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Chinese enterprises made USD 46.6 billion of direct investment in the U.S. by the end of 2015, marking the U.S. the fourth largest receiver of China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI), according to statistics released by China's Ministry of C

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委内瑞拉抨击欧盟的批评毫无根据 CARACAS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government on Wednesday rejected recent criticism from European Union (EU) spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic as unfounded foreign interference in its domestic affairs

全国高考改革配套出台

China's Ministry of Education is bringing in a number of changes to the high school academic proficiency test in an attempt to reform the college entrance exam, or gaokao. The new academic proficiency tests are going to cover 14 different subjects. O

China creates 12.02 mil new jobs in urban areas during Jan-Nov

BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Some 12.02 million new jobs were created in the first 11 months this year, which has already beat the annual target of 9 million, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) Tuesday. The urban

China vows more transparency in pollution control

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut

China to regulate housing file management

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China will next year introduce a regulation to better manage the housing files of the country in terms of resources and applicants, according to an official announcement on Tuesday. The announcement, posted on the website

超过四分之一日本人65岁或以上

TOKYO More than one in four people in Japan were aged 65 or older as of Oct. 1 accounting for 33.42 million or a record 26.7% of the overall population a government study showed Wednesday highlighting the nations challenge in dealing with rising soci

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HARBIN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 10,000 businessmen from 103 countries and regions attended the second China-Russia Exposition, which opened on Sunday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province. More than 4,000 of the businessmen

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俄罗斯总理视察新战车武器展 MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspected new combat vehicles Thursday at the Ninth Russia Arms Expo-2013 (RAE), according to the state press service. Medvedev got a sneak pr

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

农业部长谈中国食品安全问题

Han Changfu said that food security is always a major issue in China, a country with a population of 1.3 billion people. He pledged that authorities will keep the zero-tolerance attitude towards food security issues and will spare no efforts to solve

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韩国朝鲜举行高级别对话

SEOULNorth and South Korean officials met into the early hours of Sunday in an urgent bid to avert war on the peninsula before adjourning their marathon talks until Sunday afternoon. The high-level meeting began Saturday at the Panmunjom truce villag

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Chinese ICT Companies Going Abroad

Now, the last piece of series on the US government decision to restrict the procurement of Chinese information technology products over fear about so-called cyber security. Insiders and experts are making their suggestions on how Chinese companies ac

China Not to Actively Debase Yuan Rate

The People's Bank of China's governor Zhou Xiaochuan says the Renminbi won't be actively depreciated to regain national competitiveness. Zhou was speaking during a recent International Monetary Conference in Shanghai, when he also suggested that now

China Decides to Investigate EU Wine

China's ministry of commerce has decided to begin an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into wines imported from the European Union. The move comes after the European Union decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of sola

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The Turkish military have reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. 据报道，土耳其军方在其与叙利亚接壤地区击落一架俄罗斯军用飞机。 Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on

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The Pentagon says Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State out of the western town of al-Baghdadi -- close to a military base where U.S. forces are training Iraqis. The Combined Joint Task Force said Friday Iraqi forces and tribal fighters from the Anb