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Seeing Indonesia’s sports tourism development through Lake Toba F1 Powerboat Championship
Lake Toba, N. Sumatra, Indonesia, Feb 3, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – In developing its sports tourism potential, Indonesia holds many championships or sports events, and one of the closest is the F1 Powerboat (F1H2O) World Championship in Lake Toba, North Sumatra, on February 24-26. Lake Toba, one of the most spacious lakes […]
Major hospitals see decline in COVID-19 patients after break
Predicted spike in infections post-Spring Festival not seen at medical institutions Senior doctor Feng Ke (right), talks to a patient's relative at the emergency department of the Central Hospital of Ningxia Medical University in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Tuesday. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) It is common for Chinese people to hope for […]
Advance approval a must for COVID experiments
A researcher works at a lab in a health industrial park in Yongchuan district of Chongqing, on Dec 16, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The Beijing Municipal Health Commission said on Wednesday that all experiments related to COVID-19 must be approved in advance by local or national health authorities, emphasizing that unauthorized tests and research are […]
Sustainable growth key in UN teamwork
Beijing reiterates its support for unity, multilateralism at high-level meeting Wang Yi (right), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with President of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly Csaba […]
Official: China ready to promote economic ties with Australia
BEIJING – China is ready to work with Australia to expand cooperation while managing differences in line with important consensus between the leaders of the two countries, in order to push forward bilateral economic and trade cooperation, a Ministry of Commerce official said on Thursday. Yang Tao told a press conference that the state leaders' […]
China: Cold War mentality unpopular in Asia-Pacific
Two men arrive at the entrance of the building housing the NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 7, 2018. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BEIJING – A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Thursday said that the intention behind NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's recent China-related remarks is "alarming," adding that the Asia-Pacific region does not welcome a […]
Herd immunity protecting most people from COVID-19
Mass vaccination makes current situation safe, but uncertainty remains, expert says People visit Sanfangqixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys), a historic neighborhood in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Most people in China are safe from the spread of COVID-19 due to widespread vaccinations and newly gained natural immunity, but […]
CH.1.1 strain not expected to spread widely, experts say
People walk on a street in Shanghai, Dec 8, 2022. (PHOTO / IC) China had detected 24 imported cases of the new Omicron variant CH.1.1 and its offshoots as of Monday. However, the strain is not expected to spark widespread transmission in the short term, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. […]
Xi highlights new pattern of development
Boosting domestic demand, sci-tech self-reliance stressed at study session An employee observes a robotic arm working at a smart production facility in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, in July. (SU QIAOJIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY) Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the need to accelerate the establishment of a […]
China plays crucial role in global fight against COVID-19
Staff members unload vaccines donated by China at a Philippine Air Force base in Manila, the Philippines on Feb 28, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) COVID: No conditions attached when China helps others For Li Jun, vice-president of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, fighting COVID-19 was a war on two fronts. In April 2020, after […]
Beijing survey to help direct control measures
Tourists visit Great Tang All Day Mall in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Dec 30, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Beijing has achieved temporary immunity from COVID-19 among its population and will soon carry out a survey to measure COVID-19 antibody levels to help assess the epidemic situation in the capital and inform the […]
Employment, prices key to stable growth
Government aims to provide safety net for college graduates, vulnerable groups Job seekers scan QR codes to learn more about employers at a recruitment event in Haikou, Hainan province, on Tuesday. Job fairs have been organized across the country as the time following Spring Festival is a popular time for finding employment. (ZHANG MAO / […]
China expresses concern over reports of Huawei export curbs
A Huawei smartphone shop in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. (WANG QIMING / FOR CHINA DAILY) China is concerned about media reports the United States has stopped approving licenses for US companies to export products to Chinese tech company Huawei, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. China will continue to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of […]
Current wave of COVID-19 infections in China nearing end
A community medical worker in Yichang, Hubei province, examines a senior citizen in her home on Dec 28, 2022 before she is offered a COVID-19 vaccine dose.(LI YALONG / FOR CHINA DAILY) China's current wave of the COVID-19 epidemic is nearing an end, with rural and remote areas getting through the Spring Festival holiday without […]
Sino-US ties should be based on mutual respect
The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that China is ready to carry out both bilateral and multilateral communication and cooperation with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, but urged Washington not to cross the red line on the Taiwan question. Speaking ahead of a planned visit by US […]
Managing Sino-US ties high on agenda
Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, Jan 21, 2021. (PHOTO / AGENCIES) Relations: Washington's policy toward China two-sided, experts say On Jan 21, Chinese New Year's eve, Foreign Minister Qin Gang appeared on big screens during the NBA game in Washington, DC, between the Washington Wizards and […]
China urges deescalation of tensions between Palestine, Israel
Palestinians hurl rocks at an Israeli army bulldozer, during confrontations in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan 26, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BEIJING – Regarding the recent escalation of tensions between Palestine and Israel, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday that the pressing priority is to do everything possible to deescalate the […]
Chinese envoy urges enabling Mali to tackle terrorism itself
In this Aug 30, 2022 photo, Dai Bing (left, front), China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council briefing at the UN headquarters in New York. Dai Bing urged international community to help Mali build its counter-terrorism capacities. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – A Chinese envoy on Friday […]
China fellowship launched by European Commission
(PHOTO / IC VIA CHINADAILY.COM.CN) The European Commission has launched a fellowship on China to foster strategic cooperation with think tanks and universities on China-related issues and Sinology in general. The goal is to tap into deep expertise on China from Europe and beyond and expand the knowledge basis on China within the commission, it […]