2018年CRI WEF founder: A trade war is a lose-lose situation

The current trade dispute between China and the US is a lose-lose situation, said Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Summer Davos in Tianjin ahead of the launch of his new book on Tuesday. Globalizat

2018年CRI US boat manufacturers feel the pain of tariffs

US boat manufacturers are facing higher prices for raw materials and parts because of tariffs implemented by the Trump administration. The National Marine Manufacturers Association has called the tariffs a disaster for America's recreational boating

2018年CRI Cainiao and YTO launch China's most efficient smart warehouse

Cainiao Network Technology Co Ltd, the courier aggregator backed by China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, has launched its latest smart warehouse together with YTO Express in Hangzhou, reports thepaper.cn. This smart warehouse, equipped with the most adv

2018年CRI Is China really going through 'Consumption Downgrade'?

Some economists with a pessimistic attitude toward China's consumer confidence believe the trade war panic and China's economic slowdown are factors behind the success of e-commerce site Pinduoduo and the popularity of low-price products. Pinduoduo i

2018年CRI Aaron Kwok: Chow Yun-fat wants to be different in his new thriller film

Two iconic stars of Hong Kong cinema, Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, have teamed up in an upcoming crime thriller, Project Gutenberg, which will hit theaters on Sept 30. Kwok says Chow Yun-fat will surprise moviegoers with a new feel in this film. Chow

2018年CRI Swiss Painter shows off her skills in speed painting in China

Swiss artist Corinne Sutter, who has a notable following in Switzerland for her unique, speedy way of drawing portraits, recently performed and interacted with her fans in Beijing. She disclosed a few details ahead of her show about her painting styl

美国国家公共电台 NPR It Wasn't Cool To Care In The 'Mid90s' — But Jonah Hill Does

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Actor Jonah Hill grew up in the age of irony. For many young people in the '90s, it was cool not to care about anything. Those who did were mocked. One definition of nerd is just somebody who's really into something. In the world

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: A Bond Beyond Politics

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Republicans, Democrats, soldiers, sports stars, celebrities, conservatives and liberals are among John McCain's pallbearers. So is Vladimir Kara-Murza. John McCain called him a personal hero whose courage, selflessness and idealism

美国国家公共电台 NPR Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In June of 2017, Nicole Smith-Holt lost her 26-year-old son Alec when he couldn't afford the insulin he needed to treat his diabetes. Since his death, Smith-Holt has been vocal about the rising price of insulin, which has more than

美国国家公共电台 NPR Transgender Killings Spur Calls For Police Reform

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Four transgender women have been shot this year in Jacksonville, Fla. Three of the women died. There's been an outcry over how police have handled the cases. And as Lindsey Kilbride from member station WJCT reports, the sheriff's d

美国国家公共电台 NPR His $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Now Down To $332 After NPR Told His Story

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Drew Calver has had a week. He's the high school teacher who after a heart attack was rushed to St. David's hospital near his home in Austin, Texas. Later he got a bill for more than a hundred thousand dollars. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: T

美国国家公共电台 NPR German Farmers Struck By Drought Fear Further Damage From Climate Change

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Memoir Of An '80s California Childhood — And Being Steve Jobs' Daughter

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The book Small Fry is a memoir of a girl growing up in 1980s California. She's raised by her single mom, a struggling artist. And the two are always moving from place to place, never able to make ends meet. The author says it's a

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Predict Effects Of Global Warming, Scientists Looked Back 20,000 Years

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Climate scientists are struggling to figure out how a warming planet will affect different ecosystems like forests, swamps and grasslands. So researchers looked back at the end of the last ice age to see what might be in store for

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Gross Anatomy' Turns Humor On Taboos About The Female Body

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When writer Mara Altman was 19, attending college at UCLA, she learned something about herself. It happened one night while she was flirting with a server at a Mexican restaurant. His name was Gustavo. She says he said five words s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Maimouna Youssef AKA Mumu Fresh Is Ready For The Spotlight

ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody. Peace. Just a heads up, there may be some strong language in this episode. ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Ooh, some bad words (laughter). MAIMOUNA YOUSSEF: So my mother, she tells the story that she knew I could sing

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hannah Storm, Part Of First All-Women NFL Broadcast Team, Is Set For Kickoff

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Will Congress Bring Sky-High Air Ambulance Bills Down To Earth?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Using a so-called air ambulance can be expensive, which is why such flights are usually only used by the critically ill. But a legal quirk means that paying for one of these flights can actually lead to financial ruin. Congress h

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Politics Of Bump Stocks, 1 Year After Las Vegas Shooting

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been almost a year now since many Americans first heard the term bump stock. A reminder, this is that piece of hardware you can use to adapt certain guns to make them shoot faster, deploy more bullets. The Las Vegas gunman i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rob Goldstone On His Infamous Russia Email: 'I Had No Idea What I Was Talking About'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's go inside a Trump Tower meeting room now and take a look at that now infamous June 2016 meeting between high-level Trump campaign officials and a delegation from Russia. NPR's Miles Parks has been talking with the British-b