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Countdown begins for Hangzhou G20 summit

A 100-day countdown for the Group of 20 (G20) 2016 summit was launched on Friday in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.

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Housing crisis in China's "Silicon Valley": Huawei, other hi-tech giants head for cheaper cities as rising costs deter talent

Shenzhen, the southern city known as China’s Silicon Valley, could be losing its lustre due to a housing affordability crisis much like the one that struck the American original.

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“Anger is growing”: Okinawa murder prompts city councils to vote for smaller US bases

Several city assemblies in the Okinawa Prefecture yesterday unanimously passed a resolution to protest the murder of a local woman to which a civilian United States base worker has allegedly confessed.

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Bloody bombings in Syria's coastal city show IS brutality

​Bloody bombings used to be only TV news for the people in Syria's coastal city of Jableh untile violent blasts claimed shockingly high death toll on Monday.

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Japanese love Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City

Tokyo exhibition of photos from a 1992 book about the notorious high-rise slum - one of three published in Japan before any appeared in Chinese - the latest example of a Japanese fascination with Kowloon Walled City, writes Violet Law

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Minami-Soma Mayor blasts nuclear power to students visiting from Taiwan

The Minami-Soma Mayor has lamented to visiting Taiwanese students how the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe tore his city apart, with 27,000 residents still unable to return to their homes.

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Antalya, Turkey -- City on Belt and Road

Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area.

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Antalya, embracing cooperation opportunities at the Road's west end

As one of the original members of the United Nations Maritime-Continental Silk Road Cities Alliance, Antalya city is going to play more important roles in cooperation with the city of Fuzhou.

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Semarang, Pearl of Java inheriting prosperity on Maritime Silk Road

Semarang, the capital and the largest city of the province of Central Java, which has a very deep historical links to China.

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Qazvin and Isfahan, Iran——Cities on Belt and Road

Isfahan is a large city located almost in the center of Iran where the main north-south and east-west roads meet.

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IS claims downing Syrian military helicopter in Homs

The Islamic State (IS) claimed to have downed a Syrian military helicopter in the countryside of the central province of Homs on Tuesday.

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Too soon to talk about 2047? HK Legal experts split on when Hong Kong should debate its future

​Land ownership is the big issue after Beijing’s 50-year guarantee ends, says former lawmaker Ronny Tong

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12 injured in hand grenade attack in Pakistan's Karachi

At least 12 people including three children were injured when some unknown militants hurled a hand grenade at a restaurant in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday, local Urdu media reported.

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Canada wildfire: 4,000 people flown to safety as official says evacuees face long wait before going home

Some 4,000 people who fled the raging wildfire in central Canada and were in danger of becoming stranded have been airlifted to safety, officials said on Thursday (May 5) as the inferno exploded in size.

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17 civilians killed in U.S. bombing in northern Iraq: Al Jazeera

At least 17 civilians were killed in a U.S. bombing raid in northern Iraq's city of Tal Afar in the early hours of Thursday, Al Jazeera's Arabic channel reported.

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HK needs to rehabilitate its tourist-friendly image: Experts

If Hong Kong wants to attract more mainland tourists, it should focus on getting its citizens to behave well toward them and rehabilitate the city's tourist-friendly image, instead of worrying about easing travel restrictions on mainlanders, tourism experts said.

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Britain's largest contemporary art festival to have heavy Chinese presence

The largest contemporary arts festival in Britain is to have heavy Chinese presence, it was revealed on Thursday.