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China's 2020 poverty alleviation goal attainable

President Xi Jinping expects China to achieve the 2020 poverty relief target, according to a document issued Tuesday by the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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China to mass produce Ebola vaccine

A private Chinese biotechnology company plans to mass produce a vaccine against the Ebola virus developed by Chinese military scientists.

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Consort Chunhui's portrait by Italian painter breaks record at auction

A Large Imperial Portrait of Consort Chunhui by court painter Giuseppe Castiglione of the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong Period, this week sold for $HK 137.4 million ($17.7 million), the highest auction record for a Chinese imperial tailoring portrait.

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Pakistan's KSE returns to bullish ways amid low volume

​Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) recorded bullish trading activities on Tuesday but overall investors' participation remained on the lower side despite of a stay order of Lahore High Court (LHC) to stop the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from investigating the owner of a top Pakistani bank.

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Chinese holiday tourism enthusiasm continues

China's tourism market remained exuberant Tuesday as tourist attractions received large ticket revenues during the first six days of the week-long National Day holiday.

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TPP further opens New Zealand market for China, ROK

​The Trans-Pacific Partnership ( TPP) is set to change the way New Zealand deals not just with the other 11 TPP member nations, but with other major trading partners such as China.

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Typhoon Mujigae leaves 15 dead or missing in south China

At least 15 people have died or remain missing and more than 200 others have been injured since the powerful typhoon Mujigae made a surprise landing in southern China since Sunday.

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KSE starts fresh week on bearish note

​Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) recorded bearish trading activities on first day of the new week on Monday as local investors sold their holdings despite of bullish regional markets.

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Aussie corrupt officials help facilitate Sydney smuggling: authorities

​Corrupt officials on Sydney's waterfront have helped facilitate the smuggling of millions of illegal cigarettes, tonnes of tobacco as well as a commercial quantity of cocaine, Australian authorities said on Wednesday.

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Australian PM renews push to tackle "national disgrace" of domestic violence

​Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called domestic violence against women a " national disgrace," and outlined a 70-million-U.S. dollar package to combat the problem on Thursday.

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China, ASEAN e-commerce, promising with challenges

Founder of the first China-ASEAN e-commerce platform, Sun Suojun from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has confidence in cross-border businesses.

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Chinese cities vie to become auto capitals despite slowing sales

​Over the past seven months, more than 100,000 Buicks have rolled off the assembly line of a new plant erected on a once-desolate scrap of wasteland on the outskirts of Wuhan, a fast-sprawling metropolis on the Yangtze River.

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Qatar telecom operator offers free data services for WeChat app

​Qatar-based telecom operator Ooredoo Myanmar has offered free data services for WeChat Myanmar app under a partnership program between the two communication apps, an official report said Tuesday.

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Sony's "War Room" leads North American box office

Sony's faith-based film "War Room" jumped to the first place in its second weekend of release, pushing the three-week champion "Straight Outta Compton" out of the top spot.

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China to cut troops by 300,000: Xi

China will cut the number of its troops by 300,000, President Xi Jinping announced Thursday.

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ADB, Britain's DFID provide funding for Pakistan's road project

​The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Department for International Development (DFID) of Britain will co-finance the 327 million U.S dollars cost of the 59 kilometer road in Pakistan's northwest that will allow Pakistan to act as a transit artery for goods moving between Arabian seaports in the south and China in the north, officials said Tuesday.

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China's property market opens wider to foreign investment

China has lowered the threshold for foreign capital to invest in the country's property market, according to a statement released Thursday by the Ministry of Commerce.