Combating climate change: China’s actions
We only have one earth. Meeting the climate challenge together is the calling of our time. On 23 September 2019, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres convened the UN Climate Change Summit at UN Headquarters in New York.…
Brazil coach touting China
SAPPORO, Japan – The head coach of Brazil’s women’s national team thinks China, along with the United States and Serbia, will be hot favorites at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. “China, the US and Serbia,” Jose Roberto Guimaraes told Xinhua…
Thomas Cook China sees little impact from UK closure
When Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel agency, enters bankruptcy this week, the future for its joint venture with Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun International will likely remain positive, the JV said. Thomas Cook China said it is fiscally stable and healthy…
15,858 people pardoned ahead of anniversary
A total of 15,858 prisoners have been released by Chinese courts as of Sept 12 since the country implemented its latest special pardon, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. The effort was taken under an order of special pardons for…
Famed Chinese scenic spot Jiuzhaigou to reopen after quake
Part of the Jiuzhaigou National Park in Southwest China’s Sichuan province will reopen to visitors on Friday on a trial basis, over two years after it was hit by a powerful earthquake, local authorities said Monday. During the trial period,…
Sure-footed Sabalenka leaps to new heights of adulation
Aryna Sabalenka’s popularity has literally kicked up a notch thanks to the Belarusian’s impressive kung fu skills. The world No 13’s victory at last year’s Wuhan Open had already assured her of warm welcome on her return to China. However,…
Maintaining the traditional craft for his family’s sake
A sake brewery was founded 107 years ago in Komatsu, a small town in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture, flanked by mountains and the vast ocean beyond. Like the undulating Japan Sea to the south, the Hirohisa sake factory has had its…
Rwandans get lessons on internet commerce
A total of 22 students from Rwanda arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou recently where Alibaba is headquartered to start their studies at the Alibaba Business School of the Hangzhou Normal University. They are the first batch of…
Yeung’s belated birthday gift
Hot back nine in final round nails down crown at Zhuzhou Classic One day after his 26th birthday, Hong Kong’s Motin Yeung fired a final-round 5-under 67 to secure a narrow one-stroke victory over Canada’s Peter Campbell (65) and Japan’s…
Syria’s constitutional committee’s work ‘beginning of political process’ to end civil war
Click:Tea bag making machine DAMASCUS – Recent developments and official meetings in Syria and abroad have ushered in the declaration of Syria’s long-awaited constitutional committee that would be tasked with rewriting the country’s constitution. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem announced…