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African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding

Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400 million in new financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bloomberg reported Monday, valuing the company at $2 billion.The round, which

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Over 661 million Chinese tapped online for medical care in 2020

A village doctor, 2nd L, helps a patient take part in a virtual consultation in Jinzhai County, east China's Anhui Province in December 2020. /XinhuaOnline health medic

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Can early education centers address young children's needs?

A boy plays at an early education institution in Xining City, Qinghai Province, northwest China, March 21, 2020. /CFPPre-kindergarten education targeted at children age

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China effectively contains COVID-19 epidemic in Urumqi, Dalian: official

A health official said Wednesday China has effectively contained the rapid expansion of COVID-19 cases in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou

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APD | If anybody crosses our friend China, it will cross Mozambique too: Mozambican ambassador to China

By APD writer Hu YahuiMozambican ambassador to China Maria Gustava stressed that blame game was wrong and we should work together to defeat COVID-19.“This (the pandemic

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Chinese procuratorates conduct 2,234 inspections on prisons in 2019

Chinese procuratorial organs conducted 2,234 inspections on the work of 665 prisons by the end of 2019, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Friday. The inspe

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China investigates 795 judicial staff for duty-related crimes

Procuratorates across China filed 609 cases concerning duty-related crimes of judicial personnel from January to November 2019, the country's Supreme People's Procurato

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Nearly 70% of elderly patients over 80 year old recovered in Wuhan

02:17 The epidemic in Wuhan hit senior citizens hard. More than 3,000 over the age of 80 are reported to have been infected, with 40 percent in critical condition. However, medical wor

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China Focus: Wuhan in all-out efforts to cure elderly COVID-19 patients

China's Wuhan will strengthen medical treatment for severely ill and elderly COVID-19 patients, the latest signal from the city hard hit by the novel coronavirus but n

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Over 21,000 medical staff members leave Hubei as epidemic wanes

A total of 21,046 medical personnel from across China aiding central China's Hubei Province had left the province as of Tuesday as the novel coronavirus outbreak is su

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COVID-19 increases the role of online economy in China

Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at ICBC in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The article reflects the author'

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NHC official explains what causes high number of severe cases in Wuhan

The proportion of severe cases among all confirmed cases in China's Wuhan, the epicenter, of the coronavirus outbreak, has dropped from 38 percent at the beginning of the outbreak to the current 18 p

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9 temporary hospitals activated in epidemic-stricken Hubei, receiving 5,606 patients

Nine temporary hospitals with more than 6,960 beds have opened in the epidemic-stricken Hubei Province in central China, a senior official with the National Health Com

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China pools quality resources to step up treatment for severe cases of COVID-19

China has been pooling quality resources to step up treatment for severe and critical cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, which account for about 18 pe

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Medics helping Wuhan receive training

With China moving all suspected and confirmed novel coronavirus cases under home quarantine to hospitals and other isolation facilities,more medical workers are needed to treat them. While some me

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China Focus: China protects vulnerable groups from epidemic

Living in a nursing home in eastern China's Anhui Province, 83-year-old Su Wenkui does not feel anxious about the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, though he hears ab

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Encouraging signs in China's battle against novel coronavirus outbreak

As strengthened measures were implemented on control, prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia, China has seen multiple encouraging sign