5G brings advanced healthcare to China’s hinterland on June 19, 2019Heart surgeon Guo Huiming has a prescription for what ails China’s medical services: 5G technology. He works at Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, a leading medical center in Guangzhou, which is pioneering 5G-assisted medical services that enable its specialists to help in delicate operations on patients hundreds of miles away. About 80 percent of China’s medical […]
Russian commodities a hit in China on June 19, 2019Vodka, ice cream, flour and soybean oil – commodities from Russia – are all the rage among a large number of visitors to the ongoing China-Russia Expo held in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. One of the most sought-after Russian specialties at the expo is a type of chocolate candy made by Russia’s […]
China’s fiscal revenue up 3.8% in first five months on June 14, 2019China’s fiscal revenue rose 3.8 percent year on year to over 8.99 trillion yuan (about 1.3 trillion US dollars) in the first five months of 2019, data showed Friday. The central government collected about 4.34 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue during the period, up 3.6 percent year on year, while local governments saw fiscal revenue […]
Japan’s Abe fails to broker dialogue between Iran and US as tensions on June 14, 2019Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a two-day trip to Iran sought to mediate a deescalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran and offer to broker dialogue between the two countries, but his bid was rejected by Iran, government officials here said Friday. Abe, while urging Iran to stick to an international nuclear accord inked […]
Tibet hosts forum to pool wisdom for development and opening-up on June 14, 2019The 2019 Forum on the Development of Tibet opened on Friday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, in southwest China. The one-day forum, hosted by the State Council Information Office and the people’s government of Tibet Autonomous Region, gathered nearly 160 scholars and officials from 37 countries and regions. Focusing on the Belt and […]
‘Third party’ will be invited in next phase of CPEC development: China on May 26, 2019China and Pakistan will join hands in building a closer community of shared future in the new era against the backdrop of changing international landscapes, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing has said. “The closer China-Pakistan community of shared future in the new era is a concrete measure taken by leaders of the two countries as per […]
Exchanges between civilisations to help Asia ‘rediscover’ its identity on May 17, 2019More than 1,300 years ago, Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles to the revered Indian monastery of Nalanda, where he studied Buddhism for five years under the guidance of Abbot Silabhadra. The two legendary Buddhist masters’ interactions were much more than personal exchanges. Their conversations have been considered one of the highlights of […]
Pakistan, Russia to hold joint military drills on October 17, 2018ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army and the Russian military will be holding joint military drills from October 21 to November 4. According to Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Russian Southern Military District, the joint drills – Friendship 2018 – will be held at a training range in northwestern town of Pabbi. More than […]
Xi lights up shared dream as China hosts SCO summit on June 10, 2018QINGDAO: 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 […]
Report praises SCO as model for international cooperation on May 28, 2018BEIJING: 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 […]