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China 2015 GDP growth to weaken to 7.1 pct: PBOC working paper

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — China’s GDP growth is expected to slow modestly next year to 7.1 percent, but employment and inflation will remain stable, according to a central bank working paper. “Real GDP growth will decelerate slightly to 7.1 percent in 2015, reflecting partly the slowdown in real estate investment,” said a working paper […]

President Xi meets with senior officers of Nanjing Military Area Command

Nanjing, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets senior officers of the Nanjing Military Area Command during an inspection tour in east China’s Jiangsu Province, Dec. 14, 2014.

Bangladesh president coming Dec 18 on six-day visit

New Delhi, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid arrives in India Dec 18 on a six-day official visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. The Bangladesh president, besides meeting President Mukherjee, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Leader […]

Gunman, two others dead in Sydney siege, police say

Sydney , Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Australian authorities stormed the cafe where aself-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman and ending a crisis that had paralyzed central Sydney for hours. They moved in more than 16 hours after the siege began, only after hearing gunfire inside the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, […]

Arab world faces tough task in fighting terrorism in 2015

DUBAI, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The threat of religiously motivated terrorism would not disappear too soon in Iraq, Syria and Egypt, a former top diplomat of Egypt said here on Sunday. Speaking at the one-day Arab Strategy Forum on the economic and political outlook for 2015, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt’s former minister of foreign affairs, […]

American in N.Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum – media

North Korea, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire ) — A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, reports Reuters quoting the the North’s official media said. The man identified himself as Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, from […]

Xi to attend gathering celebrating 15th anniversary of Macao’s return

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to attend a gathering in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 19-20 for the 15th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, authorities said on Sunday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central […]

Chinese premier leaves Beijing for overseas visits, meetings

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left here Sunday morning for visits to three Asian and European countries and to attend a series of international meetings. At the invitation of Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Li will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan, reports Xinhua. During the visit, Li will hold the […]

Top Chinese political advisor meets Uygur writer

DHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has met with an author from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who recently published a book introducing people from the northwestern region. Yu, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, met with author Kurbanjan Semat as well as characters from […]