China plays constructive role in maintaining stability in South China Sea

As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), China has been committed to preserving the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and to safeguarding peace and stability in the region.

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China's policy paper calls for new mode of int'l relations

China on Monday called for a new mode of international relations with win-win cooperation as the core.

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Iran, Brazil urge political solutions to Syria's conflicts

​Iran's foreign minister and his visiting Brazilian counterpart called here on Sunday for the political solutions to ongoing crisis in Syria.