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Beijing-Pyongyang ties crucial to peninsula

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/20 23:43:40 Song Tao, the special envoy of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, wrapped up his visit to North Korea on Monday. Song briefed the North Korean side on the 19th National Congress […]

Victoria’s Secret models’ visa denial is of their own making

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/19 23:03:39 Models for Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2017 will be strutting the catwalk in Shanghai on Monday. Foreign media outlets have cast their eye on the absence of supermodel Gigi Hadid and singer Katy Perry who have been denied visas. Many people speculate that their absence is for political reasons. In […]

US’ anti-China report deserves retaliation

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/16 23:18:39

Yunus Draws Attention to Danger of Wealth Concentration to UK Audience

LONDON, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in the United Kingdom for four days for events organized around his new book “A World of Three Zeroes” which focusses on how we can create a world of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions. The first stop of the tour […]

Spotlight: Former diplomats say everybody loses if U.S., China don’t cooperate

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Cooperation is the only viable option for China and the United States to consolidate bilateral relationship and help shape the emerging global order amid a slow-recovering world economy and rising geo-political tensions, said former U.S. and Chinese diplomats, reports Xinhua “Clear-headed strategic assessment of the most important bilateral relationship […]

‘Indo-Pacific’ a new term for old anxieties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/14 22:33:40 The concept of a “free and open Indo-Pacific” has been appearing more often in US diplomatic rhetoric. US President Donald Trump used the term many times during his just concluded Asia tour. During the East Asia Summit in the Philippines, leaders from the US, Japan, Australia and India held their […]

Bangladesh plans countrywide survey for diabetes patients

DHAKA, Nov. 14 (NsNewsWire) — On the eve of the World Diabetes Day which falls on Nov. 14, Bangladesh Diabetes Association (BDA) has announced to conduct a fresh survey to find out the actual number of diabetes patients in the country which is home to 7.1 million diabetes patients, reports Xinhua. “We have a plan […]

Roundup: Experts call for enhanced connectivity between China, South Asia under Belt and Road Initiative

KATHMANDU, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — Experts stressed the need to enhance connectivity and trade between China and South Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative here on Monday. Speaking at a forum entitled “Contours of Belt and Road Initiative for South Asia” in Kathmandu, experts said the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has brought opportunities […]

Xi-Putin meet highlights value of China-Russia ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/11 0:03:39 President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam. Meanwhile, it was reported that US President Donald Trump would not meet Putin during the APEC summit. While Russia does not have much say on […]