In ancient times, the Silk Road blazed by imperial envoy Zhang Qian 2000 years ago carried caravans of Chinese silk, Indian spices and Persian brocade between the Middle Kingdom and Europe.
A cargo train connection between Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and Lodz in Poland has become a welcomed logistic route for China's trade with Europe after one year in operation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's just-concluded visit to four European countries has been lauded by world media and scholars as significant in building China-Europe ties.
Relations between China and European countries are becoming closer in face of economic globalization, with exchange of high-level visits increasing, economic and trade cooperation broadening, and people-to-people exchanges continually making headway.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday described as "unprecedented" a plan for bilateral cooperation between China and Europe.
A competition on online entrepreneurship was launched in Brussels on Monday to invite European students and young professionals under 27 years old to develop innovative mobile applications for social inclusion .
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to its rebalance toward Asia and the Pacific, saying the strategy reflects the importance of a region struggling with "uncertainty and risk."
People from across Europe commemorated on Wednesday, in one way or another, the 68th Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) that marks the end of the Second World War (WWII) in Europe.
Five years after the financial crisis broke out, the euro zone is still mired in economic stagnation or contraction, while most of others are recovering at various speeds.
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