China to help friends better understand CPC: Wang Yi on March 8, 2022China’s foreign service will help foreign friends better understand the Communist Party of China (CPC), State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday. In the run-up to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, China’s foreign service will continue to share stories about the CPC with the international community, Wang said, noting that this […]
China’s love of pine nuts helps Afghan exporters on January 7, 2022“I earn up to 1,000 Afghani a day, depending on my work,” said Samsoor, 28, who works for Zmarai Gayanwal Ltd., a pine nut processing and export company in Kabul. “I love my job and so we really need to export more to China. It’s the only way to increase our income and keep the […]
Hydropower project of CPEC starts reservoir impoundment on November 24, 2021The Karot Hydropower Project, a major pilot project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), successfully closed the gates of the diversion tunnels on Saturday, starting reservoir impoundment. Invested by the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) with a total of about 1.74 billion U.S. dollars, the Karot hydropower project in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is the […]
Key resolution summarizes CPC’s 100-year experience on November 13, 2021A landmark resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has summarized the CPC’s valuable experience over the past 100 years of endeavors, an official said Friday. The sixth plenary session was convened in Be?ing from November 8 through 11. The experience accumulated by the CPC […]
Delta variant’s incubation period ‘significantly’ shorter: experts on September 19, 2021Chinese researchers have reported the complete transmission chain of the Covid-19 Delta variant and its viral kinetics and clinical characteristics, providing data for the prevention and control against the strain. The relevant study was conducted by researchers from the Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital and other research institutes. It was based on an outbreak in May […]
World Bank, IMF ask manufacturers to scale up of vaccine production on June 4, 2021WASHINGTON: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called on countries anticipating excess vaccine supplies in the coming months to release their surplus doses and options as soon as possible to developing countries. “The coronavirus pandemic will not end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in developing countries,” World […]
Scientists review how they study lunar samples on December 30, 2020BEIJING: China’s Chang’e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon. It has been much anticipated just how these would be used for research. Researchers have set up special storage facilities, constructed laboratories for sample processing and analysis, and developed detailed operating procedures to ensure that lunar samples are not contaminated as far […]
China’s poverty reduction admirable model for world: Pakistani expert on November 25, 2020China’s poverty alleviation achievements “gave a hope to the developing countries in rest of the world including Pakistan to look up to a model to follow,” a Pakistani expert has said. “China had set the target of poverty alleviation in 2020, and the admirable thing is that it achieved it despite pandemic,” said Ghulam Samad, […]
Over 1,000 Afghan youth commissioned to army after training on October 11, 2020KABUL: A total of 1,227 youth were commissioned to the Afghanistan National Army on Saturday after completing a three-month military training. Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Payenda Mohammad Nazim, director of education with the Defense Ministry, said the newly graduated soldiers would be deployed to serve the nation. Afghanistan has been facing a protracted war […]
18 killed as heavy rains batter Punjab on August 21, 2020At least 18 people were killed and multiple others injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of Punjab province on Thursday, rescue officials said. Rescue officials told local media that several houses have been completely destroyed by heavy downpour and thunderstorms in the province and the majority of the deceased lost their lives due to […]