Cotton futures close lower on October 30, 2022Cotton futures closed lower Thursday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE). The most active cotton contract for January 2023 delivery lost 240 yuan (about 33.53 U.S. dollars) to close at 13,000 yuan per tonne. On Thursday, the total trading volume for six listed cotton futures contracts on the ZCE was 547,898 lots […]
Xi elected general secretary as CPC unveils new top leadership on October 24, 2022The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday unveiled its new top leadership, which will lead the world’s most populous nation on its new journey toward a great modern socialist country in all respects. Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee at the first plenum of the 20th CPC Central Committee […]
China pickup truck sales rise in September on October 16, 2022China’s pickup truck market continued robust growth in September, with sales rising 9.4 percent month on month, industry data shows. A total of 44,000 pickup trucks were sold in China last month, according to the China Passenger Car Association. In the first nine months of 2022, some 385,000 units of these trucks were sold in […]
Fire in Sri Lankan capital destroys at least 80 houses on September 28, 2022COLOMBO: At least 80 houses were destroyed due to a fire that broke out in a highly populous area in Colombo on Tuesday night, with around 220 people displaced, Sri Lankan police said. The fire broke out at the Kajeemawatte Flats in Thotalanga at around 8 p.m. (1430 GMT) on Tuesday and it took firefighters […]
Dinosaur extinction began 2 mln years earlier than previously believed: study on September 23, 2022BEIJING: A recent study has revealed that dinosaurs had been on the road to extinction much earlier than previously believed, and the catastrophic impact 66 million years ago might have only been the last straw. According to the study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United […]
China’s stamp tax revenue up in January-August on September 19, 2022China’s stamp tax revenue rose 4.1 percent year on year to 318.8 billion yuan (about 46 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, official data showed. According to the Ministry of Finance, stock trading stamp tax revenue went up 3.9 percent from a year ago to 206.9 billion yuan during this […]
China’s telecom sector sees stable growth in Jan.-July on August 29, 2022China’s telecommunications sector logged steady expansion in the first seven months of this year, official data showed. The combined industrial revenue rose 8.3 percent year on year to 944.2 billion yuan (about 137.87 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Emerging businesses, such as big data, cloud computing, internet data […]
S Korea’s trade deficit tops 10bn USD in first 20 days of August on August 23, 2022South Korea’s trade deficit topped 10 billion U.S. dollars in the first 20 days of August due to faster growth in the import than export, customs office data showed Monday. Trade deficit reached 10.22 billion dollars in the Aug. 1-20 period, up from a deficit of 3.58 billion dollars tallied in the same period of […]
Xi supports Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism on March 9, 2022Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolence to his Pakistani counterpart, Dr Arif Alvi, over recent terrorist attack in Peshawar. In his message, Xi said he was shocked to learn of the deadly terrorist attack in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which had caused heavy casualties. On behalf of the Chinese […]
China calls for rationality in resolving Ukraine crisis on March 8, 2022Calmness and rationality, instead of moves that pour oil on the flame and escalate tensions, are needed to resolve complex problems, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday while elaborating on China’s position on resolving the Ukraine crisis. Wang stressed the need to remain committed to the purposes and principles of the UN […]