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Chinese dance drama promotes “Maritime Silk Road” at UN HQ

by Shi Xiaomeng UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — “I thought the story was very powerful. It was about family, love, adventure, friendship, and inheritance,” Maria Kucinski said after watching a traditional Chinese dance drama “Dream of the Maritime Silk Road.” Admitting that she has never learnt anything before about Maritime Silk Road — a […]

China Voice: Obama should remember discussions about Dalai Lama

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — “Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher,” Confucius famously said. As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago, […]

Obama proposes $4 billion for states beating climate goals

New York, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama administration is proposing a $4 billion fund to reward states that exceed cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, and wants Congress to back steeper royalty rates for oil, gas and coal extraction from public land. In a mix of measures likely to be greeted skeptically by the Republican majority […]

Pakistan, Afghanistan boost security cooperation to counter militant groups

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Afghanistan have significantly increased bilateral collaboration as the previous traditional blame game had badly hindered their efforts to effectively deal with militant groups. Military commanders and security officials are now regularly consulting to mutually share intelligence and coordinate security operations on their respective sides of the border. Afghan […]

Why India’s finest film composer converted to Islam

Mumbai, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — When AS Dileep Kumar decided to shed the faith he was born into and adopt a new one, the reasons were several. His father’s untimely death had put several financial pressures on the family, which included four children. His spiritual-minded mother had met, and gained immense succour, from a Sufi […]

Demystifying the Science of Delivery: Learning from how Bangladesh Reduced Child Mortality

DHAKA, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — The ‘science of delivery’, or bringing the right kinds of services effectively to the poor, is the key to eradicate extreme poverty, said Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and chairman of BRAC, the world’s largest NGO. While visiting the World Bank Bangladesh office, he shared how perfecting the science […]

Through Kathak, a German choreographer tells the story of Bangladesh’s exploited garment workers

DHAKA, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — In April 2013, when the collapse of an old garment factory building in Dhaka left more than 1,100 labourers dead, the Western world suddenly opened its eyes to the exploitation of Bangladeshi garment workers by the international clothing industry. Much before the Rana Plaza collapse, however, German choreographer and theatre […]

Loosening Beijing embrace, Sri Lanka reviews China projects

Colombo, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Sri Lanka’s new government will review Chinese infrastructure projects awarded under the previous administration, a junior minister said, a move bound to please Indian and Western powers concerned about Beijing’s access in the island state. On Friday, the government said it would review a $1.5 billion port deal with China […]

China Focus: Nutrition for poor children high on agenda

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — While urban parents worry that their children are obese, kids in the country’s underdeveloped rural regions are often malnourished. HUNGRY FOR CHANGE Malnutrition threatens to hold back a generation of rural Chinese, reports Xinhua. Pickles and cold steamed buns are what five-year-old Mai Xiaoying takes to school for lunch. “I […]