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China says TPP should be transparent, open

BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — China hopes that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can be transparent and open and contribute to free trade and investment along with other arrangements in the region, a Chinese official said Tuesday. Shen Danyang, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, told a press conference that China has been closely watching TPP […]

Golden is the word for Beijing 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Golden is the word for the second handshake between the Olympic Movement and China, the world’s most populous and fast-developing country. When the International Olympic Committee trusted Chinese capital Beijing and co-host Zhangjiakou with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, it grasped a golden opportunity […]

　Beijing to make great Olympic Games in 2022, says Plushenk

　BEIJING, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenk, Russia’s four-time figure skating Olympic medalist, said here Friday that he believes Beijing will make a great Olympic Games in 2022. In the wake of Beijing’s win on Friday in the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Plushenk, who is in Beijing to cheer for the city’s […]

Beijing wins 2022 Winter Olympics

By Sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Lin HaoKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to the city that hosted an “exceptional” Games in 2008 and promises to do even better this time. Beijing beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40, with one IOC member abstaining, to become […]

Will “China threat” cliche help Abe ease domestic tensions on war bills?

TOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) — The upper house of Japan‘s bicameral Diet has discussed a series of unpopular security-related bills from Monday, but unlike similar debates in the lower house, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his fellow ministers, as well as lawmakers from Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), directly pointed to and chided China […]

Chinese top political advisor calls for further improvement of Sino-Indonesian ties

JAKARTA, July 28 (NsNewsWire) — Visiting top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng said in Jakarta that he expects that the China-Indonesia bilateral relations will be further improved. Yu, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told a press conference on Monday after meeting with Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the […]

Bangladesh discovers only 100 tigers in famed Sundarbans

DHAKA, July 27 (NsNewswire) — Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world’s largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official said Monday, reports AFP. Some 440 tigers were recorded during the previous census conducted in 2004 in the World Heritage-listed […]

Bangladesh expresses concern about India’s river-linking plan

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — A recent announcement in Delhi to go ahead with a scheme to link 30 rivers across the country, including the Brahmaputra and the Ganga in the Himalayas, set off a new round of grave concerns from its next door neighbor Bangladesh. New Delhi’s renewed thrust on the project has left […]

Eid-ul-Fitr celebration in Bangladesh marred by deadly car mishaps

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 23 (Xinhua) — What would have been a happy celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Muslim world’s most joyous event, turned out to be gruesome with scores of Bangladesh citizens killed in car crashes while others were victims of road rage. At least three people, including Doctor Abdul Aziz and his daughter, were […]