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QINGDAO: Dazzling against the city skyline of Qingdao, fireworks lit up the faces of guests who traveled across the vast Eurasian continent to the coast of the Yellow Sea for the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, on Saturday night. It is the first such summit since the organization's expansion in June 2017 when India and Pakistan joined as full members. "Qingdao is a famous … [Read more...] about Xi lights up shared dream as China hosts SCO summit

BEIJING: A report, published by Chinese think tanks, praised the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a model for cooperation among countries with different political systems. The report on the SCO's development in the 17 years since its inception was released by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China and the Institute for Central Asian Studies of … [Read more...] about Report praises SCO as model for international cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for enhanced international exchange and cooperation in the development of the big data industry. Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2018, which opened Saturday in Guiyang, capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province. The rapid development of new-generation information … [Read more...] about Xi calls for international cooperation in big data

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for the Belt and Road development to make solid progress and benefit the world. Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the leading group on advancing Belt and Road development, made the remarks at a meeting of the group. He said efforts should be made … [Read more...] about China for advancing Belt and Road development

China launched a relay satellite early Monday to set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the Moon's mysterious far side. The satellite was carried by a Long March-4C rocket that blasted off at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The satellite … [Read more...] about China launches relay satellite to explore Moon’s far side

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country will fight a good battle against pollution and push ecological civilization to a new level during a tone-setting meeting on environmental protection ending Saturday. China will push for coordination between economic and social development and ecological civilization, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central … [Read more...] about Xi vows battle against pollution to boost ecological advancement

BEIJING: China is strongly dissatisfied with remarks by a US State Department spokesperson, who spoke out against the Dominican Republic's decision to sever "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan. "We urge the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the commitments made in the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques, and not to make irresponsible remarks on ties between China and other … [Read more...] about China strongly opposes US interference in Taiwan issue