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Keywords of 2017 | What can the world do when countries flying solo?

ByAPDwriterChuYinTranslatedbyShiXiaomengThetrendof“flyingsolo”burgeonedin2016andhasbeengatheringmomentumin2017.Oneafteranother,andwithdevelopedonestakingthelead

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Unwise for U.S. to label China competitor instead of partner

ChinaandtheUnitedStates,bothmajorpowersoftoday'sworld,needtoworktogethertoaddressglobalchallengesonmanyfronts.However,Washingtonseemstodisagree.TheUnitedStatesi

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Number of international students in US on the decline

ThenumberofnewinternationalstudentsarrivingintheUShasfallenforthefirsttimeinmorethanadecade.Foreignenrollmentshadbeenincreasingforthepast12years.Almosthalfofthe

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US, India don’t agree on key issues, WTO talks collapse

WTOmembersfailedtomakeheadwayafterfourdaysofdiscussionsastheUSandIndiastucktotheirwidelydifferingstandonalmostallissues,raisingfreshuncertaintyoverchanginggloba

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Why would Trump insist Jerusalem is the capital of Israel?

Israelisintrouble,soareAmericannationalsassofttargetinupto40countriesasUSauthoritieshavewarned.Why?PresidentTrumpsaystheUSacceptsJerusalemasthecapitalofIsrael.C

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Seasonal flu kills up to 650,000 people worldwide every year: study

Seasonalflukillsbetween291,000and646,000peopleworldwideeveryyear,anewanalysisofdatafrom47countriessuggestedWednesday.Thenumberishigherthanapreviousestimateof250

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China's State Grid eyes further investment along Belt and Road

China'sStateGrid,thecountry'stoppowerdistributor,willseekmarketexpansionincountriesinvolvedintheBeltandRoadInitiative,thecompanychairmansaidTuesday.Speakingatth

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China stands by multilateral trade at the WTO Ministerial Conference

ChinasaiditstandsreadytoworkwithWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)membersandguidetheprocessofglobalizationtowardsamoreopendirectionbenefitingallparties.CommerceMiniste

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Russia urges India to join China's Belt and Road Initiative

IndiashouldnotletpoliticalproblemsdeteritfromjoiningtheChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiative,RussianForeignMinisterSergeiLavrovsaidonMondayinNewDelhiafteratrilate

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China calls for efforts with Russia, India to maintain int'l stability

ChineseForeignMinisterWangYisaidonMondaythatChina,RussiaandIndiashouldplayactiverolesinthechangingglobalstructureandworktowardsaworldwithstablizationandcertaint

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China asks WTO members to safeguard multilateral trade

ChinaonSaturdayencouragedthemembersoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)tosafeguardmultilateraltradeandjointlybuildanopenglobaleconomy.SpeakingtoaroundtableonChina's

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Sanya Forum attendees say Belt and Road to improve global governance

TheBeltandRoadInitiativewillplayanimportantroleinimprovingglobalgovernanceandcounteringregionalrisks,accordingtoChineseandforeignobservers.Chinawillbecomeanincr

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Cuba authorizes sending text messages to US phones

CubantelecommunicationsmonopolyEtecsaFridayauthorizedCubanstosendtextmessagestotheUnitedStates,liftingarestrictionwhichhaslongfrustratedthepopulation."FromDecem

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Chinese FM rejects military solution to Korean Peninsula situation

ChineseForeignMinisterWangYisaidonSaturdaythatamilitarysolutiontotheKoreanPeninsulasituationisnotacceptable.WangmadetheremarksattheopeningceremonyoftheSymposium

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China, Russia seek closer military cooperation

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinmetatopChinesemilitaryofficialhereThursdayonimprovingmilitarycooperationbetweenthetwocountries.Militarycooperationplaysanimportantr

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Reading skills falling in US, Canada, France, other developed countries

Readingabilityamongchildrenaged9-10hasfallenintheUS,Canada,Franceandseveralotherdevelopedcountries,accordingtoacomparativestudyof50countries/regionspublishedTue

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B&R by the Numbers: B&R countries need to speed up internet

Editor’sNote:ThisisthefifteenthinstallmentofBeltandRoadPortal'sspecialseriesontheBeltandRoadBigDataReport2017.Mobilephonesarethemaintelecommunicationtoolintheco