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China plays steering role in seeking global cooperation as G20 presidency, says Lao president

​The upcoming G20 summit is a platform for China to play a steering role in seeking global cooperation, addressing international financial and economic issues, and supporting less-developed countries, Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit said on Thursday.

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Xi urges linking of China's, Canada's development plan

President Xi Jinping called for linking China's and Canada's development strategies and promoting a series of "landmark projects", while meeting on Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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India, U.S. deepen defense ties, ink military logistics pact

India and the United States signed a major defense agreement that will allow the two countries to use each other's military bases, officials said Tuesday.

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China-Mongolia media forum highlights communication, exchange for mutual understanding

Participants in the seventh Chinese and Mongolian media forum Saturday urged news media from both countries to do more to contribute to building trust between public of the two neighboring countries.

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Scientists turn to satellite images to map poverty

Locating people living in poverty, such as through door-to-door surveys, sometimes is difficult and even dangerous on the African continent, and scientists are now turning to satellite images.

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Xi offering nations "ride" on Silk Road

China is willing to give other countries "a ride" as it renews ties, via the Belt and Road Initiative, with nations along the old Silk Road routes, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

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China among top 25 most innovative economies: report

China is the first middle-income country to join the ranks of the world's top 25 innovative economies, a joint report by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) revealed Monday.

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Chinese-built railways in Africa become model of cooperation: FM

Railway lines built by Chinese firms in African countries are becoming a model of China-Africa cooperation in industrial capacity, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his visit to Kenya on Wednesday.

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China to play crucial role for world's sustainable future: Mexican experts

​ China has a great opportunity to play a crucial role in the world's economic recovery and sustainable development as it will host a Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hangzhou next month, said Mexican experts.

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G20 summit a chance to show China's view on global development: Russian expert

China's "One Belt One Road" initiative, which aims to promote infrastructure construction in countries along its way and push forward the economic development of the whole region, would be a key discussion at the summit, said Alexey Maslov, head of the Oriental Studies Department at the Russian Higher School of Economics Research.

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Bulgaria, Greece agree to build railway between Black, Aegean Sea coasts

Bulgaria and Greece agreed to build a fast railway line that will link the coasts of the Black and Aegean Sea, the prime ministers of the two neighboring countries said here on Monday.

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Liu Yunshan urges closer media cooperation on Belt and Road Initiative

Media from various countries should deepen their exchange and cooperation centering around the Belt and Road Initiative, and also create a favorable environment for the construction of a green, healthy, intelligent and peaceful Silk Road, said Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

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Peru's new president sworn in with support from LatAm countries

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was sworn in Thursday as Peru's new president with support from Latin American countries.

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Rice's China visit sends positive sign

As U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice wrapped up her visit to China on Wednesday, emphasis on cooperation from both sides sends a positive sign for bilateral ties.

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Macao holds int'l forum to discuss traditional Chinese medicine development

Macao's strategic location in maritime silk road and its connection to many countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" will help the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) go global, the special administrative region's financial chief said during an international forum on Thursday.

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Study finds how human height has changed over past century

Over the past century, adult human height has changed substantially and varied vastly by country, with Dutch men and Latvian women listed as the world's tallest people, according to a new study released this week.

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China refutes joint statement by U.S., Japan, Australia on South China Sea

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday refuted a trilateral statement issued by the United States, Japan and Australia which touched upon the South China Sea situation, questioning the trio to be peacekeepers or troublemakers.